News On Former Cubs R. Hill, E. Pat, Ryan Harvey

The Red Sox have re-signed Rich Hill, who will resume trying to jump start his career as a reliever. Eric Patterson was sent to the Padres to complete the Gonzalez trade, and Ryan Harvey, former Cub number one pick, is also going to try to re-start his career as a pitcher in the Red Sox organization.

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My day is now complete!!!

Any word on Earl Cunningham?

by TJ11 on Dec 17, 2010 11:17 AM CST reply actions

No, but...

… Brian Dopirak signed with the Astros.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 17, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions

And Jason Dubois is a coach

by El Borto on Dec 17, 2010 12:27 PM CST up reply actions

Interesting

Won’t it be great in a few years to ponder someone like Grabow :)

''"I always thought I was the most competitive person out there. I never thought I'd find anybody more competitive until I met him.'' Ryan Dempster talking about Ted Lilly

by Madison Cub Fan on Dec 17, 2010 12:28 PM CST reply actions

I already am...

by TJ11 on Dec 17, 2010 1:07 PM CST up reply actions

Harvey is just another of the long list of # 1 picks

that never even got close to making the big leagues. Ultimately, this may be the #1 reason why the team has struggled so mightily.

ask not what the Cubs can do for you - ask what you can do for the Cubs.

by holy mackeral on Dec 17, 2010 1:33 PM CST reply actions

What really hurts about the Harvey pick

The very next player picked was Nick Markakis, a left-handed hitting OF. Imagine if the Cubs had drafted him instead of Harvey – there would have been no need to throw gobs of money at free-agent OFs in an attempt to get “more left-handed”.

http://thefrustratedfan.blogspot.com/

by Jody Jody Davis on Dec 17, 2010 3:51 PM CST up reply actions

Has anyone on BCB, or elsewhere, created a composite profile of the Cubs' #1 picks through the years?

It must be have been done, but I can’t find the data on-line. It would be most interesting to chart and compare our historical picks to those of the Yankees, Cards & Red Sox since 1982.

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"And you have to wonder – What's the matter with Broglio?" Harry, KMOX, 5/24/64

by ernaga on Dec 17, 2010 3:24 PM CST reply actions

The media guides always have a list of the Cub picks

And it’s not pretty.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Dec 17, 2010 4:04 PM CST up reply actions

Maybe this

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/346322-the-10-best-draft-picks-in-chicago-cubs-history

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Dec 17, 2010 4:05 PM CST up reply actions

Ryan Theriot is one of the 10 best draft picks in the team's history?

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

http://thefrustratedfan.blogspot.com/

by Jody Jody Davis on Dec 17, 2010 4:19 PM CST up reply actions

You actually clicked on a Bleacher Report link?

That was your first mistake.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 17, 2010 6:25 PM CST up reply actions

From Baseball Reference

Warning – may not be suitable for young children.

Link

http://thefrustratedfan.blogspot.com/

by Jody Jody Davis on Dec 17, 2010 4:22 PM CST up reply actions

Oops - meant to reply to Beer Cub

http://thefrustratedfan.blogspot.com/

by Jody Jody Davis on Dec 17, 2010 4:22 PM CST up reply actions

No DTPollit yet?

He tends to love former Cub updates almost as much as Carmen Fanzone loves hearing about your fantasy team.

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark

by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Dec 17, 2010 7:36 PM CST via mobile reply actions

great, how long until we see the Harvey: the One That Got Away fanposts?

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"I could be writing this crap!" -- Crow T. Robot
Me: Q: I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
Wrigster A: Theriot

by Cubbie-Tim on Dec 17, 2010 7:43 PM CST reply actions

It's a brutal list

But I do take a little solace in the fact that the farm system has been coming along. It’s certainly not perfect, but I see more steps forward than backward. Although, I think my comment might be a little OT since the list pertains to #1 picks.

by NOLACubs on Dec 17, 2010 9:12 PM CST reply actions