Spring Training Stars It's Not Too Early to Hype for 2016

We've been told for years that spring training stats don't matter, that buying into the hype they produce only leads to disappointment once the regular season gets underway. More often than not, that tends to be the case.

Yet there are always a handful of players that prove that theory wrong, and we've honed in on five of the spring's biggest stars—four position players and a pitcher, listed in no particular order—that are poised to do just that.

They're all within the first few years of their big league careers, and not all of them are locks to break camp with their respective clubs. But no matter their estimated time of arrival in the majors, one thing is for sure: They're all going to be legitimate, game-changing difference-makers.

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