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It was bad, like really bad. A few teams did well. The Cardinals destroyed the draft with Jordan Walker, Masyn Winn, Tink Hence and Nate Burleson. The Braves got Strider which is a huge win on its own The Orioles also destroyed the draft with Kjerstad, Westburg and Mayo
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I noticed you missed the, it's bit too early in regards to 2022. With that said, that's also somewhat true of 2021. Wicks looks like he he's a solid bet for a #4/5 with a chance at being a solid mid rotation starter. BJ Murray has kind of tanked this year and you're probably looking at bench player upside at this point. Triantos is the wild card. He's going to hit, but his inability to play defense pretty much anywhere is a severe issue and will his bat be good enough to compensate for that. Is it anywhere near as bad as '19 or '20? Nope, but as of right now it's more just OK than anything.
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I don't know that I've ever seen splits as absurdly different than what Jeff McNeil has this year He's a borderline Allstar away from Citi Field and a guy who should be DFA'd immediately at home.
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8.14 K/9, 5.55 BB/9, 4.10 FIP and 5.19 xFIP. That 1.85 ERA was a total mirage.
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Bored at work and I know Jed wasn't officially President until November of 2020, but good god so many terrible drafts. 2019- The only guys who are still relevant from this draft that are still Cubs are Hunter Bigge and Porter Hodge 2020- Luke Little, that's it 2021- Jordan Wicks, James Triantos, BJ Murray and arguable Drew Gray/Zac Leigh 2022- It's a bit too early to judge but realistically the only interesting guys are Cade Horton, Brandon Birdsell and Nazier Mule They haven't drafted an everyday position player since Nico in 2018
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2024 MLB Draft Thread
Tryptamine replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Completely random thought while I was looking up the history of 1st round catchers. Damn, the Cardinals completely destroyed the 2020 MLB draft. At #21 they got Jordan Walker, who despite early struggles still has big offensive upside. They got an all star in the making in Masyn Winn at #54, A top 30 prospect in Tink Hence at #63 and an everyday regular in Alec Burleson at #70. -
Oh look, a reliver walked someone. Shocking.
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Brewer in to close. What world is this?
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Dear god the Cubs pen era prior to today was 4.46. The Rockies pen ERA was 6.00. How is that even possible?
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Is this pen starting to reach historic levels of awful yet?
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Unless they score like 3 more runs, we all know how this is going to play out.
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0-2 on PCA again,
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Man that was a bad throw by Dansby
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It's really odd how early he pulls his starters, not necessarily tonight, yet he'll leave his relievers in there to just get destroyed.
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PCA in an 0-2 hole again. I've never seen anything like this.
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Warning track power
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2 on and no outs. How will they botch this?
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Well this has been a ****** last few minutes
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7 pitch inning, good god.
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I swear to God PCA starts every at bat in an 0-2 or 1-2 hole
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Actual runs
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Things I did not realize until today. Busch's 1.5 fWAR accounts for about 1/4 of the entire team's position player fWAR.
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It might improve a bit but remember, their LD% is down and FB% is up. Line drives carry the highest babip and fly balls carry the lowest. So naturally their expected babip will be lower than 2023.
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Ballesteros is definitely a potential super star bat. He's 20 years old and had the 3rd highest OPS(.867) in the AA Southern League good for a 155 wRC+. The people in front of him were a guy who is going to be 24 before the season ends and mega prospect Carson Williams.
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Without a doubt. It's a perfect storm of things. A line up with, at best average power, add on top of that a dead ball and it exacerbates the issue even further. The reality is, I suspect it's less that the Cubs have been really unlucky and more that the Cubs have picked the absolute worst hitting philosophy given their roster talent and current MLB offensive conditions.
