Youngest By League, Opening Day 2019

Image credit: Wander Franco (left, photo by Tony Farlow) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (right, photo by Bill Mitchell)

Here are the youngest active players in each league as of Opening Day (March 28) for the major leagues and Opening Day (April 4) for the minor leagues. Because players can be sent to the minors in the intervening time, Bryse Wilson makes appearances on two lists.

American League (MLB)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Elvis Luciano RHP TOR 19.1
2 Gleyber Torres 2B NYY 22.3
3 Eloy Jimenez OF CWS 22.3
4 Rafael Devers 3B BOS 22.4
5 Richard Urena SS TOR 23.1
6 Jake Bauers OF CLE 23.5
7 Willy Adames SS TB 23.6
8 Adalberto Mondesi SS KC 23.7
9 Brad Keller RHP KC 23.7
10 Shane Bieber RHP CLE 23.8
National League (MLB)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Fernando Tatis SS SD 20.2
2 Juan Soto OF WAS 20.4
3 Bryse Wilson RHP ATL 21.3
4 Ronald Acuna OF ATL 21.3
5 Victor Robles OF WAS 21.9
6 Ozzie Albies 2B ATL 22.2
7 Jordan Hicks RHP STL 22.6
8 Julio Urias LHP LAD 22.6
9 Caleb Ferguson LHP LAD 22.7
10 Freddy Peralta RHP MIL 22.8
International League (AAA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Bo Bichette SS TOR 21.1
2 Bryse Wilson RHP ATL 21.3
3 Kolby Allard LHP ATL 21.6
4 Mike Soroka RHP ATL 21.7
5 Willi Castro SS DET 21.9
6 Austin Riley 3B ATL 22.0
7 Ryan Mountcastle 3B BAL 22.1
8 Ke’Bryan Hayes 3B PIT 22.2
9 Daz Cameron OF DET 22.2
10 Edgar Garcia RHP PHI 22.5
Pacific Coast League (AAA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Forrest Whitley RHP HOU 21.5
2 Carter Kieboom SS WAS 21.6
3 Yordan Alvarez OF HOU 21.8
4 Josh Naylor OF SD 21.8
5 Luis Urias 2B SD 21.8
6 Logan Allen LHP SD 21.9
7 Peter Lambert RHP COL 22.0
8 Luis Rengifo 2B LAA 22.1
9 Kyle Tucker OF HOU 22.2
10 Nick Neidert RHP MIA 22.4
Eastern League (AA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Luis Garcia SS WAS 18.9
2 Isaac Paredes 3B DET 20.1
3 Andres Gimenez SS NYM 20.6
4 Mickey Moniak OF PHI 20.9
5 Matt Manning RHP DET 21.2
6 Colton Welker 3B COL 21.5
7 Arquimedes Gamboa SS PHI 21.5
8 Josh Stephen OF PHI 21.5
9 Cornelius Randolph OF PHI 21.8
10 Andruw Monasterio 2B CLE 21.8
Southern League (AA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Drew Waters OF ATL 20.3
2 Cristian Pache OF ATL 20.4
3 Brusdar Graterol RHP MIN 20.6
4 Ian Anderson RHP ATL 20.9
5 Josh Lowe OF TB 21.2
6 Jazz Chisholm SS ARI 21.2
7 Brandon Marsh OF LAA 21.3
8 Kyle Muller LHP ATL 21.5
9 Jesus Sanchez OF TB 21.5
10 Joey Wentz LHP ATL 21.5
Texas League (AA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Adrian Morejon LHP SD 20.1
2 Andres Munoz RHP SD 20.2
3 Hudson Potts 3B SD 20.4
4 Dylan Carlson OF STL 20.4
5 Elehuris Montero 3B STL 20.6
6 Keibert Ruiz C LAD 20.7
7 Khalil Lee OF KC 20.8
8 Omar Estevez 2B LAD 21.1
9 Gavin Lux SS LAD 21.4
10 Dustin May RHP LAD 21.6
California League (HiA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Tirso Ornelas OF SD 19.1
2 Gabriel Arias SS SD 19.1
3 Luis Patino RHP SD 19.4
4 Jeisson Rosario OF SD 19.4
5 Heliot Ramos OF SF 19.6
6 Eguy Rosario 2B SD 19.6
7 Lazaro Armenteros OF OAK 19.9
8 MacKenzie Gore LHP SD 20.1
9 Ryan Vilade SS COL 20.1
10 Esteury Ruiz 2B SD 20.1
Carolina League (HiA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Bryan Mata RHP BOS 19.9
2 Miguel Amaya C CHC 20.1
3 M.J. Melendez C KC 20.3
4 Mario Feliciano C MIL 20.4
5 Sebastian Rivero C KC 20.4
6 Cristian Perez SS KC 20.4
7 Nick Pratto 1B KC 20.5
8 D.L. Hall LHP BAL 20.5
9 Aramis Ademan SS CHC 20.5
10 Leody Taveras OF TEX 20.6
Florida State League (HiA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Jose Devers SS MIA 19.3
2 Royce Lewis SS MIN 19.8
3 Deivi Garcia RHP NYY 19.9
4 Maximo Castillo RHP TOR 19.9
5 Vladimir Guerrero 3B TOR 20.0
6 Calvin Mitchell OF PIT 20.1
7 Oswaldo Cabrera 2B NYY 20.1
8 Jeffrey Ramos OF ATL 20.1
9 Simon Muzziotti OF PHI 20.3
10 Freddy Tarnok RHP ATL 20.4
Midwest League (LoA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Wander Franco SS TB 18.1
2 Livan Soto SS LAA 18.8
3 Ivan Herrera C STL 18.8
4 Nolan Gorman 3B STL 18.9
5 Justin Lopez 2B SD 18.9
6 Alek Thomas OF ARI 18.9
7 Claudio Finol 3B CIN 19.0
8 Marcos Brito 2B OAK 19.1
9 Bo Naylor C CLE 19.1
10 Kevin Maitan 3B LAA 19.1
South Atlantic League (LoA)
Rk Player Pos Org Age
1 Darling Florentino 3B ATL 17.9
2 Ronny Mauricio SS NYM 18.0
3 Carlos Paraguate SS ATL 18.2
4 Julio Rodriguez OF SEA 18.3
5 Luis Garcia SS PHI 18.5
6 Simeon Woods-Richardson RHP NYM 18.5
7 Jose Sanchez SS WAS 18.7
8 Victor Santos RHP PHI 18.7
9 Jonathan Ornelas 3B TEX 18.8
10 Israel Pineda C WAS 19.0

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