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Dominic Smith is 2nd Youngest Player in Eastern League

By Teddy Klein

April 12, 2016 2 Comments

 

Mark LoMoglio/MiLB.com

Mark LoMoglio/MiLB.com

Baseball America released their yearly updates on which players are youngest in their leagues. They started in the Major Leagues with the ten youngest in each league. Of the 20, Left Fielder Michael Conforto was ranked the 9th youngest in the National League at 23.1 years old.

As for the Minor Leagues, I’ll list them out:

Pacific Coast League:

#8 Dilson Herrera 22.1 – Recognize this name? You should. He was barely 20 when he was jumped from AA to the Major Leagues in 2014 and was the youngest player in the National League when he did so.

#9 Gavin Cecchini 22.3- Cecchini has been steadily moving up the ladder as a fairly young player. He was the 5th youngest last year in the Eastern League and was named the Rookie of the Year for the league.

Eastern League:

#2 Dominic Smith 20.8 – Smith was the 4th youngest in the Florida State League last year when he won MVP. He is going to be 21 next month.

Florida State League:

#3 Amed Rosario 20.4 – Rosario was the youngest in the Florida State League the entire 2015 season. He didn’t do too bad last year, but the Mets felt he should stay down in the FSL anyway. Should he rise to Binghamton sometime this year, he will likely be the youngest in the league.

 

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