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... but you don't need a cookie-cutter comp in order to remember that the highest picks in the draft often fail.
Alvarez was by far the best college hitter in the 2008 draft.
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That said, Alvarez is hardly a failure -- 300/400/550 in AA, his first full year of pro ball, and in the 2H it's got to be considerably higher than that.
Still, asking Dusty to rake ML pitching a few months from now is asking a lot :- )