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We really don't know enough about these guys ability or their signability, to really say a team isn't smart for their pick. All we have our videos and various publication's scouting reports. There was a lot of negative stuff said about the Cubs' draft that netted them Schwarber and Cease and the Cubs did pretty well for themselves there.

Or college arms (Singer, Gilbert, McClanahan, Kowar)?

Third straight year a Florida ace falls.

Holy crap, Billy Beane.

Highest spin rate curveball ever recorded by TrackMan.

Sounds like an underslot thing.

Yeah, that seems like the prevailing opinion here. Stewart to Atlanta, Swaggerty to Oakland, Liberatore to Pittsburgh is my guess.

Ohhh...Weathers at 7. There are going to be some well regarded prep arms still available at 24 and Tom is going to be pissed when the Cubs pass on them because they don't have San Diego, Kansas City or Tampa money.

I don't think the Mets have learned their lesson yet so I see them taking Liberatore. Time to run out and buy some arm insurance. They've actually gone a lot more college recently.

https://amp.mlb.com/279764934-final-2018-mock-drafts-from-callis-and-mayo.amp.html#click=https://t.co/I29rptFnN7 Final MLB.com mock: 24. Cubs Callis: Anthony Seigler, C, Cartersville (Ga.) HS Mayo: Ryan Rolison, LHP, Mississippi

BA's updated mock has the Cubs taking Jackson Kowar.

As we have in recent years, I’ve created a new thread for the actual draft. This way, I can update the original post with all Cubs picks and in the ensuing month, also update with all signings and bonuses. The draft starts today at 6 p.m. CT with the first two rounds and supplemental picks (the Cubs first 4 picks). Tomorrow, we’ll get rounds 3 – 10, starting at 11:30 a.m. CT. Wednesday, we have rounds 11-40, starting at 11 a.m. CT. 2018 Bonus Pool: $7,517,100 2018 Bonus Pool Including 5% Overage: $7,892,955 2018 Signings Charged to Bonus Pool: $7,892,500 2018 Bonus Pool Remaining (all top 10 rounds) Including 5% Overage: $455 Under Budget 1.24: Nico Hoerner, SS, Stanford - MLB.com rank: 52, BA rank: 42; Signed for $2,724,000 (Pick Value: $2,724,000) 2.62: Brennen Davis, CF, Basha HS (Chandler, AZ), committed to Miami (FL) - MLB.com rank: 145, BA rank: 133; Signed for $1,100,000 (Pick Value: $1,060,900) 2S.77: Cole Roederer, CF, Hart HS (Santa Clarita, CA), committed to UCLA - MLB.com rank: NR, BA rank: 161; Signed for $1,200,000 (Compensation for Wade Davis - Pick Value: $775,100) 2S.78 (Compensation for Jake Arrieta): Paul Richan, RHP, San Diego - MLB.com rank: 175, BA rank: 164; Signed for $450,000 (Pick Value - $762,900) 3.98: Jimmy Herron, CF, Duke - MLB.com rank: NR, BA rank: 165 - Signed for $520,000 (Pick Value: $570,600) 4.128: Ethan Roberts, RHP, Tennessee Tech - Signed for $130,000 (Pick Value: $426,100) 5.158: Andy Weber, 2B, Virginia - Signed for $400,000 (Pick Value: $317,600) 6.188: Kohl Franklin, RHP, Broken Arrow HS (Broken Arrow, OK), committed to Oklahoma - Signed for $540,000 (Pick Value: $245,600) 7.218: DJ Artis, CF, Liberty U (VA) - MLB.com rank: 136, BA rank: 149 - Signed for $250,000 (Pick Value: $192,500) 8.248: Zach Mort, RHP, George Mason U - Signed for $140,000 (Pick Value: $159,100) 9.278: Derek Casey, RHP, Virginia (senior) - Signed for $130,000 (Pick Value: $145,100) 10.308: Luke Reynolds, 3B, Southern Mississippi - MLB.com rank: NR, BA rank: 404 - Signed for $125,000 (Pick Value: $137,600) 11.338: Riley Thompson, RHP, Louisville - MLB.com rank: NR, BA rank: 219 - Signed for $200,000 ($75,000 counts to the cap) 12.368: Cameron Sanders, RHP, LSU - MLB.com rank: NR, BA rank: 475 - Signed for $125,000 13.398: Ezequiel Pagán, CF, Pro Baseball HS & Academy (Gurabo, PR), committed to Broward College - Signed for $125,000 14.428: Riley McCauley, RHP, Michigan State - Signed for $125,000 15.458: Tyler Durna, 1B, UC San Diego - Signed for $100,000 16.488: Josh Sawyer, LHP, Texas - Signed for $125,000 17.518: Jake Reindl. RHP, Arkansas - Signed for $100,000 18.548: Jake Slaughter, SS, LSU (sophomore) - Signed for $100,000 19.578: Layne Looney, RHP, Richmond 20.608: Chris Allen, LHP, Marin CC (Kentfield, CA), committed to Hawai'i - Signed for $150,000 ($25,000 counts to the cap) 21.638: Carlos Vega, RHP, Southeast Missouri St (senior) - Signed for $5,000 22.668: Jaime Galazin, CF, St John's (senior) - Signed for $3,000 23.698: Hunter Taylor, C, South Carolina (senior) 24.728: Blake Whitney, RHP, South Carolina Upstate (senior) - signed for $3,000 25.758: Dalton Hurd, CF, Seattle (senior) - signed for $3,000 26.788: Julian Boyd, OF, St. John Bosco HS (Bellflower, CA) 27.818: Niels Stone, RHP, Indian River State JC (Fort Pierce, FL) - signed for $75,000 28.848: Mitchell Parker, LHP, Manzano HS (Albuquerque, NM), committed to San Jacinto JC (changed his commitment from Tennessee during the draft) - MLB.com rank: NR, BA rank: 281 29.878: Levi Jordan, SS, Washington (senior) - signed for $3,000 30.908: Drew Wharton, OF, Clemson (senior) - signed for $3,000 31.938: Clayton Daniel, 2B, Jacksonville St (senior) - Signed for $1,000 32.968: Jack Patterson, LHP, Bryant (senior) - signed for $5,000 33.998: Tyler Ras, RHP, Middletown North HS (Middletown, NJ), committed to Alabama- MLB.com rank: 197, BA rank: 188 34.1028: Miguel Pabón, SS, Leadership Christian Academy - signed for $50,000 35.1058: Edmond Americaan, OF, Chipola College (Marianna, FL) - signed for $208,500 ($83,500 counts to the cap) 36.1088: Jacob Campbell, C, Craig HS (WI), committed to Illinois - MLB.com rank: 154, BA rank: 155 37.1118: Henry Villar, SS, Westminster Christian School (Palmetto Bay, FL), committed to Miami (FL) 38.1148: Chase Hanson, OF, Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA) 39.1178: Pierson Gibis, C, No School 40.1208: Itamar Steiner, RHP, Niles North HS (Skokie, IL) Only bonuses of $125,000 count towards the bonus pool on all picks from rounds 11-40. The Cubs total bonus pool this year is $7,491.700. The signing deadline is 7/15.

