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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: davep
Date: July 23, 2022, 6:17 pm
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From Northside Bound interview.
Dan Kantrovitz: Now that the ink is dry, I can be probably a
little more open about it than I was able to do prior to the
official signing. Backing up to probably March when he made his
first outing this year on the mound, I got a text from Ty
Nichols, our Area Scout. He had seen [Horton] and he said “Hey
DK, Cade is a bad man”. I’ll never forget that because we’d been
talking about Cade for a while, really ever since we’d been at
his house in high school. Just following him since, we were
pretty excited to see him get out on the mound. It was highly
anticipated on our end. Though, I’m thinking to myself, “Okay,
well, let’s just take a step back here. It’s one short outing”.
Though I will say we also had some scouts run in there after Ty
and the reports basically echoed what Ty was saying [that there]
was just there’s something special here and he’s just shaking
off some rust. I wouldnt guess that was too far from what the
industry was probably thinking either. I mean, if this guy goes
back to school, he ends up probably being in the top five or 10
on the 2023 draft board from a publication standpoint. So I
think there was a bit more buzz in the industry than maybe out
of it but in any case, we did still have some questions at that
point. I kept in mind [Cubs 2021 first round pick] Jordan Wicks
and a few others who Ty recommended…he just has a really keen
eye for pitching. We’d been studying every outing up to that
point so there had been a lot of conversations about him – but
publicly the narrative started to change when he began
consistently dominating really good hitting teams..it was like
Texas, Florida, VA Tech. He just mowed those teams down…I
remember thinking “holy [crap]”, his stuff is just getting
better and better…and its still not where we think it’ll end up.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: davep
Date: July 23, 2022, 6:20 pm
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More.
Dan Kantrovitz: You see this hellacious slider that he’s started
to break out. We’ve [all] read about how he picked that up and
incorporated so quickly. There was an electric heater and a
developing feel for a change of pace pitch that moves away from
lefties…At that point, after some prodding from Ty, I’m thinking
time is running out and we need to prioritize getting a few more
of us back into see him in person. So we’re like four or five
days into the combine. It’s a pretty long, drawn-out affair. Ty
is in my ear and we’ve all got these images of Cade’s nasty
breaking ball just buckling knees. So I left that (the MLB Draft
Combine) maybe two days early and still remember getting a text
from one of our scouts from the Combine [saying] “Where did you
go?”. And I texted back and just said “Omaha”. He gave me a wink
response realizing it was for Cade. At that point, Cade had
potentially two starts left (Notre Dame and Ole Miss). Thinking
back to those 2 Starts and re-watching them kindof gives you
goosebumps…I mean with good hitters walking back to the dugout
having looks on their face like “what the hell just happened?.
What did I just see?” At that point, putting everything
together, we didnt have a scout that thought he shouldnt be in
the mix at 7. I mean, he had been on the peripherary most of the
spring so it wasnt like this huge leap but it was clear we had
to sit down with Jed and Carter and continue to really flush
this one out
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: July 23, 2022, 6:20 pm
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He also rescheduled Nichols pre-draft presentation to when Hoyer
was going to be there, because Hoyer had to leave early the day
it was supposed to happen.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: davep
Date: July 23, 2022, 6:21 pm
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Here is the link
HTML https://northsidebound.com/2022/07/23/cade-is-a-bad-man-a-behind-the-scenes-breakdown-of-how-the-cubs-landed-cade-horton/
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: davep
Date: July 23, 2022, 7:14 pm
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Only three of the first ten Cubs picks are unsigned, Paciolla,
Frisch and Noland. I suspect we will leave either Paciolla or
Frisch (or perhaps both) unsigned until Noland is signed, so
they know exactly how much money is available. It would be nice
if they were able to sign all three and still have enough money
left over for Rujana and Blatter. I am assuming (for no logical
reason whatsoever) that Noriega will sign for slot or less.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: craig
Date: July 23, 2022, 7:36 pm
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Dave, a different source stated that 8 of the first 10 have
signed, but listed Noland, Paciolla, and Frisch as having all
signed, with Mule and Ferris being the only ones unsigned.
Operationally, significant overslots are usually done last,
after the senior slots have been formalized to ensure they have
the money. Remotely unlikely, of course, but you don't want to
sign Ferris if you're depending on Noland's senior-sign money to
make Ferris fit, but Ferris gets killed in a car accident or his
girlfriend talks him out of signing or whatever.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: davep
Date: July 23, 2022, 8:00 pm
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Ball players shouldn't be allowed to have girlfriends. They are
always causing trouble.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: JeffH
Date: July 23, 2022, 9:08 pm
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Not until they become wives.
#Post#: 456497--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: Deeg
Date: July 24, 2022, 9:56 am
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Callis:
--- Quote ---
> 9th-rder Connor Noland signs with @Cubs for $200k (slot 263 =
$164,600). @RazorbackBSB LHP, uses 88-91 mph fastball to set up
solid curveball & slider, also played QB for Arkansas at
beginning of college career. @MLBDraft
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
DIR By: davep
Date: July 24, 2022, 10:03 am
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They paid overslot for a 9th round pick. Quite unusual.
Does that leave just Ferris unsigned out of the first 10?
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