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Which of this year's breakout stars is for real?

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 28: Odubel Herrera #37 of the Philadelphia Phillies climbs the wall and makes a catch on a ball hit by Freddie Freeman #5 of the Atlanta Braves during the third inning of a game at Citizens Bank Park on April 28, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) (Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

Welcome to In Short Order, a weekly look at all the baseball that I like and can't stop obsessing over. We'll mostly live at the edges of the game; at the intersection of the weird, the fun and the esoteric. Oh yeah, and hair.
Nearly a quarter of the season is in the rear-view, Mike Trout is leading the league in, well, everything, Aaron Judge crushing balls to the moon and Max Scherzer seems to be narrowing in on another Cy Young Award.
While those things are expected, there are a number of surprising breakout stars from this season that have stolen our attention. But which ones have the best chance of continuing the rest of the way?
I've ranked them in order of much I believe they're likely to keep the breakout going, I am an all-seeing oracle that predicts the future:

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