27-Year Old Players

Players Who May Break Out This Year

Prospecting isn't always about rookies. Sometimes it's about finding established veterans who are about to kick it up a notch. Historically, the age of twenty-seven is a magic time in some ballplayers' development: disappointing players blossom, good ones become great, and the already-great enjoy career years. So counting candles can be a great way to find sleepers, or other good bets to overperform.

Here are all the 27-year old hitters* on MLB rosters, to help you find your own treasures.

Player	Team	Pos'n	Born

Alejandro De Aza	CHW	OF	4/11/1984
Jed Lowrie	HOU	SS	4/17/1984
Robert Andino	BAL	2B	4/25/1984
James Loney	LAD	1B	5/7/1984
Adam Moore	SEA	C	5/8/1984
Prince Fielder	DET	1B	5/9/1984
Chase Headley	SD	3B	5/9/1984
Robinson Chirinos	TB	C	6/5/1984
Roger Bernadina	WAS	OF	6/12/1984
Jesus Guzman	SD	1B	6/14/1984
Cliff Pennington	OAK	SS	6/15/1984
Cole Gillespie	ARZ	OF	6/20/1984
Allen Craig	STL	OF	7/18/1984
Alexi Casilla	MIN	2B	7/20/1984
Tsuyoshi Nishioka	MIN	SS	7/27/1984
Mark Hamilton	STL	1B	7/29/1984
Luke Hughes	MIN	2B	8/2/1984
Konrad Schmidt	ARZ	C	8/2/1984
Matt Joyce	TB	OF	8/3/1984
Melky Cabrera	SF	OF	8/11/1984
Jarrod Dyson	KC	OF	8/15/1984
Jamie Hoffmann	COL	OF	8/20/1984
B.J. Upton	TB	OF	8/21/1984
Jason Donald	CLE	SS	9/4/1984
Brett Pill	SF	1B	9/9/1984
Danny Valencia	MIN	3B	9/19/1984
Matt Kemp	LAD	OF	9/23/1984
Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	3B	9/28/1984
Chris Johnson	HOU	3B	10/1/1984
Drew Stubbs	CIN	OF	10/4/1984
Troy Tulowitzki	COL	SS	10/10/1984
Jose Lobaton	TB	C	10/21/1984
Jesus Flores	WAS	C	10/26/1984
Shane Robinson	STL	OF	10/30/1984
Jonathan Herrera	COL	2B	11/3/1984
Justin Turner	NYM	2B	11/23/1984
Casper Wells	SEA	OF	11/23/1984
Chris Heisey	CIN	OF	12/14/1984
Josh Satin	NYM	1B	12/23/1984
Scott Sizemore	OAK	3B	1/4/1985
Matt LaPorta	CLE	1B	1/8/1985
Emmanuel Burriss	SF	2B	1/17/1985
Jai Miller	BAL	OF	1/17/1985
Scott Cousins	MIA	OF	1/22/1985
Ryan Sweeney	BOS	OF	2/20/1985
Michael McKenry	PIT	C	3/4/1985
Jon Jay	STL	OF	3/15/1985
Daniel Murphy	NYM	1B	4/1/1985
Luis Martinez	TEX	C	4/3/1985
Ian Stewart	CHC	3B	4/5/1985
Matt Antonelli	BAL	2B	4/8/1985
Brennan Boesch	DET	OF	4/12/1985
Emilio Bonifacio	MIA	SS	4/23/1985
Sean Rodriguez	TB	SS	4/26/1985
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	BOS	C	5/2/1985
Eric Young	COL	OF	5/25/1985
Chris Coghlan	MIA	OF	6/18/1985
Ramiro Pena	NYY	3B	7/18/1985
Alex Presley	PIT	OF	7/25/1985
Mat Gamel	MLW	3B	7/26/1985
Adam Jones	BAL	OF	8/1/1985
Zack Cozart	CIN	SS	8/12/1985
Chris Valaika	CIN	3B	8/14/1985
Daric Barton	OAK	1B	8/16/1985
Darin Mastroianni	MIN	OF	8/26/1985
Chris Nelson	COL	2B	9/3/1985
Tyler Colvin	COL	OF	9/5/1985
Mitch Moreland	TEX	1B	9/6/1985
Neil Walker	PIT	2B	9/10/1985
Delmon Young	DET	OF	9/14/1985
Brandon Hicks	ATL	SS	9/14/1985
Ian Desmond	WAS	SS	9/20/1985