2022 MLB Actual Draft Day(s) Thread

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Every year, we put up a new thread for draft day. Post everything in here and I’ll lock the other thread. I will update this OP with the Cubs’ actual picks and signing as they are made.

 

The schedule:

 

Tonight, 6 pm CT: Rounds 1-2 starting at 6 pm on MLB Network

Monday, 1 pm CT: Rounds 3-10 on MLB.com

Tuesday, 1 pm CT: Rounds 11-20 on MLB.com

 

This year, there'll be 20 rounds. The Cubs bonus pool for the draft is $10,098,100 ($10,603,005 with 5% overage).

 

1.7 $5,711,000 slot - RHP Cade Horton, Oklahoma; rankings - BA: 23, ESPN: 22, FG: 12, MLB: 24, Prospects Live: 12 - $4.45 million bonus

2.47 $1,661,200 - LHP Jackson Ferris, IMG Academy, FL (Ole Miss commit); BA: 34, ESPN: 41, FG: 43, MLB: 19, PL: 27 - $3,005,000 bonus

3.86 $735,500 - SS Christopher Paciolla, Temecula Valley HS, CA (UCLA commit); BA: 128, FG: 93, MLB: 166, PL: 91 - $900,000 bonus

4.113 $538,600 - RHP/SS Nazier Mulé, Passaic County Tech Institute, NJ (Miami commit); BS: 96, FG: 92, MLB: 94, PL: 214 - $1 million bonus

5.143 $402,400 - RHP Brandon Birdsell, Texas Tech; BA: 137, FG: 86, MLB: 101, PL: 160 - $385,000 bonus

6.173 $303,900 - RHP Will Frisch, Oregon St; BA: 200, PL: 426 - $228,000 bonus

7.203 $237,500 - RHP Nick Hull, Grand Canyon - $25,000 bonus

8.233 $189,100 - RHP Mason McGwire, Capistrano Valley HS, CA (Oklahoma commit) - $200,000 bonus

9.263 $164,690 - RHP Connor Noland, Arkansas; BA: 470, PL: 251 - $200,000 bonus

10.293 $154,300 - RHP Brody McCullough, Wingate (NC); BA: 482, PL: 286 - $125,000 bonus

11.323 LHP Branden Noriega - $125,000 bonus

12.353 RHP Matthew Peters, Indiana Institute of Tech - $125,000 bonus

13.383 RHP Luis Rujano, Sunshine State Elite Academy, FL; MLB: 234 (South Florida commit) - $210,000 bonus ($85k counts to pool)

14.413 RHP Shane Marshall, Georgia - $125,000 bonus

15.443 C Haydn McGeary, Colorado Mesa (Kentucky commit) - $125,000 bonus

16.473 RHP JP Wheat, Next Level Academy, AL (Georgia Tech commit) - $125,000 bonus

17.503 OF Andy Garriola, Old Dominion - $50,000 bonus

18.533 RHP Garrett Brown, Georgia - bonus: $80,000 bonus

19.563 RHP Brock Blatter, Billings Central Catholic HS, MT (Alabama commit); BA: 407, PL: 472

20.593 OF Ke’Shun Collier, Meridian CC (South Alabama commit) - $100,000 bonus

 

 

Teams can spend up to $125,000 on picks in the 11th through 20th rounds and NDFAs without it counting towards their bonus allotment. Any portion of a bonus above $125,000 comes out of the team's bonus allotment.

 

Final mocks:

 

Athletic/Keith Law: Brooks Lee

BA/Carlos Collazo: Cam Collier

ESPN/Kiley McDaniel: Brooks Lee

FG/Eric Longenhagen: Cam Collier

MLB/Callis: Brooks Lee

MLB/Mayo: Gavin Cross

Prospects Live/Joe Doyle: Brooks Lee & Walter Ford (2nd round)

[Hrubes20]

Too much Brooks Lee to the Cubs chatter. Getting my hopes up.

[17 Seconds]

somebody tell me who we want

[imb]

i want temarr

[Cubswin11]

Green if we’re taking a swing and Lee if we’re going safe but with enough upside for me

[Bertz]

somebody tell me who we want

 

There's not really a right answer except Jones, and not coincidentally he's one of the two guys (with Holliday) who have no chance of being there for us. Who you want ultimately comes down to your thoughts on college vs. highschool and hit vs power.

 

For me personally, it's something like:

 

Jones

Lee or Johnson

Holliday, Green or Parada

Collier or Neto way underslot

Berry, Jung, or Neto closer to slot

 

Guys on the same line I see as roughly even.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'm not even accounting for the possibility of Jones being available, so Johnson would be my first choice. After that, Lee or Collier.

[Bertz]

Eric Longenhagen says the scuttlebutt is Holliday at 1 but he's not confident enough yet to Woj it

[Irrelevant Dude]

Holliday #1

[Bertz]

Jones for sure goes 2 now, then probably Parada #3 and the Pirates are the next inflection point

[Hrubes20]

I knew he wasn't falling past 3 anyway, so everything still on the table.

[CubinNY]

Didn’t go under slot

[mias_tisg]

Jones to Arizona

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jones for sure goes 2 now, then probably Parada #3 and the Pirates are the next inflection point

 

Agreed. Think it’ll be Collier or Neto for the Pirates.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Arizona pick has been in for like 5 minutes now. Are they holding the announcement for TV interviews and commentary? Kind of annoying.

[Hrubes20]

Jones for sure goes 2 now, then probably Parada #3 and the Pirates are the next inflection point

 

Agreed. Think it’ll be Collier or Neto for the Pirates.

 

I like Neto a bit, but I wouldn't hate to have him off the board at 7.

[Bertz]

Mordecai and Rigby

7:19 Well, there goes Jackson Holliday at 1-1 to Bal. Any early take/opinion on his younger brother Ethan Holliday? I've heard he is even better than his big bro.

 

Eric A Longenhagen

7:20 Saw them take BP back to back this spring, and Ethan isn't there yet but his frame is WAY more projectable than Jackson, and it wouldn't surprise me if the Hollidays Upton

 

Didn't know about this, the seed is strong with Holliday apparently

[Bertz]

 

The expectation was 15ish so hold onto your butts

[CubinNY]

I want Collier or Johnson.

[mias_tisg]

Kumar Rocker to the Rangers, wow

[Tryptamine]

Wow Kumar at 3

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Kumar Rocker to the Rangers at 1.3.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Wow! Rocker #3. Crazy.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Kumar Rocker to the Rangers at 1.3.

[imb]

pardon me

 

so the rangers have leiter and rocker