SPECULATOR: Checking in on the 2016 rookie class
Jun 25 2016
The end of June is a fine time to step back and review the performances of this year's rookies. Though lacking the Bryant/Syndergaard/Correa/Lindor firepower of the class a year ago, there have been some significant performances by rookies so far—even some that have altered our long-term outlook a bit.
We will use our 2016 HQ100 list as the starting point for this exercise—we’ll sprinkle in a few others at the end—and the rookies need to have picked up significant playing time in 2016 so far. By using the HQ100, we define our scope to players for whom our prospect team expected to be difference-makers. Rather than taking an entirely BPI, Fact/Fluke approach, we will speculate a bit, hoping to discern what these players’ initial MLB...
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