2026 Chicago Cubs MLB Draft Day 1 Thread

[Bertz]

Just now, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Longenhagen with the big oof

He said he was getting some dissent among his sources shortly after

And holy hell 6 is way rich for Rose, and I like Rose

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Yeah I really liked Rose at 23, I hope KC is getting a big underslot

[Outshined_One]

I get it, this is a weird draft for college hitters. Rose at least saves them a chunk of change for overslots later.

[Bertz]

If all of these college bats that were supposed to go in the teens are coming off the board now it increases the odds there are fun college SPs there at 23....

 

[JD94]

Garcia to the Braves at 8. Wow 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, JD94 said:

Garcia to the Braves at 8. Wow 

sauce?

[Jason Ross]

According to Baumann he is well shorter than 5'9" (Burress) 

[JD94]

Just now, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

sauce?

Joe Doyle

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

wow, two potential cubs picks gone in the top 10

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

wow, two potential cubs picks gone in the top 10

I never expected Gracia to make it to the Cubs. Rose had a chance, it looked, to go late teens as a ceiling; that's the biggest surprise. I would have taken Gracia top-10 myself, love the bat. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

great pick Rockies

[Bertz]

So we're getting an arm at 23, or we're getting an underslot bat like Hughes to help pay for an extra 7 figure arm this evening

Cool.  Cool cool cool

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Damn there goes Hacopian

[Jason Ross]

Man, credit to Washington. They were a mess from an organizational standpoint like 365 days ago. They cleaned house and I really like their new direction. 

[Hortonhearsawho]

Do they only air the top 10 picks? I was watching and then it switched  to golf.

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Hortonhearsawho said:

Do they only air the top 10 picks? I was watching and then it switched  to golf.

Peacock is still showing it for me. But you can also try MLB.com or MLB.tv

[Hortonhearsawho]

Just now, Jason Ross said:

Peacock is still showing it for me. But you can also try MLB.com or MLB.tv

alright I can try mlb. 

[Jason Ross]

Ballsy pick for the Angels to take a prep HS hitter and then put him directly in the MLB by August.

[chibears55]

Theres going to be a bunch of good pitchers available at 23 with all these bats coming off the board, but Cubs will probably draft a HS Shortstop 🙄 

[Bertz]

Angels going prep right there is more surprising than Rose at 6 IMO

[Jason Ross]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Theres going to be a bunch of good pitchers available at 23 with all these bats coming off the board, but Cubs will probably draft a HS Shortstop 🙄 

The Cubs have nailed most of their drafts under Kantrovitz. There is no reason to worry about who the Cubs end up going with. It might not be your flavor, but the team hasn't really missed much. It'll be fine.

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, Hortonhearsawho said:

Do they only air the top 10 picks? I was watching and then it switched  to golf.

MLB network has it now

[JD94]

14 picks in and only 1 pitcher drafted

[Hortonhearsawho]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

MLB network has it now

Yeah switched to MLB.tv and got it on now thanks!

[Jason Ross]

Trevor Condon, a HS player is a better hitter than Pete Crow-Armstrong.