Prospects who were never Cubs

[Guest]

Mark Appel in 2015 - 4.70 ERA, 4.29 FIP in AAA

Jon Gray in 2015 - 7.75 ERA, 5.13 FIP in AAA

 

Kris Bryant - .902 OPS in the majors

 

Not that it makes a huge difference, but Appel is still in AA.

[TruffleShuffle]

remember last year when a lot of prospect people said that schwarber "should be doing this" in A-ball because he's a college player? well, now he's a 22 year old who's comprehensively destroying AA pitching.

 

While Keith Law's beloved Michael Conforto sits in A+ with an .809OPS.

 

well, a line of .280/.340/.469/.808 is still good for a college player in the FSL in his first full season. not many guys just schwarber the hell out of every level.

[TruffleShuffle]

remember last year when a lot of prospect people said that schwarber "should be doing this" in A-ball because he's a college player? well, now he's a 22 year old who's comprehensively destroying AA pitching.

 

And people are no longer saying he "should be doing this"

 

except it was stupid when people said it last year. yes, an advanced college player picked in the first round should be able to hit in the low minors. but he was a year and a half younger than the average player in the FSL and posted an ops close to 1.000 at that level.

[TruffleShuffle]

by the way, remember when mcleod said this last year?

 

@sahadevsharma: McLeod on Schwarber moving quickly (2/3): I don’t want people think he’s going to be in AA, doing what Kris is doing this time next year.

 

fast forward one year - schwarber is in AA, doing pretty much what kris bryant did to the league.

[Guest]

Along the same lines

 

Alex Jackson (A) .157/.240/.213/.453

Kyle Schwarber (AA) .333/.448/.657/1.105

 

Mariners prospect OF Alex Jackson has been reassigned to Extended Spring Training from Low-A Clinton.

 

The demotion isn’t entirely surprising, as Jackson was struggling mightily in the Midwest League with a .157/.240/.213 batting line, no home runs and a 35/6 strikeout-to-walk ratio through 28 games. The 19-year-old outfielder had a strong pro debut after the Mariners took him sixth overall in last year’s draft, posting an .820 OPS with 10 extra-base hits (2 HR) across 23 games in the Rookie-level Arizona League.

[Tryptamine]

Rangers are bringing up Joey Gallo who is currently sporting a 33.6% K rate at AA and batting .311 with a .456babip. This could get really really ugly.

[ScrubMD]

Yeah, he does not seem like the type of player who should be skipping AAA. At least this might make us feel a little better about Baez's debut.

[Gilby]

Wow, even with Beltre's injury, that's really surprising. Other than walking more, I can't imagine his line will look any better than Javy last year.

[Guest]

Rangers are bringing up Joey Gallo who is currently sporting a 33.6% K rate at AA and batting .311 with a .456babip. This could get really really ugly.

 

For comparison's sake, Javy's K rate at AA was 28.8% and 30% at AAA last year.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

So much for Gallo struggling.

[Tryptamine]

So much for Gallo struggling.

 

Tex scored 15 runs on 19 hits. The White Sox pitching was just god awful.

[TruffleShuffle]

So much for Gallo struggling.

 

javier baez hit 3 home runs in his first 3 major league games.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

So much for Gallo struggling.

Did you say Joey Gallo? No, its Joey Callo... with a C. Joey Gallo is dead.

[Guest]

4-8 with 2 HR, 1 2B and 4 Ks.

[sneakypower]

can you guess the AAA SS?

 

.266/.324/.378 in 88 G, 7 HR & 11 SB, 33 BB & 65 K through 402 PA (age 20 & 21)

.335/.386/.439 in 70 G, 4 HR & 23 SB, 26 BB & 33 K through 311 PA (age 20 & 21)

 

[spoil]1st is Francisco Lindor, reputed top 10 prospect in the game...2nd is Ketel Marte, afterthought[/spoil]

[Guest]

Oh, I had been thinking about making a 'oh my stars it turns out Lindor is Alcides Escobar after all' post. Never forget:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Ye4g8qQ.png

[Little Slide Rooter]

Random question: did Jurickson Profar die?

[Guest]

Random question: did Jurickson Profar die?

No, but he is out for the year again.

 

Odor will have a better career, anyway.

[Clem Fandango]

In my keeper league I made a big trade before the beginning of 2014 and I gave up Profar, Bauer, Skaggs, and Castellanos in exchange for Max Scherzer and David Price. I still have Price and Scherzer, and I drafted Skaggs and stashed him on my DL this season after he was dropped. Think it's safe to say I won that trade.

[Guest]

Astros are calling up Carlos Correa.

[rawaction]

Twins calling up Buxton.

[UMFan83]

Lindor apparently coming up tomorrow too

 

Edit: err Monday

[rawaction]

Cubs get to face Buxton and Lindor next week.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Is it just me or does it seem like the Twins are rushing Buxton.

[Cubswin11]

Has there ever been a year where so many top 10-20 prospects were breaking in, in the first ~3 months of the year? Especially this many with potentially elite talent?