Final stats - 2019 HS draftees

OK, so here is the final look at the overall stats of high school hitters who were high Indians' draftees in the 2019 draft.  These are the stats for Will Bartlett, Joe Naranjo, Yordys Valdes, Christian Cairo and Jordan Brown.

705 AB
99 Runs
151 Hits
64 RBI
25 Doubles
5 Triples
5 Homeruns
27 Stolen Bases
107 Walks
217 Strikeouts
.215 Batting Average

For reference, here are the combined stats of HS hitters drafted highly by the Indians in the previous 3 drafts.

2018 - HS hitters Holland, Naylor, Delgado: 108-384  16 2B, 4 3B, 3 HR  74 BB  102 K   .281 BA

2017 - HS hitters Holmes, Freeman, Rodriguez, Cooper 128-552, 27 2B 9 3B 7 HR 53 BB  128 K .232 BA

2016 - HS hitters Benson, Jones, Capel, Cantu, Taylor 146-630 27 2B 10 3B 8 HR 79 BB 195 K ,232 BA


Obviously my opinion is that the 2019 stats are underwhelming especially since Valdes, Cairo and Brown hit under .190 each and the guys with the two best results, Bartlett and Naranjo, hit a combined 2 HRs.

Time will tell but nothing I have seen so far changes my opinion that not only did the Indians blow this draft but messed it up so badly that almost none of these guys will make it to the majors and all but 1 or 2 will never make it past Lake County, something that shouldn't happen with guys drafted this high.  I doubt that any of these guys even make the top 10 Indians prospect lists this off-season and that none of them will make the top 20 prospects in the AZL, when that list comes out form Baseball America.

Small market teams need to score big in the draft.   Maybe not as big as the Indians 2016 draft but still, big.   This may be the worst draft in a long while in Cleveland and we can't have that if we are going to be competitive long term.