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Sounds like the Cubs signed Clifton for 3rd round money.

Here's an article about the apparent Clifton signing.

Also, in one of the very late rounds, Cubs drafted  HS catcher Jeremy Martinez---who was highly touted before the season and then had a disappointing performance and dropped like a rock.  Guessing Martinez probably won't sign and will play college ball.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/jun/08/heritages-trevor-clifton-selected-in-12th-round/?partner=yahoo_feeds

Clifton was obviously the overslot guy this year.  That's a nice signing, since he probably is a legit third-round talent.  So skinny he has to run around in the shower to get wet, but he has time to add a little muscle to his frame.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?sportId=10
has the complete draft

Thanks, guys.

Seems like Clifton wasn't the only over-slot.

https://twitter.com/TylerAlamo_

Same HS as Josh Vitters.

Same HS as Josh Vitters.

And if you look at the Tyler Alamo twitter feed CUBlueJjys posted here, it would appear from his interaction with his peers that Tyler may be even less mature, and less likely to be focused than we have seen with Vitters.  https://twitter.com/TylerAlamo_  If the kid has any real talent, it might make sense for the Theocracy to assign him minder.

So obviously the Cubs couldn't have gotten him a round later, and he's not a flagrant overdraft.  Interesting, actually, that Toronto would have been calling him that far ahead.  It's one thing to be the top guy on your board at 47 (or 41); it's another to already be knowing that when the draft is only at 25.  They must have had him pretty high on their board. 

BA had him at #76---which is top of 3rd round.

13 guys rated lower than #76 by BA were also taken in thw 2nd round

I think this reflects how fluid scouting evaluations can be, especially for pitchers.  For NFL or NBA drafts, the drafts are 3-6 months after guys have last played in regular games.  But in baseball, guys are playing right up until the draft, and pitchers can improve their velocity/slider/delivery late in the year, sometimes significantly so.  It's probably not rare for a pitcher to be throwing a bunch of 95's in May when they may have been maxing at 92 in early April.  Or to have a good-looking slider in late May when they were throwing a crummy slurve in April.