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[JeremyStrain]

1-1 Mark Appel.

 

Gonna be a pretty penny. Surprised they didn't go Gray honestly.

[Jon Shepherd]

1-1 Mark Appel.

 

Gonna be a pretty penny. Surprised they didn't go Gray honestly.

 

Heard Appel was plan B.

[JeremyStrain]

Heard Appel was plan B.

 

That's what I was hearing too, with Moran plan C.

[Icterus galbula]

Plan A? What went wrong?

[JeremyStrain]

Plan A?

 

I heard for a while it was Gray. Maybe he was looking for too much money?

[Icterus galbula]

I heard for a while it was Gray. Maybe he was looking for too much money?

More than Appel would really be interesting.

[Jon Shepherd]

That's what I was hearing too, with Moran plan C.

 

Yeah, it supposedly depended on another player falling.  Couldn't count on it, so Appel.

[JeremyStrain]

More than Appel would really be interesting.

 

Rumor last year was that Appel was offered $4m and some change last year, slot for #1 is like $7.2m I think, so he may be happy in that $6-7m range and maybe Gray was asking for the upper range of that? I dunno.

 

More surprised that Cubs went bat, I heard pitching, pitching, pitching out of them all spring.

[JeremyStrain]

Yeah, it supposedly depended on another player falling.  Couldn't count on it, so Appel.

 

Ah. Makes sense. I've heard they were going to try for Manaea at #40 with some of the money they would have saved...maybe that's what happened? I can't imagine them affording both (although it's possible).

[SBTarheel]

The Cubs have position prospects, don't they?

[JeremyStrain]

1-2 Cubs take 3B Kris Bryant.

 

LOTS of power.

[JeremyStrain]

The Cubs have position prospects, don't they?

 

They've got Soler, and Almora, but I don't know after that.

[Jon Shepherd]

1-2 Cubs take 3B Kris Bryant.

 

LOTS of power.

 

Yeah...I kind of wonder if there is a bit of a metal swing in there.  His bat is not in the zone for long.  This draft is not the deepest.

[JeremyStrain]

1-3 Rockies get Jonathan Gray SP - Oklahoma.

 

End up going 1-2-3, just not in the order that I thought they would. Couldn't pass him up though, they gotta get SP somehow in COL, and he should move quickly.

[Icterus galbula]

I imagine Joe Jordan loves Gray.

[SBTarheel]

They've got Soler, and Almora, but I don't know after that.

I guess they already gave up on Josh Vitters?

[Jon Shepherd]

1-3 Rockies get Jonathan Gray SP - Oklahoma.

 

End up going 1-2-3, just not in the order that I thought they would. Couldn't pass him up though, they gotta get SP somehow in COL, and he should move quickly.

 

Heard his praying was an 80.

[JeremyStrain]

Yeah...I kind of wonder if there is a bit of a metal swing in there.  His bat is not in the zone for long.  This draft is not the deepest.

 

Yep, I've heard that from people too, I know Nick wasn't his biggest fan. I'll be interested to see if he signs fast and how he does in short season. For me, I've seen Moran in person a couple times, and while I think he's good and all, I liked Schaeffer a lot more last year, I had them clumped pretty tightly together, Moran better hit tool and Bryant more pop.

[JeremyStrain]

I imagine Joe Jordan loves Gray.

 

Nah, he's not coming off an injury or playing for a community college

[JeremyStrain]

I guess they already gave up on Josh Vitters?

 

Yeah he kinda busted, and is TRYING to salvage something these days, but looks like AAAA at best.