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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: Reb
Date: July 14, 2025, 8:42 pm
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As to Barnett, some HS guys formally took themselves out of the
draft. Barnett did not do that. So, presumably willing to listen
to a bonus offer.
Because Cubs certainly already know what it will take to sign
the HS guys from 4th and 6th rounds and the bonus range of the
underslots, must have a pretty good idea of what may be left for
Barnett.
Cubs signed Lovich for $650,000 last year, which is around
mid-4th round slot. Guessing that Barnett would want at least
that much. And maybe more. Guess we’ll see soon what the top 10
picks sign for and what might be left for a late-round guy.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: davep
Date: July 14, 2025, 9:57 pm
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--- Quote from: JR link ---
>
> Of course there’s the other possibility that we need the extra
budget space at the trade deadline. Hopefully it’s not that.
🤞
>
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I don't believe that draft slot money has anything to do with
the luxury tax, so saving money in the draft doesn't help them
in that respect.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: Deeg
Date: July 14, 2025, 10:27 pm
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--- Quote from: CUBluejays link ---
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> Longenhagen heard rumors of a video of a drunk Irish saying
things that some might find offensive.
>
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Has this been corroborated in any fashion? I see literally no
mention of it anywhere.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: July 15, 2025, 9:50 am
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Thomas Ashworth
@_ThomasAshworth
While he was selected in the 2025 MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs
on Monday, Alabama baseball signee and Mountain Brook High star
Caleb Barnett confirms to
@aldotcom that he intends to play for the Crimson Tide.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: craig
Date: July 15, 2025, 12:09 pm
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Barnett will be the first unsigned pick since 2022. A little
bit unusual for Kantro to use that pick on a guy who's seemingly
committed to college.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: Dave23
Date: July 15, 2025, 12:32 pm
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Everyone has a number…
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: Ron
Date: July 15, 2025, 12:32 pm
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I guess the question is what he means by "intends." Could that
change depending on what he is offerred?
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: craig
Date: July 15, 2025, 4:11 pm
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HTML https://www.mlb.com/cubs/news/cubs-2025-draft-day-2
Included some brief Kantro comments on several of the guys.
Wing: “He had, I would say, a relatively advanced mix of
pitches. Some high school pitchers, in particular, might only
have a fastball, and you plan a development program around
developing two or three other pitches. With Kaleb, there's four
pitches right now. That's not to say that they don't need
developing and that they won't mature as he fills out
physically, but there's four distinct pitch shapes there.” --
Kantrovitz
Hartshorn: “He came, actually, to our workout at Wrigley, I
want to say about a month ago. He just put on an absolute show
in BP. … I think, long term, we envision him more as a
corner-outfielder/first-base type. He's got really good hands,
though, and as he physically matures, we just see more power
coming from both sides of the plate.” -- Kantrovitz
Coppola: “We had history dating back to high school with him,
and so I think even though the sample size in college might not
have been super large, he's somebody that, going back to high
school, we really liked. We had the opportunity to even see his
stuff advance, see him get a few more ticks on his fastball, see
his breaking ball get a little bit crisper, see him fill out
physically, and that translated in a little bit smoother
delivery. I think he's somebody that probably that history in
high school really helped us.” -- Kantrovitz
Barnett: “I wouldn't say that there's optimism there. I think
that's something that we'll address in the coming weeks, but I
wouldn't characterize it as optimism.” -- Kantrovitz, on the
potential of signing Barnett
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: craig
Date: July 15, 2025, 4:59 pm
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HTML https://youtu.be/LAjlzn9hRZk
The actual Kantro 2nd-day interview
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
DIR By: craig
Date: July 16, 2025, 1:23 pm
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HTML https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45709418/mlb-draft-2025-kiley-mcdaniel-recap-analysis-all-30-teams
Kiley really likes Cubs draft and strategy.
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