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I definitely agree with the assessment that it's unreal how many Whammy's he's hit in regards to top flight prospect bats thus far.
Of course, some of this is park effect, (the Seager and Saunders numbers don't "feel" as good as they actually are, given the context. But, I was railing against the developmental incompetence of the organization long before Z arrived. I still wonder how much of the drag on hitting prospects could be due to entrenched organizational problems. I certainly think the club is moving in the right direction - and Saunders and Seager suggest improvement - but part of me thinks by now clubs like Cleveland or Anaheim would have already gotten .850 seasons out of at least some of Ackley, Montero, maybe Smoak and Saunders too.
You're not going to hit a HR with every prospect, obviously. But, seriously, how many hitting prospects have to fail miserably before it ceases to just be bad luck?
In truth, I understand that Z actually has a VERY short time-span for his own hitting prospects to blossom. It's not like Adam Jones hit .800 immediately upon arrival in Baltimore. But, it is difficult to have patience with Z given the decade long hitter hiatus Ms fans suffered before he arrived.