Rob

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It will require first round money. Very unlikely. but if we cough up a nice 5 mil bonus, then who knows. I don't think it'd take 5 mil. I'd be willing to give 1.5 or 2, though.

If we actually manage to sign Gray, I'll be much happier with this draft.

I hate the Cashner pick. There is no doubt that he was nowhere near the BPA. I like the Shafer and Carpenter picks. The others? I'm willing to see how they play out.

Melville is really slipping. And I'm very pissed he made it past us.

If Melville is still there at 41 (and if we take him), that'll make the Cashner pick a lot easier to swallow. To my mind, the only way to cancel out the no-upside pick of Cashner was to grab Hewitt at 41... and now that's not an option. I think it is a little extreme to "LOVE" or "HATE" a pick at this point. They are all a relative unknown. Its easy to throw around disgust about a pick, but a bit harder to give an actual reason for it. I have an actual reason. Drafting relievers is going to give you very little upside, and still maintain a pretty high level of risk. Any team that drafts a reliever in the first is wasting their pick, unless they intend to start him.

Why? The post above yours aptly covers my reasoning.

Well, it appears the Cubs view Hak-ju as a first rounder, because they passed on taking another one at #19.

If Melville is still there at 41 (and if we take him), that'll make the Cashner pick a lot easier to swallow. To my mind, the only way to cancel out the no-upside pick of Cashner was to grab Hewitt at 41... and now that's not an option.

Chisenhall is a bit of a reach.

I'm more pissed about this than I was about signing Edmonds.

Ugh

Gordon Beckham doesn't look like he needs to wear a batting helmet.

Let's examine this, shall we? Castro C - Astro We all should have seen that coming.

Castro

Drafting a college reliever is a lot like drafting a kicker in the NFL. Unless there are some truly exceptional circumstances, smart teams just don't do it.

You could stay at OMCs place, but he says he can only spoon on the right.

It's only .290 since he became a cub, and off of a 16.1% LD%. You'd expect him to have 8.7 (Hits - HR). He has 9. oh crap, he's gonna crash back down to earth I know, right? Hendry should definitely try to sell high right now.

It's only .290 since he became a cub, and off of a 16.1% LD%. You'd expect him to have 8.7 (Hits - HR). He has 9.

Kelly's only signing as a SS. I've heard Cinci like him at their pick... Kelly is projected for Cubs in several of the mocks. And I know some posters like him quite a bit. What's the scouting report on him, and how many hear think he'd be a good selection? Seems what I read from draft things, they rarely talk about his baseball projections. Rather, in the brief synopsis, it's always "Son of Pat Kelly", "QB commit to Tennessee", "football option could make him pricey", "can pitch as well as play, although he wants to play SS, not pitch, in the pros". Those are all interesting news bits, but by the time they finish with that there's no space left to discuss much of his baseball attributes. He's a multi-athlete (QB, pitcher, SS); does that mean he's raw? Or as a baseball son, is he plenty polished? He's got a QB arm for SS; does he have the hands and quickness and when he's 26 will he have the flexibility to play SS? Does he project much power? Has he been a big hitter in HS, or like Harvey and Vitters is a he a guy who can't hit .400 in HS? Hacker who can't recognize breaking balls, but the hope is that his athleticism will someday enable that? Or is he a smart, disciplined, polished hitter already? I have no idea. From what I understand, Kelly is exceptional on defense and has loads of raw power (at least for a SS). Kinda the Khalil Greene mold. That's about where the extent of my knowledge ends.

It's ok, he answered about 42542356376 of Rob's questions. To be fair, I spoon fed him questions I knew he'd want to answer.

You damn dirty loungers.

Was this you? I wonder what the problems with him are, especially since he could be a Cub or a UCLA Bruin. Rob (Bloomington, IL): Who do you think will end up taking Gerrit Cole? Any chance the Cubs nab him at #19? Kevin Goldstein: He's a very hard guy to figure out. Hard to argue with the arm, but as a kid, nobody likes him. Just remembered this thread... whoops. Yeah, that was me. Still interested.

Nice hustle, Jimmy.

I think he had already pinch hit.