Before we dive into the rankings, here’s a list of the projected preseason leader for each team, based on the Depth Charts projection system from FanGraphs:
ARI: Corbin Carroll/Ketel Marte, 27
ATH: Nick Kurtz, 36
ATL: Ronald Acuña Jr./Matt Olson, 31
BAL: Pete Alonso, 37
BOS: Willson Contreras, 23
CHC: Michael Busch, 28
CWS: Munetaka Murakami, 29
CIN: Eugenio Suárez, 36
CLE: José Ramírez, 29
COL: Hunter Goodman, 29
DET: Riley Greene, 29
HOU: Yordan Alvarez, 30
KC: Bobby Witt Jr., 29
LAA: Jo Adell, 34
LAD: Shohei Ohtani, 46
MIA: Kyle Stowers, 21
MIL: Jackson Chourio, 25
MIN: Byron Buxton, 30
NYM: Juan Soto, 37
NYY: Aaron Judge, 44
PHI: Kyle Schwarber, 43
PIT: Oneil Cruz, 24
SD: Fernando Tatis Jr., 31
SF: Rafael Devers, 31
SEA: Cal Raleigh, 40
STL: Nolan Gorman, 24
TB: Junior Caminero, 39
TEX: Jake Burger, 30
TOR: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 32
WAS: James Wood, 28