2012 Draft Day Thread + Cubs Picks Discussion

[CaliforniaRaisin]

As in past years, let's have an individual thread to talk about the draft once it commences and Cubs signings once the draft is over. (I started this thread a few hours early since I won't be by a computer when the draft begins and I figured all the links would be useful in one post and place).

 

The draft starts today at 6 pm CT and can be seen on the MLB Network and at MLB.com. Just the first round and supplemental first round will be today. Rounds 2 – 15 will be tomorrow (starting at 11 am CT) and rounds 16 – 40 will be on Wednesday (starting at 11 am CT). Days 2 and 3 can only be seen on MLB.com.

 

Day 1 Draft Order:

 

First Round

 

1 Astros

2 Twins

3 Mariners

4 Orioles

5 Royals

6 Cubs

7 Padres

8 Pirates

9 Marlins

10 Rockies

11 Athletics

12 Mets

13 White Sox

14 Reds

15 Indians

16 Nationals

17 Blue Jays

18 Dodgers

19 Cardinals (from Angels for Albert Pujols)

20 Giants

21 Braves

22 Blue Jays (for failure to sign 2011 first-rounder Tyler Beede)

23 Cardinals

24 Red Sox

25 Rays

26 Diamondbacks

27 Brewers (from Tigers for Prince Fielder)

28 Brewers

29 Rangers

30 Yankees

31 Red Sox (from Phillies for Jonathan Papelbon)

 

Supplemental First Round

 

32 Twins (Michael Cuddyer)

33 Padres (Heath Bell)

34 Athletics (Josh Willingham)

35 Mets (Jose Reyes)

36 Cardinals (Albert Pujols)

37 Red Sox (Jonathan Papelbon)

38 Brewers (Prince Fielder)

39 Rangers (CJ Wilson)

40 Phillies (Ryan Madson)

41 Astros (Clint Barmes)

42 Twins (Jason Kubel)

43 Cubs (Aramis Ramirez)

44 Padres (Aaron Harang)

45 Pirates (Ryan Doumit)

46 Rockies (Mark Ellis)

47 Athletics (David DeJesus)

48 White Sox (Mark Buehrle)

49 Reds (Ramon Hernandez)

50 Blue Jays (Frank Francisco

51 Dodgers (Rod Barajas)

52 Cardinals (Octavio Dotel)

53 Rangers (Darren Oliver)

54 Phillies (Raul Ibanez)

55 Padres (for failure to sign 2011 sandwich-rounder Brett Austin)

56 Cubs (Carlos Pena)

57 Reds (Francisco Cordero

58 Blue Jays (Jon Rauch)

59 Cardinals (Edwin Jackson)

60 Blue Jays (Jose Molina)

 

The Cubs have a bonus pool of $7,933,900 to spend on their 12 picks in

the top 10 rounds.

 

Pick # 6 $3,250,000

Pick # 43 $1,196,000

Pick # 56 $911,700

Pick # 67 $769,600

Pick # 101 $471,900

Pick # 134 $343,200

Pick # 164 $257,000

Pick # 194 $192,500

Pick # 224 $148,600

Pick # 254 $138,800

Pick # 284 $129,600

Pick # 314 $125,000

 

Any team that exceeds its bonus pool by 0-5 percent must pay a 75 percent tax on the overage. The penalties escalate, with a 75 percent tax and the loss of a first-round pick for a 5-10 percent overage; a 100 percent tax and the loss of first- and second-rounders for a 10-15 percent overage; and a 100 percent tax and the loss of two first-rounders for an overage of 15 percent or more. Here is the link to all teams’ bonus pools.

 

Here is a link to Baseball America’s top 500 draft prospects.

 

Here is a link to Perfect Game's top 250 prospects.

 

Jim Callis' final mock draft has the Cubs picking Albert Almora.

 

Some teams think Chicago would take Florida high school outfielder Albert Almora if it had the No. 1 overall pick. While that might be a bit of a stretch, the Cubs aren't going to pass him up at No. 6. If they did, it might be for Fried.

Projected Pick: ALBERT ALMORA.

 

Kevin Goldstein's final mock draft also has the Cubs selecting Albert Almora.

 

Chicago Cubs ($3.25M): Albert Almora, OF, Mater Academy (FL)

There's really no other names attached to the Cubs at this point. The presence of Correa could create a difficult decision, and there might be some interest in Fried, but they clearly prefer the high school position players.

 

Keith Law's final mock draft (ESPN Insider) also has the Cubs popping Almora.

 

Albert Almora, CF, Mater Academy Charter (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.)

It's a toss-up between Almora and Correa here. They're known to be locked in on Almora, but that was based on the assumption that Correa would be gone.

