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Kevin Goldstein (9:45:55 AM PT): Bryan -- Teams were split on Jones, he's a BETTER pitcher, but he offers more to dream on as an every day player.

 

Brooks Raley was still on the board? Good pick for Cubs.

 

Bryan Smith (9:46:59 AM PT): Cubs pop athletic Texas A&M pitcher/outfielder Brooks Raley with pick 200 in the 6th. Like much of their draft so far, I don't really like it at all. Raley fell apart horribly down the stretch, and he just isn't going to be worth the money he'll want as a sophomore to sign. I think Raley could benefit huge from another year of college, but something tells me the Cubs will do what needs to be done.
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Is this looking like a draft where they go cheap with Colvin Jr. in the first and spend a little more on some of these later guys?

 

Maybe, but the only one I see them going over slot will likely be Raley at this point.

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BA ranked Springfield the 20th best prospect in the state of Illnois. No write up on him. No video on MLB.com.
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Is this looking like a draft where they go cheap with Colvin Jr. in the first and spend a little more on some of these later guys?

 

Maybe, but the only one I see them going over slot will likely be Raley at this point.

 

What kind of tough to sign best available guys are still around?

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BA ranked Springfield the 20th best prospect in the state of Illnois. No write up on him. No video on MLB.com.

 

 

There weren't 19 players better than him.

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Old Westbury righthander Robert Whitenack had a solid spring, going 5-2, 2.81 with 79 strikeouts and 25 walks in 67 innings. Whitenack has been heavily scouted and could be drafted anywhere from the fifth to the 10th round. His best pitch is an 80 mph knuckle-curveball with tumbling 12-to-6 action that some scouts rate as plus and others rate as plus-plus. Whitenack had scouts buzzing by running his fastball up to 92 mph early in the season in Florida, but he's pitched mostly in the 87-89 range down the stretch. Some scouts have seen Whitenack flash an average slider and an average change as well. He has a loose arm and a skinny 6-foot-5, 185-pound build that leaves room for projection, though some scouts aren't enamored of his narrow frame. The son of a retired New York City police officer, Whitenack shows tenacity on the mound.

 

Rated as the 4th best prospect in the state of NY.

 

Sounds like a nice college pick with room for projection remaining.

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Signability is standard research scouting. And often they call guys with signability questions before they pick them, to confirm their leanings. So I assume that unless somebody has Alex Wilson-style ceiling and cost expectation, that the others are guys they expect to be signable at whatever slot or superslot the Cubs anticipate being willing to pay.

 

In terms of superslot, it seems the cubs haven't superslotted a lot with top-10 picks. They did with Cerda last year, of course, and were willing to with Wilson. And obviously big-time with Logan Watkins in the 20's. But more often it's seemed like they've gone with mild superslots with most of their teens picks. Acosta, Russell, Gallagher, Coleman, McDaniel, it seems like their norm is to be willing to pay teens picks with the kinds of bonuses that are more typical for 4th-9th rounders.

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Whitenack sounds like a very good pick. Any time you can get someone with arguably a plus plus pitch, it's worth the gamble to try and further develop the others.
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• The Cubs took lefthander Brooks Raley, one of the nation’s top two-way players out of Texas A&M. Raley’s just a sophomore, and the Cubs failed to sign an A&M pick last year (Alex Wilson, who went to the Red Sox in the second round this year). Let’s see if they fare better with Raley, who should be a tough sign.
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The Citadel's 2010 fortunes will be considerably brighter if it can get a pair of juniors back as seniors next season. Slugger Richard Jones is a fringy catcher who spent time as a DH as well. He has arm strength but not enough accuracy and modest receiving ability, and opponents stole successfully 83 percent of the time. There's nothing fringy about his power, however, as he hit 17 in the Southern Conference's toughest hitter's park (Riley Park, also home of the low Class A Charleston RiverDogs). He'll go as far as his lefthanded power will take him.

 

BA rated him the 12th best prospect in South Carolina.

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The Citadel's 2010 fortunes will be considerably brighter if it can get a pair of juniors back as seniors next season. Slugger Richard Jones is a fringy catcher who spent time as a DH as well. He has arm strength but not enough accuracy and modest receiving ability, and opponents stole successfully 83 percent of the time. There's nothing fringy about his power, however, as he hit 17 in the Southern Conference's toughest hitter's park (Riley Park, also home of the low Class A Charleston RiverDogs). He'll go as far as his lefthanded power will take him.

 

BA rated him the 12th best prospect in South Carolina.

 

Definately doesnt sound like he will be sticking at catcher.

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SCOUTING PROFILE: Jones has been a starting catcher at The Citadel since he stepped foot on campus as a freshman and hit a resounding .335-15-61. With 11 homers as a sophomore and 17 more this season, Jones has 43 for his career. Power is without question his best tool and he is so strong and powerful physically in his compact frame that he doesn't always have to square up a ball for it to leave the yard, or even reach the gaps. He could run into trouble against higher-level pitching, however, as consistent contact has been an issue. He struck out 60 times as a freshman, 58 times as a sophomore and 52 more times this spring in 59 games. Jones split his 2008 summer season between the Cape Cod and Coastal Plain leagues. Though he got only 90 at-bats in the CPL after re-joining Thomasville, where he played in 2007, and became part of a three-catcher platoon, Jones made the most of his limited opportunity, hitting .300-8-24 and playing a pivotal role as the H-Toms ran away with their third straight league title. His best defensive tool is the power in his raw arm strength; his receiving skills are still developing.-JEFF SIMPSON
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I got nothing on the 10th rounder:

 

Joseph Thomas, 3B, Edward Waters College (FL)

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