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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: ben Date: July 11, 2021, 8:46 pm
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The MLB crew hypes every pick, but the consensus was that he's
very competitive and has solid MLB starter stuff.
Someone threw out "Jon Lester with Cole Hammels' change up."
Who the heck knows, but seems like a solid pick. Nice that he's
LH and that he already has a plus change!
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: CUBluejays Date: July 11, 2021, 8:50 pm
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Here hoping he’s 92-93 consistently and pitching development can
jump that to 94-95. Turn the slider into a cutter, revamp the
curve, keep the change up and command and he gets really
interesting.
He should move really fast as well.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: CUBluejays Date: July 11, 2021, 9:18 pm
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Reid Detmers was a similar type lefty last draft. In the write
up on the futures game Law reported that Detmers has been
hitting 97 in starts.
Krantovich said Wicks was a top 10 pick on the Cubs board.
Ty Madden from Texas is really falling.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Deeg Date: July 11, 2021, 10:37 pm
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Solid, unspectacular, safe pick. To an extent polish and high
floor over star potential. Not a reach where we took him.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 11, 2021, 10:39 pm
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Thanks for draft input, guys.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Reb Date: July 11, 2021, 11:17 pm
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Really expected that Cubs would take a HS position player first
round but seems like they were surprised Wicks was still on the
board at 21.
Pick makes sense. Cubs sure can use a quick-rising rotation
piece.
Wonder if Wick and Wieck will still be around if/when Wicks gets
to majors. That’s about 50 hours of material for Boog right
there.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Deeg Date: July 11, 2021, 11:21 pm
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Interesting quirk - nine years after the A’s drafted Max Muncy,
they drafted Max Muncy. Both men were born on 8/25.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 12, 2021, 7:55 am
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[quote author=Bennett link=topic=580.msg434564#msg434564
date=1625954716]
..Day 2, which will span rounds 2-10, begins at noon CT on
Monday. The Draft will conclude with rounds 11-20 on Tuesday,
starting at 11 a.m. CT. MLB.com will simulcast MLB Network’s
broadcast and provide live coverage on all three days.
HTML https://www.mlb.com/news/chicago-cubs-2021-mlb-draft-preview
[/quote]
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: JeffH Date: July 12, 2021, 8:53 am
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Lefties with good changeups and command tend to find some way
into big league rotations and Wicks is exactly that kind of
prospect. The Cubs have recently been able to coax more velo
out of their prospect arms, even many of the older ones, so
Wicks may be fed some magic Italian beef sandwich that makes him
sit in the mid-90s. - Eric Longenhagen
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 12, 2021, 9:17 am
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I don't know anything, but my perception is that it's easier to
pitch-lab invent/tweak/develop/improve a breaking ball than a
change. So the optimist in me thinks that suppose you're
choosing between two rotation prospects: one has a good breaking
ball but not a change, the other a good change but seemingly not
a breaking pitch (Wicks). I think I'd probably rather go with
the guy who needs to conjure up a good breaking ball rather than
the one who needs to conjure up a change?
Velocity-wise, the reports said he touched 95 every game, but
was resting 92-94. In today's game, that's kind of pedestrian
velocity. Still, I'd think a commanded 92-94 is functional and
usable. I thought some reports referred to favorable spin, and
to deception, "invisiball". So yeah, **if** he could add a
couple mph and be mid-90's, that would seem to support a good
enough fastball to be an asset rotation guy.
On the flip side, I think a lot of college pitchers can throw
harder because they are always pitching fully rested, one-week
rest. Pitching on regular pro-rotation, I suspect a lot of guys
are pitching a little tired a lot more often.
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