2015 Draft Thread

[Guest]

Give me some Brady Aiken

That would be a monumentally terrible pick.

 

Didn't his medicals come back pretty solid?

 

I wouldn't mind Aiken here if you can get him underslot. A 1.1 talent who already had his TJS knocked out.

Having had 1 TJS makes it more likely that a player will get a future TJS.

[Guest]

I am happy (Note: I was also very happy with the Bryant and Schwarber picks...and the Harvey and Pawelek picks).

 

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[Outshined_One]

Death to pitching!

[Guest]

Not exciting, but solid.

[bukie]

Ian Happ. Succeeded in a situation where he was really the only offensive option on that team.

[Deeg]

Yuck.

[HendryWallet]

Gammons confirms Happ is a baseball player. Thank God

[Guest]

Raisin,

 

you going to start a pick discussion thread again this year?

[ScrubMD]

Hurray!...as much as you can Hurray! at this year's #9.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Well hopefully Ian Happ doesn't suck!

[Guest]

Gammons confirms Happ is a baseball player. Thank God

Was worried they'd go for a hockey guy.

[Guest]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/395/200/ba4.jpg

[TruffleShuffle]

i am okay with this.

 

harold sure is fond of gym rats who love baseball.

[ARCubsFan]

Gammons confirms Happ is a baseball player. Thank God

Was worried they'd go for a hockey guy.

We'd know what would happen if the Cubs turned into the Blackhawks then

[Cubswin11]

Fine with the pick, all things considered. Hopefully he can be a fast mover.

[bukie]

Astros pick at 37, could end up with 3 really highly projectable players today.

[Gmoney08]

So whats the report on this guy?

 

Hit .360, how does he compare to Benintendi?

 

Any chance he is the best hitter when it comes to batting average/obp in this draft? How is his power?

[Irrelevant Dude]

So is Happ another Brett Jackson type high-floor, low-ceiling guy?

 

Ignoring the fact that Jackson's ceiling crashed through his floor, of course.

[Gilby]

Happ: .329/.452/.503/.955, 25 BB, 32 K in 149 AB's during the 2014 Cape Cod season.

[Guest]

lol @ Harold. Gwynn & McLemore comps.

[Cubswin11]

So whats the report on this guy?

 

Hit .360, how does he compare to Benintendi?

 

Any chance he is the best hitter when it comes to batting average/obp in this draft? How is his power?

Here is Law's right up on him

 

Happ has one of the best swings in this year's class -- particularly from the left side -- and with his feel for hitting and balance, it's not out of the question that he has the best present hit tool of any player in this class.

 

In addition to the plus hit tool, Happ also has some surprising pop -- again, particularly as a left-handed hitter -- and when he rotates his hips on time, he's capable of driving balls out to the pull side and putting the ball into the gaps of the opposite field.

 

There aren't many offensive questions about Happ -- really the only one being some extra swing-and-miss from the right side -- but where he's going to end up defensively is very much in doubt. He played second base and left field for the Bearcats, more of the latter this year as he recovered from hernia surgery. Without having seen him play much at second base this year, most teams think Happ ends up at an outfield position; left field is the most likely landing sport, as his arm strength is merely average.

 

Happ has hit everywhere he has been, and he has done so with power and a great approach. If he can stay at second base, he's a future above-average regular. If he must move to left field, he's more likely to be merely an average everyday player.

[Guest]

I mean, is he doing it on purpose at this point? How else do you come up with both Gwynn & McLemore as comps for the same guy?

[HendryWallet]

Are there 2 rounds today? Edited June 9, 2015 by HendryWallet

[Tryptamine]

Really liked that pick for the Phillies, thought they would take Stephenson

[davell]

Hard to bitch about Happ, I feel if Aiken's meds looked decent, we'd have taken him.