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Welp, guess he won't make it to Westwood.
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Are we talkin possible top 4 pick here? If so fine with me, more guys to allow Beede or Kolek to fall. Or heaven forbid even this guy if he's worth the pick.

 

Look at the bottom of the last page. Law thinks he has a legitimate case for 1.1.

 

Nice. So how long until someone starts the whole "I'm Aiken to draft him" thing? Oh wait, too late. Sorry. :blush:

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Welp, guess he won't make it to Westwood.

I wonder, if the Cubs drafted this guy would you be sad because he didn't make it to UCLA? Would you have rather seen him pitching college ball? I mean I guess if he's good enough to be drafted that highly if we don't take him someone around our pick would have anyway. I don't follow college ball at all, do you just root for your commitments to fall in the draft? I guess I never really thought about the college fan's perspective of the draft.

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Welp, guess he won't make it to Westwood.

I wonder, if the Cubs drafted this guy would you be sad because he didn't make it to UCLA? Would you have rather seen him pitching college ball? I mean I guess if he's good enough to be drafted that highly if we don't take him someone around our pick would have anyway. I don't follow college ball at all, do you just root for your commitments to fall in the draft? I guess I never really thought about the college fan's perspective of the draft.

 

If he was the best choice at 1.4, I'd love it if the Cubs take him. I do root for UCLA commits to fall past the 10th round and head to school over signing with other teams. And I root for commits to rival schools to sign.

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Welp, guess he won't make it to Westwood.

I wonder, if the Cubs drafted this guy would you be sad because he didn't make it to UCLA? Would you have rather seen him pitching college ball? I mean I guess if he's good enough to be drafted that highly if we don't take him someone around our pick would have anyway. I don't follow college ball at all, do you just root for your commitments to fall in the draft? I guess I never really thought about the college fan's perspective of the draft.

 

If he was the best choice at 1.4, I'd love it if the Cubs take him. I do root for UCLA commits to fall past the 10th round and head to school over signing with other teams. And I root for commits to rival schools to sign.

I guess that only makes sense. I'm never crazy about a high school pitcher as a top pick, they have a high rate of bust. Who are your top 4 right now?

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I guess that only makes sense. I'm never crazy about a high school pitcher as a top pick, they have a high rate of bust. Who are your top 4 right now?

 

I don't have enough information on Jackson and Gatewood to have a top 4 I'd be comfortable with. Thankfully, we still have 2.5 months to learn more about them. So right now, I'd rank them like this: 1. Rodon, 2. Beede, 3. Kolek, 4. Hoffman but since I think prep arms are too risky, I'd pass on Kolek for Hoffman, Gatewood or Jackson.

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I moved Aiken into my top 5 and moved out Hoffman. The drop in velocity in his last outing is very concerning.

 

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I moved Aiken into my top 5 and moved out Hoffman. The drop in velocity in his last outing is very concerning.

 

Rodon

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I didn't hear about this - what drop in velocity?

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Aaron Fitt wrote that Hoffman had a drop in velocity during his last start. That along with his lack of command has me worried. I know it's mostly about stuff with a college pitcher but I'd still like to see a little more polish especially with a top 5 pick.
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@aaronfitt: Wazzu coach Donnie Marbut tells me Sr. 2-way talent Jason Monda has made up his mind to attend medical school next year, not play pro ball.

 

Monda was the 6th rounder last year who didn't sign who the Phillies tried to turn in to the NCAA for impermissible contact with an agent.

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@aaronfitt: Wazzu coach Donnie Marbut tells me Sr. 2-way talent Jason Monda has made up his mind to attend medical school next year, not play pro ball.

 

Monda was the 6th rounder last year who didn't sign who the Phillies tried to turn in to the NCAA for impermissible contact with an agent.

Probably the right decision for him.

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Kiley McDaniel's assessment of the top of the draft with Aiken's rise.

 

Aiken's complete package compares favorably with the top arms in the draft: North Carolina State LHP Carlos Rodon, East Carolina RHP Jeff Hoffman, Texas prep RHP Tyler Kolek (TCU commit) and Vanderbilt RHP Tyler Beede. Those all look likely to go in the top 10 right now with some bats filling out the rest of the group. There's a deep second tier of arms that includes South Carolina prep RHP Grant Holmes (Florida commit), LSU RHP Aaron Nola, UNLV RHP Erick Fedde, TCU LHP Brandon Finnegan, Hartford LHP Sean Newcomb, Hawaii prep LHP Kodi Medeiros (Pepperdine commit) and Florida prep righties Sean Reid-Foley (Florida State commit) and Touki Toussaint (Vanderbilt commit) that Aiken now looks to have jumped.

 

On Jackson:

 

San Diego-area prep C/RF Alex Jackson (Oregon commit) still looks to good at the plate for scouts to consider leaving him behind the plate long enough for him to master the position in the minors. That said, his performance this summer was underwhelming given the tools and that has continued this spring. It's unclear where he fits in this draft class, as I think he's in that second tier behind the top 5-7 players I referenced at the top, but not worthy of going in those 6-10 slots. These types of issues usually work themselves out throughout the spring and with the new CBA, clubs can opt to go well below slot with a player they like to spend the savings later.
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I like the pitchers at the tippy top of this draft more. I would love one of Aiken, Kolek, Beede, or Rodon. I think all 4 would be great picks all with ace potential that our farm needs. And look at that, we pick forth.
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5 pitchers worth taking number 4... gonna be really annoyed if we take Jackson because McLeod has a hard-on for him.

 

Four pitchers in March, at a time when Jackson has played one week of regular season games. It's still too early, pitchers' health and 17-year olds are both very fickle.

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Beede is on ESPN3.

 

Rodon really struggling stuff-wise.

 

@JeffBlogwell: 84 pitches. RT @CrawfordChrisV: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R (none "earned") 2 BB, 7 K's for Carlos Rodon.

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