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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: craig
Date: May 24, 2015, 7:25 am
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>
> According to McDaniel Theo was in Oregon to see the UCLA
pitcher that starts with K. Less upside, more polish is what I
tend to get out of his scouting report. According to McDaniel
the Cubs aren't the only top 10 team looking at him.
>
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Less upside/more polish reminds me of Aaron Nola from last year.
He's got a 0.8 WHIP and 1.5 ERA in AA through 8 starts this
spring. I'd be pretty happy if the guy we take this draft is
sitting in that position in AA a year from now.
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: May 24, 2015, 12:51 pm
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Nola is a much better prospect than Kaparilian. Calliis tweeted
a few days ago Nola would likely be 1.1 in this draft. I would
love if there was a Nola in this draft for the Cubs.
I'm starting to wonder if the Cubs are just Theo out to see a
bunch of people because they aren't sure how the draft is going
to play out or they just want to confuse teams ahead of them or
they have no clue who they want.
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: craig
Date: May 24, 2015, 12:59 pm
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Interesting. I wonder if that would have been equally true even
as Nola was perceived last May? Or if that's more how the
present Nola is perceived, the one who has been great in the
minors, and was great (I think) in tournament college, and who
was reported with higher velocity in college tournaments than
had been previously reported during the spring runup to the
draft?
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: May 24, 2015, 1:20 pm
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This draft is really bad at the top. Rogers might be the only
60 FV guy in the draft. Last year had at least 3 65 FV guys.
The 60 FV guys went much further all the way down to Trea Turner
at 14. Nola was the 3rd 60 FV guy last year. Schwarber was the
second ranked 55 FV guy at 16. So I think it was based off of
the predraft rankings and not how he's done since then.
Nola's 6.6 K/9 is a little concerning at AA, but his K% is 20%
which isn't horrible.
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: May 27, 2015, 1:17 pm
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Callis and Mayo did a sorta mock draft on their latest podcast.
They took their BPA, which may not be who the team is
considering. The Cubs pick in this draft was Jay, but they
mentioned that the White Sox might take him at #8 instead of Daz
Cameron and that the Cubs would Cameron if that is the case.
CubsDen tried to figure out who the Cubs four players they where
considering. His reasoning led to Buehler, Clark, Benintendi
and a new name in Donnie Dewees with wildcards of Cameron and
Ian Happ.
HTML http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2015/05/cubs-mlb-draft-update-and-then-there-were-4/
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: Robb
Date: May 27, 2015, 1:32 pm
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I wish they could figure out if Brady Aiken is worth the risk.
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: May 27, 2015, 1:39 pm
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As long as they get a look at this medicals I'm sure they will
have a decent idea. I doubt any team that thinks his arm will
be fine is going to say it to the media, so we won't likely find
out until draft day or if his agent leaks it.
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: craig
Date: May 27, 2015, 1:43 pm
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DeWees would be great. One, if he's struggling, all the Today's
Game could be doing all the "De Wus!" stuff! Fun. Two, Dave
and I want some Dutch guys. The Dutch are such an undervalued
minority group. Third, Dewees is so unappreciated that he'd
perhaps sign as an under slot. Sign for #25 slot money, that
leaves more for pitchers in rounds 2 and 3.
More seriously, Dewees sounds like a Benintendi type, with the
same issues. Is he really a big-league CFer, or isn't he? Is
he really a "best-hitter" true-blue hitter who'll translate, or
not so much? Does his college HR-power translate, or not?
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: May 27, 2015, 1:55 pm
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DeWees lacks Benintendi's power. He has more speed though. The
only issue in CF would be his arm.
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Re: 2015 MLB Draft
DIR By: Chiman
Date: May 28, 2015, 8:49 pm
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Can anyone tell me where you can follow the draft? I know
someone that potentially could be drafted and would like to
follow along.
Thanks
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