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Without getting into his metric, which he calls "inventory value," baseball writer Bill James cast a list of the best, young talent in the major leagues.
He ranked what he determined to be the "most valuable properties" in the majors right now, whether they are position players or pitchers. None of the players he lists was older than 26 last season.
Two of the top five on his list are Brewers. Prince Fielder is ranked second and Ryan Braun is ranked fourth.
Felix Hernandez of Seattle is ranked first, Hanley Ramirez of Florida is third and Pablo Sandoval of San Francisco is fifth.
The next five are Tim Lincecum of San Francisco, Evan Longoria of Tampa Bay, Justin Upton of Arizona, Miguel Cabrera of Detroit and Nick Markakis of Baltimore.
The next 10 are: Matt Kemp of the Dodgers, Dustin Pedroia of Boston, Zack Greinke of Kansas City, Ryan Zimmerman of Washington, David Wright of the Mets, Joe Mauer of Minnesota, TroyTulowitzki of Colorado, Adam Lind of Toronto, Jair Jurrjens of Atlanta and Mark Reynolds of Arizona.
James ranks the Brewers 19th among 30 major-league teams with the most young talent.
He has Tampa Bay ranked first, followed by Colorado, Minnesota, Arizona and Boston.
2 of the top 5 is pretty incredible for one team, and the fact that they will still be Brewers for the next 2 seasons is great. But the fact that they are ranked 19th isn't so great. The Brewers farm system isn't as good as it was earlier this decade, and will need to replace Fielder when he undoubtedly leaves. Part of that could come in a trade, but who knows? Enjoy them while, moreso he, is here Brewer fans. You won't see talent like this forever or for long after that, just ask Royals fans.
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