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We’re just about two weeks away from the first spring training Cactus League games.
So if you’ve been longing for baseball since the Astros won the World Series last November, hang on just a little longer. We are almost there.
In the meantime, it’s worth considering some of the potential breakout stars of this season.
Last year held a star-studded rookie class to go along with the usual emergence of lesser-known talent.
While Julio Rodriguez, Adley Rutschman, Bobby Witt Jr. and Jeremy Peña impressed as rookies, there was also Dansby Swanson, who parlayed his first All-Star appearance and Gold Glove Award into a lucrative free-agent contract with the Chicago Cubs.
Let’s look at the young MLB players with breakout potential in 2023. The term “young” for our purposes is defined as no older than 27, or three years or less in the big leagues.