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CurtOne

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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2023, 06:41:27 pm »
Quote from: CUBluejays on July 09, 2023, 06:13:05 pm
Skenes goes #1 to the Pirates
Which already busts the brackets for most "experts."
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Deeg

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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #31 on: July 09, 2023, 06:45:45 pm »
Quote from: CUBluejays on July 09, 2023, 06:08:53 pm
Throwing a ball repeatedly over hand with high velocity is an injury risk.  Split-finger fastballs aren’t a risk for arm injury.


Many studies, baseball people, and doctors disagree.
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craig

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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2023, 06:47:28 pm »
Quote from: CUBluejays on July 09, 2023, 06:40:42 pm
A’s take Nick Madrigal 2.0, only he can play SS.

And 7 inches taller!
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #33 on: July 09, 2023, 06:48:15 pm »
I was half-hoping Lowder would slip to the Cubs.
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CUBluejays

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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #34 on: July 09, 2023, 07:00:39 pm »
Quote from: Deeg on July 09, 2023, 06:45:45 pm
Many studies, baseball people, and doctors disagree.

Maybe from the 80’s, not anymore.
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CUBluejays

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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #35 on: July 09, 2023, 07:01:40 pm »
Gonzalez or Teel falling would be nice.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #36 on: July 09, 2023, 07:03:49 pm »
Quote from: craig on July 09, 2023, 06:47:28 pm
And 7 inches taller!

Excellent contact skills with bad plate discipline is a skill set I’d like to just stay away from. 
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #37 on: July 09, 2023, 07:06:13 pm »
Gonzalez wouldn’t be falling as he’s generally rated lower than 13.  Only way he goes higher is if someone like the Twins takes him as an underslot.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #38 on: July 09, 2023, 07:11:16 pm »
I think I’d like the TCU 3Bman here…
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #39 on: July 09, 2023, 07:12:37 pm »
Quote from: Dave23 on July 09, 2023, 07:11:16 pm
I think I’d like the TCU 3Bman here…

I’d take Teel if he’s there but the Cubs seem incapable of taking a C in the first round.

I expect another “trade down” underslot pick.
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chgojhawk

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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #40 on: July 09, 2023, 07:14:17 pm »
I’d be fine with any of the college players listed in Kiley’s Next 10. I don’t want Nimmala or Houck.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #41 on: July 09, 2023, 07:14:39 pm »
Shaw! 
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #42 on: July 09, 2023, 07:17:51 pm »
Keith Law recently said Shaw has advanced batted ball data the Cubs like.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #43 on: July 09, 2023, 07:18:35 pm »
Shaw looks like Hoerner with a little more power.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2023
« Reply #44 on: July 09, 2023, 07:18:57 pm »
Quote from: chgojhawk on July 09, 2023, 07:14:39 pm
Shaw! 

That’s fine, broadly a slot pick and not a reach.  I think the bat plays, but almost no chance he sticks at SS.  Probably doesn’t have the arm for 3B so either 2B (and we have a guy there who’s plenty good, though not a star) or LF.
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