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He's probably making his debut Saturday in the DH, unless this postponement screws it up.(I doubt it will)

NM, guess he threw 45 pitches.

Lol

Damnit. It didn't link. But, what happens if Javy tries to tag sliding Javy? Seriously. What the hell happens?

.......Worst start of the season. I didn't want to say it lol. And yeah, I was hoping for more velo out of Underwood. But, maybe this is necessary for him to have any command. He's salvageable into something, if his command is solid. I'm just trying to stay remotely positive, when he's finally putting up a decent pitching line.

Little goes 5 2 0 0 4 5..... Best start of his season. Rucker goes 6 1 2 0 1 9...... Best start of his season. Swarmer goes 5 7 5 5 1 9.

Unless I’m missing something, the link BA tweeted today was the mock from Tuesday with the Cubs picking prep catcher Anthony Seigler. Oh figures lol. They retweet stuff from the past often. I forgot their last one was this week.

Anyone got BA's mock from today? Cubs pick anyway.....

Denaburg may be more likely to go to school now. Was Baker ever THAT high? I don't remember seeing him go before our pick at any point this year. Singer has dropped, but is he even dropping outside the top 10? I think there's a good chance a top 10-12 talent is available to us at 24. Just don't know who. Oh, I was just stating draft prospects whose stock has fallen. Singer should still go in the top 10. I don't know who will be available to the Cubs at 24, but yeah we should be getting a good player. There really isn't much separation between 13-40 in the draft rankings in my opinion. If he falls all the way to 24 I could see the Cubs taking RHP Logan Gilbert. He seems to be flying under the radar a little bit. He'd make me happy enough, I guess. I'm trying to play process of elimination, on who might be there for us. These guys will be off the board for sure, by what I can tell..... RHCP- Mize, Singer LHCP- McClanahan, Rolison HSRHP- Stewart, Winn, Wilcox, Rodriguez HSLHP- Liberatore, Weathers, CPP- Madrigal, Swaggerty, Bart, India, Bohm, Larnach HSPP- Kelenic, Gorman, Scott, Turang, Naylor That's 21 guys I think are extremely likely, most being locks, to be off the board, by the time we pick. The non locks being Rolison, Larnach, Scott, and Naylor? The guys I'm NOT mentioning as LOCKS to go before we pick are Rocker, Hankins, Vasil, and Casas. So, if those guys ARE off the board and we go with a college guy, what's there for us? Position Players- Eierman, Jenista, Walker, Hoerner, Watson, which seems to be reaches, in most of these instances. College Pitchers- Kowar, Gilbert, Beck, Hjelle, Knight Again, this is only if we DO take a college guy in the 1st. Which, I guess think I'd prefer going the HS route, after looking this over.....

There have to be some guys moving down for other guys to move up and overtake them in the draft rankings. Off the top of my head, I'd say Griffin Conine, Brice Turang, Luken Baker, Tim Cate, Tristan Pompey and Brady Singer (he's still highly rated) have fallen in the rankings to some degree. Mason Denaburg seems like the big one among the highly rated prep arms that have fallen. Denaburg may be more likely to go to school now. Was Baker ever THAT high? I don't remember seeing him go before our pick at any point this year. Singer has dropped, but is he even dropping outside the top 10? I think there's a good chance a top 10-12 talent is available to us at 24. Just don't know who.

We're hearing about all these guys that are moving up. But, who is moving down? There's only 15 spots for top 15 guys and it seems like there's 25 of them to me.

Respect for the time and effort. I'd take that Cubs draft and run. But, I don't see McClanahan dropping THIS far. If he DID, as a RS Soph, I bet he's still looking for way over slot. MAYBE Hannah comes in slightly under slot, but I figure that's in range for him, so I'd be a bit surprised. Edwards is too tough. Vandy commit and his parents are teachers. If you get him, it's for 1st round money probably. Gingery is a nice pick. Personally, I'd bet he goes closer to Hannah's spot, but I'd be very happy with him. I like Hanson. But again, I'd suspect he might want top 30-50 money, as a Vandy guy. Plus, he's a Mormon and I'm not sure how the mission thing affects him and his draft positioning. Or if he's even taking one. At any rate, I would love that grouping. But, I think we'd have already spent past our entire draft budget.

I tried doing a mock draft and ended up with Zach Watson from LSU to the Cubs at 24. The FG guys mentioned Rocker was being looked at by the Blue Jays in the 2nd. Literally nothing else was said, so don't know if that's them EXPECTING he'll be there, if they're going cheap in the 1st, or any other myriad of questions that statement can bring up.

Juan 2:53 Is there a legitimate chance that the Cubs go with a high-upside prep guy in the 1st round to stimulate their system? Eric A Longenhagen 2:53 I doubt it. That's the only Cubs tidbit from the FG or Law chats this week. Hopefully this means position player, I can't see an upside college pitcher at 24 that I like enough.

MLB.com had him as their Cubs breakout guy and said he's throwing 87-94..... This honestly wouldn't surprise me, if he's still varying that much. His mechanics haven't been great. If he somehow found consistency, he's a guy that conceivably still has lots of upside. He turned 21 yesterday, so might as well be patient.

Lol

Amaya had been slumping, but had a HR and a 3B today.I Hatch put up a 7 7 2 2 1 9 line today.

https://twitter.com/billazbbphotog/status/994273335138598913

https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/mlb/2018/5/9/17335874/matt-harvey-reds-trade?utm_campaign=grantbrisbee&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true Pretty good Brisbee article, with an analogy that may be the greatest ever.

Sweet

https://twitter.com/NQHyde/status/993958831288979456

Honestly, the sig WAS my biggest issue. Thanks for clarifying that end of things.

Dude, you saying you've been one of his biggest fans, gets negated by the fact you went the other way on him later. All the way to taking him out of your signature. You can says that was a joke, but your comments on Javy were meh at that point and jibe with taking him out. It's not that hard to see.