When do we start talking 2016 Draft?

[davell]

I give our first day draft grade an A-, based on being sure Theo smugly said funny horsefeathers at the lesser teams expense.

[cwood218]

Having read thru the draft threads here over the years I always assumed you guys were going overboard on the Harold hate... I could not have been more wrong. I don't know what the best pick of the night was. But MLB Picking Harold for the telecast was clearly the worst! From the begining of the draft when everyone was perhaps the quickest player to the majors to the middle of the draft when he always interupted O'Dowd to the end of the draft when he had no idea what to do with catchers with good hit tools that probably can't catch.... It was like watching old TV broadcasts of Joe Morgan...my hand keep wanting to reach for the remote and mute him out every time he began to speak. But like looking at a car accident I just had to listen one more time.

[Tryptamine]

Let's not forget that every comp has to be a player of the same race. Hell, Harold really had to reach back a few decades in order to keep his race related comps alive with that Oddibe McDowell comparison.

[Tim]

Oh, the team that is being investigated by the FBI took a player who failed a drug test for PEDs?

 

They must have liked the Astros scouting report on Perez.

 

He's clearly being groomed as the successor to Jhonny Peralta as a performance enhancing Cardinal shortstop.

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Feeling sensitive?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

MLB.com's too available players: http://m.mlb.com/draft/tracker#!ft=rank&fv=top

 

And BA's: http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-preview/?sort=rank&top=500&pos=All&year=2016&draftStatus=Undrafted

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Having read thru the draft threads here over the years I always assumed you guys were going overboard on the Harold hate... I could not have been more wrong. I don't know what the best pick of the night was. But MLB Picking Harold for the telecast was clearly the worst! From the begining of the draft when everyone was perhaps the quickest player to the majors to the middle of the draft when he always interupted O'Dowd to the end of the draft when he had no idea what to do with catchers with good hit tools that probably can't catch.... It was like watching old TV broadcasts of Joe Morgan...my hand keep wanting to reach for the remote and mute him out every time he began to speak. But like looking at a car accident I just had to listen one more time.

 

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[Regular Show]

So there are still a lot of intriguing prospects available which is nice, but the Cubs pick in the 3rd round is still pretty far away so some of these players will be gone before the Cubs get to select someone. The ones I like that are still available (and affordable I think):

 

RHP - S. Tewes (injured)

LHP - J. Luzardo (injured - had TJS)

C - C. Johnson (local kid, great defender)

RHP - Z. Gallen

RHP - D. May (big RHP from Texas)

LHP - JoJo Romero & LHP - D. Smeltzer (good JUCO pitchers that might be available in later rounds)

RHP - K. Funkhouser (Boras client, inconsistent stuff, Senior, I kind of like him at the right price? :-k )

RHP - N. Martinez

LHP - M. Krook

 

I could list many more, but I am most familiar with these draft prospects or rather like these prospects enough to care. There are some good position players available, but I feel like the Cubs are going to focus on pitching.

 

Curious what other people think and who they like/want selected?

[Hrubes20]

Skylar Szynski seems like a guy we may be interested in, if he's available. Fairly local prep arm from Indiana.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

10 picks to go!

[Aaron_Kennelly]

10 picks to go!

 

Time to get excited about someone I've never heard of!

 

From someone who hasn't been paying attention... what are we hoping for here?

[UMFan83]

Even with the Cubs first pick coming at the end of the third round, who wants to bet that this player we draft will have a higher WAR than every 1st round pick (supplemental included) from the Cubs between 2002-2006 combined (1.0 WAR - all from Tyler Colvin)?

[Tim]

I'm on a conference call. Someone please get a "Cubs Picks" thread going.

[UMFan83]

Tom Hatch, RHP, Oklahoma State

[davell]

There's Funkhouser going to Detroit, where Boras will rake him some cash out of Ilitch.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Bobby Dalbec, Nick Banks (position player) and Krook have all been picked in the fourth round.

[Regular Show]

This feels disappointing...it's what I expected but it still feels meh. A lot of college pitching prospects that will sign for slot. I don't like RHP - B. Clark, but it was a 5th round pick so whatever. I honestly know nothing about the other college pitchers.

 

This I do know -- teams are scouting better and selecting better. I feel like the Cubs had targets that didn't fall to them. This draft class doesn't seem that great right now. I guess if one of these college pitching prospects develops then it will be considered a good draft when we judge it a few yrs from now.

