The MLB Draft gets underway at 6 pm CT. MLB Network will have the first 60 picks tonight and a pre-game show starting at 5 pm. I'll be updating this thread regularly, but first a few links. Baseball America Top 500 Prospects (subscriber) MLB.com Top 100 Prospects Baseball America Draft Blog MLB.com Draft Tracker Watch live online on MLB Network …
Jim Callis' Final 2012 Mock Draft ***UPDATED***
Callis has published his final mock draft and he has the Cubs still taking Albert Almora. 6. CUBS. Some teams think Chicago would take Florida high school outfielder Albert Almora if it had the No. 1 overall pick. While that might be a bit of a stretch, the Cubs aren't going to pass him up at No. 6. If they …
Honest Dylan's Crop Report-The System as of June 4.
Time for another review of our pre-season top 20. I have taken the liberty to note when I booted a guy and replaced him with somebody I like more because well…I can. 1. Brett Jackson OF Iowa– We talked a lot about Jackson since last month because there was a lot of struggling going on. He finished May with a …
2012 MLB Draft Notes
It wasn't that long ago when you couldn't find much coverage of the MLB Draft. I remember a few years ago how easy it was to navigate through Google to find exactly the information you're trying to find. It's not like that anymore. Everybody covers the draft. Searching Google for specific info results in far too many hits to be …
Cubs Minor League Update-Special Late Nite Edition Sponsored by AstroGlide
Iowa Brett Jackson is red hot right now ending a HR shy of the cycle but he isn't the only prospect in Iowa on a tear as Josh Vitters hit another HR and added a double to boot. This is one of the best streaks of Vitters career and he has resurrected his prospect status as far as I am …
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Iowa Game 1 Brett Jackson was 1-3 with a pair of RBI's and Rafael Dolis had a good outing in his return to AAA. Dolis struck out 2 and didn't walk anyone to earn the save. Iowa Game 2 Jackson kept it up going 1-2 with his 6th HR of the year. He also had an OF assist. One thing …
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Iowa Josh Vitters is getting dangerously close to be interesting again as he hit another HR last night. Vitters is about as locked in as you can get right now with a .405/.476/.757 line in his last 10 games. The HR came off Royals starter Jonathon Sanchez who is on rehab assignment. Smokies Junior Lake went 2-4 and committed his …
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Iowa Josh Vitters lives! Determined to post a totally average OPS at every level of the minors Vitters hit his 6th HR yesterday and now sits with a pedestrian .767 OPS. Much like his .770 OPS of 2011 or his .770 OPS of 2009. Its weird to see a prospect who doesn't improve or get noticeably worse as he rises …
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Normally I don't do weekend updates because you know, I'm a very important person who spends his free time doing important shit. Like today where I will be flying across the lake on a 21 foot powerboat jamming to Lynard Skynard and pounding Keystone's with my brah's. Because thats how we get down. But I decided to gift all of …
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Iowa Brett Jackson went 2-4 and DID NOT STRIKEOUT! Hopefully bizzaro Jackson can keep that up. Anthony Rizzo hit a double but did not hit another HR so basically he is the batting equivalent of NOT AN ACE! One interesting fact about Iowa is that our bullpen is currently the land of misfit RP's. Retreads like Manual Corpas, Nate Robertson, …