From Madison Bumgarner to Clayton Kershaw and Felix Hernandez, there are some familiar names that hit the list in the process of projecting each MLB team’s ace five years from now.
Of course, there are also plenty of unfamiliar faces on the slides that follow. After all, five years is a long time, and lots can change between now and the start of the 2020 campaign. Some of the starters who made the cut have yet to throw a professional pitch, while others are prominent prospects who are on the verge of making the majors.
As far as individual teams go, there was no club with more options to pick from than the New York Mets.