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    Also one of Dan Kantrovitz’s picks from his time with StL.
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    Mike Mayers could be a complementary move for the pen who would also help with lefties. He’s a RHP, but added a 90 mph cutter this year. He dropped his 4 seam usage from over 50% to 35% while throwing his cutter 15%. His numbers are actually remarkably similar to Ryan Tepera and for a likely cheap price, I’d gladly add another Tepera to this pen.
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    Yes he makes a lot of sense. The Giants are also out of it so a Flores/Tony Watson combo is one that can probably be had for a minimal return. I'm not Watson's biggest fan. Looks like his velocity is down a bit like many pitchers, but he's a perfectly cromulent LHP who doesn't allow walks. He's dropping his sinker usage and increasing his change-up rate, which is interesting to monitor.
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    Bryan Smith speculated that Wieck would keep his last option. If that’s the case, I’d bet they keep him around.
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    Yeah Cotton’s stuff just didn’t look like it was playing up in the pen. Also I remember he was toying with a cutter in summer camp like a few of the other relievers have been featuring. He may have been trying it, but it didn’t look like he was having the same success. Obviously it’s hard to tell the reason since there’s little to no footage out of South Bend, but this one didn’t surprise me either.
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    They really need to get Underwood’s spot figured out. I realize it’s pedantic to be commenting about the last spot of an extended bullpen on a team with the best record in baseball, but if they can only use him in blowout losses it’s time to move on. They already have a spot for Kimbrel to work through things. With today effectively being a bullpen day and 5 games in 3 days coming up they need to roll the dice on a different arm at South Bend.
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    I’ve been wondering if Archie Bradley might be an available trade target. It’s too early to say the Diamondbacks are out of it, but they don’t have the easiest path to the playoffs. I don’t imagine they’re in sell mode, but maybe they’d be open to filling a hole on their own team. They have a .169/.229/.246 line (28 wRC+) from 3B and no obvious prospects in the pipeline. They signed Eduardo Escobar, but that’s not a huge barrier, especially for this year (and he’s only signed through ‘21). Cubs get Bradley through ‘21 Diamondbacks get Bote under team control through ‘26
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    I’m fully aware that it may not make complete baseball-sense for a long term contract, but I will be very disappointed if Anthony Rizzo wears a non-Cubs jersey the rest of his career.
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    I wonder if that was part of the delay compared to the other picks. At some point there was just too much money on the table for a deal to not happen (outside of serious medical issues). Also I noticed the Cubs have signed 11 NDFAs for (likely) a total of $220k and they “saved” just under that amount from what they could have spent under the 5% overage limit in the draft. Hopefully not related.
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    I definitely agree, if or no other reason than the Heat wouldn't be the main obstacle to the Bulls. No one in the Eastern Conference would have worried me during that time so the run to the Finals wouldn't have been too challenging. My only concern would be Thibs who was a great coach, but saying he was averse to load management would be an understatement. Perhaps the collective toll on those five wouldn't have been as significant considering there wouldn't have been as much pressure on those five as there was on Rose/Noah to carry the Bulls and the Big 3 to carry the entire Heat roster.
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    Did he say this on the MLB Pipeline podcast? Would Luke Little be eligible to be traded? I thought they moved the eligibility date to the day after the World Series ended for recent draft picks. That’s interesting.
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    Ben Hernandez signed for pick 51 slot value. There’s a lot of factors involved in that, but I wonder if 51 was Hernandez’s relative floor provided someone like Jared Jones wasn’t available.
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    I like the pick for slot value if that ends up being the case. I wonder what Moreno’s number is. He made comments that he is planning to sign so I imagine the Cubs are confident they have everyone’s number somewhat locked in.
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    [tweet] [/tweet] I can't say I trust MLB to intelligently run an international draft, but I feel like we hear reports similar to this every year (or close to it) and something has to change.
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    Quite happy that it played out that way. Nwogu is a much more interesting prospect to me; assuming he takes slot. I''m with you. I'd rather the Cardinals not be gifted a comp pick every year, but, if the decision is Nwogo vs. Burleson then I prefer the upside of Nwogo. I am very excited to see what he does after some time with the hitting team.
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    Alec Burlson was rumored by BA to be connected to the Cubs, but he was drafted by StL in the supplemental 2nd round. He signed with the Cardinals for approx Cubs 3rd round slot value ($678,600). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Beesley to Cubs per the BA tracker. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    There’s some talent there. My intial favorites: Luke Smith looks like he has some workable qualities. He’s clearly got some fire with his CWS “F U” to Vanderbilt. There’s not a lot of projectability, but he has three pitches and 14 starts for a strong program. It also wouldn’t be a Cubs draft if they didn’t bring in a Louisville pitcher. Austin Smith is a DIII guy who barley pitched this year due to blisters. He’s younger (21) than most guys on the list.he has a decent low 90s FB, but needs a breaking ball. He’d be a good pitch lab guy Bradlee Beesley is a CCBL performer (.948 OPS) who looks like he can play CF and has speed. May not be a power guy, but could be a valuable 5th OF. There’s definitely some other intriguing relievers that need considerable work and I’m guessing they’ll look at bringing in a C or two. Kantrovitz was on Marquee’s podcast and talked about with hitters they have a philosophy of targeting guys that can control the strike zone. It’s a pretty common philosophy, but it’ll be interesting to see if they bring in any more depth hitters with that trait.
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    I liked this exchange from a previous Fangraphs chat/discussion in the International Free Agency thread. McDaniel leaned Howard so these two prospects might start a war Take Howard with the 16th pick and let em battle it out! Should be fun to watch.
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    Jared Kelley is still on board. I could see guys like Cade Horton or Carson Montgomery in the mix - both have commitments that could require big money to buy out. There's a few others. I actually like the idea of Cade Horton to the Orioles with one of their picks. Tanner Witt's still on board. There's a lot of HS guys that could need big dollars to not go to college. Yes and even with pick 30 going for Westburg there’s ways they can add a lot of overslot talent still. But it definitely felt like Bitsko was their plan A. I would guess they take at least two big swings in the rest of their draft. Maybe I’m not in the majority, but I preferred Austin Wells to Kjerstad.
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    Well I still don’t think the Kjerstad pick made sense, but now with Bitsko off the table, I’m curious what picks 30 and 39 are going to look like for BAL.
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    I really like the pick. There are some people very high on Ed Howard. It’s not a typical year where the top prep SS is an uber prospect, but this is very intriguing. Honestly I’m thrilled it’s not a Cade Cavalli or Chris McMahon. Whoa Boston!
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