Tuesday is the second of three days of the 2019 MLB Draft. The Cubs will make their picks beginning at the number 103 slot today and the festivities will include rounds 3-10. I will be following along as the days moves forward, starting with the opening selection at 1:00 PM Eastern Time and posting live with each pick.

If you want to learn a little bit about the Cubs first two selections from yesterday’s portion of the draft, you can read all about Ryan Jensen here and Chase Strumpf here!

Here. We. Go.

Round 3, Pick 103: Michael McAvene
Position: Right-Handed Pitcher
Age: 21
School: University of Louisville
Notes: My favorite pick of the first three rounds. He closed this year for Louisville and has gone viral over the last weekend or so. The gun had him touching 100 MPH as he closed out the game in the team’s regional matchup although that seemed to be a lot of adrenaline as he sits in the mid-90s. McAvene was also ejected from their game on Sunday afternoon on the biggest ump show I have ever seen. He has a bulldog mentality and experts say he has a good chance of being converted to a starter, which reminds me a ton of the Cubs selection of Riley Thompson out of Louisville just a year ago. McAvene experienced elbow troubles during his freshman year but seems to recovered fully from that and now is able to find the zone to the tune of 2.30 BB/9 on his way to a 1.98 ERA and a ridiculous 0.73 WHIP this season.

Round 4, Pick 132: Chris Clarke
Position: Right-Handed Pitcher
Age: 20
School: University of Southern California
Notes: The second straight college reliever who has had Tommy John Surgery, Clarke is a large man, standing at 6’7″ and 212 pounds. After putting up brutal stats as a freshman and sophomore at USC as a starting pitcher, he was moved to the bullpen this year and his stuff has played up. On the season he worked in 27 games, compiling a 1.03 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP while striking out more than 10 batters per 9 innings. Clarke works with a high velocity fastball and an elite curveball. He will be strictly a reliever in the Cubs system and because of that, he should move through the organizational ladder fairly quickly.

Round 5, Pick 162: Josh Burgmann
Position: Right-Handed Pitcher
Age: 21
School: University of Washington
Notes: We are now five picks into this draft and the Cubs have selected four guys that could potentially wind up in the bullpen. The front office has a very clear strategy this year. Burgmann pitched out of the rotation this year for the Huskies to a 3.99 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. Opponents hit .278 off of him but he was able to rack up 101 strikeouts in just 79 innings. He could see an uptick in velocity in a move to the bullpen but he might be a guy the Cubs attempt to start off in the rotation for the time being. Most importantly, Burgmann wears sports goggles so his projectability as a reliever becomes a little more impressive. He will use a heater along with two above average breaking ball offerings.

Round 6, Pick 192: Ethan Hearn
Position: Catcher
Age: 18
School: Mobile Christian School (AL) – Mississippi State commit
Notes: It looks like all the money the Cubs will have saved up after selecting only college players up until now will be used to give an overslot signing bonus to Hearn. Considered by many to be the best high school catcher in the draft, MLB Pipeline has him ranked as the 67th best prospect overall in this draft class. The two things to look out for from Hearn is his raw power and his arm strength behind the dish. As the story goes for the majority of high school kids, he needs some polish, especially defensively and with his approach at the plate because there could be some swing and miss to his game. He is a left-handed hitting catcher which is always a plus and there is a possibility that he could be the most exciting prospect out of this 2019 draft class.

Round 7, Pick 222: Brad Deppermann
Position: Right-Handed Pitcher
Age: 22
School: University of North Florida
Notes: The Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year is also a former Cubs draft pick. The team selected him out of his Florida high school in 2014 in the 31st round and has obviously improved since then. He worked exclusively as a starter this year and finished with a 2.46 ERA with opponents only hitting .217 off of him. UNF is also the home to Cubs prospect Donnie Dewees where the Cubs selected him in the 2015 draft. He has worked as a sinker-slider arm with his heater touching as high as 97 MPH. The righty is the all-time leader in innings pitched and strikeouts during his time as an Osprey. Deppermann should be yet another underslot guy as a 22-year-old senior.

Round 8, Pick 252: Davidjohn Herz
Position: Left-Handed Pitcher
Age: 18
School: Terry Sanford High School (North Carolina)
Notes: Well this pick has an 80-grade name. Apparently Davidjohn actually goes by DJ but I love this pick. The first high school arm taken this draft, his best pitch is a fastball that can reach up to 95 MPH on the gun. As always, the high school pitching stats get a little ridiculous and DJ’s aren’t any different. He struck out 106, walked 17 and had a 0.50 ERA in 56.1 innings this year. This guy will take quite some time to develop mostly due to his lack of secondary pitches, but he is 6’2″ and 175 pounds so he still has even more room to put on muscle and add to his velocity. He’ll get the leftover signing bonus money that Ethan Hearn doesn’t get and it will take quite a bit as Herz committed to North Carolina when he was just a sophomore in high school.

Round 9, Pick 282: Tyler Schlaffer
Position: Right-Handed Pitcher
Age: 18
School: Homewood Flossmoor High School (Illinois)
Notes: We have a local kid! The kid from the south side suburbs is committed to UIC but the Cubs will try to use the extra money they have saved up early on to lure him away. He is only 6’1″ but has touched 94 MPH with his fastball and sits in the low-90s. I can’t find much more information on Schlaffer but a high school pick in the top ten rounds always features good potential and tough signability.

Round 10, Pick 312: Wyatt Hendrie
Position: Catcher
Age: 20
School: Antelope Valley College (California)
Notes: To round out the Day 2 festivities, the Cubs selected their second catcher of the day. Hendrie was an outfielder in high school before being converted to a backstop during his time in junior college. He has a super pretty swing at the plate, probably brought on by his superior athleticism. He will join Ethan Hearn as a catcher that will be brought along slowly due to his lack of experience behind the dish. He has a really good arm, having success throwing out would-be base stealers in his first go round as a catcher. His slash line read .410/.479/.660 this year in school.

That is it for today! The final count on level and position through the first ten rounds is as follows:

College Pitcher – 5
College Hitter – 2
High School Pitcher – 2
High School Hitter – 1

The MLB Draft comes to a close with a busy day of picks on Wednesday. Rounds 11 through 40 will begin at noon eastern time.