Power Ranking the Top 50 MLB Rookies Who Could Make an Impact in 2011
December 21, 2010 by C.J. Batovsky
Filed under Fan News
We’ve been looking at free-agents and trade scenarios ad nauseam for a month now. Let’s see if we can focus our attention on something else. We can do it if we try. Take a deep breath.
Now answer this question. Besides trades and free-agency, where can you find other players to help your team win? If you answered the minor league system, you win! Something? No not really. I just wanted to keep you on the edge of your seat. If you didn’t answer the minor leagues, go learn to play cricket and don’t bother me.
Ah, here come the rookies. There could be can’t-miss top prospects that make the most of their opportunity in the majors (see Jason Heyward). But there also might be young players that jump out of virtually nowhere and make a splash. Let’s take a look at 50 of them and see just what kind of impact each may have this season.