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Re: 2012 Draft
By: shasson Date: April 13, 2012, 8:27 am
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Is Gausman a reliever? Cubs need top of the rotation pitching
prospects, but no one on this list is overly exciting.
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: CurtOne Date: April 13, 2012, 10:11 am
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[quote author=JR link=topic=60.msg66895#msg66895
date=1334321576]
But he's playing against poor high school competition in rural
Georgia and has yet to homer this spring, so he's not without
his risks.
If you're the potential #1 overall pick from high school and
you're playing mediocre rural high school competition, how have
you not hit one home run yet?
[/quote]
Maybe he's Simpson's cousin once removed?
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: StrikeZone Date: April 13, 2012, 10:17 am
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[quote author=JR link=topic=60.msg66895#msg66895
date=1334321576]
But he's playing against poor high school competition in rural
Georgia and has yet to homer this spring, so he's not without
his risks.
If you're the potential #1 overall pick from high school and
you're playing mediocre rural high school competition, how have
you not hit one home run yet?
[/quote]
Maybe the Braves have told him not to hit homers, so they can
sneak in and take him.
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: CurtOne Date: April 13, 2012, 10:22 am
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Stop at third! Stop at third!
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: Jes Beard Date: April 28, 2012, 9:42 am
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HTML http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/news/2011/2612639.html
The top 200 prospects will be subject to a predraft drug test
and will participate in a predraft medical program as well.
And if one, or many, of the prospects tells MLB to get bent,
they are not going to submit to a drug screen or medical exam,
then what?
I can see an individual team requiring it, or even having MLB
request it, with teams then given the option of passing on any
prospect who refused to take part, but does this mean that
prospects who refuse to take part would be ineligible? Or could
a team and a prospect have their own testing and medical exam
done without the knowledge of MLB so the prospect might be
safely drafted by an individual team but passed on by the rest
of MLB?
International signings will have a similar pool, with similar
penalties. Going over by 0-5 percent kicks in the 75 percent
tax; 5-10 percent includes the same tax and a loss of the right
to sign more than one player for a bonus of more than $500,000.
Go over by 10-15 percent and a team incurs the 100 percent tax
and can't sign any player for more than $500,000.
The limit on signing players for more than $500K in such
situations, does anyone know whether this is a limit on signing
international prospects, or is it all prospects or is it in fact
"players," and is it just for the following year, or for that
year, or for ever? Would seem it would just be limited to
international prospects who have not previously signed deals
with MLB, and that it would only apply to the following year.
The entire approach would seem to encourage teams who are going
to exceed the caps to go hog wild in exceeding them when they
do.
A couple of other notable draft changes:
• The draft will continue to be conducted in June, but the
signing deadline will be moved to a date between July 12-18,
depending on the date of the All-Star Game. Since 2007, the
deadline has been in mid-August.
"I think that's a win-win for everyone," Savage said. "The guys
that want to go out will go out. They'll be able to get out in
their short seasons and play right away. I think Major League
Baseball will like that."
Yea, that screwy idea I had about it being important to have
prospects sign early to get them into the team's program and
under its supervision and in competition with other prospects
was obviously nuts.
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: Cactus Date: May 9, 2012, 8:28 am
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John Sickels 2012 mock draft
First round
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sans-serif]
HTML http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/4/24/2971860/2012-baseball-mock-draft-april-edition[/font]
6) Chicago Cubs (Matt): The Cubs have a new regime but I don't
think the draft philosophy this season will be substantially
different than last year taking high upside toolsy players,
while mixing in solid college players later. Courtney Hawkins,
Dave Dahl, Max Fried and Carlos Correa all fit in that mold. I
see the Cubs picking another Puerto Rican middle infielder with
their top pick this June: Carlos Correa, SS, Florida HS.
(previous: Fried)
More
HTML http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/5/9/3008127/2012-baseball-mock-draft-supplemental-first-round-john-sickels-matt-garrioch
43) Chicago Cubs (John): One of the most interesting players
available this year is a relative unknown from Alaska,
right-hander Dylan Baker, who is having a breakthrough season
for Western Nevada College. Baker throws very hard, has made
huge progress with his command, and is the best junior college
player available this year. It is hard to see him falling much
further than this, and the Cubs need live arms. Dylan Baker,
RHP, Western Nevada.
[left][font=Arial]56) Chicago Cubs
(Matt):[/font][/left][left][font=Arial] The Cubs have Carlos
Correa and Dylan Baker in this mock so far. With the new regime
in charge, I'm not sure what their plan of attack will be. One
thing I know is that in the past, polished college bats have
been a target as well as high upside prep products. Travis
Jankowski and Joey Gallo represent those two categories. I think
[/font][/left][left][font=Arial]Travis Jankowski, OF, Stony
Brook[/font][/left][left][font=Arial] is the better choice
here.[/font][/left]
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: JR Date: May 9, 2012, 8:46 am
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Do we know if it's going to be McLeod or Wilken making draft
picks for us?
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: CurtOne Date: May 9, 2012, 9:00 am
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I think earlier job descriptions made it sound like McLeod would
have the final word. They may choose to compromise on
candidates a lot. Hope not.
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: davep Date: May 9, 2012, 12:06 pm
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My understanding is that there will be a group (Hoyer, McLeod
and Wilkin in the draft room, as well as some others.
Presumably, if there is not an agreement, Hoyer will have the
last word, unless Epstein is in the room and chooses to pull
rank.
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Re: 2012 Draft
By: JR Date: May 9, 2012, 12:17 pm
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Actually I don't think Theo would do that. One of the things
Theo mentioned was when McLeod drafted Clay Buchholz, Theo was
vehemently opposed to it and angrily told McLeod to draft
someone else.
Sounds at least like if Theo has veto power, he never uses it.
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