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The mobile site there loaded up quickly, but out of curiosity, does CBS Sports' regular site take forever to load for everyone else? Each time there's an article it takes a good 20-30 seconds just for the page to transfer for me, wondering if anyone else has the same problems.

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The mobile site there loaded up quickly, but out of curiosity, does CBS Sports' regular site take forever to load for everyone else? Each time there's an article it takes a good 20-30 seconds just for the page to transfer for me, wondering if anyone else has the same problems.

Maybe not that long, but yeah, it takes awhile. It's why I don't go there often.

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The mobile site there loaded up quickly, but out of curiosity, does CBS Sports' regular site take forever to load for everyone else? Each time there's an article it takes a good 20-30 seconds just for the page to transfer for me, wondering if anyone else has the same problems.

Maybe not that long, but yeah, it takes awhile. It's why I don't go there often.

 

Same here.

 

In regards to the article though:

 

One Cubs person remarked that his shots frequently land about 30 feet past where you think they will.

 

This reminds me of Stanton, and I witnessed something like this first hand working for the Mobile Bay Bears. Stanton hit a towering fly ball, looked like an easy pop up to center, didn't sound like he got good wood on it. Just kept carrying and carrying until it went over the wall and almost hit me in the head out in CF.

 

If Kris Bryant has that same type of power, that'd be pretty swell.

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@BenBadler 9m

 

Just finished writing 2,000 words on the newest Cubs international signings for BA tomorrow. Probably the most exciting writeup yet.

 

 

Wait, what?

 

Does he mean the July 2013 class?

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http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/it%E2%80%99s-not-just-baez-and-bryant-cubs-building-deep-farm-system

 

Villanueva doesn’t move the needle like Baez or Bryant. But Villanueva was actually ranked as the game's No. 100 prospect by Baseball America before the 2012 season, and the kid from Guadalajara, Mexico, turned heads in Double-A Tennessee last season, leading the Southern league in doubles (41).

 

"Villanueva had a hell of a year last year that no one really talked about," McLeod said. "Maybe he didn't have the sexy .300-plus batting average. But this 22-year-old last year hit 40 doubles, 19 home runs, .265 [average] and is hands down the best defensive third baseman in our organization — the guy can flat out pick it over there.

 

"But he's someone you don't really hear too much about."

 

Jokisch gained notoriety when he threw a no-hitter with Tennessee last summer, but the 24-year-old lefty has been an afterthought when experts rank the organization’s top pitching prospects.

 

Jokisch grew up a Cardinals fan in Virginia, Ill., a hundred miles north of St. Louis, but went to school at Northwestern and saw firsthand how the Cubs were the toast of the town during their 97-win campaign in 2008. He has rattled off three straight successful seasons in the Cubs system, including Tennessee, where last year he won 11 games and sported a 3.42 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in 27 appearances (26 starts).

 

"He's a left-handed starting pitcher that throws strikes and commands the zone," first-year Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "He's looking forward to a nice future, hopefully, at the major-league level at some point."

 

Everywhere you look in the lower levels of the Cubs' system, there are players flying under the radar.

 

Corner infielder Dustin Geiger (17 homers, 86 RBI) provided some offense for an advanced Class-A Daytona team that won the Florida State League championship.

 

Corey Black and Ivan Pineyro — a pair of young right-handers acquired in trades for veteran outfielders Alfonso Soriano and Scott Hairston — helped bolster a Daytona rotation headlined by Edwards and Johnson.

 

Justin Grimm and Neil Ramirez — the two low-profile additions in last season's Matt Garza trade with the Rangers — provide pitching depth at the upper levels and could make an impact in Chicago as soon as this season.

 

"We feel really good about where we're at," McLeod said. "Yeah, maybe everybody doesn't reach their ceiling. But then there are the guys we're not talking about that could become better than we think they are."

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I wonder if anyone outside of the super hardcore prospect fans would care about Christian Villanueva if Baseball America had ranked him No. 101 that year.

