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As you know, it's nothing unusual for a glamor spect out of college to have a slow year or two or three once he hits the pros.
Just one example off the top of the head, the #2 overall in 2008, Pedro Alvarez, went to class-A baseball, had lukewarm results, and we remember a fair amount of panic about it.
Don't have two dozen examples in my shirt pocket, but you'd find all kinds of top-10 draft picks out of college who had trouble with the minors for a while, and  later starred in the bigs.
Wayyyyyyyyyyy too much made in cyber-Seattle of Alonso's start in the minors.  Especially given the hamate.
Surprising, around the 'net, the lack of familiarity with typical post-NCAA development arcs.  College players have to learn to hit the ball with a different part of the bat.