Last year I started what will probably be a yearly tradition of ranking MLB teams by their core of talent. The idea is to include only players under contractual control through at least 2025. Age isn't a factor, but I'll round up on projecting young players (and vice versa on older players) as I'm projecting/ranking teams for this two-plus-year time frame.
To make it easier to see which team has more talent when comparing them, I split players into three tiers: elite (5+ WAR talent, or MVP candidates), above average (3-5 WAR types) and solid (1.