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Nico was drafted in 2018, when that core still had 3 playoff games to go. We’re playing semantics with that “core falling apart” but they’ve only drafted two hitters in the first round since 2018.
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Too much prep pitching for my risk tolerance but they are drafting to their strengths. I prefer Seattle, Detroit and Cincinnati’s draft so far but Seattle and Cincinnati aren’t fair since they up to 3 picks.
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Original comment said “since the Báez/Bryant/Schwarber core fell apart.” Shaw is the first hitter they’ve selected in the first round since any and all of those players left the organization.
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Develop Arjun well, Toronto.
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MLB Pipeline:
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Fangraphs:
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ESPN:
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Keith Law, Athletic:
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Matt Shaw's rankings: Athletic - 7 BA - 13 ESPN - 10 FanGraphs - 18 MLB Pipeline - 16
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Agreed. At best, it’s a small haircut of like $500k but he’s been mocked generally in the 8-15 area.
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Well, 2 of the big 7 were right.
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He’s not exciting (but Wicks wasn’t either). Hopefully they do fun stuff later tonight.
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Poor Dollander going to a backwards pitching organization when he needed to go to a forward-thinking one.
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ESPN. Kiley is way better than Harold and MLB doesn’t send it to Callis enough to make up the gap.
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So after all that, the top 5 guys do indeed go in the top 5.
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Eric Longenhagen’s final mock has the Cubs picking Shanuel. Lowder falls to 14, Shaw to 22, Nimmala to 35.
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Updated Kiley mock:
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Final Cubs picks: The Athletic (Keith Law, from 7/7): Matt Shaw, SS, Maryland BA (Carlos Collazo): SS Jacob Wilson, Grand Canyon U (Dart Throw Later Picks: SS/3B Eric Bitonti, OF Duce Robinson) ESPN (Kiley McDaniel): 2B Matt Shaw, Maryland (previously; SS Arjun Nimmala, Strawberry Crest HS (FL)) Fangraphs (Eric Longenhagen): 1B/OF Nolan Schanuel, Florida Atlantic Joe Doyle: RHP Hurston Waldrep, Florida MLB Pipeline (Jim Callis): 1B/OF Nolan Schanuel, Florida Atlantic MLB Pipeline (Jonathan Mayo): SS Arjun Nimmala, Strawberry Crest HS (FL)
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From what I understand, the Cubs scout who signed Gray and Ferris has gone to the Dodgers. Obviously IMG is a big school the Cubs will scout thoroughly but I wonder if the new guy will have the cache to get the team to pick Johnson with a top 75 pick.
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In year’s past, I’d create a new thread on draft day and edit the original post with Cubs picks/signing info but it looks like our new leaders will handle that in this thread. Anyways, here’s Greg Zumach’s final mock: https://northsidebound.com/2023/07/09/north-side-bounds-2023-mlb-mock-draft-3-0-draft-day/
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Scheduled Games (Central Time): Iowa vs. St. Paul, 1:08 pm Tennessee vs. Birmingham, 1:00 pm South Bend vs. Peoria, 1:05 pm Myrtle Beach at Augusta, 12:35 pm The complex league teams have the day off Probable Starters: Iowa: RHP Ben Brown (48.2 IP, 4.81 ERA, 4.71 FIP, 71 K, 29 BB) Tennessee: RHP Richard Gallardo (9 IP, 9.00 ERA, 6.73 FIP, 7 K, 8 BB) South Bend: RHP Brody McCullough (5 IP, 7.20 ERA, 2.87 FIP, 3 K, 0 BB) Myrtle Beach: RHP Luis Rujano (24 IP, 3.38 ERA, 3.50 FIP, 26 K, 14 BB)
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