 

I'm happy with our past draft picks and the focus on advanced hitting prospects w/ high ceilings. That said, out picks after the 1st round have kinda sucked. I don't have a lot of faith in our scouts in finding pitching prospects in later rounds. Haven't done it yet, but maybe that will change w/ D. Cease or P. Johnson. I hope I'm wrong and these scouts find some diamonds-in-the-rough...

[Regular Show]

Actually, I should state that RHP - Z. Godley (the 10th round pick in 2013) reached the big leagues with Arizona.

 

So that's one pitcher who made it and was a late round pick. Kudos to the scout who recommended him and the Cubs for finding someone in the 10th round lol.

[toonsterwu]

Gotta say, I'm fairly pleased with the draft so far, relative to expectations considering where we picked. Three solid college arms (I'm assuming that they are pretty certain all three will sign ... of the three, if Bailey Clark thought he could figure it out as a starter, that's the one I'd worry about, but I doubt he passes up 5th round). Of course, Hatch is a redshirt sophomore, so a bit more leverage, but figuring that they are certain on that.

 

Looking at the names on board, there were probably a couple names I preferred over Hatch, but not by enough to matter (I still like Gallen a bit). That said, Hatch is a solid arm with some mid-rotation ceiling. That's not bad.

 

Miller sounds fascinating in terms of potentially having some more in him. Taking a chance on some ceiling, instead of say, a safer pick like Sharawyn, is fine by me.

 

Clark's got fascinating upside, although I remember he was talked about pre-season in the ACC and then just fell off. It's a great gamble ... wonder how they pace him? Going to be a fascinating project.

 

All in all, pretty pleased.

 

As a UVA fan, a bit disappointed Wentz and Nolan Jones went that high. Got to think they sign. Still, getting Kranick/Murdock to help out the staff next season would be a nice boost.

[toonsterwu]

This feels disappointing...it's what I expected but it still feels meh. A lot of college pitching prospects that will sign for slot. I don't like RHP - B. Clark, but it was a 5th round pick so whatever. I honestly know nothing about the other college pitchers.

 

This I do know -- teams are scouting better and selecting better. I feel like the Cubs had targets that didn't fall to them. This draft class doesn't seem that great right now. I guess if one of these college pitching prospects develops then it will be considered a good draft when we judge it a few yrs from now.

 

I'm happy with our past draft picks and the focus on advanced hitting prospects w/ high ceilings. That said, out picks after the 1st round have kinda sucked. I don't have a lot of faith in our scouts in finding pitching prospects in later rounds. Haven't done it yet, but maybe that will change w/ D. Cease or P. Johnson. I hope I'm wrong and these scouts find some diamonds-in-the-rough...

 

Thing is, this turned out to be a fairly weak draft, and with our limited pool, they probably couldn't take some gambles they otherwise might've wanted to. Looking at the guys that were on board for each pick ... I'm not all that troubled by any of the selections. It was just hard to expect a home run draft this year considering the system is what it is. There's some ceiling with Clark, and it sounds like with Miller.

[toonsterwu]

Looking at what teams have done ...

 

fascinated with the Braves. With so much pitching in the system ... they go pitching heavy, with a lot of raw upside. Going to be interesting to see how things pan out there.

 

think the Orioles took some interesting chances to try and get arms early.

 

not a huge fan of the Red Sox draft. Of course, Groome was a nice prize to fall to them, but don't love the rest of the draft. Shawaryn could be a nice piece, though.

 

White Sox had a great draft in terms of, as Tom noted, letting things fall to them. Curbelo was a nice 6th rounder.

 

Love the Cardinals draft. Gallen and Jones gives them two very good college arms, and I still believe Jones might be a better pro than in college, where his slider could be used more. Of course, there's the Virginia issue (the crouch).

 

really like the Rays draft. Took a couple relative "safe" college guys and mixed in some prep ceiling.

 

 

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Can't say I love the Hockin pick ... but okay.

[soccer10k]

Having read thru the draft threads here over the years I always assumed you guys were going overboard on the Harold hate... I could not have been more wrong. I don't know what the best pick of the night was. But MLB Picking Harold for the telecast was clearly the worst! From the begining of the draft when everyone was perhaps the quickest player to the majors to the middle of the draft when he always interupted O'Dowd to the end of the draft when he had no idea what to do with catchers with good hit tools that probably can't catch.... It was like watching old TV broadcasts of Joe Morgan...my hand keep wanting to reach for the remote and mute him out every time he began to speak. But like looking at a car accident I just had to listen one more time.

 

One of the draft's a couple years ago Harold said pretty much every college guy picked early could be in the majors later that season. It was hilarious.