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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