Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-5-14

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Just when I was going to complain about how boring the farm is now...

[rawaction]

Lol I was starting to get worried that Soler was cooling off.

 

He was. 2-14, with both extra base hits and 14% BB rate. But he's done with that now.

[davell]

Olt needs AB's. He has discipline, I'm not worried about the lack of walks. He's obviously lost upside, but he still can be a nice power bat off the bench possibly. This is his first success at AAA. He's not totally done yet. Nor does what he's doing put a damper what the others are doing. Him hitting a bit is a good thing, not a negative.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Who wants to bet everyone forgets about Soler's lack of effort and his bad plate approach when ranking him in the top 10 this off-season?

[Guest]

Straily with a 27/5 K/BB in his last 22 IP.

[Andy]

they should call up soler in a couple of weeks when baez is striking out half the time and the meatballs are starting to turn on him.

All the words after "Soler" in your post are superfluous.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Straily with a 27/5 K/BB in his last 22 IP.

 

Anyone know what his velocity's been at?

[Guest]

Soler is a triple shy of the cycle.

[Vinestal]

Straily with a 27/5 K/BB in his last 22 IP.

Exciting stuff if he's figured something out, like to see a few more of these type outing at Iowa and then a call up.

[CubInOK]

We should offer Olt to the Mets for Syndegaard in the offseason.

[snoodmonger]

soler HR

 

 

http://media1.giphy.com/media/Y9zsPkuTlEcWk/200.gif

[imb]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

[Guest]

Who wants to bet everyone forgets about Soler's lack of effort and his bad plate approach when ranking him in the top 10 this off-season?

Maybe Law but everyone else had Soler out of the top 50 and they won't push him that high over two months of baseball.

[CubsWin]

It probably is just meaningless variance (he couldn't have figured something out this quickly, could he?), but the last two outings for Straily have been, well, excellent...

[rawaction]

Olt needs AB's. He has discipline, I'm not worried about the lack of walks. He's obviously lost upside, but he still can be a nice power bat off the bench possibly. This is his first success at AAA. He's not totally done yet. Nor does what he's doing put a damper what the others are doing. Him hitting a bit is a good thing, not a negative.

 

It is a good thing, but he's been done since last season. He was a long shot when the Cubs got him (which is why they got him). He didn't hit in AAA. Got handed the ML job, and didn't hit. He has the 3 best IF prospects in baseball on his heels, the same IF that has the ML team's 2 best players. And if Bryant and Rizzo are at the corners, there's really no place for him to get ABs, other than pinch hitting and he doesn't put the bat on the ball enough to be counted on in that role.

[Guest]

Who wants to bet everyone forgets about Soler's lack of effort and his bad plate approach when ranking him in the top 10 this off-season?

Maybe Law but everyone else had Soler out of the top 50 and they won't push him that high over two months of baseball.

 

they have to catch up

 

parks was still not that enthused about javy at this point last year

 

then in like december he was suddenly the prospect chandler jarrell

[CubsWin]

Straily with a 27/5 K/BB in his last 22 IP.

 

Anyone know what his velocity's been at?

Been listening to the game. FB was usually 88 when they said the speed of it.

[TruffleShuffle]

Olt needs AB's. He has discipline, I'm not worried about the lack of walks. He's obviously lost upside, but he still can be a nice power bat off the bench possibly. This is his first success at AAA. He's not totally done yet. Nor does what he's doing put a damper what the others are doing. Him hitting a bit is a good thing, not a negative.

 

It is a good thing, but he's been done since last season. He was a long shot when the Cubs got him (which is why they got him). He didn't hit in AAA. Got handed the ML job, and didn't hit. He has the 3 best IF prospects in baseball on his heels, the same IF that has the ML team's 2 best players. And if Bryant and Rizzo are at the corners, there's really no place for him to get ABs, other than pinch hitting and he doesn't put the bat on the ball enough to be counted on in that role.

 

well the good news is that with all our real prospects moving up to the big club, there is plenty of room for olt to get regular playing time in iowa.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

It's going to be just one big [expletive] wave.

[Vinestal]

Bryant singled and Soler K'd

[CubInOK]

Bryant single

 

Also, has anyone mentioned that Bryant looks like he took a strong hit from a 3 foot glass bong before he took his player profile pic?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Bryant is turning into Tony Campana with all these singles and stolen bases.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Who wants to bet everyone forgets about Soler's lack of effort and his bad plate approach when ranking him in the top 10 this off-season?

Maybe Law but everyone else had Soler out of the top 50 and they won't push him that high over two months of baseball.

 

they have to catch up

 

parks was still not that enthused about javy at this point last year

 

then in like december he was suddenly the prospect chandler jarrell

 

Yeah, on the top-ten part, I was kinda joking, but just kinda. If he isn't in people's top 20, though, then I will question their job performance.

[Guest]

Rob Zastryzny, not Juan Paniagua, will start for Daytona. Stupid MiLB.com.

[A New Era]

all our eggs are hatching at the same time, slow down fools, there were supposed to be waves involved

It's going to be just one big [expletive] wave.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9-68UPWiRy0#t=30