Random Cubs Musings: Minor League Edition

[rawaction]

Bryant

Russell

Schwarber

Tseng

McKinney

Almora

Edwards

Gleyber Torres

Johnson

Rivero

 

 

Underwood, Black, Zastryzny, Vizcaino, Vogelbach

[Cubswin11]

Bryant

Russell

Schwarber

McKinney

Almora

Tseng

Edwards

Gleyber Torres

Eloy Jimenez

Johnson

 

 

next 10, some order of Rivero, Underwood, Vizcaino, Stinnett, Zagunis, Vogelbach, 3 of Clifton/Sands/Cease/Steele/Black/Z.

[weis21]

Bryant

Russell

Schwarber

Tseng

Edwards

McKinney

Torres

Johnson

Almora

Underwood

[davell]

Soler is still going to be a prospect after this season.

[weis21]

Soler is still going to be a prospect after this season.

Yeah, but LLF framed it in terms of guys still in the minors.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Soler is still going to be a prospect after this season.

 

Yeah. He'd need 4.2 ABs per team game the rest of the year, and I can't see him averaging that.

[Guest]

In terms of guys still in the minors (I know the others are still considered prospects,) what would our top ten be?

 

1. Bryant

2. Russell

3. Schwarber

4. Almora

5. Edwards

6. Johnson

7. Zas

8. Torres

9. Rivero

10. McKinney

 

Round out the 20 with some combination of Jimenez, Tseng, Underwood, Vogelbach, Zagunis, Vizcaino, Villanueva, Black, Hanneman, Paniagua,- and I wouldn't even know where to start with the other A pitchers: Blackburn, Torrez, Stinnett, Sands, Steele, Cease, Martinez, Skulina, Masek, Clifton

 

Maybe Dunston, Burks, Hernandez, Amaya with some back end consideration?

Do Candelario and Maples get the benefit of the doubt that they're not dead yet?

 

1. Russell

2. Bryant

3. Torres

4. Schwarber

5. McKinney

6. Tseng

7. Almora

8. Edwards

9. Johnson

10. Rivero

[Guest]

Torres at 3? I don't know, I'd say he's top 10 but how can you even tell, yet? he's all makeup right now.

[Guest]

I'm trying to remember what I posted in the other thread just yesterday!

 

1) Bryant - These two are obvious at the top

2) Russell

 

3) Schwarber - He earns bonus points until someone tells me he isn't a catcher. If he goes into next season as a full-time catcher at AA, he's comfortably in that top group.

 

4) Torres - He's just been so impressive in his debut here.

5) McKinney - I mentioned it the other day, but he's over a year younger than anyone else in the top 25 OPS in the FSL

6) Tseng - He is further away than the other SP's, but is the only one that has really demonstrated command and stuff this year

7) Almora - so many red flags this year

 

8) CJ - Injury & durability concerns, plus some lack of command

9) PJ - Injury concerns plus a lack of control and command

10) Zastryzny - Since coming back from DL: 83IP, 84K, 24BB, 3.47ERA

[TruffleShuffle]

In terms of guys still in the minors (I know the others are still considered prospects,) what would our top ten be?

 

1. Bryant

2. Russell

3. Schwarber

4. Almora

5. Edwards

6. Johnson

7. Zas

8. Torres

9. Rivero

10. McKinney

 

Round out the 20 with some combination of Jimenez, Tseng, Underwood, Vogelbach, Zagunis, Vizcaino, Villanueva, Black, Hanneman, Paniagua,- and I wouldn't even know where to start with the other A pitchers: Blackburn, Torrez, Stinnett, Sands, Steele, Cease, Martinez, Skulina, Masek, Clifton

 

Maybe Dunston, Burks, Hernandez, Amaya with some back end consideration?

Do Candelario and Maples get the benefit of the doubt that they're not dead yet?

 

Zastryzny ahead of Tseng? What on earth?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

It's hard to keep Candelario in the top 30 given how many good low level pitchers there are.

[Guest]

lmao this dude

[Guest]

I am going to buy Raisin's Torres hype with the caveat that he has to let me post as him for a week if the guy doesn't pan out.

[Guest]

Gleyber Torres has 28 BB in 205 PA this season.

 

Albert Almora has 37 BB in 1014 career PA.

[J.R.]

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/iowa-cubs/2014/08/31/marty-pevey-iowa-cubs-chicago-cubs/14903775/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

 

Iowa GM says the team saw an unusual number of fans from across the country showing up in Des Moines this summer.

