2024 MLB Draft Thread

[CaliforniaRaisin]

54 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Tibbs III again:

 

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No way he falls to the Cubs but I’ll go ahead and get my hopes up for no reason.

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Tibbs III just hit his third home run of the game. This one broke a tie in the 12th.

 

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Honeycutt is on a heater

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[JD94]

12 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Want 

[JD94]

14 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Want 

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He did it again!

 

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The other Tennessee first rounder also homered: 

 

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https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-2024-mock-draft-june-13?t=mlb-draft-coverage

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14. Cubs: Cam Smith, 3B, Florida State (No. 14)
I could easily see the two Seminoles hitters swapping spots here, but Smith and his .402/.497/.677 line have always felt like a good fit with the Cubs.

Mayo had Tibbs going the pick before,

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Christian Moore with the cycle:

 

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Cubs should draft him:

 

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14. Cubs — Christian Moore, 2B, Tennessee

The two names with the most first-round helium at the moment are Honeycutt and Moore. They both have continued to show off their offensive firepower in the NCAA tournament. Moore recently hit for the second cycle ever in the College World Series and has been arguably the third-best hitter in the SEC after Charlie Condon and Jac Caglianone. He’s at 33 home runs and counting and has three excellent years of SEC track record with Tennessee, which a club like Chicago might value highly. He also has a chance for a better defensive profile than many corner options on the board.

Honeycutt went 12th.

[Outshined_One]

7 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Honeycutt went 12th.

Honeycutt seems like the only hitter projected to go in the first round who has a true 80 plus-plus-plus-plus tool.

I just don't know if the Cubs are equipped to get the contact and Ks to a reasonable level. I'd be excited to see him drafted at 14, but I don't really want it to happen if that makes sense?

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Kiley McDaniel’s 2nd mock: https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/40378166/2024-mlb-mock-draft-20-kiley-mcdaniel-predicts-first-two-rounds-top-picks

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14. Chicago Cubs

Ryan Waldschmidt, LF, Kentucky

Waldschmidt is another hot name who has been rising in the latter stages of the season, and he is still gaining interest as he plays in Omaha. There are teams on him earlier than this, and I think his floor is somewhere in the 20s, so there's still a wide range of landing spots for him. This is probably the floor if either Kurtz or Tibbs makes it this far, and this is the first spot Malcolm Moore is a distinct option. Florida prep SS Kellon Lindsey is a potential well-under slot option as I think the Cubs are mostly looking at upside position players. I'm hearing they are on Florida prep C Hunter Carns in the second or third round and prep 3B Chase Harlan, if he makes it to their second pick

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54. Chicago Cubs: Hunter Carns, C, First Coast (Fla.) HS

 

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Law with a new mock: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5572706/2024/06/19/mlb-mock-draft-2024-charlie-condon-bryce-rainer/?campaign=5888993&source=dailyemail&userId=166050

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14. Chicago Cubs: Malcolm Moore, C, Stanford

This connection keeps coming up, as the Cubs do lean heavily on their model, and Moore has excellent batted-ball data. I’ve also heard them with Christian Moore and Waldschmidt.

 

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MLB pipeline scouting report:

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Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 40 | Arm: 45 | Field: 45 | Overall: 50

Moore was one of the best high school hitters in the 2022 Draft class, a left-handed-hitting catcher who drew some comparisons to 2020 first-round pick Tyler Soderstrom. He became the highest-ranked hitter on MLB Pipeline’s Draft Top 250 not to sign, instead heading to Stanford. He had a tremendous first half of his freshman year before fading a bit in conference play and a solid fall had scouts excited to see what he can do in his Draft-eligible sophomore season. He got off to a slow start production-wise, but the underlying metrics were still good enough to keep him from sliding too much.

There is still confidence that Moore will hit at the next level. He makes a lot of hard contact to all fields and has easily plus raw power he showed he can tap into with 15 home runs as a freshman. He’s shown he can have an advanced approach at the plate, including doing damage with two strikes, though he wore out catching every day in his first year of college. While his surface numbers were down for much of his sophomore season, he still had elite chase rates and swing-and-miss rates in the zone.

If teams think he can be an average catcher, he could easily be considered a top 10 pick, but scouts aren’t quite as convinced on his glove as they are on his bat. He’s not a bad receiver and moves decently enough, with some scouts seeing improvement behind the dish this spring. He’ll flash an average arm, but it’s often more fringy, though some of that can be cleaned up with improved footwork. Even if a team thinks he’ll need to move to first base, his offensive potential could make him a first-rounder.