The Picks
#75 Jacob Hannemann, CF, BYU FR (BA #214)
#108 Tyler Skulina, RHP, Kent State JR (BA #73)
#138 Trey Masek RHP, Texas Tech JR (BA #49)
#168 Scott Frazier, RHP, Pepperdine JR (BA #160)
#198 David Garner, RHP, Michigan State JR (BA #248)
#228 Sam Wilson, LHP, Lamar CC (BA #358)
#258 Charcer Burks, CF, TX HS
#288 Zack Godley, RHP, University of Tennessee SR (BA #487)
For scouting reports, video highlights, and other miscellany on all of the players selected on day two of the 2013 MLB Draft, check out the live thread. Lots of great comments in that thread, and I tried to update player summaries in the body of the post with relevant information.
Trends
- Once again, the Cubs went extremely pitching heavy on day two. They weren’t the only team to do so. The Blue Jays selected only a single position player through the first two days (a catcher in the tenth). Same goes for the Angels (a catcher in the ninth). Batteries are the new market inefficieny.
- I wouldn’t call this draft predictable, however. For one thing, the Cubs took only one college senior, despite their popularity on the day two as teams try to save money for overslot guys.
- Uncle Dave will pleased to see that the sole senior is a Godley man.
- Rather than loading up on seniors, the Cubs may have saved some money on their pick at #75 (Hannemann, a freshman), and perhaps even at #41 (Zastryzny, a junior). This may have been a “zig when everyone else zags” move by the Cubs in an attempt to get more of the juniors that they wanted.
- To that end, Masek and Skulina may soak up some of the savings, as both were thought to go higher than they did.
- The only position players taken today were Hannemann and Burks. Jacob Hannemann is an old freshman due to his Mormon mission trip, and has drawn multiple comparisons to Jacoby Ellsbury (The Church of Ellsbury Saints?).
- Not a lot of information is available on Burks, the only high school player selected. but his buddies seem excited that he was drafted.
Comments
uncle daveQuote Reply
Me too. But I suspect I use another definition of “balling.”
SVBQuote Reply
Thanks for keeping up with this GW.
SVBQuote Reply
@ SVB:
Not a problem. I’m done for the day, so if anyone else feels the urge to write about these guys, feel free.
GWQuote Reply
@ SVB:
Me too. Usually I see it used for basketball. Not used to seeing it used for other sports.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
@ shawndgoldman:
My definition has nothing to do with sports in the strict sense, but you can still break a sweat.
SVBQuote Reply
Any of you read this article? The tease on espn.com suggests Callis thinks Bryant could make the big-league squad “sooner rather than later”
http://insider.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/page/topprospects130607/2013-mlb-draft-top-fantasy-prospects-quickest-eta-majors-top-10-2013
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
I like that the cubs have gone so pitcher heavy in the draft the last two years. It will make analyzing the drafts so much easier.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
You can just write “He turned out to be shit” and copy-paste it 5-6 times and bango-bingo blog post.
joshQuote Reply
@ shawndgoldman:
Bryant is listed first
dmick89Quote Reply
Says Appel could be in Houston this year if they don’t care about service time.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
Well that would be nice. Do any of the other top Cubs prospects (Baez/Almora/Soler) have a chance at that rapid a timetable? Could he be up before any of them?
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
@ shawndgoldman:
I would think late 2014 is when you might see Soler and/or Baez. Soler probably has a better shot at reaching the big leagues next year due to Baez’s plate discipline problems. Almora is in A ball so I’d say 2015 at the earliest for him. If he keeps hitting anywhere near where he is right now, he could fly past Soler and Baez, but he’ll come back to earth.
dmick89Quote Reply
In large part thanks to GW, there’s a pretty decent collection of 2013 MLB Draft articles at this point. I’ve added it to the menu for reference.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ josh:
Josh, B-Ref has essentially already done this. Check out 2002 here for a sorry crop of draftees. Only Rich Hill and Randy Wells provided any value, and only Hill is still in the majors. Hill is the stand out of the first 35 rounds for the Cubs. Sad thing is there was a lot of value in that draft, even though the Cubs top pick was at 21 (Bobby Brownlie) there are a lot of current major leaguers that were picked after him and the 3 never-wases the Cubs picked in the supplemental A round.
SVBQuote Reply
2002 1 21 Bobby Brownlie He turned out to be not a major leaguer
2002 1s 32 *Luke Hagerty He turned out to be not a major leaguer
2002 1s 36 *Chadd Blasko He turned out to be not a major leaguer
2002 1s 38 *Matt Clanton He turned out to be not a major leaguer
2002 2 56 *Brian Dopirak He turned out to be not a major leaguer
2002 2 62 Justin Jones He turned out to be not a major leaguer
2002 3 93 Billy Petrick He turned out to be not a major leaguer*
2002 3 96 *Matt Craig He turned out to be not a major leaguer
2002 4 112 *Rich Hill 3.6 WAR
*Actually, Petrick made the show. 9.2IP 7.45 ERA in 8 games in 2007
SVBQuote Reply
Brownlie was a 2nd round pick. Pretty sure he was the first pick the Cubs had in that draft. 2004?
dmick89Quote Reply
Guess I was thinking of someone else. Sorry about that.
dmick89Quote Reply
New shit
sitrickQuote Reply