[bauermj]

My top 20 looks like this (keeping Soler because he will likely remain rookie eligible)

1. Bryant

2. Soler

3. Russell

4. Schwarber

5. Almora

6. McKinney

7. SP Edwards

8. Torres

9. SP Johnson

10. SP Tseng

11. Vogelbach, 12. Jimenez, 13. SP Underwood, 14. RP Vizcaino, 15. RP Rivero, 16. SP J Martinez, 17. SP Zastryzny, 18. SP Black, 19. Caratini, 20. Amaya

with Zagunis, Jeffrey Baez, Hannemann, Villanueva, Candelario just on the outside, as well as Blackburn, Mejia, Stinnett, Sands, Steele, Pineyro, Skulina & a plethora of other young arms that will hopefully have a few breakout candidates in 2015

[davell]

Welcome! That's not too far off from my list. But I definitely have Mejia and Blackburn in and Amaya and Martinez out. Probably won't have Black in either, at the expense of one of our newly drafted arms. If reports look REALLY good on them, Caratini misses as well.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

maybe some of you guys can humor me. rank these pitchers:

 

Carson Sands

Corey Black

Daury Torrez

Duane Underwood

Ivan Pineyro

Jake Stinnett

James Norwood

James Pugliese

Jefferson Mejia

Jonathan Martinez

Juan Paniagua

Justin Steele

Paul Blackburn

Rob Zastryzny

Ryan Williams

Trevor Clifton

Tyler Skulina

[rawaction]

maybe some of you guys can humor me. rank these pitchers:

 

Carson Sands

Corey Black

Daury Torrez

Duane Underwood

Ivan Pineyro

Jake Stinnett

James Norwood

James Pugliese

Jefferson Mejia

Jonathan Martinez

Juan Paniagua

Justin Steele

Paul Blackburn

Rob Zastryzny

Ryan Williams

Trevor Clifton

Tyler Skulina

 

Probably not the best to do this, but what the hell....I'll give it a shot.

 

Underwood

Zastryzny

Black

Blackburn

Stinnett

Martinez

Mejia

Steele

Sands

Torrez

Clifton

Paniagua

Norwood

Skulina

Williams

Pugliese

Pineyro

[davell]

maybe some of you guys can humor me. rank these pitchers:

 

Carson Sands

Corey Black

Daury Torrez

Duane Underwood

Ivan Pineyro

Jake Stinnett

James Norwood

James Pugliese

Jefferson Mejia

Jonathan Martinez

Juan Paniagua

Justin Steele

Paul Blackburn

Rob Zastryzny

Ryan Williams

Trevor Clifton

Tyler Skulina

 

Underwood

Zastryzny

Sands

Stinnett

Mejia

Blackburn

Clifton

Black

Torrez

Steele

Paniagua

Pineyro

Martinez

Skulina

Norwood

 

With Williams and Pugliese not worth ranking

[Guest]

maybe some of you guys can humor me. rank these pitchers:

 

Jake Stinnett

Duane Underwood

Corey Black

Jefferson Mejia

Rob Zastryzny

Paul Blackburn

Carson Sands

Justin Steele

Trevor Clifton

Juan Paniagua

Ivan Pineyro

Daury Torrez

James Norwood

Jonathan Martinez

Tyler Skulina - the stuff really tanked this season, not confident it can bounce back even if he had a leg injury as an excuse

James Pugliese

Ryan Williams - don't think he's a prospect at all

[Guest]

That's a lot of names.

 

Stinnett

Steele

Zastryzny

Martinez

Mejia

Sands

 

 

Underwood

Blackburn

Skulina

Torrez

Norwood

Clifton

Black

Pineyro

 

 

Pugliese

Williams

 

Paniagua

[CubsWin]

maybe some of you guys can humor me. rank these pitchers:

 

Carson Sands

Corey Black

Daury Torrez

Duane Underwood

Ivan Pineyro

Jake Stinnett

James Norwood

James Pugliese

Jefferson Mejia

Jonathan Martinez

Juan Paniagua

Justin Steele

Paul Blackburn

Rob Zastryzny

Ryan Williams

Trevor Clifton

Tyler Skulina

Underwood

Zastryzny

Stinnett

Sands (Need to know more, but for now)

Steele (See above)

Mejia

Clifton

Torrez (Unless he adds some velo)

Blackburn (Unless he regains some velo)

Norwood

Black (High Leverage Reliever)

Skulina (Injuries held him back)

Martinez

Pineyro

Pugliese (Reliever)

Paniagua (Reliever)

Williams

[jumbo]

What about Cease?

[davell]

What about Cease?

 

I've got the 30th spot on my top 30 earmarked for him just based on potential, but I understand if others won't rank him. Based on potential and recovery from TJS, he'd be at the very top of this list for me. But he's got to show it obviously.