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No one knew what Trea Turner's ultimate position was going to be and most scouts had doubts he could stick at SS. Yeah, some similarities for sure. Turner is the better athlete, but Mitchell is also very good athletically. I don't know if the Padres or Nats did anything to his swing or if he just got stronger naturally? I'd have to ask. I'm not comparing them more in depth than just to say they were both as well-regarded, highly athletic college players who fell their draft years for similar reasons. Turner's swing was much longer in college than it was his rookie year in the big leagues. Teams didn’t like it because it didn’t match his speedy profile.

I've seen this mentioned hypothetically with the Angels and Dylan Crews. Angels will offer 40% of slot to keep their pick for next year; Crews already took himself out of the draft so he isn't signing for 40%; and the Angels get to save their money this year without getting lambasted by others for screwing over a player (since he already wasn't going to be signing). Definitely would help the Cubs by pushing a player down a bit. The name making the rounds yesterday was Drew Bowser, an LA-area prep infielder with an incredibly strong Stanford commitment. But the Angels denied the rumor yesterday (everyone knows it’s them), so I wonder if they’ll switch gears and just take someone severely underslot like a college guy expected to go in the 20s.

Garrett Mitchell’s junior year fall reminds me of Trea Turner’s. Both were well regarded, athletic prospects who fell due to injury/health issues and swing concerns.

Not that the Cubs have much money left for the upcoming J2, but:

I locked this thread so we can focus all discussion to the draft day thread.

Every year, we put up a new thread for draft day. Post everything in here and I’ll lock the other thread. I will update this OP with the Cubs’ actual picks as they are made. This year’s draft is only 5 rounds and all NDFAs can only sign for up to $20k. Round 1 and Competitive Balance Round A are today (that’s the first 37 picks), starting at 6 pm CT on ESPN and MLB Network. The rest of the draft will air tomorrow. Here are the final mocks from the major publications: Carlos Collazo, Baseball America: Austin Hendrick, OF, HS (Imperial, PA) Eric Longenhangen, Fangraphs: Patrick Bailey, C, North Carolina St Jim Callis, MLB.com: Garrett Mitchell, OF, UCLA Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com: Austin Hendrick, OF, HS (Imperial, PA) Keith Law, Athletic: PM mock: Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF, HS (Los Angeles, CA); AM mock: Justin Foscue, 2B, Mississippi St Kiley McDaniel, ESPN: Rd 1 - Nick Loftin, SS, Baylor & Rd 2 - Nick Swiney, LHP, NC State Patrick Mooney at The Athletic has these 6 guys on the Cubs radar today: Garrett Mitchell (UCLA outfielder), Ed Howard (Chicago, IL prep SS), Austin Hendrick (Imperial, PA prep OF), Pete Crow-Armstrong (Los Angeles, CA prep OF), Nick Bitsko (Doylestown, PA prep RHP) & Mick Abel (Portland, OR prep RHP) The Cubs 2020 Bonus Pool: $6,721,600 ($7,057,680 with 5% overage). All signings: $6,866,800 Slot with 5% overage for all signings: $7,057,680 Unused Bonus Space with 5% overage: $190,880 (went over slot by $145,200) 2020 Cubs Draft: 1.16 (Slot: $3,745,500): Ed Howard, SS, Mt. Carmel HS (Chicago, IL) - Ranks: Athletic: 15, BA: 20, ESPN: 34 (45 FV), FG: 11 (45+ FV), MLB: 15 - signing bonus: $3,745,500 2.51 (Slot: $1,436,900): Burl Carraway, LHP, Dallas Baptist - Ranks: Athletic: 90, BA: 72, ESPN: 53 (40+ FV), FG: 44 (40+ FV), MLB: 49 - signing bonus: $1,050,000 3.88 (Slot: $678,600): Jordan Nwogu, OF, Michigan - Ranks: Athletic: 68, BA: 197, ESPN: 141 (40 FV), FG: 191 (35+ FV), MLB: 108 - signing bonus: $678,600 4.117 (Slot: $492,700): Luke Little, LHP, San Jacinto JC (Pasadena, TX) - Ranks: BA: 121, FG: 149 (35+ FV), MLB: 166 - signing bonus: $492,700 5.147 (Slot: $367,900): Koen Moreno, RHP, Panther Creek HS (Cary, NC): Ranks: BA: 128, FG: 233 (35+ FV) - signing bonus: $900,000 NDFA Signings (Cap of $20k bonus): Bradlee Beesley, OF, Cal Poly - BA rank: 429 Scott McKeon, INF, Coastal Carolina - BA rank: 438 Scott Kobos, LHP, Coastal Carolina Graham Lawson, RHP, South Carolina Ben Leeper, RHP, Oklahoma State Bailey Reid, RHP, Westmont (CA) Jacob Wetzel, OF, Frederick JC (MD) Matt Mervis, 1B/RHP, Duke Sam Thoresen, RHP, Minnesota Ángel González, RHP, Emilio R Delgado School (Corozal, PR)

Two weeks ago, he said in a chat there was no chance the Cubs take a prep arm. :roll: Yeah, I think it's pretty clear that people don't have a peg on the Cubs. The local guys said Mitchell and 5 High Schoolers. The national guys are primarily saying college with a few high schoolers mixed in. And there appear to be different opinions on how willing they are to do an arm. I do hope if we go for a less fun college guy like a Foscue or a Loftin, that it's to let us get a HS player who falls. I'd prefer where we pick to just play the draft straight, but I could understand thinking something like Foscue at 70% of slot is better than the other options. If they don’t play it straight in the first round, I want Austin Wells.

