2011 Cubs picks and signings thread

[imb]

thank god that's over with

[Tryptamine]

I would have preferred a couple others, but I'm ok with it.

[imb]

I forgot early on there were concerns about Baez' character. Now im scared again. SISCO WITH A BAT?

[Guest]

John Klima[/url]"]Javier Baez is a nimble middle infielder with modest offensive potential, but if you can be a sure-handed middle infielder with the ability to spray the ball, you’ll be considered a good draft get. Baez is an adequate middle infielder who profiles at second base with contact spray ability.

His best abilities would be his footwork, quickness and soft hands up the middle. He has average range and an adequate arm. Offensively, he lacks raw power and doesn’t have game-changing speed. His BP rounds I saw I felt were also inadequate for the kind of pro hitter he’s going to have to be. Overall, some adjustments will be required. I’d call him a sound draft pick but not a premium player.

[pitchcs]

I'm definitely OK with this pick if it's who they feel had the most upside if what was left. Best bat speed in draft apparently and I liked the video they showed on MLB Net.

[Guest]

Baez BP Video

[nick23]

John Klima[/url]"]Javier Baez is a nimble middle infielder with modest offensive potential, but if you can be a sure-handed middle infielder with the ability to spray the ball, you’ll be considered a good draft get. Baez is an adequate middle infielder who profiles at second base with contact spray ability.

His best abilities would be his footwork, quickness and soft hands up the middle. He has average range and an adequate arm. Offensively, he lacks raw power and doesn’t have game-changing speed. His BP rounds I saw I felt were also inadequate for the kind of pro hitter he’s going to have to be. Overall, some adjustments will be required. I’d call him a sound draft pick but not a premium player.

This doesn't sound at all like anything else i've read on him.

[Tryptamine]

John Klima[/url]"]Javier Baez is a nimble middle infielder with modest offensive potential, but if you can be a sure-handed middle infielder with the ability to spray the ball, you’ll be considered a good draft get. Baez is an adequate middle infielder who profiles at second base with contact spray ability.

His best abilities would be his footwork, quickness and soft hands up the middle. He has average range and an adequate arm. Offensively, he lacks raw power and doesn’t have game-changing speed. His BP rounds I saw I felt were also inadequate for the kind of pro hitter he’s going to have to be. Overall, some adjustments will be required. I’d call him a sound draft pick but not a premium player.

This doesn't sound at all like anything else i've read on him.

 

Yeah a lot of this is the opposite of what I've been hearing. I had read he has power potential, but has contact issues and he'd most likely have to move to 3B

[hawkeyecub]

John Klima[/url]"]Javier Baez is a nimble middle infielder with modest offensive potential, but if you can be a sure-handed middle infielder with the ability to spray the ball, you’ll be considered a good draft get. Baez is an adequate middle infielder who profiles at second base with contact spray ability.

His best abilities would be his footwork, quickness and soft hands up the middle. He has average range and an adequate arm. Offensively, he lacks raw power and doesn’t have game-changing speed. His BP rounds I saw I felt were also inadequate for the kind of pro hitter he’s going to have to be. Overall, some adjustments will be required. I’d call him a sound draft pick but not a premium player.

 

That seems quite different from Law and the MLB scouting report.

[mookie]

The Cubs must have been responsible for the downfall of Jesus Christ.

[javy knows my name]

John Klima[/url]"]Javier Baez is a nimble middle infielder with modest offensive potential, but if you can be a sure-handed middle infielder with the ability to spray the ball, you’ll be considered a good draft get. Baez is an adequate middle infielder who profiles at second base with contact spray ability.

His best abilities would be his footwork, quickness and soft hands up the middle. He has average range and an adequate arm. Offensively, he lacks raw power and doesn’t have game-changing speed. His BP rounds I saw I felt were also inadequate for the kind of pro hitter he’s going to have to be. Overall, some adjustments will be required. I’d call him a sound draft pick but not a premium player.

This doesn't sound at all like anything else i've read on him.

 

Yeah a lot of this is the opposite of what I've been hearing. I had read he has power potential, but has contact issues and he'd most likely have to move to 3B

 

Same. And he appears to have a lot of loft in his swing and a very quick bat.

[pitchcs]

Baez BP Video

 

I'm sure they'll try to quiet his hands a bit, but man that is a quick swing

[Guest]

Baez running, fielding, and batting practice

[BeerHere]

Did the Cubs go cheap again?

[UK1679666180]

So they want the backroom guys to get some press? How about bringing them to Secaucus instead of these washed up former stars?

 

They're in their respective draft rooms.

[Tryptamine]

Did the Cubs go cheap again?

 

No he was a top 15 projected pick.

[Rob]

Did the Cubs go cheap again?

 

Who else is out there worth spending big on? Maybe Bell?

[mookie]

I can live with contact issues if the kid can take a walk.

[KingCubsFan]

I can live with contact issues if the kid can take a walk.

Agreed. Is their anything about his plate discipline?

[pitchcs]

Baez running, fielding, and batting practice

 

I sorta like what I'm seeing -- thanks for the vid's TT

[RammyFanny]

Can't argue with his production.

 

He batted .771 (64 for 83) with 22 home runs, 20 doubles and six triples. Baez finished with 52 RBI, scored 46 runs, stole 28 bases, was walked 32 times and struck out three times.

 

I read a few days ago that those numbers were put up in one of the best high school competition areas in the nation. Pretty sure some records might have been broken.

[82TonyM]

Anyone know what his current and projected 2-8 tool ranks are per MLB TV... I saw them show them for some other players

[tfarks]

I've read he has great discipline, not a concern, and a project with subpar plate discipline.

[Post Count Padder]

From mlb.com

 

While the college bat scene is relatively thin, there are some very intriguing high school position players available. Baez is certainly one of them, and his name seemed to be moving up boards as the Draft approached.

 

Fellow Floridian Francisco Lindor will likely go off the board first, but Baez may not be that far behind. That's largely because of his bat. He gets his money's worth at the plate, and the ball jumps off his bat thanks to excellent bat speed. He doesn't have the best plate discipline, but he should be an above-average hitter in the future. He's got good power, especially to the pull side.

 

He's an average runner who won't be a basestealer, but he's OK when under way. Defensively, he likely won't be able to remain at shortstop, with some thinking he'll make a good third baseman at the next level. He's got the arm and good hands for it, and the lack of range at short won't be an issue.

 

It also looks like he'll have the bat for the corner spot, and that kind of potential production will likely allow him to be selected as early as the first half of the first round.

[Guest]

Javier Baez, ss

Arlington Country Day, Jacksonville

 

Baez matched up with fellow Puerto Rican native and Florida prep shortstop Francisco Lindor in February in the season's most heavily scouted high school game, with as many as 100 scouts on hand. Baez and Lindor have more contrasts than similarities, though. Where Lindor is smooth and lauded for his makeup, Baez is explosive and scouts generally pan his makeup. He lives with his high school coach (who is also his legal guardian), though his mother remains in the picture. His bat is too good to ignore, though, and offensively he has few peers in this year's draft. He has the fastest bat in the draft, and while he has a dead-pull approach at times, he has the bat speed to let balls get deep in the zone. Baez has plus raw power as well, which may serve him well if he has to move to third base. He has the defensive tools to stay at short until he outgrows it, as at 6-foot-1, 205 pounds, he doesn't have much range to spare. He has plenty of arm for either position. His tools fit the catcher profile, but his makeup does not. He plays with energy, but it's not always positive, and he turns off some scouts with emotional outbursts and an off-field demeanor some describe as aloof. He's committed to Jacksonville.