Lede Continued

I forgot Edwin Encarnacion and Lance Niekro.

If the NL rookie list is expanded to include players in their first full-year of full-time PT or 2nd year like David Wright, Jose Reyes, Chase Utley, Matt Holliday, Garret Atkins, Khahil Greene, Chad Tracy, Felipe Lopez, Jason Lane, Jose Castillo, then you have an even more impressive list of future All-Stars.

One or two years experience for a list like this means there are fewer ready-for-the majors players at AA and AAA.

It also means there won't be openings at the major-league level until the end of the decade when this wave become arbitration-eligible and/ free agent-eligible.

That leads me to conclude the future of the large market teams is poor as there won't be a lot of stud free agents available during those years.

From a Roto POV, it means the NL minor league drafts will not have much low-lying fruit, so unless you are very knowledgable about the minors, you should not be amassing picks in trades. If anything, you should be trading them.