Cubs Emphasize College Hitters on Day 2 of Draft

Last year’s draft saw the Cubs take a few risks on pitchers in particular by prioritizing data and peripheral metrics over actual box score numbers, at least to the extent they could, and we’re seeing another version of that trend so far through the first 10 rounds. While it doesn’t appear as though the team has strayed too far from the suggested slot values to this point, they are still targeting loud tools that may have a little more polish at the same time.

Here’s our look at the first two picks.

That would seem to fit with the organization’s competitive timeline, though no team really expects players from rounds 3-10 to be coming up and making an impact in just a year or two. Let’s take a…