Monday, June 07, 2010

Cubs Draft and More....

- The Cubs will have the 16th pick in tonight’s MLB First Year Player Draft. The Cubs are expected to focus on pitching a lot and some speculate Asher Wojciechowski out of The Citadel could be the pick while Baseball America says they will pick Karsten Whiteson out of Chipley High School. I honestly hope that Whiteson is the Cubs first pick out of those two because he has the make up of being a very solid top of the rotation starter for the Cubs. If I had to pick I think the Cubs should draft a first baseman for sure and should be a top priority because of the lack of prospects at that position for the Cubs. Two players that come to mind are Christian Yelich and Nick Castellanos. I also think if Michael Choice is available for the Cubs at 16 they will pick him regardless of their needs. He has drawn comparisons to Vernon Wells and Pat Burrell as far as the bat.


- The Cubs received calls on Gorzelanny availability about 2 weeks ago but the Cubs did not move on any deals. One baseball exec said the price for Tom is “too high” right now.


- There have been rumors swirling around that there was a closed door meeting between Jim Hendry, Lou Pinella, and Tom Ricketts sometime last week. No word what the meeting was regarding but there are rumors that a meeting did take place.



Until Next Time….

2 comments:

Nick I Cub Fan said...

Hey, what about Spencer BA .314 OBP .373 hits for power and plays the outfield too. Also Lalli BA .314 OBP 386. And there is Bour BA .299 OBP .402. All of these are prospects in my opinion.

Nick I Cub Fan said...

HAYDEN SIMPSON 3 years gulf south confrence he was 35-2 won-loss record. he set a confrence record of 42 2/3 scoreless innings. 2010 he had 131 SO IN 99 INNINGS, ERA 1.81. I like his stats.