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If I was the Bears drafting... My draft would've looked like this so far... 1.Greg Olsen-TE Miami 2.Jason Hill-WR Wash. ST. 3.Doug Free-OT NIU 4.Josh Beekman-OG Boston College
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OF'ers can put a alot more momentum into their throws than any other position, but that is an extremely strong throw and in the realm of possibility.
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Knowing a few scouts and being one are separate things, I know some in the area, but as far as being one and being paid as one, that's a different story. You're barking up the wrong tree if you assume I'm scout and I apologize if I gave that impression.
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Given how many lineups there have been, I can't see him sticking with Theriot yet. It is positive that he probably did show enough arm and range to get his bat in the lineup at SS (while he produces) when he was getting pregame reps at SS along w/Derosa.
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It is amatuer baseball, though. A very high level of amatuer ball, but nonetheless amatuer. Comical? I'd love to be able to watch SEC baseball again. I'm sure high ceiling SEC guys did get compared to major league players and some could possibly go to AA and do well, but that's a different boat than the SEC in general. You can't compare someone who won't get drafted with someone who's at AA, most SEC players won't get drafted let alone make it to AA. There's something with that AA player that some scout saw enough of to draft and sign him, then there's something there that got that player up to AA.
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That's not accurate though, they have Dave Magadan/Chris Wakefield etc. listed. There are about 80-85 players, FWIW. I have to chalk this up to one of my many pointless arguments though.
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Not a chance there are 200 players from the Pac 10 and SEC, that's more than 1 of every 4 players, factor HS, JUCO, other colleges, and international and it's BS. I looked at 2 teams (Balt. and Detroit). There were 2 on Balt. and 0 on Detroit.
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What? I'm not looking it up but that can't be true.
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I know some scouts (one I know very well). I'll agree with you on the SEC and Pac-10 being valued higher than most conferences (don't forget about the ACC and Big 12) with programs like Rice, WSU, CSF, etc. while in weaker conferences can compete and beat the best of the 4 previosuly mentioned. With that said, comparing conferences is another ballgame compared to separating the SEC and AA.
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Scouts don't grade players like that, that's putting too much of an emphasis on college results compared to their tools. You don't have to have played "the college game" to know what scouts talk about or look at. There are plenty of scouts out there who haven't. I think I have a decent idea of what a scout looks for and talks about. That's 12 guys in 3 years, 4 per year. Nothing too unusual there about a SEC program. There's no connection between the overall game of the SEC and AA beyond the talent of a select few rather than entire teams.
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Did they go right to AA or did they start out at Short-season or Low-A? If a scout said that SEC baseball was just as good as AA baseball, they're lying, the level of play and the talent isn't that good. Odds are that they started lower than AA and took 2 years to get to AA, there's a reason why it takes about 2 years for a college player to get to AA from the time they drafted. There might 2-4 players on each Pac 10 and SEC team that make it to and past AA and that's stretching it.
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Prior finished with Cubs?
UK1679666180 replied to StMarksCubs's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Chris Carpenter Can we count people that would never have had a chance in hell if they were on most teams? Roger Clemens. -
Ummm....that wasn't my point at all. Not sure where you got that I was trying to suggest that it would make college baseball more popular and minor league obsolete. My point was that it would make some of the stronger conferences more akin to the minor leagues from a scouting perspective. Most MLB scouts already equate the SEC and Pac-10 baseball to AA. I said nothing of fan interest. That's not true at all, rare collegiate talents like Price and Prior, maybe could be at AA level when starting out. If that was the case, every starter from the SEC and Pac-10 would get drafted.
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As far as? Strikeouts, there's minimal. As far as the sweet spot and being able to get something on the ball if you're jammed compared to wood as well as the end of the bat, there's a huge difference between the two. The ball just jumps alot further and quicker off of aluminum.
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You're going to have to explain that one to me. There are some situations where they are late and able to get the lighter bat into the zone at the last second and foul it off as well as the improved bat control can also foul off a pitch. So a switch to wood means the hitter changes the weight of the bat he swings? That seems counter-intuitive to me. It all depends at what level, many wood bats are -3 (31 ounces and 34 inch length for example), many HS and colleges require a similar rating. Youth bats are crazy as far as ounces/length. The same reason why a hitter would overload train with a heavier bat is the same reason why they add weight when they're in the OD circle. The main thing that separates a wood bat and an aluminum one is the length of the sweet spot, it's about 2X as big on the aluminum. If I was a HS coach, I'd want my hitters practicing with wood.
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You're going to have to explain that one to me. There are some situations where they are late and able to get the lighter bat into the zone at the last second and foul it off as well as the improved bat control can also foul off a pitch.
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I don't think wood bats would bring alot more people to college games, especially in conjunction to minor league games. It might bring some, but overall that diff. would be minimal. I hate aluminum probably more than anyone in here, but more fans isn't high on the list.
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I'm hoping more Illinois conferences use wood, the quicker they would do this, the better. I seen a kid on Sunday take a comebacker off his right hand and with wood, probably would not have hit him since the batter was jammed on the pitch. As far as schollies and draft status, Raisin mentioned the draft and why scouts would prefer wood bats. There are many HS players/programs that use wood bats during batting practice and in the offseason as a sort of overload program to get ready for the season.
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Him and Barrett probably did mention it to him during his start before yesterday's, it's also up to the pitcher to process that info. and then use it.
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Inconsistent offense, couple of those game the Cubs scored under 2 runs as well as not scoring runs after the 5th, Howry and Eyre had some bad games as well as Zambrano. This team doesn't have the makeup on offense to do well in close games, they are too dependent on the HR without the ability to get runners on base consistently. In close games, you obviously to do well typically vs. their best.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-23-2007
UK1679666180 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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He is that guy with one more no-hitter than Greg Maddux. All of the pitchers to compare accomplishments with, Maddux isn't one to start (yes, I know that Maddux said it). Jose Jimenez, I'm looking at you.
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I think the Cubs and Pie would be best off keeping him on the 25 man roster and playing CF everyday as well. I'd hit him 7th and be aggressive with him on the basepaths to improve his baserunning long-term.
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He has said these things about opposing pitchers when they've shut them down in the past, it's more of a trend than a fluke thing at this stage.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-21-2007
UK1679666180 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I wouldn't use the gun readings as well, it was usually 5 MPH slower.