Cubs draft picks 2022: Live updates on Day 2 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The Cubs went with a pair of pitchers on Day 1 of the 2022 MLB Draft, selecting right-hander Cade Horton (No. 7 overall) and lefty Jackson Ferris (No. 47).
Who will they select next?
Rounds 3-10 of the draft will commence Monday afternoon before it concludes with rounds 11-20 on Tuesday.
Stay tuned here for live updates on the Cubs' selections Monday.
Round 3 (86th overall): SS Christopher Paciolla, Temecula Valley High School (California)
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The Cubs are set to add another young shortstop to their pipeline after selecting Paciolla with their third pick, 86th overall.
Paciolla, 18, is ranked the No. 166 prospect in the draft by MLB Pipeline. He stands 6-foot-2, 185 pounds.
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Paciolla, according to Pipeline, doesn't have much swing-and-miss in his game and is a high-contact bat. He's committed to UCLA.
The Cubs' shortstop pipeline currently includes No. 2 overall prospect Cristian Hernandez, Ed Howard and Kevin Made, among others.
Round 4 (113th overall): RHP Nazier Mule, Passaic County Technical Institute (New Jersey)
Mule is a two-way player, also playing shortstop, but was announced as a pitcher when the Cubs selected him in the fourth round.
The 17-year-old, who's committed to Miami, stands 6-foot-3, 210 pounds, wields a mid-90s fastball that has hit triple digits, and at the plate has raw power, according to Pipeline.
Pipeline ranks him as the No. 94 prospect in the draft.
Round 5 (143rd overall): RHP Brandon Birdsell, Texas Tech
The Cubs nabbed their second college pitcher of the draft in the fifth round in Birdsell.
Birdsell, Pipeline's No. 101 prospect, stands 6-foot-2, 240 pounds. He went 9-3 with a 2.75 ERA in 15 starts for the Red Raiders this past season.
Birdsell was previously drafted as a high schooler by the Astros in 2018 (39th round) before he elected to go to college. The Twins selected him in the 11th round last year but he returned to school.
The right-hander underwent Tommy John surgery in high school and missed time in 2021 after straining his rotator cuff.
Birdsell, whose fastball sits in the mid-90s and touches the upper-90s, won Big 12 Pitcher of the Year honors in 2022.
He turned 22 in March and also spent his freshman season as a reliever at Texas A&M.
Round 6 (173rd overall): RHP Will Frisch, Oregon State
In selecting Frisch here, the Cubs went with college pitchers in back-to-back rounds. But unlike Horton and Birdsell, Frisch pitched more in relief this past season.
The 22-year-old made 20 appearances (six starts) for the Beavers in 2022, posting a 2.38 ERA with 54 strikeouts in 56 2/3 innings.
He underwent Tommy John surgery in March and missed the rest of the season.
Frisch wields a mid-90s fastball, and a slider and changeup, according to Baseball America — which ranks him as the No. 200 prospect in the draft.
Frisch was previously drafted out of high school by the Twins (36th round) in 2019 before opting to go to Oregon State.
Round 7 (203rd overall): RHP Nick Hull, Grand Canyon
Another college pitcher for the Cubs. Hull, 22, spent five seasons at Grand Canyon University.
Hull led the WAC in ERA (1.77) in 2021 across 18 appearances (35 2/3 innings), all in relief.
He moved into the rotation full-time in 2022, going 7-1 with a 3.72 ERA in 16 starts. In 96 2/3 innings, he struck out 102 batters with 28 walks.
Hull stands 6-foot, 205 pounds. He was an All-WAC second team selection in 2022.
Round 8 (233rd overall): RHP Mason McGwire, Capistrano Valley High School (California)
The Cubs' first pick was a University of Oklahoma right-hander, and their eight is a Sooners commit.
And he comes from a notable family. McGwire is the son of longtime Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire.
McGwire, 18, is the seventh pitcher the Cubs drafted in the first eight rounds. He's 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds.
He attended the same high school as Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks.
Round 9 (263rd overall): RHP Connor Noland, Arkansas
The Cubs continue to stockpile pitching in this draft. Noland is the eighth pitcher they've selected through nine rounds.
Noland is the No. 470 overall prospect in the draft, per Baseball America. The 22-year-old is 6-foot-2, 215 pounds.
Noland wields a 89-91 mph fastball, mid-80s slider and mid-80s curveball with above average control, according to BA.
In his fourth season with the Razorbacks this spring, he went 8-6 with a 3.65 ERA in 20 games, 19 of which were starts, tossing 116 innings.
Round 10 (293rd overall): RHP Brody McCullough, Wingate
The Cubs concluded Day 2 of the draft with their seventh right-handed pitcher selected on the day and eighth overall.
McCullough, 22, is ranked the No. 482 prospect in the draft by Baseball America. He stands 6-foot-4, 205 pounds and wields a low-90s fastball, a slider and changeup, according to BA.
McCullough pitched four seasons with Division II Wingate. He was mostly a reliever in 2021 (2.21 ERA, 20 games/five starts) and almost exclusively a starter in 2022 (2.40 ERA, 12 games/11 starts).
McCullough had a good performance in the 2022 Cape Cod League, turning in a 2.70 ERA with 30 strikeouts (eight walks) in 20 innings across five starts.
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