2024 MLB Draft Day 2 Thread

2 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

I would it get too worked about mid to late round picks

And I am not. I don’t know enough to know if it was a good draft or bad draft. The only thing I am saying is it appears the Cubs took a lot of guys well before their rankings. Usually that sets up a team for a big over slot at some point. And at this point, maybe except for the 4th rd pick, I don’t see an overslot. I am also kind of surprised at the lack of pitchers they took. 

They're gearing up to pay someone a mint.  My guess is it will be their 11th rounder, but honestly could be Smith or could be one of a couple of the guys today.

Regardless getting worked up is very silly.

Not gonna lie, the organization lacks power up and down the system. I know the CW is not to draft for need, but I kind of feel that’s what they did today. I don’t hate it. It will be interesting to see how much fruit it bears. 

Unless the cubs have a top 5 pick in a draft that has exceptional talent coming out of college, it hard for me to get excited or disappointed about any picks they make because it usually a 3 to 5 year wait on these kids to see if they have major league talent.

1 hour ago, stitchface said:

what were you expecting? Seems like the Cubs targeted players they believe may develop. Couldn't really expect a bunch of known superstars.

I'm stating what we do every year. 

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

They're gearing up to pay someone a mint.  My guess is it will be their 11th rounder, but honestly could be Smith or could be one of a couple of the guys today.

Regardless getting worked up is very silly.

Agreed. I am not in the hot take camp that the draft sucks. Nor do I think rd 2 and 3 were lame picks. I am just wondering where they will be spending the money. Maybe the 4th rounder is an over slot. Maybe someone else we don’t realize right now, is an over slot. I am also surprised they didn’t go more pitching. But as you said, it is silly to get worked up about players none of us really know. Time will tell. The group they have now has done a good job. So you have to believe they know what they are doing. 

When you're drafting a player that's not a day 1 talent, they usually have one or two major league tools and need a lot of plussing up elsewhere if they want to be anything more than a role player.

This idea of "Heh you simps keep digging to find silver linings on these guys" shows you don't understand the draft or player development or attrition at a pretty fundamental level.  "Player X had awesome exit velo" or "Player Y hasn't struck out since March" isn't cope it's trying to figure out what the carrying tool is for each of these new guys we've never heard of and are about to start following.

I never understand the whinging about mid-round picks. I quite like this haul, about the same as I feel most of the times in these rounds. The Cubs got a lot of guys the batted ball data likes a lot, and everyone has a tool, some have a few. There's some pretty big swings here and most will miss; part of that's the nature of mid-round picks part of that is taking big swings. But every guy they took has MLB upside in some manner. There's something to develop which each guy. And there are common themes; most of the hitters have wood bat experience that went well for them or have wonderful batted ball metrics. The arms have control, and the ability size wise where added velocity is possible. 

People become too married to whatever MLB.com ranked a guy and spend too little time looking at the tools. The difference between #250 and #550 is generally razor thin. Once you get outside of the top 80-120 or so(depends on the draft) you're talking minimal differences that come down to a scout's personal preference with great degrees of varience per who you talk to. The top of the draft contains far more nuanced differentiation. And many times comes down to organizational developmental philosophy and pure unadulterated luck. 

When guys have no tools...thats an issue. Not a single player doesn't have a tool you can't see as MLB worthy. That's all you can ask for here. Zero complaints from me and I'm excited to see if the Cubs found a gem or two. 

After reading more about the Day two kids I like what the Cubs are doing.