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Why the Jon Gray narrative is all wrong

With the Rockies set to call up top pitching prospect Jon Gray for his major league debut, the countdown begins to the claims that the Rockies "rushed" him to the big leagues, the first of which will surely come at the first sign of trouble in Gray's Rockies career.

So the question is, before we see results, did the Rockies rush Gray to the majors? Now, this is a hard thing to determine, as these are best taken on a case-by-case basis. However, the best way to objectively evaluate whether Gray was rushed would be to compare him to his peers, those being college pitchers drafted as top 10 overall picks in the 2010s, of which there have been 13, not counting the 2015 draft class.