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Cubsin

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #60 on: May 16, 2012, 01:06:25 pm »
True.  He has already had 18 official at bats, and is only batting .277.  Very disturbing.

Let me be the first to say it: "WASTED DRAFT PICK!!!!"

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #61 on: May 16, 2012, 01:13:36 pm »
I will add "should have drafted __________."

StrikeZone

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #62 on: May 16, 2012, 04:13:42 pm »
True.  He has already had 18 official at bats, and is only batting .277.  Very disturbing.

Yeah, everyone should ignore his complete lack of walks in Extended Spring Training.

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #63 on: May 16, 2012, 07:28:08 pm »
You shouldn't ignore it.  Nor should you place great reliance upon it.  Who knows what experiments they might have been trying with his swing, etc.

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #64 on: May 16, 2012, 07:59:59 pm »
dave, while I have no problem discounting poor results from spring training or extended spring training, for the very reason you suggest, how would an experiment with his swing have led to no walks?

A "swing at everything" experiment?

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #65 on: May 16, 2012, 08:46:35 pm »
Or as"swing at strikes" experiment.  We have no idea if he is swinging at anything other than strikes.

And for that matter, just the attempt to try something new could distract him from worrying about walks.
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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #66 on: May 17, 2012, 02:08:06 pm »

Chris27

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #67 on: May 17, 2012, 05:01:22 pm »
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Jeff (NoCal): Cubs at #6.....shouldn't the cubs focus on the college pitching available to them due to the lack of arms in their system or is Theo and crew going to hone in on Almora or Correa? Who do you like better of the two players?


Jim Callis: You have to take the best available talent. I love Texas A&M's Michael Wacha as much as the next guy, but if the top three college arms are gone (Appel, Gausman, Zimmer), you can't just pop Wacha at No. 6 because you need arms. I'm not even sure the Cubs would take all three of Appel, Gausman and Zimmer at No. 6.

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #68 on: May 22, 2012, 12:55:14 pm »
Hall of Famer Jenkins to represent Cubs at Draft
Three-day event to be conducted June 4-6 in Secaucus, N.J.


http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120521&content_id=31893060&vkey=news_chc&c_id=chc&tcid=tw_article_31893060

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #69 on: May 22, 2012, 11:02:39 pm »
One draft watching site has the Cubs taking U of Florida, power-hitting catcher Mike Zunino with the 6th pick. Has 25 doubles and 15 homers in 211 at-bats so far. Strikes out a lot though.

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #70 on: May 23, 2012, 12:48:32 am »
One draft watching site has the Cubs taking U of Florida, power-hitting catcher Mike Zunino with the 6th pick. Has 25 doubles and 15 homers in 211 at-bats so far. Strikes out a lot though.

and a pretty poor batting average in sec competition if i'm not mistaken...think i saw a little while back he was hitting low to mid .200's against sec competition about 2/3's of the way thru the sec slate...this wasn't counting non-conference schedule obviously.  not sure what he finished at...googled pretty quick and found his season batting average but not his sec ba. 

He did really good last year but I'm still not sold on him.
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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #71 on: May 23, 2012, 08:39:40 am »
I heard that there was a utility player in a junior college in North Dakota that got a single in his only at bat this year that one of the Cub guys, Wilken I think, is high on.  But I could be wrong.

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #72 on: May 23, 2012, 12:00:06 pm »
What a load of crap.  There is no junior college in North Dakota that has enough students to field more than the starting nine.  And even then, three of them have to be girls.

There ARE no utility players in North Dakota.

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #73 on: May 23, 2012, 12:17:09 pm »
Maybe it was South Dakota.

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Re: 2012 Draft
« Reply #74 on: May 23, 2012, 04:12:51 pm »
Via today's BA draft chat:


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Dennis (Chicago): If the Cubs cannot get one of the top 3 pitching prospects who do you think they will take?


Jim Callis: Zunino, Almora or Correa.