QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 12, 2013 -> 08:55 PM)
Great question. Jeromy Burnitz is so far the best example I can come up with. He was pretty terrible in AAA at 23 years old, but his K rate was never anywhere near that bad in the minors.
I went through players in the majors that hit over 250 career homers. Nobody had a season like Hawkins, with the low batting average, high K rate, and low OBP.
He has 102 K's in 57 games. That's worthy of calling him a bust already, but it would be pretty unfair to put that on a 19 year-old. But if he doesn't turn it around this season or in 2014, he's done as a hitter. The good ones are just good, even at 19 or 20.