[Guest]

2012 Bonus Pool: $7,933,900

2012 Bonus Pool Including 5% Overage: $8,330,595

2012 Bonus Pool Spending: $8,307,700

2012 Bonus Pool +/-: $373,800 Over Budget

2012 Bonus Pool +/- Including 5% Overage: $22,895 Under Budget

 

Cubs Picks: (signings in bold)

 

1.6 (Pool Amount: $3,250,000) - Albert Almora, OF, Mater Academy (Hialeah Gardens, FL) - committed to Miami (FL) - BA rank: 7 - bonus: $3,900,000

1A.43 (Pool Amount: $1,196,000) - Pierce Johnson, RHP, Missouri State - BA rank: 32 - bonus: $1,196,000

1A.56 (Pool Amount: $911,700) - Paul Blackburn, RHP, Heritage HS (Brentwood, CA) - committed to Arizona State - BA rank: 57 - bonus: $911,700

2.67 (Pool Amount: $769,600) - Duane Underwood, RHP, Pope HS (Marietta, GA) - committed to Georgia - BA rank: 101 - bonus: $1,050,000

3.101 (Pool Amount: $471,900) - Ryan McNeil, RHP, Nipomo HS (Nipomo, CA) - committed to Long Beach State - BA rank: 185 - bonus: $425,000

4.134 (Pool Amount: $343,200) - Josh Conway, RHP, Coastal Carolina - BA rank: 208 - bonus: $280,000

5.164 (Pool Amount: $257,000) - Anthony Prieto, LHP, Americas HS (TX) - committed to Howard JC (TX) - BA rank: 492 - bonus: $200,000

6.194 (Pool Amount: $192,500) - Trey Lang, RHP, Gateway CC (AZ) - committed to New Mexico - BA rank: 186 - bonus: $165,000

7.224 (Pool Amount: $148,600) - Steve Bruno, 2B, Virginia - bonus: $150,000

8.254 (Pool Amount: $138,800) - Michael Heesch, LHP, South Carolina - Beaufort (senior) - bonus: $10,000

9.284 (Pool Amount: $129,600) - Chadd Krist, C, California (senior) - bonus: $10,000

10.314 (Pool Amount: $125,000) - Chad Martin, RHP, Indiana (senior) - bonus: $10,000

11.344 - Rashard Crawford, OF, Mundy's Mill HS (Clayton, GA) - bonus: $100,000

12.374 - Justin Amlung, RHP, Louisville (senior) - BA rank: 288 - bonus: $100,000

13.404 - Bijan Rademacher, OF, Orange Coast CC (CA) - BA rank: 445 - bonus: $100,000

14.434 - Corbin Hoffner, RHP, St. Petersburg JC (FL) - bonus: $100,000

15.464 - Carlos Escobar, C, Nevada - BA rank: 448

16.494 - Mike Hamann, RHP, Toledo - BA rank: 326 - bonus: $100,000

17.524 - Nathan Dorris, LHP, Southern Illinois

18.554 - David Bote, SS, Neosho County CC (KS) - bonus: $100,000

19.584 - Damek Tomscha, 3B, Iowa Western CC (IA) - BA rank: 485

20.614 - Blake Hickman, C/RHP, Simeon HS (Chicago, IL)

21.644 - Steve Perakslis, RHP, Maine

22.674 - Eduardo Orozco, RHP, UC Riverside (5th year senior) - bonus: $1,000

23.704 - Jake Drossner, LHP, Council Rock North HS (Newton, PA)

24.734 - Jameson Fisher, C, Zachary HS (Zachary, LA)

25.764 - Rhett Wiseman, OF, Buckingham Browne & Nichols HS (Cambridge, MA) - BA rank: 136

26.794 - Jasvir Rakkar, RHP, Stony Brook

27.824 - Tyler Bremer, RHP, Baylor (senior)

28.854 - Lance Rymel, C, Rogers State (OK) (senior)

29.884 - Austin Pentecost, RHP, Lewis-Clark State (ID) (senior)

30.914 - Izaac Garsez, OF, College of Idaho (senior)

31.944 - Bryan Bonnell, RHP, Centennial HS (Las Vegas, NV)

32.974 - Tim Saunders, SS, Marietta (OH) (senior)

33.1004 - Thomas Pannone, OF, Bishop Hendricken HS (Warwick, RI)

34.1034 - Christian Botnick, RHP, Notre Dame Catholic SS (Brampton, ON)

35.1064 - Ben Carhart, 3B, Stetson (senior)

36.1094 - Sly Edwards, OF, St. Brendan HS (Miami, FL)

37.1124 - Clayton Crum, RHP, Howard JC (TX) - BA rank: 238

38.1154 - Hassan Evans, RHP, Herkimer CC (NY)

39.1184 - Rustin Sveum, 3B, Desert Mountain HS (Scottsdale, AZ)

40.1214 - Jacob Rogers, 1B, Mt. Olive (NC) (senior)

[El Duderino]

If Correa is there and they take Almora, I'll be a tad disappointed.

[Cubswin11]

How the F do the Astros get to pick two spots ahead of us in the supplemental (41st) for losing Clint Barmes and we lost Aramis and pick 43rd??????????????

[Guest]

How the F do the Astros get to pick two spots ahead of us in the supplemental (41st) for losing Clint Barmes and we lost Aramis and pick 43rd??????????????

 

You think that's bad? Look at the Cardinals having to pick behind anyone.

