Author Topic: Cubs Draft 2017  (Read 10497 times)

davep

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Re: Cubs Draft 2017
« on: June 03, 2017, 11:30:28 am »
There has been very little on this board about who the Cubs might take in the draft.  The reason for that it obvious.  With 25 plus teams picking before them, there is no way to know who might be available when it comes time for the Cubs to pick.  But reporters HAVE to write, and also HAVE to be controversial in order to attract readership.  And they gain credibility if they guess correctly.

Allen is someone that a reporter can write about with at least a little rationale.  The Cubs front office has shown a propensity to pick shortstops, stating that a shortstop can play anywhere on the field, if necessary.  And Allen is a shortstop.  Add to that that this front office chose Pedroia, an undersized infielder, in a previous draft.  Allen is an undersized infielder.  And finally, in spite of a systemic need for pitching, the front office has chosen position players over pitchers in the first round since coming to Chicago.

Allen is projected to be a likely first round choice.  Will he be there when the Cubs choose?  Who knows?

But when you are paid to write about who the Cubs should pick, you gotta write something.