Ryan Day and co. have done an admirable job recruiting in the first full season of the new regime. I looked at the classes from 2016-2020 to get a sense of how the current class compares in top-end talent, and in taking some shots on lower end guys.
Short version: this class looks most like the 2016 class in length and strength. That class has had a pretty good run, so I will take it.
Looking at the 247 composite rankings, here is what we have:
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| top 10 players | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| top 50 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| top 100 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| top 250 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 13 |
| below top 300 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| avg ranking | .9156 | .9459 | .9429 | .9187 | .9207 |
2017 and 2018 were genuinely insane classes. But comparing this class to 2016 seems like the right marker. And that is pretty darned good.
