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    Matt Garrioch of Minor League Baseball Prospects (MILB Prospects) compiled a great ranking of the best players that are 25 or under. His list featured two Mets with Jon Niese at No. 64 and Ike Davis at No. 68, but oddly enough, Fernando Martinez now of the Pirates checked in at No. 95. Here are the Top 50 and you could check out his great site for the rest his list. 1 Justin Upton OF 2 Clayton Kershaw P 3 Stephen Strasburg P 4 Eric Hosmer 1B 5 Mike Stanton OF 6 Michael Pineda P 7 Andrew McCutchen OF 8 Mike Moustakas 3B 9 Brett Lawrie 3B 10 Pablo Sandoval 1B 11 Jeremy Hellickson P 12 Buster Posey C 13 Mat Latos P 14 Dustin Ackley 2B 15 Desmond Jennings OF 16 Jay Bruce OF 17 Rick Porcello P 18 Freddie Freeman 1B 19 Jason Heyward OF 20 Lonnie Chisenhall 3B 21 Madison Bumgarner P 22 Brandon Belt 1B 23 Wilson Ramos C 24 Trevor Cahill P 25 Elvis Andrus SS 26 Jason Kipnis 2B 27 Tommy Hanson P 28 Neftali Feliz P 29 Aroldis Chapman P 30 Brett Anderson P 31 Craig Kimbrel P 32 Drew Storen ...
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