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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: JeffH Date: July 15, 2024, 2:15 pm
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ARIEL ARMAS, C, SAN DIEGO
Armas can catch. The 6-foot backstop is agile behind the dish,
serving as a premium blocker (credited with 0 passed balls in
2024) with good framing ability and very quick exchanges behind
the dish--I’ve clocked low 1.7 pop times. This looks like a plus
defender already.
To help his case, Armas brings a capable bat with an 89.5 zone
contact rate and a rock-solid 18.4 chase rate. His swing is very
compact and short, giving him some certainty as he enters the
pros. Armas reads spin and velocity excellently, though he’s not
a great fastball hitter. Armas also has real power with a 104.4
90th percentile EV, equating to fringe-average pop. When you
least expect it, Armas can get up the line in under 4.3 seconds,
giving him a legit average or better speed. It would be shocking
if Armas isn’t a solid pro, and there’s legitimate backup
catcher potential here or more.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: Dave23 Date: July 15, 2024, 2:17 pm
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Armas — who is San Diego's first Buster Posey Award Semifinalist
since 2022 (Caleb Ricketts) — earned his first career All-WCC
First Team selection and WCC Defensive Player of the Year honor
this spring after setting forth a junior campaign that saw him
shine on both sides of the ball, providing elite defense behind
the plate while batting .301 (52-for-173) with 32 runs scored,
six doubles, six home runs, 25 runs batted in, 23 walks, six hit
by pitches, a .439 slugging percentage, and a .399 on-base
percentage.
He was the first Torero to be named the WCC Defensive Player of
the Year since the award was introduced in 2008.
Armas started 49 of the Toreros' 50 games at catcher in 2024,
posting a .998 fielding percentage while throwing out 13
would-be base stealers and leading the nation with 17.64
Defensive Runs Saved, 3.45 more runs saved than the next closest
player.
The Chula Vista, California native's numbers were even more
robust in WCC Play, as he batted .364 (32-for-88) with 19 runs
scored, three doubles, four home runs, 16 runs batted in, 15
walks, two hit by pitches, a .534 slugging percentage, and a
.462 slugging percentage.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: Reb Date: July 15, 2024, 2:23 pm
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Armas won the Div.1 gold glove.
HTML https://www.abca.org/ABCA/ABCA/Awards/Gold_Glove/2024.aspx
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: JeffH Date: July 15, 2024, 2:38 pm
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6 - Ryan Gallagher, RHP, University of California Santa Barbara
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: JeffH Date: July 15, 2024, 2:40 pm
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RYAN GALLAGHER, RHP, UC SANTA BARBARA
A truly great pronator, Gallagher gets plenty of natural
arm-side movement and offers great upside. Gallagher gets
above-average run and carry on his fastball, making it a
potential plus pitch despite its 88-91 range with an occasional
93. Gallagher is still slightly built and could add 10-15 pounds
of efficient mass, lending a tick of velo in the process.
As you’d expect, Gallagher can get around his changeup, and it
features quality run and well above-average fade, playing more
like a breaking ball in terms of its steepness and overall
movement. It sits 75-78, giving it a true change of pace. On the
other hand, Gallagher’s slider is very tight and lacks overall
movement, but it plays exactly where Gallagher wants it to. The
ability to get around the baseball and locate effectively gives
Gallagher a chance to succeed in a rotation despite limited
power.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: JeffH Date: July 15, 2024, 3:16 pm
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7 - Ivan Brethowr, OF, University of California Santa Barbara
HTML https://www.mlb.com/prospects/draft/ivan-brethowr-814442
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: Dave23 Date: July 15, 2024, 3:33 pm
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If there’s any possibility of us super slotting someone, Jaxon
Wiggins’s younger brother Carson is still undrafted…
#79 overall, committed to Arkansas, high 90s heat…
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: Reb Date: July 15, 2024, 3:48 pm
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Prospects Live.
IVAN BRETHOWR, OF, UC SANTA BARBARA
An absolutely juiced-up 6-foot-6, 250-pound outfielder, Brethowr
plays as you’d expect with his massive frame, though with
surprising polish. Of course, there’s plus pop here with a 107.7
90th percentile exit velocity and top-of-the-scale max exit
velocities. Brethowr’s swing operation is very relaxed and
efficient, with bat speed that just leaves you nodding your
head. Throwing a Giancarlo Stanton comparison on an amateur
player is unwise, but between the relaxed setup, bat speed, and
gargantuan power, Brethowr is reminiscent of Stanton.
As alluded to earlier, there are impressive secondary skills
here. Brethowr knows the strike zone well and will spit on good
secondary offerings, though he can get a little aggressive
hunting fastballs. His bat-to-ball skills are around average,
something you don’t see every day from a player with Brethowr’s
frame and power, giving rise to a potentially average hit tool.
Defensively, there’s a legitimate future in an outfield corner
as Brethowr carries his mass well, capable of fringe-average run
times. Brethowr’s draft range is wide, spanning much of day 2,
but there’s a real chance he sneaks into the top 100 picks as a
high-upside masher.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: Dave23 Date: July 15, 2024, 3:51 pm
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8 - Edgar Alvarez - 1B - Nichols State
HTML https://geauxcolonels.com/sports/baseball/roster/edgar-alvarez/6144
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Re: Cubs Draft 2024
By: Reb Date: July 15, 2024, 3:53 pm
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Not sure anybody overslot so far and likely an underslot or
two—and more coming.
So, Cubs might be able to offer $1M+ to some HS guy on the fence
about signing. Perhaps a Day 3 guy.
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