Baseball has never had more young stars than it does today. But who will be the next Pete Alonso, Jack Flaherty or Cody Bellinger? Here are five 2020 breakout candidates:
Gleyber Torres, SS, New York Yankees
Torres has been raved about since the Yankees acquired him from the Cubs in the Aroldis Chapman trade in 2016. Ask any Cubs fan, and they’ll tell you trading their brightest prospect for their first World Series title in 108 years was worth it. But Torres is no longer a prospect.
As we saw in his sophomore 2019 campaign, he’s as good as advertised.