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Cubs get their first NDFA:

3 hit night for Howard.

Ed Howard home run.

I don’t know all the answers to this but I do know the 180 limit only counts guys on team’s rosters (even if they don’t get into box score games), so the 60-day IL is a way to stash a guy (but not the 7-day IL). Yeah I saw something about how this might also be part of why the Angels and Dodgers went as heavy on pitching as they did. I don't know the contours of the rules, but loading up on pitchers made it easier to skirt them. Cleveland had something like 19/21 pitchers too. Especially with how spotty pitchers health is coming off 2020, it’s a nice idea to load up on arms even if there aren’t any roster construction advantages.

I don’t know all the answers to this but I do know the 180 limit only counts guys on team’s rosters (even if they don’t get into box score games), so the 60-day IL is a way to stash a guy (but not the 7-day IL).

We heard rumblings about it but it’s official now:

BA: One Underrated 2021 MLB Draft Pick We Like From All 30 Teams

Box Scores: Iowa won 8-4 Box Score Tennessee lost 5-3 Box Score South Bend won 8-7 Box Score Myrtle Beach won 10-3 Box Score The complex leagues had the day off

Owen Caissie with his first pro home run.

The Angels drafted all pitchers!

16th rounder: Zachary Leigh, RHP, Texas State 17th rounder: Christian Olivo, SS, Leadership Christian Academy (PR) The Dodgers finally picked their first non-pitcher in the 16th round. The Angels have taken all pitchers all 17 rounds so far.

13th rounder is their third consecutive prep: Erian Rodriguez, RHP, Georgia Premier Academy. Prospect Live had him 307th. BA didn't rank him. 14th rounder is Frankie Scalzo, RHP, Grand Canyon U. 15th rounder is BJ Murray, 3B, Florida Atlantic.

12th rounder was ranked 434 by BA:

11th rounder was ranked 470th by BA:

Box Scores: Iowa lost 2-1 Box Score RF N. Martini 0/4, 3 K, outfield assist at second base 3B M. Duffy 0/2, BB - rehab 1B A. Rivas 1/4, K, 2B (4) CF M. Hermosillo 1/3, 2 K, HBP C T. Wolters 0/4,3 K DH T. Gushue 2/4, R, RBI, K, HR (6) SP M. Hauschild 6 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 4-6 GO-FO RP T. Cingrani 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO RP T. Megill 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 11-4 Box Score CF C. Morel 1/5, R, K, 3B (4) LF D. Hill 1/4, RBI, K 1B J. Young 1/4, R, K, 2B (7) RF B. Davis 0/3, K, HBP 3B C. Strumpf 0/3, BB SP D. Chalmers 3 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 3 WP, 3-1 GO-FO RP E. Uelmen 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-2 GO-FO RP B. Little 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1-0 GO-FO South Bend lost 8-5 Box Score SS D. Zinn 3/4, 3 R, BB, 4 SB (37) LF DJ Artis 1/3, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 SB (6) 1B T. Durna 1/4, 2 RBI, 2 K RF N. Velázquez 0/4, 3 K, HBP 3B R. Reynolds 1/4, K, 2B (3) CF E. Americaan 1/3, R, BB, K SP M. Bain 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 0-0 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) RP B. Carraway 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Albertos 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-2 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 4-3 Box Score DH E. Howard 0/4, 2 K SS K. Made 0/4, 2 K C P. Aliendo 1/2, R C E. Hearn 0/1, K, HBP RF J. Sierra 1/3, BB, K CF J. Nwogu 2/4, R, 2 K, SB (7) 2B F. Pertuz 1/4, R, RBI, 2 K, HR (2) 3B L. Verdugo 0/4, 2 E (5, fielding, fielding) SP R. Gallardo 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R,2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 7-1 GO-FO RP A. Sojo 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO ACL Cubs won 9-7 Box Score CF I. Mena 0/4, R, BB, K, SB (3) 3B R. Preciado 1/4, R, BB, 2 K DH O. Caissie 2/5, 2 R, RBI, 2 K, HR (1) - first pro HR SS R. Morel 0/3, R, BB, K, SB (2), E (4, fielding) LF J. López 1/4, R, 2 RBI, 2 K, 3B (1), outfield assist at second base 2B A. Ademan 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (1) - rehab RF Y. Cuevas 2/4, 2 R, RBI, K, HR (1), E (1, throw) SP L. Devers 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 5-2 GO-FO RP L. Rodríguez 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, WP, 4-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs Blue lost 9-8 Box Score CF R. Guzmán 1/6, R, RBI, 2 K, HR (1) SS C. Hernández 1/4, 2 R, 2 BB, K LF D. Ferreira 1/4, R, BB, K, 2B (1), outfield assist at third base C C. Ramos 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2 E (2, pickoff, throw) SP A. Martínez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO SP A. Mendez 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-3 GO-O DSL Cubs Red lost 12-8 Box Score CF C. More 3/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (1), CS (1) SS P. Ramírez 1/4, RBI, BB, 2 K DH A. Suriel 1/3, 2 K 3B B. Altuve 0/3, BB, E (1, fielding) - pro debut C F. Montenegro 1/1, 2 RBI, 2B (1) C M. Ballesteros 0/1, R, BB, K, HBP RF W. Bolívar 1/3, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2B (1), SB (1), outfield assist at second base SP K. Pérez 1.1 IP, 3 H, 6 ER< 4 BB, 1 K, 3 WP, 2-0 GO-FO

I think this line from Cubs Central's live blog is the big question. The Cubs probably saved money on each pick from 5-10, so where's that money going? I didn't think Triantos or Gray sounded particularly expensive. So does that mean they're going to be able to shoot a fairly significant shot in round 11? Or am I misreading one of those guys, Gray probably being most likely. I think Trinatos, Gray and Franklin are all over slot but the question is by how much. I'd guess between the three of them, they're over slot by $1.25-$1.5 million and so I wasn't expecting anything more than say one $300-$500k guy tomorrow (the first $125k don't count to the cap).

BA had 9th rounder Chase Watkins ranked 284th:

BA had 8th rounder Casey Opitz ranked 245th:

BA ranked Chavers 176th:

Parker Chavers in the 7th, a Coastal Carolina outfielder (senior/Covid junior). Not shocking the Cubs go back to Coastal.

BA had Franklin at 57:

Franklin was rated 52nd by MLB Pipeline: