I'm good with judging and grading based on what you know at the time. Totally fair.
Obviously how the guys ACTUALLY play out is what will matter. (Duh, super obvious.)
I think their are good chances that it will not play out great. Pitch and hit labs, analytics and development are the buzz.
But I'm hesitant to assume that analytics and pitch labs will convert wildmen into control artists. Pretty good chance that wild is wild, and Burl and Little will just be too wild to be especially good.
Hit lab seems even less likely to make bad hitters good. Yes, to better utilize latent power, I believe it. To make good hitters better, I believe it.
So yeah, who knows, down the line all of these guys might develop and be variably good, and it will look genius. Or 5 years out, I might look back and say, "man, why waste picks on wildmen, can't fix that; and guy who can't process movement, you can't fix that."
Howard is different story, of course. But who knows? Maybe his shoulder problems will return, and we'll look back and say, "Man, why draft a SS who's just had shoulder problems? Dumb." Maybe the power will never come. "Remember when they thought he'd hit for power? What were they thinking?" Maybe both heat and movement will have him hit like Russell with even less power, and he'll be hanging as a #8 hitter. "Why did they think he'd hit? Other scouts had noticed that he'd struggled some on the summer circuit against better pitching...." And maybe his defensive range will limit him to being an average SS, kind of a SS Almora. "Man, I know he gets what he can reach, but even pre-draft reports recognized that his range would be limited. Why didn't they go for more ceiling than a limited-range defense-first guy with no power and a fringy bat?"
We grade now based on perceptions now, that makes sense. Obviously there are scenarios in which all 5 will fail and it will look like an F. And scenarios in which all 5 succeed and it will look like A+. Time will tell. For now, I'm hoping for the best, that they've all got what it takes, and that cutting-edge development will bring out the very best in each of them and that it will be really good.