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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: JeffH Date: July 14, 2025, 11:14 am
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Fifth round:
HTML https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/draft/kade-snell-820835
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: CUBluejays Date: July 14, 2025, 11:27 am
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Wing seems like a fun pick.
Snell is kinda interesting too. Last year was 1B/3B, this year
seems to be OF.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: JeffH Date: July 14, 2025, 11:44 am
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Sixth round:
HTML https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/draft/josiah-hartshorn-815824
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: CUBluejays Date: July 14, 2025, 11:50 am
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Mayo mentioned that Hartshorn taught himself to throw right
handed due to the elbow issue in his dominant hand. A lot of
injury concerns.
On ESPN they mentioned that Cam Smith made adjustments and that
was why they thought he would do well in the majors. Hartshorn
seems to fit that mold. Another corner OF.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: craig Date: July 14, 2025, 12:17 pm
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Hartshorn another overslot, sounds like an interesting
power-potential guy. Like any HS power prospect, who knows if
he'll be able to hit pro pitching at all. Kinda crazy injury
history, gave up LH hitting for a few years due to injury, then
back to it. Crazy profile. Big-looking dude. If you want to
draft for upside and ceiling, he'd certainly seem to fit that
mold. So two variably-big overslots in hand, who knows by how
much, and who knows how much Kantro will have left? Hopefully
he's got got enough for one or two more.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: craig Date: July 14, 2025, 12:25 pm
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[quote author=CUBluejays link=topic=659.msg514360#msg514360
date=1752509141]
I believe it was Law, but somebody said Kepley's EV's are really
not that far below college average. He has a flat swing, so
that seems like something that can be fixed with loft being
added. Then you get a fast player, with great CF defense and
decent offense. That is a nice player for a mid second round
pick. ..[/quote]
I wonder how much loft you want as a small speed guy? You'd
like enough to get some balls over the infielders heads. And if
outfielder play Madrigal-shallow, I'd like enough loft to hit it
over their heads for triples sometimes. But if launch-angle is
just getting me fly balls to the warning track, like Justin
Turner, what's the point of launching? Maybe hitting flat line
drives through the infield is maybe the way to go? I want
Caissie to launch-angle; but not sure I want nearly that much
launch angle with Kepley?
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: JeffH Date: July 14, 2025, 12:28 pm
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Seventh round:
Pierce Coppola, LHP, Florida, senior.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: craig Date: July 14, 2025, 12:29 pm
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Pierce Coppola, 6'8" lefty from Florida, turns 23 this December.
43K/21IP for Florida this spring! 44 innings in his 4-years in
college, obviously some injury history in there.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: CurtOne Date: July 14, 2025, 12:40 pm
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[quote author=craig link=topic=659.msg514367#msg514367
date=1752513421]
Hartshorn another overslot, sounds like an interesting
power-potential guy. Like any HS power prospect, who knows if
he'll be able to hit pro pitching at all. Kinda crazy injury
history, gave up LH hitting for a few years due to injury, then
back to it. Crazy profile. Big-looking dude. If you want to
draft for upside and ceiling, he'd certainly seem to fit that
mold. So two variably-big overslots in hand, who knows by how
much, and who knows how much Kantro will have left? Hopefully
he's got got enough for one or two more.
[/quote]Same school as Gerrit Cole.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2025
By: CUBluejays Date: July 14, 2025, 12:42 pm
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[quote author=craig link=topic=659.msg514368#msg514368
date=1752513914]
I wonder how much loft you want as a small speed guy? You'd
like enough to get some balls over the infielders heads. And if
outfielder play Madrigal-shallow, I'd like enough loft to hit it
over their heads for triples sometimes. But if launch-angle is
just getting me fly balls to the warning track, like Justin
Turner, what's the point of launching? Maybe hitting flat line
drives through the infield is maybe the way to go? I want
Caissie to launch-angle; but not sure I want nearly that much
launch angle with Kepley?
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Think more Nico Hoerner. You want enough to get the ball off
the ground, but not enough that he is hitting a lot of fly
balls.
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