 

Well, he was the main guy we got for Dempster so that got him some notoriety/visibility to begin with.

 

Hendricks has made a name for himself (not that I'm at all excited about him) since but I'm pretty sure most saw it that way.

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lmao

 

dueling columns from mayo and callis, one saying that baez will lead the minors in homers (unless he's called up) and the other saying that bryant will.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/chc/pipeline-perspectives-kris-bryant-will-top-javier-baez-for-minor-league-home-run-crown?ymd=20140312&content_id=69165968&vkey=news_chc

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/chc/pipeline-perspectives-cubs-prospect-javier-baez-will-be-minor-league-home-run-champion?ymd=20140311&content_id=69109762&vkey=news_chc

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it's too bad it's nearly impossible for all 4 of the big guys + olt to hit their ceilings, because if they did this team would probably win like 100 games a year for 10 years barring injury lol

 

 

i'm only slightly exaggerating. actually, i'm not even sure if i am.

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There wouldn't be enough room in the world to contain the boner I'd get if Rizzo, Castro, Baez, Olt, Bryant, Almora, and Soler all hit their ceilings at the same time.

 

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http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23116#commentMessage

 

OF Albert Almora: Mixed production at the plate; squared a 95 fastball up in the zone for an opposite-field RBI single late in the game; fast hands and aggressive; loved the way he attacked the ball; earlier in the game, was sawed off by a fastball inside and hit an infield squib; clocked a 4.4 time to 1B. I like the setup and swing, with an open stance and very good balance through his load and stroke. Swing is more linear without a lot of lift at present, but he can make hard contact with the ball, especially against quality fastballs; in the field, looks the part of a plus center fielder; glides naturally to the ball; effortless ability to make quality reads.

 

Example: On a high sky, sun field, tracked a high fly ball that was tailing toward the right field side. It would be common to see young center fielders make a poor opening read and struggle to adjust to the ball because of the sky and tail on the ball. My eyes focused on Almora upon contact, and he glided to the spot on his initial read and made a catch at his left hip, which looked as effortless (and cool) as his route to the ball. For most outfielders, the appropriate response to the flair of this particular catch on a backfield would be, “Nice catch Hayes, don’t ever do it again.” But for Almora, its just natural baseball. –Jason Parks

 

SS Javier Baez: Thick, muscular body; well-filled-out lower half, with tree trunk legs; stands out physically on the field; elite raw power; generates excellent bat speed via an explosive swing; lot of pre-pitch movement and timing to get hands into hitting position; [expletive] elbow as timing mechanism; swing is designed to get the head of the bat out quickly; looks to lift every offering; ball explodes off bat to both fields with force and distinct sound; prone to being out front; head can jerk, with hips clearing early; aggressive mentality—geared up for fastballs; concerned about willingness to shorten swing or change approach based on sequences; will swing and miss; must mature with approach to be more than mistake hitter against high-quality arms.

 

Will be tested by off-speed stuff; presently exploitable against changeups; will swing over the top of stuff buried away; ability to hit better than average in the majors is there with adjustments; 5+ hit tool; not overly fluid in the field; plus arm, but inconsistent setting feet; can stick at short for the short term; third base likely destination; high energy to his game—everything is 100 percent; lot of effort and wildness in overall game; at times looks like a bull in a china shop. –Chris Mellen

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I skipped all the negative [expletive] in there about Lake, saw the 30HR/30SB stuff and immediately got my junior lake boner on
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it says something about lake only hitting fastballs, but i think two of his four spring training home runs have come on curveballs. problem is, they were big looping belt-high curveballs and he was sitting on those pitches. one doesn't get the impression that he can really do much against a solid breaking pitch that he's not looking for. hopefully he does get a full season of playing time so the cubs can figure out if they really have something with him.
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The "expletive" is "cocks"

Maybe that's why the balls explode off of his bat.

 

Golf clap? Golf clap.

 

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Apologies if this has been noted elsewhere, but where will Vogelbach and Rock Shoulders start this season?

Daytona for both.

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