Keith Law went back to Mize in his mock that was just released: http://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/23697521/keith-law-2018-mock-draft-41 Can someone with ESPN Insider please tell us who he has the Cubs picking?

https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/1003720167564742657?s=21 https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/1003751962343628805?s=21

Callis is the best with the Cubs, but it’s way more difficult to peg a team in the 20s.

BA mock from the past hour: https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/mlb-mock-draft/

Lol:

https://twitter.com/savermetrics/status/1003537955418324992?s=21 https://twitter.com/savermetrics/status/1003536012054654976?s=21

So Callis, Mayo and Law all have the Cubs taking Anthony Seigler in their latest mock drafts? http://mmbiz.qpic.cn/mmbiz_gif/fic3ENicVS1HxwZ7CUSibyI2Vp89LtyVL40TUdZibqphZpuOibKMwRJ2bOhnw615rZibyvFQGNduEkeLiciaTsTdlewnXA/0?wx_fmt=gif Thanks, I don’t have ESPN Insider.

Joint Callis and Mayo mock: https://www.mlb.com/news/mock-draft-for-first-round-of-2018-mlb-draft/c-279699234

Keith Law had Bart going 1.1 in his final mock today. You have to balance all the misinformation that comes out today with all the talk for months that the Tigers don’t want to pick a pitcher first. Mize falling to the Phillies is something that was roadmapped in the last Fangraphs mock so it is definitely something that’s been on radars before today.

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee lost a game that had been suspended on 4/15 10-7 Box Score SS Z. Short 1/4, RBI, BB, K LF-CF C. Burks 2/4, 2 RBI, K 3B J. Vosler 1/1, 2B (1), 2 RBI, 4 BB, E (2, fielding) RF E. Martínez 0/5, K C I. Rice 2/5, R, 2B (2), K, E (1, catcher interference) SP M. Rucker 3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 BP, 7-1 GO-FO, 49-30 pitches-strikes RP R. McNeil 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Norwood 2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 2-1 (7 innings) Box Score 2B V. Machin 1/2, 2 BB, SB (1) 1B J. Vosler 2/4, 2B (13), 2 K LF C. Burks 0/2, BB, K, CS (4) RF E. Martínez 0/2, RBI, 2 K SP T. Clifton 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 5-4 GO-FO, 85-53 pitches-strikes, pickoff at first base RP C. Brooks 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach had the day off South Bend had the day off DSL Cubs 1 lost 7-3 Box Score CF R. Verenzuela 0/3, BB 3B N. Heredia 0/3, K SS F. Pertuz 2/3, 2 R, 3B (1), BB, K LF J. Rodriguez 0/4, 2 K SP C. Paula 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 1-4 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-4 Box Score CF B. Peña 0/4, R, BB, 3 K, SB (1) 1B A. Ovalles 1/3, R, BB, K RF C. Morfa 2/3, 2 R, HR (1), RBI, BB, K 3B W. Joaquin 0/4, 3 K, 2 E (4, fielding, throw) SP J. Lopez 0.2 IP, 0 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GO-FO RP K. Arredondo 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 6-4 GO-FO RP J. Gomez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO

Yeah, this stuff on Virginia is one of the main reasons so many people are critical of the draft prospects of so many Virginia players.