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ayaghmour2 · 07-13-2022, 12:40 PM

The slow paced offseason drags on, but we're now at the point were nearly all military callups have been completed. In total, 67 members of our 224 player organization have joined one of the five branches of the military, headlined by star pitchers Pete Papenfus and Donnie Jones, everyday hitters Ray Ford, John Lawson, and Carlos Montes, and top 100 prospects Duke Bybee, Otto Christian, Leo Hayden, Danny Goff Jr., and Eddie Howard. With all the enlistments, are minor league system will look a lot different, and that means some of our middling prospects will be valued much higher just because they can actually make it to Chicago in the next few years. Plus with the conversion to 23, a lot of the prospect rankings have drastically changed, so I thought this would be a good time to cover some of our top 500 prospects that I didn't get in the annual offseason top 30. Here are some of the remaining Cougar prospects I'll be covering at some point this week:

RHP Foster Smith (10th, 148th)
RHP Ken Matson (20th, 255th)
RHP Pinch Lenhart (22nd, 262nd)
LF Bill Rich (23rd, 276th)
RHP Angel Lopez (29th, 303rd)
SS Eddie Curtis (32nd, 321st)
RHP Rube Finnegan (36th, 394th)
RHP Stan Flanders (37th, 395th)
RHP Jimmy Ballard (39th, 415th)
RHP Joe Swank (40th, 418th)
RHP Ron Sexton (42nd, 439th)
RHP Charlie Kelsey (43rd, 447th)

The first portion of the draft is now underway, as the Cleveland Foresters will be picking first in the Winter portion. As custom for the past few seasons, we run the first two rounds first, then a third regional round, before finishing the rest of the draft in June. This year I have no intention of trading my first, but I also can't see us adding another pick, giving us the 13th and 29th picks.

07-13-2022, 12:40 PM	#845
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,011	Offseason Updates! The slow paced offseason drags on, but we're now at the point were nearly all military callups have been completed. In total, 67 members of our 224 player organization have joined one of the five branches of the military, headlined by star pitchers Pete Papenfus and Donnie Jones, everyday hitters Ray Ford, John Lawson, and Carlos Montes, and top 100 prospects Duke Bybee, Otto Christian, Leo Hayden, Danny Goff Jr., and Eddie Howard. With all the enlistments, are minor league system will look a lot different, and that means some of our middling prospects will be valued much higher just because they can actually make it to Chicago in the next few years. Plus with the conversion to 23, a lot of the prospect rankings have drastically changed, so I thought this would be a good time to cover some of our top 500 prospects that I didn't get in the annual offseason top 30. Here are some of the remaining Cougar prospects I'll be covering at some point this week: RHP Foster Smith (10th, 148th) RHP Ken Matson (20th, 255th) RHP Pinch Lenhart (22nd, 262nd) LF Bill Rich (23rd, 276th) RHP Angel Lopez (29th, 303rd) SS Eddie Curtis (32nd, 321st) RHP Rube Finnegan (36th, 394th) RHP Stan Flanders (37th, 395th) RHP Jimmy Ballard (39th, 415th) RHP Joe Swank (40th, 418th) RHP Ron Sexton (42nd, 439th) RHP Charlie Kelsey (43rd, 447th) The first portion of the draft is now underway, as the Cleveland Foresters will be picking first in the Winter portion. As custom for the past few seasons, we run the first two rounds first, then a third regional round, before finishing the rest of the draft in June. This year I have no intention of trading my first, but I also can't see us adding another pick, giving us the 13th and 29th picks.