I posted it because it's saying last season's rookies had inflated salaries, it is fixed for this season's draftees. So your $5.7k 18 year old should have had a lower starting salary than he actually did, thus not looking like he improved a lot when he actually did. That said, that should be the experience with all rookies going into their sophomore year, so not sure if you're saying all that considered it's still lower relative to where others are at, but I've found most fully trained 18 year olds in the 5-8k range.