Through 8 picks, no team had taken a player ranked under 9th according to Baseball America’s rankings. The Cubs then picked the 18th ranked Javier Baez. (click the link below to read more)
2011 MLB Draft: Day One
The MLB Draft begins at 6 pm central and is televised on MLB Network and probably on mlb.com as well. Baseball America’s final mock draft has the Cubs taking Bubba Starling. A few weeks ago I thought that absurd, but based on every scouting report I’ve read the Cubs would be lucky to get him. If you don’t have a …
Cubs to expand into new, untapped talent pool in tonight’s draft
Fresh off the Cubs fruitful forays into scouting and signing players in baseball powerhouses like Korea, Morocco, Mongolia, and the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the Cubs will further advance their reputation of being on the cutting edge of emerging talent markets. They didn’t need to travel far to find it – just think of how embarrassed all of the other …
Cubs first round picks since 1991
Since the MLB Draft begins tonight, I figured it was a good time to look back through who the Cubs had drafted over the years and what they accomplished. (click the link to read more)
Baseball America’s latest mock draft
Jim Callis has another mock draft up and he has the Cubs selecting Archie Bradley. 9. CUBS: Bank on a high-ceiling player for Chicago. The Cubs have little chance to get Bundy or Starling, but they likely can pick between the next-best high school arm (Archie Bradley) or overall athlete (Connecticut outfielder George Springer) in the draft. Projected Pick: Archie …
2011 MLB Draft: Links
The 2011 MLB Draft begins on June 6th and ends on June 8th. The Cubs pick 9th this year. There are all kinds of names floating around as potential Cubs picks, but if we’ve learned anything with Wilken drafting it’s that he’ll take someone no one has ever heard of. I don’t even think Wilken has heard of some of …
Cubs Minor League Progress
mb21 recently had a blog post about fangraphs Cubs top 10 prospects. As the season has progressed, I’ve become increasingly interested in the farm and less with the ML club. I wanted to give updates and some subjective analysis to those who don’t know much about the farm, but are interested enough to read an overview of their seasons so …
(Not) Tom Ricketts Clarifies Statements on Attendance
I was a little confused this morning when I read Ed Sherman’s interview with Tom Ricketts. In it, Ricketts said that the Cubs’ meagre attendance numbers had more to do with the soggy weather than the crappy baseball. When you play most of your home games in 45 degrees and it’s wet, I’m sorry, I can understand why some people …
To slot or not to slot
I read an interesting article today from Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports re: the bonus slotting issue that is being debated for the next CBA. Here’s what seems to be the most important point of argument: Somewhere in the middle sit the players, the MLBPA’s truest voices and, in all likelihood, the ultimate arbiters of the draft slotting debate. …
Checking up on the Cubs top prospects
I have always wanted to write more about the minor leagues, but whenever I start to do so I have failed to keep it up. As a result, I’ve mostly stopped writing articles about minor league players unless it’s relevant to the big league team. I know there are at least a few of you who closely follow the Cubs …