Full Scouting Report for Every New Cubs Prospect Acquired at MLB Trade Deadline
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Under club control through: 2024
Gurriel is a core piece of Toronto’s clubhouse, but if the Blue Jays aim high on a pitcher or third baseman especially one with club control beyond 2021 Gurriel would be a sensible target for other teams given his talent, age and team-friendly contract (he’ll earn $4.5 million in 2022 and $5.4 million in ’23, then be arbitration-eligible in 2024). The Blue Jays have George Springer, Teoscar Hernández and Randal Grichuk in their outfield, with Corey Dickerson working his way back from a foot injury.
Orioles: Paul Fry, LHP
Under club control through: 2024
Baltimore has several potential trade candidates, but given the need for relief pitching around the Majors, Fry will be an attractive target for clubs. He’s earning the minimum this season and will be arbitration-eligible for the next three years, making him affordable for any team. Fry is having a solid season, giving up just one extra-base hit in 34 1/3 innings, but control has been
July 15th, 2021
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Let’s say this straight from the outset Draft evaluation takes years. More than any other sport with a Draft, baseball requires years of development and positives and negatives can come on the roads between making a pick and the end of a Major League career.
That doesn’t completely rule out immediate evaluation, however. As evidenced by MLB Pipeline’s Top 250 Draft prospects, we still have a pretty good idea of who the top talents were heading into this Draft, and that leads to certain picks looking better than others right away.
With that in mind, these are our favorite picks of the 2021 Draft, one for every organization:
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While it’s always exciting to watch young amateur players fulfill their dreams by getting drafted by a Major League team and embarking on a professional career, the people responsible for making that happen the scouts often go overlooked and underappreciated.
It wouldn’t be practical to name every scout responsible for keeping the game of baseball moving. But with the 2021 Draft just a few days away, we thought we could at least shine a light on the people responsible for overseeing the Draft for each organization, the scouting directors.
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Blue Jays: Shane Farrell
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