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 has been a magic time for ballplayer development, so counting candles can be a great way to find sleepers.

Player	Team	Pos'n	Born

Alex Gordon	KC	3B	2/10/1984
Brett Hayes	MIA	C	2/13/1984
Nate Schierholtz	SF	OF	2/15/1984
Brian Bogusevic	HOU	OF	2/18/1984
Brian McCann	ATL	C	2/20/1984
Denard Span	MIN	OF	2/27/1984
Elliot Johnson	TB	2B	3/9/1984
Matt Downs	HOU	2B	3/19/1984
Kila Ka'aihue	OAK	1B	3/29/1984
Alejandro De Aza	CHW	OF	4/11/1984
James Loney	LAD	1B	5/7/1984
Adam Moore	SEA	C	5/8/1984
Chase Headley	SD	3B	5/9/1984
Roger Bernadina	WAS	OF	6/12/1984
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
Mark Hamilton	STL	1B	7/29/1984
Luke Hughes	MIN	2B	8/2/1984
Matt Joyce	TB	OF	8/3/1984
Melky Cabrera	SF	OF	8/11/1984
Jarrod Dyson	KC	OF	8/15/1984
B.J. Upton	TB	OF	8/21/1984
Jason Donald	CLE	SS	9/4/1984
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
Justin Turner	NYM	2B	11/23/1984
Casper Wells	SEA	OF	11/23/1984
Chris Heisey	CIN	OF	12/14/1984
Scott Sizemore	OAK	2B	1/4/1985
Matt LaPorta	CLE	OF	1/8/1985
Emmanuel Burriss	SF	2B	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
Ian Stewart	CHC	3B	4/5/1985
Brennan Boesch	DET	OF	4/12/1985
Emilio Bonifacio	MIA	2B	4/23/1985
Sean Rodriguez	TB	3B	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	SS	7/18/1985
Mat Gamel	MLW	3B	7/26/1985
Adam Jones	BAL	OF	8/1/1985
Chris Valaika	CIN	SS	8/14/1985
Daric Barton	OAK	1B	8/16/1985
Blake DeWitt	CHC	2B	8/20/1985
Chris Nelson	COL	SS	9/3/1985
Tyler Colvin	COL	OF	9/5/1985
Neil Walker	PIT	3B	9/10/1985
Delmon Young	DET	OF	9/14/1985
Ian Desmond	WAS	SS	9/20/1985
Evan Longoria	TB	3B	10/7/1985
Carlos Gonzalez	COL	OF	10/17/1985
Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	SS	11/13/1985
Luis Valbuena	TOR	2B	11/30/1985
Carlos Gomez	MLW	OF	12/4/1985
Mark Trumbo	LAA	1B	1/16/1986
Reid Brignac	TB	SS	1/16/1986