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After stopping off at second base, the B/R MLB 300 now moves to the left side of the infield with a look at shortstops.

Like our first basemen and second basemen rankings, this list of shortstops consists of 25 of the overall 300 players. As for how it came to be, we subjected each player to a scoring system that adds up to a total of 100 possible points.

After checking in on the best of the best at first base, the B/R MLB 300 now moves up another 90 feet for a look at a decidedly more athletic position: second base.

It's admittedly been something of a lean year for the second-base brotherhood, but we still managed to come up with a list of 25 names after subjecting nominees to a scoring system that adds up to 100.

With the 2015 MLB award season looming, Zack Greinke has some company in the chase for the National League Cy Young.

Jake Arrieta just keeps putting up zeroes for the Chicago Cubs. And don't forget about Greinke's teammate with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw.

If the 2015 MLB season has taught us anything, it's to never underestimate the impact a prospect can make. Young talent in the minor leagues are the stars of tomorrow. It's important to keep track of their progress and development. 

That's why over the next few slides, we'll take a look at some fresh, young talent gracing the minor league baseball scene. The following players may have been drafted just this summer, but they already turned heads in their first professional seasons. 

After getting the ball rolling behind the dish, the B/R MLB 300 now moves up 90 feet to the most power-packed position in baseball: first base.

We analyzed many first basemen, but the final list consists of 25 names, with each player rated on a scoring system that adds up to 100.

Francisco Lindor and Miguel Sano are not only two of the top contenders for the American League Rookie of the Year Award, but are also two of the key X-factors who will determine which clubs snag the final 2015 MLB postseason spots.

There are just two weeks remaining in the 2015 MLB regular season, and the postseason picture is still far from decided around the league.

The AL East and AL West division titles are both still up for grabs, and the same goes for the second AL wild-card spot where four teams are within four games of one another.

On the National League side, the five postseason teams appear to be set, but the three NL Central contenders are still jockeying for position and trying to avoid the Wild Card Round game.

The B/R MLB 300 gets underway with the most important position on the diamond: catcher.

Being a backstop is so difficult to master, in fact, that our list consists of only 20 of the 300 overall players we'll be evaluating over the next few weeks. As for how this list of 20 came to be, we subjected each player to a scoring system that adds up to a total of 100 possible points.

Another week of the 2015 MLB campaign is in the books, and we are now just two weeks from the end of the regular season and the start of what promises to be another exciting month of playoff baseball.

Playoff races, postseason rosters and end-of-the-year awards become the main talking points around the league this time of year, and that has been the case once again this September.

As MLB's playoff picture begins to come into focus, stars around the game are finding themselves with plenty to prove over the season's final weeks. Over the next few slides, we'll identify a handful of big names that figure to be under the microscope.

Why do the names on this list have something to prove? There are a variety of different reasons.