Warning: small sample size
Warning: I think these kids got thrown into games sooner than I remember from previous years (maybe a mirage caused by all these guys have their signings announced at the same time).
Nonetheless, when you look at the starts of Bartlett, Brown, Valdes, Cairo and Naranjo, you have
10-60 4 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 BB, 18 K
I am not really sure given the small sample size but right now these guys look totally overmatched. Take away Bartlett's 4-14 and 3 2B hits, the rest of the guys are 6-46, 1 2B, 2 BB 14 K.
It may have happened but I, personally, don't remember a year where the HS hitters we drafted started off so dismally.
By comparison:
2018 - HS hitters Holland, Naylor, Delgado: 108-384 16 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR 74 BB 102 K
2017 - HS hitters Holmes, Freeman, Rodriguez, Cooper 128-552, 27 2B 9 3B 7 HR 53 BB 128 K
2016 - HS hitters Benson, Jones, Capel, Cantu, Taylor 146-630 27 2B 10 3B 8 HR 79 BB 195 K
Looking at the stats, compared to this year's class, Quentin Holmes, the worst of the last 3 classes of HS hitters we have drafted, would probably be one of if not THE best HS hitter, statistically, if he was drafted this year.
Again, this year is a very small sample size so far but, in my recollection at least over the last 3 years, I have never seen a group struggle so much, even right out of the gate like this. Considering how much money we paid these guys, you would have expected better production.
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