has there ever been a year like this in the MLB with so MANY talented rookies.

NyMets609 · Jul 27, 2010

what a rookie class. alot of future super stars for sure. Strasburg, Heyward, Posey, Stanton, Sanchez. these guys could be the top players in the game in the next 5 years or so...have we ever had a class like this before?

RobFunk · Jul 27, 2010

The post Roid era has certainly changed so many things about the game.

Check out 2001 though :

Ichiro, Pujols, Soriano, Oswalt, Sabathia, Rollins, Eckstein

Ladeda · Jul 27, 2010

It really is a pretty amazing class of rookies. Don't think there has ever been a year with this many heralded can't miss type of guys debuting. Were talking future mega star type players. Strasburgh, Heyward, and the others could be top 5 in league players realistically without exagerating. Remember as well many less heralded rookies will probably mature years from now and be solid players.

I wouldn't be suprised at all to see this class trump that 2001 class Rob posted.

NyMets609 · Jul 27, 2010

RobFunk said:
The post Roid era has certainly changed so many things about the game.

Check out 2001 though :

Ichiro, Pujols, Soriano, Oswalt, Sabathia, Rollins, Eckstein

lotta divas in there.

billhill999 · Jul 27, 2010

2005 Draft

First-Year Player Draft coverage: 2005 Round 1
.firstRound td ** text-indent:5px; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;}PICKTEAMPLAYERPOSITIONSCHOOL1.

Justin UptonSSGreat Bridge HS (VA)2.

Alex Gordon3BU Nebraska3.

Jeff ClementCU Southern California4.

Ryan Zimmerman3BU Virginia5.

Ryan Braun3BU Miami6.

Ricardo RomeroLHPCal St. Fullerton7.

Troy TulowitzkiSSCal St. Long Beach8.

Wade TownsendRHPRice U9.

Michael PelfreyRHPWichita State U10.

Cameron MaybinCFT C Roberson HS (NC)11.

Andrew McCutchenCFFort Meade HS (FL)

D2bets · Jul 27, 2010

What about also Jamie Garcia, Mike Leake, Starlin Castro, Tyler Colvin, just in the NL alone?

TomGshotput · Jul 27, 2010

Going just by what they did in their rookie year, extremely hard to top 1987. Matt Nokes hit 32 homeruns and had an .880 OPS as a catcher and finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. Mike Greenwell had an OPS of .956 in 125 games and finished fourth. Kevin Sietzer had the best rookie year of any thirdbaseman in history; Mark McGwire's historic year is virtually even with Pujols

Huge amount of depth even for guys who didn't earn a single vote, Rafael Palmerio, BJ Surhoff, Terry Stienbach, Bill Wilkinson, etc

Very screwy year in a number of ways

WorldNumberOne · Jul 27, 2010

i imagine the first year in the history of mlb was a good one for rookies...

Ladeda · Jul 29, 2010

Dominic Brown just debuted as well for the Phillies in right field. The highest rated Phils prospect since Ryan Howard was tearing up the minor leagues. Brown looked real good his first game too.