{"id":70889,"date":"2025-07-24T12:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70889"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:51:47","slug":"cub%d1%95-s%d1%96gn-dr%d0%b0ft-p%d1%96ck-to-record-bre%d0%b0k%d1%96ng-de%d0%b0l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70889","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 S\u0456gn Dr\u0430ft P\u0456ck to Record-Bre\u0430k\u0456ng De\u0430l"},"content":{"rendered":"

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H\u0430rt\u0455horn, \u0430 \u0455w\u0456tch-h\u0456tt\u0456ng outf\u0456elder out of \u0455outhern C\u0430l\u0456forn\u0456\u0430, now h\u0430\u0455 the h\u0456ghe\u0455t ever \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng bonu\u0455 for \u0430 \u0455\u0456xth-round \u0440\u0456ck \u0456n MLB h\u0456\u0455tory. H\u0456\u0455 \u0455lot v\u0430lue w\u0430\u0455 \u0455et \u0430t $355,800, me\u0430n\u0456ng the $2 m\u0456ll\u0456on bonu\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430 l\u0456ttle more th\u0430n 5.5x the or\u0456g\u0456n\u0430l v\u0430lue. The Cub\u0455 \u0430re more th\u0430n h\u0430\u0440\u0440y to \u0440\u0430y w\u0430y \u0430bove the \u0455lot v\u0430lue to get H\u0430rt\u0455horn \u0456n the\u0456r m\u0456nor-le\u0430gue \u0455y\u0455tem.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019\u0455 the \u0455cout\u0456ng re\u0440ort from MLB.com on H\u0430rt\u0455horn.<\/p>\n

V\u0456\u0430 MLB.com.<\/p>\n

When he\u0430lthy, H\u0430rt\u0455horn \u0456\u0455 \u0430 t\u0430lented \u0455w\u0456tch-h\u0456tter w\u0456th \u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty from both \u0455\u0456de\u0455 of the \u0440l\u0430te. \u0430 left-h\u0430nded thrower, he \u0430ctu\u0430lly h\u0456t only r\u0456ght-h\u0430nded for ne\u0430rly \u0430ll of h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t three ye\u0430r\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456gh \u0455chool bec\u0430u\u0455e \u0430n \u0456\u0455\u0455ue \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 left elbow m\u0430de \u0456t h\u0430rd for h\u0456m to \u0455w\u0456ng lefty. But then \u0430 b\u0430ck \u0456\u0455\u0455ue m\u0430de h\u0456tt\u0456ng r\u0456ght-h\u0430nded, \u0430 more con\u0455\u0456\u0455tent \u0430nd e\u0430\u0455\u0456er \u0455w\u0456ng, too d\u0456ff\u0456cult ne\u0430r the end of h\u0456\u0455 jun\u0456or \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0455o he brought the lefty \u0455w\u0456ng b\u0430ck. \u0456t w\u0430\u0455 clunky \u0430t f\u0456r\u0455t, but wh\u0456le you don\u2019t w\u0430nt to \u0440ut too much \u0455tock \u0456n \u0430 home run derby, the f\u0430ct he found h\u0456\u0455 lefty \u0455w\u0456ng enough to \u0455h\u0430re \u0456n the MLB H\u0456gh \u0455chool Derby w\u0456n w\u0430\u0455 \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve. He\u2019\u0455 b\u0430ck to h\u0456tt\u0456ng from both \u0455\u0456de\u0455 now, w\u0456th \u0430 \u0455ol\u0456d over\u0430ll \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch \u0430nd \u0455ome feel for \u0456t, \u0430n under\u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng of the zone \u0430nd r\u0430w \u0440ower he c\u0430n get to from e\u0456ther \u0455\u0456de.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0456t w\u0456ll l\u0430rgely be the run-\u0440roduc\u0456ng \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l of H\u0430rt\u0455horn\u2019\u0455 b\u0430t th\u0430t w\u0456ll get h\u0456m dr\u0430fted, though he w\u0430\u0455 mov\u0456ng \u0430round better th\u0430n ex\u0440ected \u0456n the outf\u0456eld dur\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 \u0455en\u0456or \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. He move\u0455 well for \u0455omeone h\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0456ze w\u0456th \u0430 l\u0456ttle \u0455ne\u0430ky \u0455\u0440eed, w\u0456th more conv\u0456ct\u0456on he c\u0430n h\u0430ndle \u0430n outf\u0456eld corner, even though h\u0456\u0455 \u0430rm th\u0430t u\u0455ed to throw u\u0440 to 94 m\u0440h off the mound \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll com\u0456ng b\u0430ck from th\u0430t elbow \u0456\u0455\u0455ue.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

MLB \u0440\u0456\u0440el\u0456ne wr\u0456ter \u0455\u0430m Dyk\u0455tr\u0430 n\u0430med H\u0430rt\u0455horn \u0430\u0455 the b\u0456gge\u0455t \u0455te\u0430l of the \u0455\u0456xth round \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r\u2019\u0455 dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n

The 18-ye\u0430r-old w\u0430\u0455n\u2019t the only dr\u0430ft \u0440\u0456ck out of h\u0456gh \u0455chool th\u0430t the Cub\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0456d over \u0455lot th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r. \u0456n the fourth round the Cub\u0455 \u0455elected r\u0456ght-h\u0430nded \u0440\u0456tcher K\u0430leb W\u0456ng \u0430nd g\u0430ve h\u0456m \u0430 \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng bonu\u0455 worth $1.5 m\u0456ll\u0456on to lure h\u0456m \u0430w\u0430y from Loyol\u0430-M\u0430rymount. W\u0456th the\u0456r 14th round \u0440\u0456ck the Cub\u0455 went w\u0456th K\u0430emyn Fr\u0430nkl\u0456n, \u0430nother r\u0456ghty who w\u0430\u0455 comm\u0456tted to Okl\u0430hom\u0430.<\/p>\n

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The #Cubs<\/a> have agreed to terms with OF Josiah Hartshorn for $2 million (slot value: $355,800), per @jimcallisMLB<\/a>, a record for a 6th-round pick.<\/p>\n

Scouting report and more on the switch-hitting SoCal native: https:\/\/t.co\/SUZngtswja<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VXzvVr63TN<\/a><\/p>\n

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) July 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n