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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: chgojhawk Date: June 3, 2017, 1:34 pm
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Missed him by a couple years. He finished up in '93.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: Reb Date: June 9, 2017, 1:57 am
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Jim Callis' new mock draft:
27. Cubs: Tanner Houck, RHP, Missouri
It's no secret that Chicago has prioritized pitching. The Cubs
won't force the issue, but it could be a coup to land Houck here
after he figured to be a top-10 choice coming into the year.
They also could gamble on [Seth] Romero or [Clarke] Schmidt.
Callis has Cubs taking Nick Allen at #30.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: Reb Date: June 9, 2017, 3:00 am
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Jason McLeod on Cubs draft re. pitching:
"It's going to be a focal point," McLeod said. "We might be a
little more focused on a particular type [of pitcher] rather
than just casting a really wide net like we have the last couple
of years. When you look up after Tuesday, and we've gone through
a few rounds, you'll see a pretty good mix of pitching again."
McLeod said they have a specific wish list, although he wouldn't
reveal the characteristics.
"I feel now we're going to look for something a little more
specific -- body type, pitch type, how the arm works," he said.
"A lot of that is learning what we've done since we got here."
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: CUBluejays Date: June 9, 2017, 8:35 am
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The Cubs type seems to be tall pitchers that are ground ball
pitchers.
Since Levine mentioned him anybody have a clue what Romero did
to get kicked off the UH team? A college power lefty with Top
10ish talent would be great at the end of the first. I know he
had conditioning concerns which is concerning, but the positives
might outweigh the negatives, kinda like when they picked
Bucholtz in Boston.
The Luke Hemleich situation is amazing too, no one appearently
knew that he had a conviction at 15 for sexually assulting a 6
year old relative and has to register as a sex offender.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: craig Date: June 9, 2017, 9:11 am
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[quote author=Reb link=topic=488.msg312668#msg312668
date=1496995214]
Jason McLeod on Cubs draft re. pitching:
"It's going to be a focal point," McLeod said. "We might be a
little more focused on a particular type [of pitcher] rather
than just casting a really wide net like we have the last couple
of years. When you look up after Tuesday, and we've gone through
a few rounds, you'll see a pretty good mix of pitching again."
McLeod said they have a specific wish list, although he wouldn't
reveal the characteristics.
"I feel now we're going to look for something a little more
specific -- body type, pitch type, how the arm works," he said.
"A lot of that is learning what we've done since we got here."
[/quote]
Curious comments. I thought there have been studies and stuff
suggesting that "body type" doesn't really make that much
difference, and that the new Cubs were less prioritized on
height and build than back in Hendry days. Obviously McLeod's
comments are fairly vague (we don't know what "body type" they
thing makes a pitcher better....). But I do vaguely
hypothesis/infer (probably foolishly so) that this involves:
1. Enhanced odds that they may go pitching with both first
rounders. After first round, nobody's perfect. Beggars can't
be choosers, you're going to need to settle/compromise, whether
that be "body type" or health history or low-risk mechanics or
command or velocity or something. But in round one, larger pool
of guys who have better chance to offer both velocity and
command and body type and low-risk delivery?
2. A way to focus draft preparation? When picking top 5, they
could really focus on small group of top guys and scout them
like crazy. Last year, a bunch of top guys they didn't need to
spend time on. If they filter, for example, for college
pitchers 6'3" or taller whose preliminary evals pass their
injury-risk threshold, maybe that allows more chance to really
exhaustively study a smaller pool of guys.
3. "Body type" would seem to imply rotation wannabes. For
relief, we're not concerned about Edwards.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: guest61 Date: June 9, 2017, 11:51 am
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I'm thinking maybe we should avoid Hemleich.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: vander-built Date: June 9, 2017, 1:20 pm
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On Heimlich, it is being reported all MLB teams were aware.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: Ron Date: June 9, 2017, 1:31 pm
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[quote author=vander-built link=topic=488.msg312681#msg312681
date=1497032449]
On Heimlich, it is being reported all MLB teams were aware.
[/quote]
On the plus side, I hear he has a good move (apologies to
Playtwo).
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: Reb Date: June 9, 2017, 2:14 pm
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New mock from Baseball America.
27. Cubs
Another fast riser on the workout circuit has been
Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Daulton Varsho, whose father Gary was a
Cubs draftee in 1982 and played parts of three seasons on the
North Side. The younger Varsho, a third-team All-American, has
the best bat of any available college catcher, moving ahead of
San Diego’s Riley Adams and TCU’s Evan Skoug, and has shown the
athleticism to catch.
Pick: Daulton Varsho, c, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
30. Cubs
Chicago’s search for pitching continues. Picking at 30, it makes
sense to roll the dice on an injured player such as Clarke
Schmidt if the Cubs believe in the makeup and the work ethic,
and everyone does. The Cubs could get a top 15-caliber talent
with the 30th selection.
Pick: Clarke Schmidt, rhp, South Carolina |
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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
By: Dave23 Date: June 9, 2017, 3:50 pm
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I think Romero's problem was alcohol-related...
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