06-09-2010, 03:55 PM
<!--quoteo(post=100603:date=Jun 9 2010, 02:51 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jun 9 2010, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Jim Callis explains the cubs first round pick:
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Jim Callis: The Cubs saw Hayden Simpson throw 92-97 twice in four days at the D-II World Series, and they think he'll have four average or better pitches, love the makeup, believe he could move quickly. I don't think that was the consensus on him, but the Cubs saw him very well and were afraid another team with multiple picks might draft him before they could pick again. Stunned me, though.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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I doubt we would draft him in the first round if Simpson's 4 pitches were only "average or better" as Callis says. I'm hoping at least 1-2 of his pitches is well above average.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Jim Callis: The Cubs saw Hayden Simpson throw 92-97 twice in four days at the D-II World Series, and they think he'll have four average or better pitches, love the makeup, believe he could move quickly. I don't think that was the consensus on him, but the Cubs saw him very well and were afraid another team with multiple picks might draft him before they could pick again. Stunned me, though.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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I doubt we would draft him in the first round if Simpson's 4 pitches were only "average or better" as Callis says. I'm hoping at least 1-2 of his pitches is well above average.