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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: craig
Date: July 13, 2026, 7:37 pm
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I kinda appreciate the strategy of drafting injury-impacted
guys, assuming those guys fall some. Matthis two years ago,
Flanagan, Conrad last year, Jerzembek, Bailey this year and
Morton.
Who knows for Bailey if he'd stayed healthy all through the
conference and maybe playoffs. Would conference pitchers have
figured him out, he'd be K'ing 3 times a game, and he'd have
been a 12th rounder? Or might he have reduced his K's a little
bit, whacked even more HR's, and gone in the 30's?
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: craig
Date: July 13, 2026, 7:40 pm
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--- Quote from: Bluebufoon link ---
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> ..... This Guy seems very negative on the podcast I listened
too.
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Negative about the Cubs draft picks this year, you mean? Or
just a negative guy in general?
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: Deeg
Date: July 13, 2026, 7:46 pm
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--- Quote from: craig link ---
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> I kinda appreciate the strategy of drafting injury-impacted
guys, assuming those guys fall some. Matthis two years ago,
Flanagan, Conrad last year, Jerzembek, Bailey this year and
Morton.
>
> Who knows for Bailey if he'd stayed healthy all through the
conference and maybe playoffs. Would conference pitchers have
figured him out, he'd be K'ing 3 times a game, and he'd have
been a 12th rounder? Or might he have reduced his K's a little
bit, whacked even more HR's, and gone in the 30's?
>
--- End Quote ---
Nothing stokes Jed's furnace like guys with injury history. The
longer and gorier the better.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: July 13, 2026, 8:52 pm
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I think the Dodgers also target injured guys. I can't remeber
the other team exactly, but it was Cubs and somebody else that
really went after injured guys.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: craig
Date: July 14, 2026, 4:34 pm
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HTML https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/3-takeaways-chicago-cubs-2026-110000763.html
Some Kantro comments are included, that I hadn't seen before.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: Reb
Date: July 14, 2026, 4:54 pm
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ESPN/Kiley McDaniel Cubs draft summary.
Best value: RHP Isaac Morton (sixth round) had an elbow injury
that required surgery in May, but he had already made 13 starts,
so his second-third round look at the time was adjusted down a
bit for the medical issue.
He throws a fastball/cutter/sweeper combo mostly from a low slot
with above average velocity/movement for all three shapes while
the changeup and control are good enough to think there could be
a starter in there.
Quickest to the big leagues: RHP Cade Townsend (first round) has
a very clean and pretty pitch movement plot with six pitches
spaced out well and all of them with above-average velocity. He
performed well as a starter in the SEC and the main concerns are
his higher release (which makes his fastball shape just OK, and
creates a reliance on breaking pitches), the durability
questions created by his size (6-foot-1) and his fastball
command needing to get one notch better. Those are pretty
typical prospect questions and that adds up to a solid
first-rounder when the upside is a No. 2/No. 3 starter.
Sleeper to watch: 1B Myles Bailey (second round) is a pretty
easy prospect to understand, even though he missed much of this
season because of shoulder surgery: plus-plus raw power, lots of
homers, and an uphill swing that helps create a ton of swing and
miss. He's a solid first-base defender and has plus pitch
selection, so this could work, but it'll come with lots of deep
counts and true three outcomes.
One big thought: This was a college-heavy class with some
appetite for risk: There are real swing-and-miss concerns on
Bailey and CF Caden Sorrell (second round), but also big upside
if those can be improved.
Townsend has some similarities to Jameson Taillon and Cade
Horton on Chicago's big league roster (heavy usage of multiple
breaking pitches, higher-than-average release leading to
good-not-great fastball shape and a cutty-horizontal shape) and
RHP Carson Jasa (third round) is also of this type while later
college arms in Morton and LHP Cole Tryba (seventh round) have
low arm slots and horizontal movement shapes.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: craig
Date: July 17, 2026, 9:57 am
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HTML https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7451150/2026/07/17/cubs-draft-pitchers/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=212065&source=dailyemail
For pay. But article with more comments about 6 of the
pitchers. Includes input from anonymous Cub sources about what
they imagine or aspire to developmentally.
Discusses the first five pitchers (Townsend Jasa Marionneaux
Blomker Morton) and 11th-round Veasey.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: Reb
Date: July 17, 2026, 4:16 pm
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Townsend signs for $847,600 under slot.
And other signings too.
HTML https://www.mlb.com/cubs/news/cade-townsend-signed-by-cubs
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: craig
Date: July 17, 2026, 4:37 pm
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Jasa $750, only $50 subslot. On Day 1, I'd wondered if he might
be further subslot, but Blue had noted otherwise. Like that
he's isn't that much.
Still, between those two subslots, that's ~$900K sub, plus $482
overage. Will be curious how the $1382 gets divvied up. Seems
more than all Blomker. So guessing maybe the two power-bats
will get some overslot between them?
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Re: Cubs Draft 2026
DIR By: Reb
Date: July 17, 2026, 4:48 pm
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Townsend drafted at #23. Signed for slot value at #31.
Yeah, I suppose the HS guy Blomker will get biggest chunk of the
savings.
Curious that the Cubs Draft Tacker guy has nothing on 6th
rounder Morton’s intentions. He’s the pitcher some reports say
was headed for 2nd/3rd round before May arm surgery. Would seem
odd that might be a tougher sign in that situation? One would
think might be eager to have rehab supervised by a MLB club.
Guessing that’s probably the case but maybe still wants more
than slot.
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