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Todd Frazier
Frazier's an excellent defensive third baseman and a plentiful source of right-handed power (64 home runs over the last two seasons). He's also played in at least 150 games in each of the past three years.





Michael Brantley
Brantley's ongoing health concerns are duly noted, but since the start of the 2014 season he's batted .319/.382/.494 (139 OPS+) while stealing 38 bases in 40 attempts.





Andrelton Simmons
Simmons isn't just the best defensive shortstop in baseball, he's probably the most valuable defender at any position in all of baseball. No, the power potential he showed early in his career never developed further, but the glove still carries him.




Adrian Beltre
64. Texas Rangers | 3B
Beltre's going into his age-37 season, but he can still pick it at third and is coming off a 2015 campaign in which he batted .287/.334/.453 with 18 homers. Indeed, Interrobang can still bring it.




Miguel Sano
Sano's a pure hitter. He crushed the ball in the minors, and last season as a 22-year-old rookie he batted .269/.385/.530 in 80 games for the Twins. His patience and power are special in a player so young. As for his future position, Sano's bat will play anywhere.




Dee Gordon
66. Miami Marlins | 2B
Elite speed, sound defense at an up-the-middle position, excellent contact skills at the plate, some pop to the gaps -- Gordon flashes all of that. Since his breakout season of 2014, he's put up an OBP of .348 with 122 stolen bases.  




Troy Tulowitzki

Tulo remains a valuable defender at the premium position of shortstop, and he'll hit in 2016 -- albeit, of course, not like he did in Coors Field, at least on a raw and unadjusted basis. With Tulowitzki, though, injuries are always the thing. Just three times in his career has played in 140 games or more in a season, and it hasn't happened since 2011.



Cole Hamels
68. Texas Rangers | SP
One of the great changeup artists of his era, Hamels is a consistent purveyor of 200-inning seasons, strong run-prevention numbers (124 career ERA+), and excellent control-and-command indicators.





Kevin Kiermaier
Kiermaier grades out as perhaps the top defensive outfielder in the game today. He can also hit a little bit (105 career OPS+), and he runs the bases well. It's the tremendous glove-work, though, that drives his value.





Carlos Carrasco
Carrasco has some of the nastiest stuff of any starter, including one of the best sliders in the game today. He's coming off a 2015 season in which he struck out a whopping 29.6 percent of opposing batters (among qualifiers, just three pitchers -- Kershaw, Sherzer, and Sale -- had a higher K%) while walking just 5.9 percent of same. Don't be surprised if it all comes together this season for the 29-year-old right-hander.



















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