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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 12, 2021, 7:06 pm
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[quote author=Dave23 link=topic=580.msg434714#msg434714
date=1626129890]
Thanks…I totally glossed over the part that mentioned those
numbers being against the showcase circuit…that makes me a bit
more optimistic…[/quote]
Triantos's team won the state championship, as a school with
thousands of students, and Fairfax isn't a small rural town
playing small-town teams. So I'd assume Triantos was not only
facing showcase guys during the summer but was also facing and
beating big-HS pitching through the season and en-route to the
state title? If not the biggest-school division, at least the
second-biggest-school level?
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: dallen7908 Date: July 12, 2021, 7:22 pm
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He started for a WCAC school, St. John's as a freshman. The
WCAC is the premiere baseball league in the DC area. Although,
much weaker than many of the leagues in Florida ...
... but yes most of the HS pitchers in northern Virginia sit in
the low to mid 80s.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 12, 2021, 8:02 pm
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6A, the biggest-school division.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Reb Date: July 12, 2021, 10:36 pm
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Jordan Bastian’s piece has brief comments from Kantrovitz about
each of the day 2 guys.
HTML https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-2021-draft-day-2-coverage
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Reb Date: July 12, 2021, 10:43 pm
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This is a link to the guy who, for several years, has done a
nice spreadsheet keeping track of Cubs draft picks/bonus pool
and twitter-type stuff from and about the picks.
HTML https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R9hzhGo0Q_29g2bfa2yQwHYqNN799JzkCP7HyK-XCKY/htmlview#
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: davep Date: July 12, 2021, 10:46 pm
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We should get a scouting report on Liam Spence from Boris.
Surly, they know each other.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Ron Date: July 12, 2021, 11:13 pm
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I really appreciate the posting of the commentary and analysis
of the Cub draftees. Thanks, guys.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: Deeg Date: July 13, 2021, 12:05 am
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An interesting mix of players. An ultra-safe 1st round pick, a
couple of LIAB toolsy guys (which is Kantrovitz's specialty by
reputation), several who look like pure signability picks. Not
a tremendously exciting bunch of guys on paper if we're honest,
but that doesn't prove anything one way or the other.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: CUBluejays Date: July 13, 2021, 7:25 am
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Did the Cubs take a bunch of senior guys in the 5-10 rounds to
pay for 1-4 guys or are they going to take some fun guys today.
I really like the 1-4 round guys they took.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2021
By: craig Date: July 13, 2021, 8:00 am
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[quote author=Reb link=topic=580.msg434725#msg434725
date=1626147399]
Jordan Bastian’s piece has brief comments from Kantrovitz about
each of the day 2 guys.
HTML https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-2021-draft-day-2-coverage
[/quote]
Thanks for this link, Reb. Kantrovitz is hyperbolically gushy
and make Omar Fleita seem kinda muted, so it's kinda hard for me
to filter. But these are smart, intelligent, logical guys, for
every team, trying to make the best choices they can.
Understanding what they think they see in a player is helpful to
me.
[quote]"[Our scouts] just came back raving about James' bat, his
bat speed, his ability to control the zone, his plate coverage.
It seemed like every time he made contact, it was loud, hard
contact. He's driving the ball out to right-center. He's showing
pull power. They just couldn't stop raving about James
offensively." -- Kantrovitz[/quote]
[quote]"He's got just natural arm-side run and plus movement on
his fastball, and his curveball is a hammer. I mean, it's one
that's got late bite. The way that it enters the zone, it's a
really tough pitch to pick up, and from kind of that same arm
slot and arm path from his fastball. It's a pretty lethal
combo." -- Kantrovitz[/quote]
[quote]"There's not too many guys in the Draft where you can
just sort of put your stamp on it and say, 'He's a true center
fielder.' And we think Christian's that. And then you complement
that with a power bat, and it's just like, 'Wow, that's not the
type of talent that we see available in that part of the Draft
normally.' Needless to say, we were pretty thrilled when he was
there." -- Kantrovitz[/quote]
[quote]“Our scouts had him evaluated as one of the better
defensive shortstops in the country this year. And then his
numbers in probably the premier baseball conference in the
country, I think, speaks for itself. He’s got the ability to
manage the zone. He definitely can square the ball up more often
than most of his peers. And it’s not just sort of a contact
approach. He can drive to the gaps, too.” -- Kantrovitz[/quote]
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