Rob Neyer, sometimes of ESPN.com, compiled this list. I don't think you need to be an insider to access it. The first thing that jumped out at me? Obviously David Wright's dreamy good looks. Beyond that, and the giddy feeling I get when the Mets land 3 players in the top 10, I noticed that 7 of the top 10 players are all from the National League. In fact, 6 of those 7 are from the NL East, home to YOUR New York Mets!
Who knows what happens over the next several years? It is possible that most of those young stars end up in the AL, much like #3 on the list Miguel Cabrera, formerly of the Florida Marlins now patrolling third base for the Detroit Tigers. As long as the Mets keep dumping money on star players, assuming they can contend for the playoffs every year, other NL teams will have to spend more to follow suit.
I could go through all sorts of interesting (er, to me) facts about the breakdown of players, and of course you have to take this all with a grain of salt because the list is one man's opinion, but it breaks down thusly, which is probably a good indication of which divisions will be the strongest over the next few years:
NL East: 13 players
AL Central: 12 players
AL East: 10 players
NL West: 9 players
NL Central: 5 players
AL West: 1 player (yikes!)
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