I agree with more bats this year (we took 17 pitchers last year!?!?), but our .200 hitters in A and A+ aren’t the same as everyone else’s. Outside of Walling and Walter, I’m pretty sure they are all teenagers. We have guys playing above their level and out of position just to get ABs pretty much across the board at the lower levels. An army of potential utility guys. That’s our roster filler. That’s kind of the strength of our system.
Those college bats taken in rounds 5-20 are basically just roster filler taking ABs away without near the ceiling of the guys we have already. They’d all be putting up .200s in A ball at 19 too. We are at the point where a lot of kids are going to repeat A and A+ until they become college pick age.
Coincidently, Carolina might not have much room next year for starting pitching due to all the high school arms taken last year (and returning TJ guys like Knoth, Broughton, and Robinson).
Wouldn't be surprised if we went heavy on bats early, then college bullpen arms, then assorted high school projects late.