MLB breakout candidates: One player from all 30 teams who's ready to step up as spring training games start

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With the regular season a month away, it's time to partake in the fool's errands of spring. That includes picking a breakout player for every team.
, hitting on 13 or 14 of our 30 picks, depending on the judge. (In 2019,
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We're keeping the difficulty level high this year by avoiding fashionable picks, save for an instance or two where there was no other option. Otherwise, we tried picking under-the-radar players who were likely to 1) spend ample time on the 26-man roster and 2) outperform expectations.
Obviously this is a subjective exercise -- and one that tends to skew young and reliever, since there's more opportunity there --  so bear that in mind as you scroll through the picks.
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