Justin Verlander was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2004 MLB draft and made his debut for the Detroit Tigers just 13 months later.
Apparently, he made a lot of improvement in that short period.
"He came out of college a total s--tshow, and then he developed," an executive told Marc Carig and Andy McCullough of The Athletic.
The numbers don't really bear out the executive's assessment. Verlander won Rookie of the Year in his first full MLB season and was top-10 in AL Cy Young voting each of his first two years.