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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: dallen7908 Date: July 13, 2021, 1:33 pm
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[quote author=craig link=topic=580.msg434742#msg434742
date=1626198502]
I assume the Cubs really don't draft anybody for whom they
haven't called and talked and know they'll sign. So I assume
the three HS picks are guys who will sign, whether for the $125K
slot, or with some additional discretionary cash based on all
the senior signs yesterday. But fun to NOT have ALL of today's
picks be college shots.
[/quote] Hopefully you're correct; however, the Cubs don't need
to fill out a short-season A roster this year so their late
round calculus may have changed ... I'm hoping their 11-13
selections were guys whose agent called last night expressing
interest ...
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: JeffH Date: July 13, 2021, 1:35 pm
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604 - Wilson Cunningham, HS LHP
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: JeffH Date: July 13, 2021, 1:37 pm
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End of Cubs selections.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: JeffH Date: July 13, 2021, 1:43 pm
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College RHP - 2
College LHP - 3
College OF - 3
College IF - 2
College C - 1
HS RHP - 4
HS LHP - 2
HS OF - 1
HS IF - 2
HS C - 0
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Reb Date: July 13, 2021, 1:49 pm
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[quote author=JeffH link=topic=580.msg434735#msg434735
date=1626193175]
334 - Gage Ziehl, HS RHP
[/quote]
BA:
Gage Ziehl
Ziehl has a compact, physically-mature build for his age at 6
feet, 213 pounds, and pitches with a fastball that parks in the
low 90s and can hit 95 mph, although his body doesn't suggest
much more physical projection that would add velocity. He has
innate feel to spin the baseball, which shows up on his fastball
that rides up in the zone, and especially on his slider—his best
pitch. His slider is inconsistent but flashes above-average,
with tight rotation in the low 80s, giving him a potential out
pitch at the next level. Ziehl has a curveball and a changeup,
though he's mainly a fastball/slider pitcher right now.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Reb Date: July 13, 2021, 1:51 pm
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[quote author=JeffH link=topic=580.msg434736#msg434736
date=1626194179]
364 - Teo Banks, RHH HS OF
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BA:
Teo Banks
Close your eyes and imagine what a tooled-up outfielder looks
like and chances are you’ll envision someone with Banks’ build.
He has broad shoulders, a tapered waist and clearly knows his
way around a weight room. Banks was an excellent linebacker for
Permian High in Odessa, Texas earlier in his high school career
and has a long track record of hitting in high school. He led
Permian to the district 2-6A championship in 2021 and was the
district MVP. The Tulane signee has a chance to develop into a
well-rounded outfielder with plus power potential, above-average
speed and a strong arm (he’s been clocked at 91-92 mph off the
mound). He’s relatively young for the class as he turns 18 the
day before the draft.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 13, 2021, 4:12 pm
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7 of today's 10 picks were HS guys, 5 of them pitchers.
1. #13 Erian Rodriguez will turn 20 this year.
2. The other 6 HS guys are relatively young, either not even 18
yet, or else having only turned 18 within the last several
months. (Gray is also young, just turned 18 in May. Triantos
not so much, he turned 18 in January already.). So probably a
lot of projection possibilities for several of them.
3. I wonder if there is maybe something of a "sweet spot" for
drafting young B-grade HS pitchers on Day 3? An "A" prospect
with full-ride D1 offers from top schools, hard to sign them for
3rd-day cash, even if you bump past $125K. But a "B" guy won't
have UCLA and Texas chasing him, and probably won't be a
freshman Friday night starter even at a smaller program. Might
$125K (or maybe $250K), combined with pitch-lab development,
seem like an acceptable career choice?
4. Four of today's HS pitchers were 16 when Covid hit, and
largely lost their junior springs. Did they have opportunity to
earn showcase invites, or offers from Pac10 and SEC powers?
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 13, 2021, 4:20 pm
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Quote from: craig on Today at 12:48:22 pm. I assume the Cubs
really don't draft anybody for whom they haven't called and
talked and know they'll sign....
[quote author=dallen7908 link=topic=580.msg434747#msg434747
date=1626201213] Hopefully you're correct; however, the Cubs
don't need to fill out a short-season A roster this year so
their late round calculus may have changed ... I'm hoping their
11-13 selections were guys whose agent called last night
expressing interest ... [/quote]
You're right that the calculus may be different, in 3 ways: no
Eugene, no draft rounds 21-40, and yes Kantrovitz.
I'm pretty confident that HSers 11-13 were known to be signable.
But yeah, for HSers 17-20, I'd not assume that. I assume the
Cubs have talked to them enough to have a feeling, but it's not
like having an 18th or 19th rounder go unsigned is some
intolerable disaster for the Cubs.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: CUBluejays Date: July 13, 2021, 5:11 pm
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Teams are also limited to 180 minor leaguers. I think that is
AZL AND above and the active rosters. I wouldn’t expect many of
the pitchers to actually pitch this year.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 13, 2021, 5:21 pm
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I've sometimes wondered in years past if a HS guy taken on day 3
was maybe understood to be signable because he wasn't a good
student and didn't really want to take college classes. That
doesn't seem to be the profile for the Cubs HS picks today. For
at least 10, 11, and 18, I've seen references to "good student",
"strong student", "3.9", stuff like that. So at least for those
three they aren't considering pro ball because they don't
qualify for college.
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