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Top 10 fantasy baseball prospects, plus dissecting Buxton's issues

Trea Turner is going to hit a lot and run a lot for the Nationals -- once they decide he's worthy of being called up. Joel Auerbach/Getty Images

Byron Buxton is learning a lesson at the big league level; your reputation can get you only so far. One of the top two prospects in baseball for most of the past 16 months, the Minnesota Twins outfielder continues to struggle at the highest level.

Buxton was called up last season, perhaps prematurely, and had trouble adapting before a thumb injury wiped out a large chunk of his summer. After 2015's false start, the 22-year-old is off to plain old slow start in 2016.