{"id":1393,"date":"2022-03-23T13:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/mlb-breakout-candidates-one-player-from-all-30-teams-whos-ready-to-step-up-in-2022-cbs-sports\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:57:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:57:03","slug":"mlb-breakout-candidates-one-player-from-all-30-teams-whos-ready-to-step-up-in-2022-cbs-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/mlb-breakout-candidates-one-player-from-all-30-teams-whos-ready-to-step-up-in-2022-cbs-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB breakout candidates: One player from all 30 teams who's ready to step up in 2022 – CBS Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the regular season just two weeks away, it’s time to partake in the fool’s errands of spring. That includes picking a breakout player for every team. Last year, we nailed calls on<\/a> Nick Pivetta<\/a>, Drew Rasmussen<\/a>, Cal Quantrill<\/a>, and Tony Kemp<\/a>, among others.\u00a0We also had a decent batting average in 2020<\/a>, hitting on 13 or 14 of our 30 picks, and back in 2019,\u00a0we hit on nine or 10<\/a>, including DJ LeMahieu<\/a> and Ketel Marte<\/a>.
We’re keeping the difficulty level as high as we can this year by avoiding fashionable picks, save for instances where there were no other options. Otherwise, we tried picking under-the-radar players who were likely to 1) spend ample time on the 26-man roster and 2) outperform expectations.
Obviously this is a subjective exercise — and one that tends to skew younger and toward relievers, since there’s more opportunity there —\u00a0 so bear that in mind as you scroll through the picks.
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