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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2022, 07:01:22 pm »
Disappointed they didn’t take Parada. Horton had a lot helium going into the draft.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2022, 07:01:39 pm »
I hope we get Ben Joyce at #47.

papa smurf

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2022, 07:04:22 pm »
if they are saving some money to over slot someone who would be a person they might be looking at with the next pick.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2022, 07:04:52 pm »
Callis says the Cubs got "the best college pitcher in the draft."

He also said there was a lot of "helium" about Cade Horton and Callis thought he might go 7 to 11.

We definitely need pitching, so I'm on board!  Sure hope they can develop him into something special!

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2022, 07:05:56 pm »
He was f’ing electric against Ole Miss in the CWS.

I’m stunned, but I’m not upset with the pick…at all…

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2022, 07:11:56 pm »
Horton was mocked 9, 10, 13, 13 by McDaniel, Law, BA, Callis.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2022, 07:15:15 pm »
Tough to be upset about a potential #2 starter from the college ranks.
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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2022, 07:18:21 pm »
Collier still hasnt been picked.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2022, 07:19:28 pm »
LOL! Contreras for Parada! Make it happen!

JeffH

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #24 on: July 17, 2022, 07:21:25 pm »
Ha!

Reb

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2022, 07:46:12 pm »
Law on Horton:

Nobody raised his stock in the last month of the amateur season than Cade Horton, who changed the shape of his breaking ball and went on a tear in the postseason with a two-pitch combo. He missed 2021 with Tommy John surgery, and is primarily a two-pitch guy with limited experience as a starter – he was a two-way guy, playing short and pitching in relief, until moving into Oklahoma’s rotation partway through this season. He could be just a very late bloomer, or this could be recency bias, favoring what we saw in the last six weeks over everything that came before. Horton is also a draft-eligible sophomore, giving him a lot of leverage to ask for a top-10 bonus, although I’m sure the Cubs will meet it.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2022, 07:54:50 pm »
Horton has risen from a injury-recovering reliever to a dominant starter in just a few months.  I believe that sometimes you can hit gold by picking someone like that.  I also believed that when they picked Hayden Simpson.  And Branden Little.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #27 on: July 17, 2022, 08:00:20 pm »
Reports are that the Rockies were taking him at #10 if he was on the board…

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2022, 08:06:06 pm »
I am risk adverse. This seems like a ton of risk for #7 overall.

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Re: Cubs Draft 2022
« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2022, 08:07:50 pm »
Risk adverse [sic] teams lose - a lot.