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JR

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2018, 02:05:48 pm »
Actually that scouting report fits his dad's profile pretty well.

Bennett

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2018, 04:08:33 pm »

davep

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2018, 04:38:01 pm »
CurtOne feels old when he reads the Bible.
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Jes Beard

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2018, 08:14:49 pm »
Actually that scouting report fits his dad's profile pretty well.

And getting a player the caliber of his father in anything after the 5th round is a big plus.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2018, 08:21:20 pm »
Dang it....COL just took Rollison out of Ole Miss...i was hoping the cubs would get a chance at him
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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2018, 08:25:21 pm »
Hankins Kowar and Mclanahan available.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2018, 08:26:16 pm »
At work, hard to follow...  Anyone mysteriously slipping who'd be a coup?
 

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2018, 08:31:31 pm »
Cubs get Nico Hoerner SS Stanford

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« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2018, 08:31:47 pm »
Stanford SS Nico Hoerner.

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« Reply #24 on: June 04, 2018, 08:34:56 pm »
Wow...  That feels like a huge reach.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #27 on: June 04, 2018, 08:40:52 pm »
Very hard to get enthused on that one.  No power, probably can't stick at SS, sounds like a RH LaStella.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2018, 08:42:16 pm »
Nico Hoerner is said to be the consummate team player, who is a very slick fielder and solid bat.  Some scouts say he's the type of fielder, athlete and personality who could move around the diamond and add versatility, which is increasingly important with shifts.

His parents are both teachers...his dad at a distinguished private school east of San Francisco and his mother on the faculty at U of California-Berkeley.  That he's at Stanford says something about his intellect, too.

His coaches agree - it's not a matter of IF he gets to the majors, it's a matter of when.

Of course, after selecting Almora-Bryant-Schwarber-Happ in R1 of consecutive drafts, we could assume our FO would select a solid player and person.  That the selection before Almora was Javy Freaking Baez shows that Hendry/Wilken could make a great pick, too. 

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Re: Cubs Draft 2018
« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2018, 08:43:39 pm »
Cubs apparently feel they can likely help Hoerner grow toward the type of power Happ has developed.