Given how loaded Major League Baseball's 2022 rookie class is, it's surprising only one netted All-Star honors in July.

Julio Rodríguez can therefore help himself to a bow while we assess the future All-Star potential of other noteworthy first-years.

This was a matter of weighing players' strengths and weaknesses and how they might affect their development as they gain experience in the majors. The stronger the strengths, the better. The weaker the weaknesses, the, well, not better.

It's also important to note we didn't go into this pondering whether the player in question will be able to make one All-Star team. Anyone can do that. It takes a special player to make multiple All-Star teams, so that was the standard we applied.

We'll begin with speed rounds for select pitchers and hitters and then move on to a 10-player sample of rookies who we think present especially interesting cases. To keep things simple, we'll go in alphabetical order.

Speed Round: Rookie Pitchers

RHP Félix Bautista, Baltimore Orioles

Age: 27

2022 Stats: 56 G, 23 GF, 55.2 IP, 31 H (7 HR), 73 K, 16 BB, 1.62 ERA

In addition to his amazing entrance routine, Bautista's closer bona fides include a fastball-splitter combination that opposing hitters have understandably not yet solved.

As Eloy Jiménez knows all too well, Bautista could stand to improve his command. But even as a rookie in his late 20s, he should have more dominance in his future even if he never ascends beyond being effectively wild.

Verdict: Buy

RHP Edward Cabrera, Miami Marlins

Age: 24

2022 Stats: 7 GS, 38.1 IP, 18 H (2 HR), 43 K, 19 BB, 1.41 ERA

Speaking of young right-handers with electric stuff, Cabrera can get his fastball up to 99 mph with a changeup that isn't much slower.

Trouble is, wildness and injuries have slowed the Cabrera hype train throughout his career. Until he puts these things in the past, we will hedge on the idea that he's an All-Star-caliber starter.

Verdict: Sell