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I'm rarely, if ever, going to be disappointed with taking BPA and the possible best talent in the draft.

I wouldn't have been overly disappointed with Nola. I'm just excited we got the guy that might be the most talented in the draft.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 06:40 PM) +1 Like I said earlier, hopefully we don't pick this high again for a while, and this signals to me that 1.) we believe that we can compete in the now to near-future and 2.) we are willing to spend and we know that we can't f*** this pick up.

Baseball America:

I still can't believe we were able to draft him.

Man, Schwarber looks like he's gonna be a really fat dude whenever he stops playing baseball.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 06:32 PM) This is one of those moves that even if Rodon is a complete bust, no one should complain about the Sox drafting him. It's 100% the right move. Yup. He was the damn consensus #1 pick coming into the season.

Ha, Papa Zimmer needs a beer.

I don't think we need spoilers from here on out.....

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 06:27 PM) Agreed, and if the Cubs finished worse than the Sox, they would have taken him. Agree too. Outside chance he could even make it to Chicago at the end of the year as well. A rotation consisting of Sale, Quintana and Rodon? I like. Obviously he wouldn't start this year, but in the next couple.

Yes!

C'mon, spend the money.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 06:14 PM) Marlins

Aiken would have given Davidson a real go in the hair department.

Spoiler tag is [ spoiler] without the spaces [ /spoiler]

People can use the spoiler tag too

Aiken to Houston per Law and Manuel

Maybe Kolek and Jackson will go 1-2

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 05:31 PM) If they truly believe Rodon is a future ace, then I'm fine with them risking most of their draft on him. I read a review of the Cubs draft a few years ago with Baez, and they missed on almost all of their picks after him. If he ends up a perennial all-star, then I would say they had a good draft. Yup. (Hopefully) we don't get a #3 draft pick for a long time. Let's not waste a chance at a top tier talent because we are afraid to spend the year that we are this high.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 04:56 PM) Talking heads for an hour. I love it when they talk about me

I'm starting to be more alright with Nola, and I don't think the reason we like him is only because he'd be "cheaper".