2025 MLB core rankings: Who has the most star talent?

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As we head toward the home stretch of the 2025 season, it's time for my annual ranking of the core talent of all 30 MLB teams. This judges teams based on which players they have under contract through the next two full seasons -- and you'll find many clubs at the top of this list are in the thick of the playoff races over the final month.

For this exercise, salaries don't matter and age isn't a factor -- but I'll round up on projecting young players (and down on older players) because I'm projecting/ranking teams for a two-plus-year period. Very few players in either level of A-Ball are listed because they likely will contribute only at the end of 2027, if at all, even if…