With the 2017 Draft taking place on Monday the Chicago Cubs are hoping to strike gold with their two first round picks. The Cubs will have the 27th pick in the draft and the 30th pick in the draft.

The 27th pick is a compensation pick they received from the St. Louis Cardinals for their signing of free agent Dexter Fowler this past off-season. The 30th pick is designated for the previous season World Series Champion.

In 2016 they didn’t have a single first round pick so this season they hope to find some quality pitching to add to their already talented group of young players. When it comes to drafting it is hard to find many teams that have had as much success as the Cubs have had since 2011.

All 5 of the teams top 5 picks from 2011 to 2015 are currently on and contributing to the big league roster. Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Albert Almora, Kyle Schwarber and Ian Happ are the guys that are getting it done for the Cubs right now.

All of these players are position players, but the Cubs will be looking for arms in the 2017 draft to join this young talented crew. Some of the names that are rumored to be on the Cubs radar are:

LSU Right-hander Alex Lange-

2016 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team

SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 22, 2016)

2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2016 First-Team All-Louisiana

2015 First-Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA, Perfect Game)

2015 National Freshman Pitcher of the Year (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)

2015 Second-Team All-American (ABCA, D1 Baseball)

2015 First-Team Freshman All-American (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA, Baseball America)

2015 First-Team ABCA All-South Region

2015 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2015 First-Team All-SEC

2015 SEC Freshman of the Year

2015 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team

2015 Corbett Award Winner

2015 Louisiana Pitcher and Freshman of the Year

Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (March 16, 2015)

Three-time SEC Freshman of the Week in 2015

Former Houston Left-hander Seth Romero-

Romero is a talented pitcher that currently is a questionable draft pick due to several missteps during his Sophomore season. Romero was suspended for a month from the University of Houston baseball team for rules violations. He is a risk based on the Cubs past importance on character of their draft picks.

Right-handed High Schooler from California Matt Saur

Matthew Sauer is a 2017 RHP/1B with a 6–4 192 lb. frame from Santa Maria, CA who attends Ernest Righetti HS. Long and lean athletic build, very projectable physically. Long arm action in back, whippy arm coming through with good extension out front, has some deception in his delivery. Fastball topped out at 92 mph, creates good angle and plane to the plate and can work his fastball to both sides, gets arm side running action. Slider is a solid pitch, gets swing/miss on his slider with sharp late biting action. Curveball is a softer get me over pitch at present. Showed some developing feel for his change up. Has the ability to pitch and has a mature arsenal to attack hitters. Showed some strength as a right handed hitter with a mid field approach and some bat speed. Good student, verbal commitment to Arizona. (perfectgame.org)

Left-handed High Schooler from New Mexico Trevor Rogers-

On May 31. 2017 Rogers was named Gatorade New Mexico Baseball Player of the Year. Rogers had a perfect 11–0 season while leading the Cavemen to the Class 6A Semifinals.

He struck out 134 batters on the season while carving out a 0.33 ERA. Rogers is ranked as the number four recruit in the country by Perfect Game.

Here is the order of the 1st round of the 2017 MLB Draft

Minnesota Twins

Pick value: $7,770,700 Cincinnati Reds

Pick value: $7,193,200 San Diego Padres

Pick value: $6,668,100 Tampa Bay Rays

Pick value: $6,153,600 Atlanta Braves

Pick value: $5,707,300 Oakland Athletics

Pick value: $5,303,000 Arizona Diamondbacks

Pick value: $5,016,300 Philadelphia Phillies

Pick value: $4,780,400 Milwaukee Brewers

Pick value: $4,570,000 Los Angeles Angels

Pick value: $4,376,800 Chicago White Sox

Pick value: $4,199,200 Pittsburgh Pirates

Pick value: $4,032,000 Miami Marlins

Pick value: $3,875,800 Kansas City Royals

Pick value: $3,727,600 Houston Astros

Pick value: $3,588,200 New York Yankees

Pick value: $3,458,600 Seattle Mariners

Pick value: $3,333,200 Detroit Tigers

Pick value: $3,214,600 San Francisco Giants

Pick value: $3,101,700 New York Mets

Pick value: $2,994,500 Baltimore Orioles

Pick value: $2,892,400 Toronto Blue Jays

Pick value: $2,795,200 Los Angeles Dodgers

Pick value: $2,702,700 Boston Red Sox

Pick value: $2,614,500 Nationals

Pick value: $2,530,400 Texas Rangers

Pick value: $2,450,100 Chicago Cubs

Pick value: $2,373,300 (Compensation for Dexter Fowler, who signed with the Cardinals. St. Louis forfeited its first-round pick.) Toronto Blue Jays

(Compensation for Edwin Encarnacion, who signed with the Indians. Cleveland forfeited its first-round pick.)

Pick value: $2,302,900 Texas Rangers

(Compensation for Ian Desmond, who signed with the Rockies. Colorado forfeited its first-round pick.)

Pick value: $2,238,900 Chicago Cubs

Pick value: $2,184,300

Monday: 2017 MLB draft rounds 1–2, 5 p.m., MLB Network

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