[Cubswin11]

How the F do the Astros get to pick two spots ahead of us in the supplemental (41st) for losing Clint Barmes and we lost Aramis and pick 43rd??????????????

 

You think that's bad? Look at the Cardinals having to pick behind anyone.

I didn't realize that, they do get the 19th pick as well at least. What kind of broken system/equation is used to figure out where teams draft in the supplemental for losing players, because that's broken?

Edited June 4, 2012 by Cubswin11

[pitchcs]

Yippee, something to sorta get excited about this season.

[El Duderino]

What are some guys to hope for at 43 and 56?

[iowahawkeyes89]

At 43 - Lucas Sims

 

Probably a long shot but its my pipe dream

[davell]

What are some guys to hope for at 43 and 56?

 

Pitching, pitching, pitching. Hre's your HS pitching

 

Extreme Longshot- Zach Eflin

 

Longshots- Matt Smoral, Lucas Sims, Walker Weickel, Hunter Virant

 

Picked during our vicinity- Nick Travieso, Shane Watson, Ty Buttrey, Mitch Brown, Walker Buehler, Paul Blackburn, Kyle Twomey, Edwin Diaz

 

Others worth looking at- Chase DeJong, Duane Underwood, Mitch Gueller, Tyler Pike, Kieran Lovegrove, Cody Poteet

 

College

 

Extreme Longshots-Brian Johnson

 

Longshots- Pierce Johnson, Alex Wood

 

Picked in our vicinity- Chris Beck, Pat Light, Brandon Kline

 

Others worth looking at- Sam Selman, Brett Mooneyham, Martin Agosta, Buck Farmer

 

Didn't include relief pitchers or differentiate between RHP and LHP. But this is basically the group of guys I'm looking at. Left out a couple of soft tossing guys as well, just looked at BA's list real quick and jotted down guys I remember liking something about anyway.

[El Duderino]

What are some guys to hope for at 43 and 56?

 

snip

 

Awesome, thanks.

[Smack]

What are some guys to hope for at 43 and 56?

 

Pitching, pitching, pitching. Hre's your HS pitching

 

Extreme Longshot- Zach Eflin

 

Longshots- Matt Smoral, Lucas Sims, Walker Weickel, Hunter Virant

 

Picked during our vicinity- Nick Travieso, Shane Watson, Ty Buttrey, Mitch Brown, Walker Buehler, Paul Blackburn, Kyle Twomey, Edwin Diaz

 

Others worth looking at- Chase DeJong, Duane Underwood, Mitch Gueller, Tyler Pike, Kieran Lovegrove, Cody Poteet

 

College

 

Extreme Longshots-Brian Johnson

 

Longshots- Pierce Johnson, Alex Wood

 

Picked in our vicinity- Chris Beck, Pat Light, Brandon Kline

 

Others worth looking at- Sam Selman, Brett Mooneyham, Martin Agosta, Buck Farmer

 

Didn't include relief pitchers or differentiate between RHP and LHP. But this is basically the group of guys I'm looking at. Left out a couple of soft tossing guys as well, just looked at BA's list real quick and jotted down guys I remember liking something about anyway.

 

Buck Farmer? Walker Buehler? There are some fantastic names in this draft.

[Clem Fandango]

Watching the draft coverage now, just did a little expose and interview with Buxton. Seems like one hell of a talent, but man... he's not much for words.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Watching the draft coverage now, just did a little expose and interview with Buxton. Seems like one hell of a talent, but man... he's not much for words.

 

They also just showed a brief shot of the Cubs' draft room. Seems like more people in there than the entire front office under Hendry.

[Clem Fandango]

They're at commercial break right now, but they're gonna do a spotlight on Almora after the break

[El Duderino]

Somehow I don't see Almora hitting a HR and screaming "I'll do whatever WTF I want!"

[Vanilla Ice]

Somehow I don't see Almora hitting a HR and screaming "I'll do whatever WTF I want!"

That's a shame. Would Correa?

[Clem Fandango]

That was a very good expose. I'd prefer Correa if he's there, but I would not be upset if we wound up with Almora.

[El Duderino]

Harold Reynolds tried to comp Almora to Braun. Talk about wishful thinking.

[Guest]

Buxton!

 

Buxton!

 

Buxton!

[Tryptamine]

They comped Amora to Adam Jones, does he have plate discipline issues like Jones?

[Clem Fandango]

Harold Reynolds tried to comp Almora to Braun. Talk about wishful thinking.

 

They always comp based on mechanics and who they look like the most. It's kind of sloppy. That's great, he has a similar swing to Ryan Braun. Charlie Morton changed his mechanics to mimic Roy Halladay and he's not exactly setting the world on fire

[El Duderino]

Buxton!

 

Buxton!

 

Buxton!

 

I hope there aren't any sharp objects around you when the Astros or Twins take him. :wink:

[Guest]

Buxton!

 

Buxton!

 

Buxton!

 

I hope there aren't any sharp objects around you when the Astros or Twins take him. :wink:

Just wait and see!

[Guest]

Are the Cubs represented over there? If so, by who?