Hunter Dozier’s professional baseball career has been a bit of a roller coaster. He was the 39th ranked prospect on Baseball America’s draft board but the Royals took him at #8 in a move that surprised virtually everybody.
While he wasn’t the same caliber prospect as a Austin Meadows or Phillip Bickford, who were the next two picks, he was a 21-year-old who could hypothetically move up the ranks quickly and replace the major bust that was Mike Moustakas.
He played the part early on, slashing .308/.391/.458 over his first 135 games as a professional, which wasn’t super surprising given his age.