Random Cubs Musings

[Gmoney08]

Alcantara homers. Baez homers off a top pitching prospect on a nasty offspeed pitch opposite field and Soler hits two bombs today. Good day for the kids.

[Guest]

Kaplin wrote an article saying he doesn't think Theo and Co would have drafted Baez. Anyone buy that? Edited July 14, 2014 by CubinNY

[Guest]

Kaolin wrote an article saying he doesn't think Theo and Co would have drafted Baez. Anyone buy that?

Yes

[Guest]

Definitely

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

so who would they have taken at that point? Springer?

[Guest]

so who would they have taken at that point? Springer?

I forget, but McLeod was quoted as saying that they did not have Javy at the top of their board at that point.

[sneakypower]

was it McLeod who drafted Spangenberg with the very next pick?

[Guest]

was it McLeod who drafted Spangenberg with the very next pick?

I believe it would have been, since he was at SD that year.

[Guest]

was it McLeod who drafted Spangenberg with the very next pick?

 

Yes, and he's said that he wouldn't have been drafting Baez at 10, so he's very glad the Cubs saved him the embarrassment. Spangenberg and Springer are probably good guesses, but the Red Sox took Barnes at 19 and Swihart at 26 so maybe they would've gone with Nimmo or a college pitcher.

[Sammy Sofa]

Kaplin wrote an article saying he doesn't think Theo and Co would have drafted Baez. Anyone buy that?

 

Completely.

[Guest]

holy [expletive] i just realized that he meant kaplan...like, i'm not sure how I missed that, but i'm incredibly sleep deprived right now...

 

the first time around i guess i just saw a blob of letters that i didn't recognize and i just figured it was some dude i hadn't heard of.

[ConstableRabbit]

holy [expletive] i just realized that he meant kaplan...like, i'm not sure how I missed that, but i'm incredibly sleep deprived right now...

 

the first time around i guess i just saw a blob of letters that i didn't recognize and i just figured it was some dude i hadn't heard of.

Same.

[Guest]

[OleMissCub]

Was just looking back on Kosuke's career. Holy [expletive] was that guy overpaid for what he actually accomplished.

 

breaking news, I know...

[Guest]

was it McLeod who drafted Spangenberg with the very next pick?

 

Yes, and he's said that he wouldn't have been drafting Baez at 10, so he's very glad the Cubs saved him the embarrassment. Spangenberg and Springer are probably good guesses, but the Red Sox took Barnes at 19 and Swihart at 26 so maybe they would've gone with Nimmo or a college pitcher.

 

Spangenberg was a cost-saving pick (it was the pick the Padres got as compensation for failing to sign Karsten Whitson and in the old rules, they'd lose the pick if they didn't sign their compensation pick the next year). I assume Spangenberg wouldn't be as likely if Hoyer was picking for the Cubs without the risk of no compensation.

[Banedon]

Was just looking back on Kosuke's career. Holy [expletive] was that guy overpaid for what he actually accomplished.

 

breaking news, I know...

 

But...I really wanted him to be awesome.

[Guest]

Was just looking back on Kosuke's career. Holy [expletive] was that guy overpaid for what he actually accomplished.

 

breaking news, I know...

 

But...I really wanted him to be awesome.

 

[DiamondMind]

man I wanted kosuke to be amazing

[Cubswin11]

man I wanted kosuke to be amazing

I was so excited when we brought him over with the Ichiro/Hideki Matsui hybrid comps.

[treebird]

man I wanted kosuke to be amazing

I was so excited when we brought him over with the Ichiro/Hideki Matsui hybrid comps.

 

pecota promised me he was going to be a .300/.400/.500 guy. i'm still bitter.

[Guest]

man I wanted kosuke to be amazing

I was so excited when we brought him over with the Ichiro/Hideki Matsui hybrid comps.

 

pecota promised me he was going to be a .300/.400/.500 guy. i'm still bitter.

 

don't even look at what oliver says about javy and bryant.

[imb]

man I wanted kosuke to be amazing

I was so excited when we brought him over with the Ichiro/Hideki Matsui hybrid comps.

 

pecota promised me he was going to be a .300/.400/.500 guy. i'm still bitter.

 

That was meph

[Guest]

man I wanted kosuke to be amazing

I was so excited when we brought him over with the Ichiro/Hideki Matsui hybrid comps.

 

pecota promised me he was going to be a .300/.400/.500 guy. i'm still bitter.

 

That was meph

 

VORP YOU!

[OleMissCub]

Did some quick math and we paid Fukudome $111,100 for every hit he had.

[Guest]

Did some quick math and we paid Fukudome $111,100 for every hit he had.

 

arod got paid 124,378 for every hit he had in 2001