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Trevor Clifton and Dakota Mekkes to AAA Matt Swarmer and Jordan Minch to AA Cory Abbott to A+

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Three picks after Weber, the Nationals take Gage Canning, the ASU outfielder who was consistently tied to the Cubs.

5th round: Andy Weber, 2B, Virginia Not ranked by MLB.com or BA. I'm sure toonster knows a little about him.

Nick Dunn is such a Cardinals draft pick. I'd say he'd be their starting second baseman by 2021 if I wasn't so sure Max Schrock was going to be their starting second baseman by next year.

As if to show wide ranging the rankings can be even in the media, the Braves drafted a JuCo pitcher who ranked 80th in BA's top 500 list but wasn't even in MLB.com's top 200.

Hey weis21, your guy Dwanya Williams-Sutton was drafted by the Padres in the 5th round.

He appears to be a multi-inning reliever, 26 appearances, 1 game started, 71 IP. A good one too, 61 H, 2.41 ERA, 96/20 K/BB, 4 HR Tennessee Tech is in a super regional this weekend. He actually started their Regional clinching game against Ole Miss. Went 7.2 innings.

4th rounder: Ethan Roberts, RHP, Tennessee Tech Not ranked by BA or MLB.com

There goes Siani, another prep prospect who was thought to be a super tough sign. And there goes Tristan Beck, who seemed like a Cubs type of college pitching prospect.

If this was in response to a third round pick, I’m confused. He seems safe with a successful wood bat pedigree.

I didn't think OF was that bad a position in the org. Obviously some of it is how the draft shakes out, but it's interesting.

Cubs 3rd round pick: Jimmy Herron, OF, Duke BA rank - 165 Not ranked in the MLB.com top 200:

There goes Kloffenstein, who was thought to be unsignable. Also some big name college players so far - Wong, Killane, Knight and Pompey.

The kids choice or the team's willingness to play along? The team’s willingness, with a top ten overall pick.

A guy that's like a 1.5fWAR player outside of Coors? Listen, I invented hating DJ Lemahieu, I don’t really want to get into the hangover effect because we’re making crude comparisons and not pinpointing exact outcome. I don’t think Hoerner is going to win a batting title even if he gets traded to Colorado and I’m clearly talking about the profile independent of park/league factors that might influence it. As a prospect, I thought of a better defensive version (ie possibly still a SS) of Scott Kingery.

Cory Hahn? I believe the Diamondbacks drafted him, he was an ASU kid.

That is very weird.

That should allow one overslot arm, around $1 million in bonus. Maybe Slade Cecconi or Brett Hansen on the high end but it will more likely be a guy ranked by most publications in the 101-200 range, like Jeremiah Estrada last year. Champlain is interesting and I liked Owen Sharts for the name alone.

There’s just not a big enough sample to say much about their prep OF record. So far they’ve drafted 3 HS OFs in the top 10 rounds (Almora, Wilson, Velázquez). They just don’t go the risky prep route frequently so it’s definitely interesting, I’d even agree with puzzling like you said. The pitching question marks are far more fleshed out and legitimate, in my eyes. That said, the Richan pick fits the MO of this team’s college pitcher picks. FYI, Roederer is a big loss for UCLA. He was expected to be the only freshman starter on an Omaha contender and possibly the best offense in school history. They viewed him as a first rounder in 2021.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 5-1 Box Score 2B D. Bote 2/4, R, HR (8), RBI, 2 K 1B E. Navarro 2/4, K LF M. Zagunis 0/4, K C V. Caratini 0/4, 2 K; defense: E (2, throw), 0/2 CS RF L. Adams 0/2, BB, 2 K SP JH Tseng 7.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 10-1 GO-FO, 99-73 pitches-strikes Tennessee won 10-2 Box Score 2B V. Machin 3/5, 2 R, 2B (2), 3B (1), 3 RBI, BB 3B J. Vosler 1/4, 2 RBI, 2 K C I. Rice 1/5, 2B (7), RBI, 2 K; defense: PB (1), CS: 0/1 LF C. Burks 3/5, R, RBI, K RF Je. Báez 2/4, 2 R, BB SS Z. Short 1/2, R< 2 RBI, E (7, throw) SP D. Robinson 5 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 2 HBP, 5-6 GO-FO, 106-58 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach won 7-4 Box Score 2B A. Monasterio 0/4, RBI, K, E (9, throw) SS A. Ademan 1/3, 2 R, 3B (3), 2 BB, K 3B PJ Higgins 3/5, R, RBI C J. Pereda 3/5, R; defense: E (4, throw), 0/2 CS DH K. Mitchell 2/3, R, 2 2B (5), 2 RBI, K 1B A. Upshaw 0/4, K RF L. Ayala 2/4, R, 2B (1), 3B (1), RBI SP B. Hudson 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6-4 GO-FO, 82-49 pitches-strikes RP T. Peyton 2 IP, 3 H,1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GO-FO South Bend won 8-7 (11 innings) on a walk-off Chris Singleton single Box Score RF B. Hughes 2/5, 2 R, 2B (4), K 2B J. Bethencourt 2/5, R< K 1B J. Young 0/5, RBI, K C M. Amaya 1/5, 2B (12), RBI, K; defense: 1/3 CS 3B A. Filiere 1/5, 2 R, HR (4), 3 RBI, 3 K, E (14, throw) LF N. Velázquez 0/4, RBI, 3 K SS R. Narea 3/5, 3 R, 2B (7), RBI, 2 K, E (10, fielding) CF C. Singleton 1/5, RBI, K SP B. Little 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6-1 GO-FO, 75-47 pitches-strikes RP E. de los Rios 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 6-2 Box Score CF R. Verenzuela 1/4, 2 R, BB, K, 2 SB (2) 3B N. Heredia 1/5, R, RBI, 4 K SS F. Pertuz 1/4, R, BB, SB (2) LF J. Rodriguez 1/4, RBI, 2 K, CS (2) RF A. Hinrio 2/3, 3B (1), BB SP L. Ramos 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 7-0 GO-FO RP W. Feliz 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 12-8 Box Score CF B. Peña 1/3, R, 2 BB, E (1, fielding) SS P. Martínez 2/5, R, CS (1) 1B A. Ovalles 2/4, 2 R, 2B (2), 2 RBI, BB, K, CS (1) RF C. Morfa 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR (3), K, E (1, throw) 3B J. Brete 0/4, K SP W. Cabrera 4.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 6 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 4 WP, 5-0 GO-FO RP F. Gracia 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 Er, 1 BB, 5 K, 0-0 GO-FO RP K. Carreno 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GO-FO

Clifton is joining him. Good. Send Swarmer to replace him.