The "Rated Rookie" logo is to the '80s and '90s what the rookie cup was to the '70s. But in yet another example of how impatient we've gotten as humans over the years, "Rated Rookies" weren't content to wait a season to bestow the coveted logo onto a player's logo, as Topps' rookie trophy and cup did in years past. No, the "Rated Rookie" was presented to a player who had barely experienced the majors, who merely had "potential." This was a risky move for Donruss as some of those rated rookies honestly never lived up to that logo. But nobody remembers that. Guys like Chipper Jones, Roberto Alomar and Jose Canseco get all the rated rookie accolades and Kevin Belcher gets ignored. We're here to fix that. I went through all of the Rated Rookies from 1983 through 1995 and tracked down their career WAR and then rated the lowest-of-the-low rated rookies. But before that, here are the highest-of-the-high rated rookies fo...
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