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chgojhawk

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #210 on: June 22, 2018, 08:01:41 am »
It looks like Josh Sawyer is going to sign. Given that he is a college kid it was likely presumed that he would sign.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #211 on: June 22, 2018, 12:27:31 pm »
https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/1010202557774548992

Wow, Roberts signs for 10th-round slot. 

Very bizarre.  Cubs now have a full million in discretionary money to spend on overslot.  Never know the strategic logic unless the rest of the signings come through, but pretty crazy.  So, a million overslot available, with Roederer and Franklin the only HS top-10's left.  Are those two guys both going a LOT further overslot than we'd have guessed? 

Or are the Cubs doing some overslot investments on 3rd-day picks that we haven't seen them do much of previously?  In the last 5 drafts, I think they've gone overslot on only like five 3rd-day guys, and Clifton's the only one more than $100K over. Very surprising.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #212 on: June 22, 2018, 04:46:20 pm »
And the Cubs are building (or have built) a state of the art facility for rehabbing players at Wrigley. Not sure is a minor leaguer or draftee would get to use the facility but I would think that it could open up options for the team when looking at players facing this sort of issue.

Could be a nice market inefficiency to exploit.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #213 on: June 23, 2018, 09:14:09 pm »

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #214 on: June 24, 2018, 11:02:08 pm »
Franklin $540 (slot $246).

Both 17-year-old Puerto Rican guys have signed.  (13th rounder sounds really interesting; 34th don't know, seemingly a good-fielding middle-infielder with ??? bat...)

11th round Thompson signed, no $$ info.

12th round Sanders (LSU guy who McLeod baby-sat for....) signed for slot.  14th rounder also for slot. 

Assuming Hoerner is slot, I think they should have ~ $690K un-accounted for for overslots, with Roederer and Weber the top-10-round guys un-reported, and anything not used there available for 3rd-day guys. 

Of course, perhaps a bunch of that has already been expended (maybe Thompson-11 or Pagan-13 got overslot, beats me...) 

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #215 on: June 27, 2018, 01:06:39 pm »
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Supplemental 2nd-rder Cole Roederer signs w/@cubs for $1.2 million (pick 77 value = $775,100). California HS OF, hampered by shoulder injury this spring but nice power/speed combination & five-tool potential. UCLA recruit. @MLBDraft

That leaves around $265K.

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« Reply #216 on: July 04, 2018, 09:03:02 pm »
Jake Reindl signed. We have now signed 24 of our top 25 selections. The lone holdout being Layne Looney (great name) a junior RHP from Richmond.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #217 on: July 05, 2018, 10:29:18 am »
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5th-rder Andy Weber signs w/@Cubs for $400k (pick 158 value = $317,600). Virginia 2B, line-drive hitter who batted .344/.415/.536 this spring. @MLBDraft

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #218 on: July 06, 2018, 09:51:55 am »
https://twitter.com/jimcallismlb/status/1015244357727936512

35th-rder Edmond Americaan agrees w/@Cubs on $208,500 bonus ($83,500 counts vs slot). Chipola (Fla.) JC OF, plus speed is best tool & plays on bases and in CF, line-drive/contact bat. Florida International recruit. @MLBDraft

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #219 on: July 06, 2018, 10:01:47 am »
Thanks, blue, that's unexpected.  Thought JC might mean young, but he's 21, just like a regular full-college draftee. 
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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #220 on: July 06, 2018, 11:24:39 am »
Here is the only Kris Bryant news so far this morning:

Mark Gonzales  @MDGonzales   2m2 minutes ago
Maddon acknowledged Bryant might have to tolerate some level of discomfort when he eventually returns


Is Maddon telling Bryant to suck it up and say he's ready to play?

The Cubs aren't saying anything about how his BP session went.  Very strange.
Let the speculation continue.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #221 on: July 06, 2018, 11:30:14 am »
They've won 6 in a row without him.  Tell him to take his time.  There will be a time he will be needed desperately and it would be better if he was in full health.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #222 on: July 06, 2018, 11:36:22 am »
Here is the only Kris Bryant news so far this morning:

Mark Gonzales  @MDGonzales   2m2 minutes ago
Maddon acknowledged Bryant might have to tolerate some level of discomfort when he eventually returns


Is Maddon telling Bryant to suck it up and say he's ready to play?

The Cubs aren't saying anything about how his BP session went.  Very strange.
Let the speculation continue.

Maddon is saying its not going to get better super soon, and bryant will have to endure till the off-season.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #223 on: July 06, 2018, 11:44:17 am »
It's been two hours since Bryant's BP session.  We should have heard something by now.  If it's "we'll have to wait until later and that means he won't be activated today", then say so.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #224 on: July 06, 2018, 11:47:57 am »
I think he's been playing hurt for a while... and its likely a bigger deal then its letting on. It explains the complete collapse in his power numbers.

He has 9 extra base hits since may 19th's double header. with only 1 hr in that span.