The Pirates failed to reach an agreement with their first round pick today. Mark Appel was considered a possibility to be taken first overall, but instead dropped to 8th when the Pirates drafted him. Here is what Neal Huntington said about the Pirates decision. “Our final offer exceeded the available bonus pool money and was essentially up to the last …
2012 MLB Draft, Day Two (Cubs Take Duane Underwood)
The second day of the draft kicks off at 11 am ct and is available on mlb.com. I'll update this thread with scouting reports and other links as the Cubs pick. 61. Houston Astros: Nolan Fontana 62. Oakland A's: Bruce Maxwell 63. Minnesota Twins: Mason Melotakis 64. Seattle Mariners: Joe DeCarlo 65. Baltimore Orioles: Branden Kline 66. Kansas City Royals: …
2012 MLB Draft: Best Available Prospects
The first day of the draft is over, which means we've only seen 60 selections so far and have 39 rounds to go. I thought I'd post a roundup of the stuff we posted yesterday and then talk abou a few of the best available players that should be taken sometime today. The second day of the draft begins at …
Cubs First Round Pick: Albert Almora
In the first rund with the 6th overall pick the Cubs selected Albert Almora. No surprise here. Almora is a latter-day A.J. Hinch in that he has become a go-to player for USA Baseball national teams from a young age. Almora was USA Baseball's 2011 athlete of the year after being MVP of the 18-and-under Pan American Championships in Colombia …
2012 MLB Draft, Day One
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 …
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 …
BA's Jim Callis, BP's Kevin Goldstein on the Cubs and the draft
Orange Guy had Jim Callis from Baseball America and Kevin Goldstein from Baseball Prospectus on the Cubs pre-pregame show today. The highlights Callis: Gaussman is the best player that actually has a chance of dropping to the Cubs, though the chance of him doing so is small (but nontrivial!) Cubs will probably draft Almora Callis would take Correa over Almora …
Carlos Pena ——> TB, Sandwich Round Pick ———-> Cubs
According to CBS's Jon Heyman, Carlos Pena signed a 1-year, $7.25m deal with Tampa Bay today. Since Pena was a Type B free agent and declined the arbitration offer from the Cubs, the Cubs get a free sandwich round pick in this year's draft. In retrospect it's puzzling that Pena declined arbitration. He was paid $10m last year (though $5m …