Seattle Mariners: 2022 Top 10 Under 25
The Seattle Mariners begin our series about the best young players on the pro teams we cover. Here are the M’s top 10 players under 25-years-old.
We lead off our series about the best young players on the pro teams we cover with the Seattle Mariners. The M’s are emerging from several rebuilding seasons and are ready to bring up some potential superstars to T-Mobile Park in the next few seasons. Several publications rank Seattle’s minor league system as the best in baseball.
Because the Mariners have so many good young athletes, we decided to make our Top 5 under 25 into a Top 10 under 25.
Do You Live Under a Rock?
In the event that you’ve been under a rock or have given up on baseball over the last decade, the league has gotten younger. The stars of the MLB have gotten younger. Twenty years ago, players were entering their prime somewhere between 25 and 27 years old and exiting their prime somewhere around 31 to 33 years old.
The exiting prime number remains the same, with some outliers, of course. Max Scherzer and Nelson Cruz are among a few others who haven’t deteriorated at the rate that you’d expect. However, the stars of the game continue to get younger and younger.
Major League Baseball Stars Under 25 are Abundant
While the Mariners have a treasure trove of talent that is 25 years of age and younger, the league has amassed an incredible wealth of talent for players that aren’t old enough to rent a car. Is that still a thing?
Vlad Guerrero Jr. (22, will be 23 in March) was runner-up for the AL MVP and, in any other year, would’ve run away with it.
Juan Soto (23) was runner-up to NL MVP and had an incredible 145 walks against only 93 strikeouts in 2021.
Ronald Acuna Jr. (24) was injured for half of the season, or he would’ve challenged for MVP on a loaded Braves team.
Ian Anderson (23) has yet to take a loss in the postseason (4-0) and has amassed a 1.26 ERA with 40 Ks in 35.2 innings.
Fernando Tatis Jr. (23). Despite three different stints on the IL, he managed 42 home runs and nearly 100 RBI, and 100 Runs.
Wander Franco (21) batted .288 with an .810 OPS in 70 games with the Rays last season and had an incredible on-base streak of 43 games that ended on October 1st.
.@harry_ford’s first home run in pro ball 👏 #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/y9ShKVXDhM
— Mariners Player Development (@MsPlayerDev) September 10, 2021