2015 Draft Thread

[Tim]

I get the feeling that we won't have as much participation as normal.

 

Boring draft.

[Tryptamine]

We need one of Allard or Daz to go in the top 8. If they do, the Cubs should be able to land a real interesting player.

[Guest]

The downside here is having to listen to Harold Reynolds and Gammons

[Tryptamine]

The downside here is having to listen to Harold Reynolds and Gammons

 

Will this be the year that Reynolds compares a player to a player that isn't the same race?

[jersey cubs fan]

The downside here is having to listen to Harold Reynolds and Gammons

 

Will this be the year that Reynolds compares a player to a player that isn't the same race?

 

Will there be a pick that he does not judge based entirely on what major leaguer is currently playing that position for the team?

[sontensei]

The downside here is having to listen to Harold Reynolds and Gammons

 

Will this be the year that Reynolds compares a player to a player that isn't the same race?

 

I dont mind Gammons, but Harold *barf*

[Guest]

Michael Baumann[/url]"]Second: Happ, a near-mirror-image switch-hitter who could play second base at the next level. I talk about the second base archetype a lot: college guys who are usually (though not always) about 6-foot, 200 pounds, with good but not exceptional athleticism, who play an infield spot, get on base, hit for a little power, and steal bases at a high rate of success. Chase Utley’s an elite example of this, with Cody Asche a poor man’s version, and Jed Lowrie, Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kinsler, Jason Kipnis, and a few others are in between — they’re players of the same species, if not the same quality. Happ is a guy like that. (So is Bregman, but I don’t have to convince anyone about him.) Happ is a legitimate switch-hitter, which is rarer than you might think, and he doesn’t have any weaknesses in his game. He also talks about hitting more intelligently than any college position player I spoke to this year, and in February, I saw him misread a pitch, adjust mid-swing, and hit it out anyway. He’s going to go in the late teens, and if a team is at all convinced that he can play second base in the majors, he should go 10 spots higher; a similar player, Michael Conforto, went no. 10 overall in a better draft last year.

[Guest]

Callis and Mayo go with Happ on their final mock.

[ScrubMD]

I don't know who the guy on the far left is, but he's the guy who last year couldn't wrap his mind around the Cubs picking someone who was ranked with a higher number than other guys who were still on the board. The concept really seemed to upset him.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Let's get this show going.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Did that dumb [expletive] just say "J Up"?

[Tryptamine]

Good for ARI, they didn't do anything dumb and took the guy they should have.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

No shock at #1 Diamondbacks take Dansby Swanson. He's having a good day today. Homers and doubles off Jay and is now the top pick in the draft.

[Tryptamine]

I've got Bregman to the Stros at 2 and Benintendi to them at 5.

[OleMissCub]

Dansby Swanson. The most Vanderbilt name ever.

[ScrubMD]

I think I've decided to hop aboard the Happ train.

[TruffleShuffle]

i mostly watch the draft just to hear harold reynolds say multiple stupid things about every single draft pick.

 

btw, what is a bud light mixx tail? this has to absolutely horrible, right?

[ScrubMD]

Then again, I'm also an idiot.

 

But then again, I hopped on the Schwarber train on draft day last year.

[Tryptamine]

I think I've decided to hop aboard the Happ train.

 

If Allard or Daz doens't get into the top 8, he's going to be the best talent available.

[Guest]

Well, let's hope things stop going to script.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Good thing we don't need a SS because they are dropping like flys!

[Guest]

"I love this pick. Tulo's not going to play forever."

 

Harold.

[bukie]

Good thing we don't need a SS because they are dropping like flys!

So, so much wrong with this sentence.

[Clem Fandango]

Haven't paid attention to the draft class at all. Reading up on Happ he sounds pretty good. Why is Aiken projected to go so late? Did he take a big step back this past year?

[Gilby]

It may not be the hair that causes Harold to compare Rodgers with Crawford, but it certainly is the skin color.