Kiley McDaniel went 2 rounds in his mock:

BA: https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/mlb-mock-draft/

I uhhhh hope he's wrong Two weeks ago, he said in a chat there was no chance the Cubs take a prep arm. :roll:

Callis and Mayo draft-day mock: https://www.mlb.com/news/mock-draft-final-projections-for-2020-mlb-draft?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

I know things might be different with Dan Kantrovitz but since the Cubs under Theo have loved prospects who've had success on the Cape, here are BA's top draft-eligible prospects from last year's CCL: 1. Nick Gonzalez, 2B, New Mexico St 2. Carmen Mlodzinski, RHP, South Carolina 3. Austin Wells, C/OF, Arizona 4. Jordan Westburg, SS, Mississippi St 5. Daniel Cabrera, OF, LSU 6. Gage Workman, 3B, Arizona St 8. Logan Allen, LHP, Florida International 9. Ian Seymour, LHP, Virginia Tech 10. Noah Campbell, 2B/OF, South Carolina 11. Jake Eder, LHP, Vanderbilt 12. RJ Dabovich, RHP, Arizona St 14. Zach DeLoach, OF, Texas A&M - had a monster CCL 15. Hayden Cantrelle, 2B/SS, Louisiana-Lafayette 16. Joe Boyle, RHP, Notre Dame 18. Jesse Franklin, OF, MIchigan 19. Joey Wiemer, OF, Cincinnati 20. Ian Bedell, RHP, Missouri 21. Casey Schmitt, 3B/RHP, San Diego St 22. Jake Leftwich, RHP, Florida 23. Parker Chavers, OF, Coastal Carolina 24. Brady Smith, C, Florida 25. Zach Brzykcy, RHP, Virginia Tech 27. Tyler Mattison, RHP, Bryant 28. Seth Lonsway, LHP, Ohio St 32. Jacob Palisch, LHP, Stanford 33. Jimmy Glowenke, SS, Dallas Baptist 34. Jared Shuster, LHP, Wake Forest 38. Ben Ramirez, SS, USC 39. Taylor Dollard, RHP, Cal Poly 40. Trei Cruz, SS, Rice 41. Kaden Polcovich, OF/2B, Oklahoma St 44. Allbry Major, OF, Xavier 46. Darren Baker, 2B, Cal - Dusty's son 47. Jamal O'Guinn, OF/1B, USC 48. Zach McCambley, RHP, Coastal Carolina 49. Kyle Nicolas, RHP, Ball St 50. Trey Dillard, RHP, Missouri

New BA mock today: Surprises include Abel at 11 to the White Sox and Sabato at 14 to the Rangers.

BA’s 283rd ranked prospect is pulling out of the draft. https://twitter.com/kellum_clark/status/1269705180083339265?s=21

Interesting, more progressive draft board: https://medium.com/@lunar.lune9/2020-mlb-draft-big-board-d893c379dbac

Here are videos of Ferriera: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmpN1-rnIhw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/BqJC1orDKwZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Offerman Hernandez: https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZKQA4nioJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Ben Badler dropped his Cubs 2020 IFA preview today: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/chicago-cubs-2020-21-international-signing-preview/ He added 3 new smaller names on top of Hernandez and Ballesteros: Dominican OF Daniel Ferreira Veneuzelan LHP Carlos Cabrera Dominican OF Oferman Hernandez Badler said this IFA class has the chance to be the second best Cubs class ever, behind the 2013 Eloy Jimenez/Gleyber Torres group. He also said this about Hernandez’ prospect status:

Jonathan Mayo had a mock tonight:

New BA mock gives the Cubs Hendrick (Abel was available): The twists were the Orioles passing on Martin/Lacy for a deal with Veen and Bitsko going at 8.

https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/1267986394431066112?s=21

Oscar de la Cruz, Charcer Burks, Wladimir Galindo, Chad Hockin, Luke Reynolds and Jake Stinnett amongst those cut this week.

I keep forgetting about Estrada. Poor guy just hasn't been able to stay on the mound long enough to show us what he has. Since all the injuries revolved around his elbow, I’m hopeful he’ll be healthy and stay on the mound going forward after the TJS.

Woof:

I’m generally wary of speed-first guys - especially this year since I only expect the Cubs to take 1 prep guy. I prefer to err on the side of better hit tools for prep guys and hope for better power down the road at the expense of speed/defense (it’s probably why I’m higher on Hassell than you). That said, his hit tool seems decent enough and with his speed and defense, I don’t care if he can’t hit for power. But I think you’re right, he’s probably too expensive for the Cubs limited pool space.