CaliforniaRaisin
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Hartle and Hurd remind me of the Birdsell/Will Sandwrs day 2 picks the past two years - college pitchers who had first round aspirations going into the season and fell through the season but still have talent. I don’t think there was any savings yesterday so any over slots will have to come in tandem with seniors being picked today. I did like the multiple $300-$600k prep shots the Cubs took last year (Hope, Melendez, Rosario) and that strategy might be far more feasible again this year.
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Cole Mathis: BA had him ranked 61st: Pipeline ranked him 84th: ESPN/Kiley McDaniel ranked him 69th (40 FV). FG/Eric Longehangen didn't rank him in his top 100 (but had him as a 35+ FV).
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Scheduled Games (Central Time): ACL Cubs vs ACL Diamondbacks, 8:00 pm DSL Cubs Blue vs DSL Cubs Red, 10:00 am Iowa, Tennessee, South Bend and Myrtle Beach have the day off
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I think you’re right - Smith for slot and Mathis for a very slight savings. Whitney has a high price tag. I don’t believe the Cubs have the pool space to get someone like him. I’m sure the Cubs will aggressively go pitching tomorrow, guessing it will primarily be college though.
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Lot of intriguing prep guys going around the Cubs far less-exciting pick
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Cubs take Cole Mathis, 1B, College of Charleston in the 2nd round
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All good, don't worry about it!
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Sounds like Arizona sniped them
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They don't mind their undersized prep OFs, do they?
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He's the Kentucky outfielder and he isn't in the transfer portal. You might be confusing him with William Schmidt, the prep pitcher from Louisiana. I've read that data-driven teams love him so he might not appeal to all teams and it just takes a few of the big time data-driven teams like Milwaukee going a different direction for him to suddenly fall a lot.
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Cam Caminiti to Atlanta, First prep pitcher. Ryan Sloan (from Elmhurst) apparently has a $4 million number so it's probably Arizona, Cleveland, Milwaukee or Wake Forest.
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Jud Fabian all over again.
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Milwaukee has 4 picks today so they're better suited to go underslot early but that said, there are numerous draft analysts who think there's a big fall off around 50 or so.
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Tampa getting my favorite prep bat (though he has injury red flags) Mets also getting a college bat I like:
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Milwaukee too
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I think so. I think general consensus is Horton, Ballesteros, Shaw, Caissie, Triantos, Rojas and Alcántara make the top 7 in some order. I’d have Smith below all of them. Probably would take Smith over Wiggins who was my 8th prospect.
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Fangraphs has Cam Smith as their 7th best draft prospect: Pipeline has him 14th: BA has him 16th: Keith Law has him 19th: ESPN/Kiley has him 17th.
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Joe Doyle has the same pick
