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Three players who have already shown flashes โ€” but 2026 could be the year they make the jump to genuine star status in Major League Baseball.

One is a Blue Jays hitter who already has a World Series grand slam on his resume and is hitting the ball as hard as anyone in spring training. One is a Reds shortstop who feels like he could crack a top ten players list by this time next year if everything comes together. And one is a Brewers pitcher whose stuff is already electric; now he just needs a full season as the guy to show everyone how good he can actually be.

Which one are you most excited about? Let me know in the comments.

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00:04these are three players that I think are going to turn into some breakout stars this year and
00:09like a lot all three of these guys have already broken out per se but the star part I think
00:15is
00:15something to focus on here I think all three of these guys have an opportunity to kind of jump
00:19another level here in Major League Baseball this season at number three it's Jacob Mizorowski from
00:25the Milwaukee Brewers everyone was already excited about him pitching in the all-star game the stuff
00:29is obviously electric but I think now another full season him being the guy with the Milwaukee
00:34Brewers who are going to be in another race for the division title this is another opportunity for
00:39this guy to show how good he can be for this Brewers team and I think we're going to be
00:45talking about
00:45this guy in a much different way 365 days from now at number two it's Addison Barger and for people
00:53who
00:53wear the same hat as I do this is a guy who has already broken out he hits the grand
00:57slam in a
00:58pinch hit situation in the World Series but he's really only in these spots because Anthony
01:04Santander couldn't stay healthy and now isn't healthy to start the season again but you watch
01:08him in spring and he is hitting the heck out of the baseball he is an exit velocity king and
01:14he already
01:14kind of went through his growing pains of all right the league has kind of figured me out what do
01:18I have
01:18to do now he's already progressed beyond that not that the league is just going to throw up their
01:22hands and well don't know what we could possibly do with this kid now but I think that the big
01:27adjustments that he needs to make have already been made this is a guy who hits the ball hard
01:31he's athletic turning into a pretty good defender I think there's a very real chance we're talking
01:36about Addison Barger the all-star this season with the Toronto Blue Jays and number one is
01:41Eli Dela Cruz for the Cincinnati Reds one of the reasons we haven't talked about this guy as much
01:46is the Reds haven't been as relevant but they're obviously making a push they have a really good
01:50pitching staff out in Cincinnati and this guy feels like he can be the real deal and if he can
01:55put it all
01:56together for a team that's competitive this season I think Eli Dela Cruz finds a way into that top 10
02:01players list for 2027 assuming a lockout doesn't get in the way so those are three guys who I have
02:06my eye on who have already broken out but now can really make a push towards stardom in 2026 what
02:13do
02:14you guys think anyone else that's kind of on your radar do you think I'm overrating any of these three
02:18let me know in the comments and while you are there the like if you're clicking on the comment button
02:24it's
02:24just just a little move up to the subscribe button and hit that like one as well
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