BATTERS: Young targets, 2018

Let's continue our identification of the most skilled young players in the game by moving on to hitters.

These bats have been the most skilled young guys in the game so far in 2018:

50+ BPV, Age 28 or Under*

Name                Age  League  Position  bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   HctX  xPX   Spd  BPV
==================  ===  ======  ========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===
Betts, Mookie        25      AL        RF  11%  87%  0.96  200   157   167  109  164
Ramirez, Jose        25      AL     3B/2B  13%  90%  1.47  152   117   103   90  135
Trout, Mike          26      AL        CF  21%  76%  1.10  184   132   162  110  126
Machado, Manny       25      AL     3B/SS  11%  84%  0.81  155   113   118   97  114
Bryant, Kris         26   ...

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