RANKING THE LAST SIX OSU RECRUTING CLASSES: WERE 2015 AND 2016 OUR BEST CLASSES?
Jan 9, 2022 12:53:22 GMT -8
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Post by chinmusic on Jan 9, 2022 12:53:22 GMT -8
In looking at Oregon State’s last six official recruiting classes you might conclude several things 1.) The Beavers are consistent with their class sizes ranging from 11 to 13 recruits per cycle with the exception of the 2019 class following their national championship season and Pat Casey’s retirement. That class included 17 signings. 2.) The Beavers find 7 or 8 contributors in every class. 3.) Competition and injuries take their toll on every class. Overall, about 60% of each class will contribute on the field. 4) The 2015 class had a high attrition rate but produced a historic class because of the five players selected in the MLB draft with four going in the first 5 rounds including a remarkable three 1st round picks. 5.) the 2016 class had 4 MLB Draft selections with Adley Rutschman being the first player selected in the draft. 6.) the 2017 class produced four draft picks led by pitchers Chamberlain and Abel who were selected in the first 7 rounds. 7.) six members of the 2018 class are still playing and contributing at OSU. 8.) the 2019 class has 9 members still playing at OSU and boasts several potential early round draft picks, 9.) the 2020 class has 8 members still playing and contributing while seeing two of their classmates drafted last year by the Astros and Cubs.
You can conduct an experiment in judging the relative strength of these classes by assigning a value to each player and summing up the total for each class. I used a scale of zero to six in assigning each pLayer a “contribution value”. For example, players that left the program due to injury or in search of more P.T. elsewhere were given a grade of 0. Rutschman and Madrigal received “6” grades, Larnach and Grenier received “5”’s. Kwan and Chamberlain were strong 4’s. Driveline Baseball has “Bauer Units”, MLB uses WAR, so I’ll call mine “Chin Units”.
Use your own rating system, rate the players and join the discussion. One of the burning questions - did OSU’s classes really drop off noticeably following 2016, or did we just run out of first round draft picks in subsequent classes.?
Here are the classes: Year – number signed / contributors
2015: (13/7) Madrigal, Larnach, Grenier, Kwan, Fehmel, Nobach, Taylor, Loeb, Cantwell, Parnow, Brosius, O’Rourke, and Atwood.
2016: (12/8) Rutschman, Gambrel, Eisert, Mulholland, Verburg, Armstrong, Malone, Jones, Mendazona, Donovan, Wylie, and Wright.
2017: (11/8) Abel, Chamberlain, Claunch, Ober, McGarry, Burns, McMahan, Pearce, Clayton, Atallah, and Foster.
2018: (11/8) Pfennigs, Dukart, Meckler, Mundt, Philip, Gretler, Walling, Fuchs, Harvey, Soulages, and Booth.
2019: (17/8) Hjerpe, Melton, Frisch, Washburn, Boyd, McDowell, Dernedde, Sebby, Hamilton, Mascarenas, Brown, Lattery, McLaughlin, Murphy, Steck, Valero-Sanchez, and Young.
2020: (13/7) Forrester, Watkins, Salgado, Townsend, Logan, Lawson, Hunter, Thorsteinson, Kasper, Myro, Giblin, Donohue, and Pruitt.
A preliminary ranking of the classes might look something like this.
2015
2016
2019
2017
2018.
2020**
** The 2020 class has 8 members on the current roster, 6 with 3 years of eligibility left and 2 with 4 years left. Several are future MLB draft prospects. Much too early to fully judge the class.
You can conduct an experiment in judging the relative strength of these classes by assigning a value to each player and summing up the total for each class. I used a scale of zero to six in assigning each pLayer a “contribution value”. For example, players that left the program due to injury or in search of more P.T. elsewhere were given a grade of 0. Rutschman and Madrigal received “6” grades, Larnach and Grenier received “5”’s. Kwan and Chamberlain were strong 4’s. Driveline Baseball has “Bauer Units”, MLB uses WAR, so I’ll call mine “Chin Units”.
Use your own rating system, rate the players and join the discussion. One of the burning questions - did OSU’s classes really drop off noticeably following 2016, or did we just run out of first round draft picks in subsequent classes.?
Here are the classes: Year – number signed / contributors
2015: (13/7) Madrigal, Larnach, Grenier, Kwan, Fehmel, Nobach, Taylor, Loeb, Cantwell, Parnow, Brosius, O’Rourke, and Atwood.
2016: (12/8) Rutschman, Gambrel, Eisert, Mulholland, Verburg, Armstrong, Malone, Jones, Mendazona, Donovan, Wylie, and Wright.
2017: (11/8) Abel, Chamberlain, Claunch, Ober, McGarry, Burns, McMahan, Pearce, Clayton, Atallah, and Foster.
2018: (11/8) Pfennigs, Dukart, Meckler, Mundt, Philip, Gretler, Walling, Fuchs, Harvey, Soulages, and Booth.
2019: (17/8) Hjerpe, Melton, Frisch, Washburn, Boyd, McDowell, Dernedde, Sebby, Hamilton, Mascarenas, Brown, Lattery, McLaughlin, Murphy, Steck, Valero-Sanchez, and Young.
2020: (13/7) Forrester, Watkins, Salgado, Townsend, Logan, Lawson, Hunter, Thorsteinson, Kasper, Myro, Giblin, Donohue, and Pruitt.
A preliminary ranking of the classes might look something like this.
2015
2016
2019
2017
2018.
2020**
** The 2020 class has 8 members on the current roster, 6 with 3 years of eligibility left and 2 with 4 years left. Several are future MLB draft prospects. Much too early to fully judge the class.