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2013 Draft
DIR By: Dave23
Date: March 11, 2013, 9:42 pm
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Discuss the contenders for the #2 selection...
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: JeffH
Date: March 11, 2013, 9:59 pm
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Take a position player.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Cubsin
Date: March 11, 2013, 11:16 pm
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At the moment, I'm expecting them to draft either Frazier or
Meadows, but I wouldn't be shocked or horribly disappointed if
they drafted Appel or Manaea instead. Of course, the draft is
almost four months away, and the leaderboard could change.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Chris27
Date: March 12, 2013, 3:26 am
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Jim Callis:
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> As we've detailed several times, Stanford righthander Mark
Appel turned down $3.8 million from the Pirates after they
drafted him eighth overall last year. Though he has less
leverage now because he's in his final year of college
eligibility and it's hard to fathom that he'd hold out again and
re-enter the 2014 draft, he's putting himself in position to get
more than $3.8 million this summer.
>
> Appel, who entered the year as Baseball America's top-rated
prospect for the 2013 draft Premium, struck out a career-high 15
in seven innings while taking a tough 3-2 loss against
Nevada-Las Vegas on Friday night. His stuff is as good as ever,
and he's dominating like scouts always have thought he should.
He's now 2-2, 1.20 with a 43-6 K-BB ratio and .160 opponent
average in 30 innings.
>
> Appel will be attractive to a team that wants a college
pitcher who can arrive in a hurry—that's just about any club—and
also to anyone looking to spread their bonus pool money around.
Because of his reduced leverage, it's unlikely that he'll
command full pick value at the top of the draft. Could the
Astros wind up drafting him No. 1 overall, just a year later
than expected? We have three months to find out.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Ray
Date: March 12, 2013, 3:33 am
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I was against taking Appel last year. I think I might have been
wrong about him, though I suppose there is a lot of the season
left; and he is a senior, so he should dominate.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: March 12, 2013, 12:23 pm
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I'm firmly in the Appel camp and think he's gonna be there at
two.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: March 12, 2013, 1:41 pm
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He'd keep Gooden away.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: mO
Date: March 12, 2013, 1:44 pm
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Bravo!
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Ray
Date: March 13, 2013, 12:43 am
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HTML http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/the-gms-office/
one Cubs evaluator told me if Stanford right-hander Mark Appel
is sitting there at No. 2 in this year's draft, he won't get by
them.
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Re: 2013 Draft
DIR By: Chris27
Date: March 13, 2013, 5:09 am
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Well sure. There's a precedent for the Cubs taking big,
hard-throwing, strike throwers named Mark from California
schools with the #2 pick. Shouldn't be an ounce of pressure on
him if he's the pick....
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