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Our best hope…

Rounds 1-2 are July 14th.

Christian Moore 2B Tennessee.

Look at his numbers.

My understanding is that the draft is weak overall, but how does the Cubs current spot look?

Is it one of those years where you really want to be in top 5-10?

Or are teams in the middle of the first "happy" because there's more depth than high-end talent?

The mock drafts I've seen seem to have the Cubs pick where there is usually kind of a drop off.  The Cubs have been more off the public boards recently though.

With current leadership, I see no point in hoping for much.

Law has them drafting Malcom Moore C, Stanford.  He has some impressive batted ball data similar to Shaw.  He has also heard them connected to Ryan Waldwchmidt, OF Kentucky and Christian Moore.  Both have high exit velocities and went 15 and 16 in his mock.  Malcom Moore is the name he’s most frequently.

Moore appears to be a bat first catcher.  He’s a draft-eligible sophomore. 

The MLB pipeline mentions that if teams thought he could be an average catcher he’d be a top 10 pick.

Here is Law’s write-up

Moore is going to end up with a team that values batted-ball data over performance — he’s had terrible luck at the plate this spring but he’s not punching out and his contact quality points to a higher average than he’s had on balls in play. He’s a below-average defender right now and scouts are mixed on whether he can stay at catcher; the arm is the worst tool here and his other deficiencies could improve with different coaching.

Moore is a hard pass for me. Hopefully it’s Law trying to sound smarter than everybody else as usual.