Top 20 Young Hitters - CNNSI

[missionhockey21]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...1.html?cnn=yes

1. Albert Pujols, 25 St. Louis Cardinals
2. Adam Dunn, 25 Cincinnati Reds
3. Miguel Cabrera, 22 Florida Marlins
4. Mark Teixeira, 25 Texas Rangers
5. Carl Crawford, 23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
6. Adrian Beltre, 26 Seattle Mariners
7. Victor Martinez, 26 Cleveland Indians
8. Corey Patterson, 25 Chicago Cubs
9. Hank Blalock, 24 Texas Rangers
10. Jimmy Rollins, 26 Philadelphia Phillies
11. Jason Bay, 26 Pittsburgh Pirates
12. Justin Morneau, 24 Minnesota Twins
13. Marcus Giles, 26 Atlanta Braves
14. Nick Johnson, 26 Washington Nationals
15. Joe Mauer, 22 Minnesota Twins
16. Rocco Baldelli, 23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
17. Clint Barmes, 26 Colorado Rockies
18. Wily Mo Pena, 23 Cincinnati Reds
19. Sean Burroughs, 24 San Diego Padres
20. Coco Crisp, 25 Cleveland Indians

[realmofotalk]

Beltre has been considered "young" for years.

[griffeyfan3]

adam dunn second on that list? wow

[redsrbetter]

Lots of love for my boy Dunn. I cannot argue about #1 though, Pujols is really something. I consider him the best hitter overall in baseball not named Bonds.

Also interesting to see that they choose Pena over Kearns. Could be right though. It is not as close as what we used to think. A good list.

[DirtyKash]

Sean Burroughs? When was the last time he's done something meaningful at the plate?

[Providence A's]

16. Rocco Baldelli, 23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays

horrible

[Saber]

Barmes and Burroughs shouldn't be there.

[Steak]

Barmes and Burroughs shouldn't be there.

Barmes has had a great start so far. He is probably the favorite for NL Rookie of the Year.

[love_that_reefer]

Are these in any type of order? If they are I have lost a lot more respect for SI.

[Steak]

I would put Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer ahead of Corey Patterson and Jimmy Rollins

[General]

Dude, Giles and Morneau behind Rollins and Patterson? What the deuce?

[Saber]

Steak is correct, and Barmes got on the list on a hot month and a half. I don't think any research went into this list.

Where the hell is BJ Upton?

[love_that_reefer]

He is in the minors.

[Saber]

He was in the majors last year.

[love_that_reefer]

yeah and didn't hit that well if I do recall.