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Not sure if it's been posted yet, but here is Fangraphs' sorted list: https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=2018mlb&type=0&pos=all&team=all

Nope. God bless Yagyu and his twitter searching.

It’s not. I was assured by a guy who “knows things” that they aren’t connected to him.

That stinks. I guess the kid didn't want a chance at a big league career. Going to UVA effectively ends that.

He will be an interesting one to follow. Usually guys with his mediocre stuff induce alot of groundballs to maintain good results. Thompson throws very few of them.

Yeah, that updated list was a good read. Plenty of prep guys I hadn’t heard of.

Whoa. That’s a legit changeup. Huge development for him if he gets consistent with it

I might agree with this since intuitively it seems like he has more starting potential than say a Larnach due to bringing speed and defense to the table. Larnach strikes me as a Seth Smith type, the bat will play but the rest of his game will keep his overall value down. Yeah, it just depends on how his body matures. He's a got a really good OF arm, so he could stick in RF pretty easily as long as he doesn't fill out too much and slow down.

They aren't. Rangers are always really active in IFA (they just signed the big time Cuban, Julio Pablo Martinez), and I would honestly expect them to ADD IFA money, rather than deal it away. Crazier things have happened I suppose.

Very true. There will always be more prep arms than anything else. It's actually a somewhat deep pool this year for college bats though. Hoerner/Eierman/Conine/Hannah/McCarthy/Jenista/Pompey/Isbel all look like guys that are actual prospects with a solid chance of being there in the 2nd. Without a doubt. Beer is a DH. Larnach is actually pretty athletic for his build, and looks like a solid RFer.

Moving off of Rolison, Callis had a new mock yesterday. Gave the Cubs Trevor Larnach, and tied them to Nico Hoerner and Nick Schnell (who somebody said has a bunch of helium right now). https://www.mlb.com/news/mock-draft-college-players-get-picked-early/c-278228058 I would be 100% behind the pick of Larnach. Not sure he makes it to 24 though. Hoerner would be a reach for sure. Seems like a target for the 2nd round. Worth noting that both Larnach and Hoerner performed well on the Cape.

I can't definitely say it wasn't a blister. I'll take it! Especially considering I always assume blown UCL or labrum until I'm told otherwise. That way you aren't disappointed any further.

Well of course he is. I wasn't comparing Rolison and Zastryzny as prospects, but comparing the situations. (i.e. a guy who wasn't great most of the year, but who happened to have a terrific start in his conference tourney in front of the FO; leading them to select him) I don't buy it. Rolison was a top 10 or 20 guy for most pubs coming into the year whereas Zastrzny was a relative unknown that happened to be LH, have some arm strength, be healthy, and not totally suck in college while being cheap (Cubs signed him for like 200K+ below slot) for the Bryant draft. That distinction is significant, as is the gap in their college performance. Zastrzny gave up more H than IP in college with a low K rate, mostly in the Big 12, whereas Rolison was strong in the CCL while closing his college career with a season that will probably push 100 IP/120 Ks with tourney play in the SEC. Basically, you're really selling Rolison short by even lumping them together on general terms. I disagree. Rolison as a 1st rounder is as big a stretch to me as Zastryzny was as a 2nd rounder. He was garbage against SEC opponents this year and feasted on lesser opponents. Other than his curve, his stuff isn’t anything to write home about. His body is probably maxed out, so he’s not going to improve the 89-92 much. Rolison’s stock has been steadily falling all year and honestly, his health is the only reason he’s still in 1st round discussions. He wouldn’t be in mine. But I still think you are trying to compare them as prospects. Rolison is clearly a superior prospect to what Zastryzny was. That was never in question.

Dammit. Hope it’s just a blister or something.

Well, they took bats for the first however many years so we can't really know. But Brendon Little is in the same boat as Stinnett and Abbott, in that they had velocity increase their draft year, and he obviously was their 1st pick in 2017. I hope it's nothing and I'm just being paranoid.

Rolison’s a significantly better prospsect than Zasrtrzny. Throws harder, better breaking ball, better pedigree, younger, more swing and miss, better performer...Hot take is that Rolison has some Ted Lilly to his game with the fastball/breaking ball combo and clean arm. I’m not a Cole Wilcox fan. He reminds me of that guy the Royals drafted a couple years ago, a little stiff, thin, and a bit of a slinger for my tastes. Well of course he is. I wasn't comparing Rolison and Zastryzny as prospects, but comparing the situations. (i.e. a guy who wasn't great most of the year, but who happened to have a terrific start in his conference tourney in front of the FO; leading them to select him)

This is what I was afraid of.

This doesn't please me, especially since Rolison was pretty sharp yesterday. Reminds me of when Zastryzny had a really good tourney in front of the Cubs brass and they fell in love with him.

I was just telling myself yesterday that Lange needed a game where he got a bunch of strikeouts. The talk about a swing-inducing changeup is the best news of the day. He could be a legit MOR starter if he has both plus secondaries, even if the fastball velo stays in that depressed 90-92 range. I'm still not going to be happy about Little at all until I see some velocity readings.

That write-up was fairly terrible. Basically it was "Cubs have drafted tons of pitchers, so they're going to take a pitcher again in the 1st". This of course flies in the face of what the entire FO has already said, in that bats are definitely in play. Edit: But yes please on Wilcox, depending on what bats are there.

Wow. Multiple good pitching performances in the same night. Not sure we’ve had that yet.

Absolutely love this pick. He seems to have a higher ceiling than most college pitchers who go in the 20s: Anthony Seigler went 22. Other guys we’ve talked about: Ethan Hankins went 15, Jordyn Adams 16, Jackson Kowar 17, Noah Naylor 18, Brice Turang 19, Ryan Weathers 21, Triston Casas 23, Cole Wilcox 27, Steele Walker 28, Jordan Groshans 32, Kumar Rocker 33 and Connor Scott 35. I'm all aboard the hitter train, but Gilbert would be a lot better than the other names being given to the Cubs like Rollison or Kowar. And he's a Cape Cod guy too. I think he's ultimately gone before 24, but that pick makes a lot of sense.

He's been absolutely terrible in SEC play this year. I want nothing to do with him at 24.

I'm on board with that pick for sure. I missed the Steele Walker talk before, and I'm really conflicted on him. If he can increase the power to where more of his doubles go over the fence? That's a Michael Conforto-lite package. If it doesn't, you're probably looking at a ceiling of Melky Cabrera without that one crazy BABIP-fueled season and more strikeouts. I wouldn't hate the pick though.

Gotta remember the Cuban gem we unearthed named Concepcion. Gerardo, maybe? Anyway, he got like 6 mill from us, but at least it was over 5 years. Albertos was around 1.5 too. As a general rule, pitchers just don't cost as much in IFA. Especially now that Cubans are capped too. It seems like there's only 6-8 pitchers on the top 30 lists in IFA's each year. I know we got Tseng, Moreno, and Mejia the first time and it was a great showing for pitching. In 2015, Albertos wasn't known, so he didn't get ranked, but Marquez was. And it sounds like we've got Gallardo and Machado this year. May not have developed them, but we've taken our shots for sure on some high end pitching, via IFA. +1 on all of this. I'd also note that Blackburn and Johnson were technically 1st round picks, even if in the supplemental round.