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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: CUBluejays Date: June 10, 2020, 8:11 pm
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Definitely not underslot like the Red Sox did, who don’t have a
second round pick so that makes it even weirder.
Howard wasn’t a guy I thought would get to the Cubs. I like the
pick a lot.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: CUBluejays Date: June 10, 2020, 8:13 pm
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Mitchell to the Brewers.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: goblue007 Date: June 10, 2020, 8:14 pm
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[quote author=Dave23 link=topic=562.msg406457#msg406457
date=1591837115]
Brewers at 20 and Cards at 21...I hope Mitchell doesn’t fall to
them. I don’t want to hate him.
[/quote]
Brewers got him :-\
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: Deeg Date: June 10, 2020, 8:22 pm
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[quote author=CurtOne link=topic=562.msg406459#msg406459
date=1591837746]
Is Howard, Elston's grandson? Is he Ryan's nephew or little
brother? Distant relative of Frank Howard?
[/quote]
Curly's great-grandnephew.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: CUBluejays Date: June 10, 2020, 9:11 pm
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Howard posted a work out video this AM. Dude is a lot bigger
than his junior year.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: method Date: June 10, 2020, 9:14 pm
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At least you guys did not pass on abel... Wtf white sox.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: davep Date: June 10, 2020, 9:30 pm
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I like the guy they got. If they both remain uninjured, the
lefty will be the more valuable pitcher.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: Reb Date: June 10, 2020, 10:32 pm
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Patrick Mooney
@PJ_Mooney
Cubs VP of scouting Dan Kantrovitz calls drafting Ed Howard at
No. 16: “Literally our best-case scenario.”
9:18 PM · Jun 10, 2020
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: Reb Date: June 10, 2020, 10:52 pm
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Nice piece on Ed Howard by Morosi.
HTML https://www.mlb.com/news/ed-howard-mlb-draft-prospect
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Re: Cubs Draft 2020
By: craig Date: June 10, 2020, 11:10 pm
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Exciting to have a good young player added to the system.
We've got a new draft boss with a successful resume; I'm totally
fine to trust his evaluation process until/unless it proves
unsound.
Howard seems well respected in all of the draft-value rankings,
somewhere in the top-25 by everybody and in the top 10-15 by
some. So this seems like a more mainstream pick than many Cubs
picks over the last decade. (Simpson, Schwarber, Jensen,
Hoerner, and Little were all variably unexpected and taken
variably higher than where mainstream media rankings and
projections anticipated them.)
I like the concept of having a Chicago kid. Perhaps when free
agency approaches, if he's hopefully good enough to demand a
meaningful FA contract someday, he'll have more reason to prefer
to stay home?
Just from brief practice-field video at mlb, I kinda likes what
it showed. Seemed kinda boring and straightforward and
balanced, without the big leg-kick that has been common for many
Cub prospects past.
Somebody earlier mentioned Barry Larkin and Addison Russell. I
wonder if Russell isn't in some ways a good analogy defensively?
Wasn't fast, didn't have the flashy big arm, but his shortstop
defense was so smooth and economical, got ball from glove to
throw very quickly, very accurate.
Obviously you're not looking for Russell's personality or his
crummy bat, but a Russell-esque defender with a good bat, and
with brains and integrity, would be a very nice value.
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