Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-16-13

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Vizcaino either has one left or they can petition for one. But he'll likely be in AAA. Cabrera is ouy of options though, so if he's not dealt, he'll be in the majors. So, as for Kyle's list, just swap those two out. At this point, I don't think we can count on Lim. Wouldn't mind having 3 lefties though, but if Rosscup looks good, I think Russell could still get dealt. Kyle, gotta ask though: What do you have against Parker? I'm definitely counting on him, if I'm looking at our pen.

 

Honestly? I always just forget about him. He can be in the mix, too.

 

Cabrera's problem is that I'm still not convinced he's any good.

[gscool89]

Javier Baez walkoff homer. #31

 

https://vine.co/v/hOuhdi26JWK

Edited August 17, 2013 by gscool89

[abuck1220]

prolly should have walked baez there guy.

[ctcf]

christ on a cracker

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Hahahaha. When I saw that he was batting third in the ninth of a tie game, I was going to be stunned if they pitched to him regardless of the base/out situation.

[davell]

I'm not convinced on Cabrera either, but he's certainly got the stuff, at least. For some reason I thought you had something against Parker. At any rate, its pretty telling how far the pen options have come, that we can make out an entire pen without adding FA and feel fairly decent about it. Still think we'll bring Guerrier back and one other vet, who's pretty solid, when all is said and done.

[ctcf]

Hahahaha. When I saw that he was batting third in the ninth of a tie game, I was going to be stunned if they pitched to him regardless of the base/out situation.

 

He got it on a 3-1 count, too.

[ctcf]

Baez is batting .403 so far in August.

[davell]

Good lord. All you can do is shake your head.

[CUBZ99]

That is one hell of a swing.

[CubsWin]

That is one hell of a swing.

He actually falls down to one knee...

[Hairyducked Idiot]

His AA OPS is up to .986

[ScrubMD]

Hard as a [expletive] rock.

[ScrubMD]

Remember when we were hoping he just wouldn't fall flat on his face in AA?

[Guest]

That's some Beltre [expletive] there.

 

Love it.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm going to set the over/under on 2014 MLB javybombs at 20, and I really want to take the over.

[imb]

I mean, how good can he be? This is mindbending

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

He's gonna have to walk twice a month, though.

[imb]

The way the camera jerks there at the end makes think he hit that one real far

[Hairyducked Idiot]

He's gonna have to walk twice a month, though.

 

This is why I'm expecting him to shoot up the rankings when the prospect guys stop repeating their pre-season opinions and catch up on all the scouting reports and stats in the offseason.

 

If he has like three or four walks in a row, he'd be at 10%.

[davell]

I'm going to set the over/under on 2014 MLB javybombs at 20, and I really want to take the over.

I think he'll be up before mid-August myself.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The way the camera jerks there at the end makes think he hit that one real far

 

And it wasn't a terrible pitch or anything. Curveball that got too much of the plate, but was down and had good movement.

[Guest]

The way the camera jerks there at the end makes think he hit that one real far

 

He did. Over the party deck.

[imb]

Every time I try and temper myself and say "well he's just riding a hot streak right now and things will trend down at some point" (and they will) it's very exciting that he's hitting the [expletive] out of the ball AND improving patience/pitch selection and apparently defense.

[ScrubMD]

A 2015 opening day lineup of Ellsbury, Castro, Rizzo, Baez, Bryant, Soler, Alcantara, Castillo (or whoever, who cares) sounds pretty good to me.