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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: chgojhawk
Date: June 26, 2020, 10:10 pm
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>
> I've heard people speculate that hitters that are on the show
circuit can have trouble with hitting off of sub par guys. They
send so much time getting geared up to to hit 90's with good
breaking balls that junk is hard to hit.
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100%. My kid is playing in a tournament this weekend and through
2 games he hasn't seen a pitcher that has topped 70 (he is used
to seeing 80+). He hasn't pounded a fair ball yet. He has
pulled some foul. Definitely takes some adjusting. Hence SOME
of the success of Kyle Hendricks.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: June 27, 2020, 7:57 am
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Howard also hit .396/.478./.625 with a bum shoulder in high
school. He didn’t exactly struggle.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: chgojhawk
Date: June 28, 2020, 6:48 am
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Those numbers indicate that he didn’t struggle but they are
Chicagoland HS numbers. I would imagine every decent team has
2-3 guys with BAs above .400.
I did check his Gamechanger and it shows a slash line of
.421/.514/.684 so even better than what you posted. Of concern
is 18 Ks (15 swinging) in 138 PAs along with 14 errors in 141
fielding chances.
I’m fine with the selection as the “experts” all agree that
Howard fits in that slot but he doesn’t seem to be as sure a
pick as Ryan Harvey, Luis Montanez or Earl Cunningham. 😁
The draft is a crapshoot where you weigh strengths (both
apparent and projected) vs weaknesses. Hopefully this one works
out though there are some red flags.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: June 28, 2020, 8:44 am
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He also had a shoulder issue his junior year. This year is even
more of crap shoot because we don’t have any senior video on
him.
I like the pick. A good fielding SS with even a slightly below
average bat is a 3 WAR player and Howard has the ability to be a
lot more than that.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: Dave23
Date: June 28, 2020, 10:57 am
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It’s all relative without knowing the level of competition he
faced.
If my son had only faced Memphis inner city programs, he would
have probably hit .600/.800/.800.
We usually played our JV players against them, though...
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: June 28, 2020, 12:40 pm
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No idea what his competition level was, but he played in the
Chicago Catholic League. I’m going to guess that is
significantly egged than the public school league.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: June 28, 2020, 12:57 pm
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Illinois state high school playoff history. Notice in the mid
90's things began to shift toward the bottom half of the state.
Very few Chicago teams, public or private. After going to 4
levels, a lot of dominance by Southern Illinois teams.
HTML https://www.ihsa.org/Sports-Activities/Boys-Baseball/Records-History
click on Champions and Runners-up
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: June 28, 2020, 1:12 pm
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2/16 teams in 2019 playoffs where Chicago Catholic schools. I
don’t really know a lot about Chicago baseball, but I’m going to
guess that the Chicago Catholic schools are going to better
teams than the inner school teams.
Baseball is expensive and people that can afford a Catholic
school are going to be able afford baseball. Those that can’t
afford it are going to be good enough to get financial aid..
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: Cletus
Date: June 28, 2020, 1:24 pm
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1A and 2A will very rarely have a Chicago area team. And then,
because of the sectional format, it would be nearly impossible
to get more than one Chicago team through to the state
semifinals. The format forces a downstate team, a
central/western team, a city team, and a suburban team in the
bigger classes. With 4A they might get an extra city or suburban
team just because that’s where the biggest schools are. If they
did a straight seeding, I suspect the Catholic league, western
and northern suburban schools would dominate. It’s the same
thing that is happening with football since they moved to a
seeding for the top divisions.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: June 28, 2020, 1:24 pm
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CBJ, 2 of 16 is not impressive. There will be 2 of 16 every
year. 2 of the 16 final districts are in Chicago.
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