Right, but the Ks clearly dropped over a larger sample. College level ball is generously High A even at the high-end (realistically closer to single A). I'd be more concerned about Hultzen if his K/9 dropped so extremely because he faced slightly better competition. That would suggest that his game isn't going to translate at the higher levels. Someone like Hamels was King 14+ in AAA.
I don't think thats the case though. With Hultzen's deception his fastball comes onto hitters a lot quicker than the raw velocity. It makes sense that he would be untouchable when he was sitting mid-90s early in the year. That may as well be upper 90s from a hitter's standpoint. Even at 92-93mph it probably looks like mid-90s.
Honestly Doc, do you grade him with a Santana-change based on the video? We have two seperate games fully taped and I'm not seeing that kind of change.
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