It hasn’t been since 2011 that a rookie class has ever experienced anything in the ballpark of what this year’s rookies are going through. Although the circumstances were very different, that year due to a lockout and this due to a pandemic, the long and short of it is that in both cases, their growth and development and instruction were stunted.
It’s hard to say what the ultimate impact will be on the 2020 class. Of course, we’re still in May, long before any games are supposed to be played, but teams haven’t been shy about their expectations for their rookie class.