Schwarber coming up!!!!!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Remember when a good number of people were like "WTF another hitter?" and "Why did we go with an underslot pick??" during the 2014 draft.

 

And I was sitting there cheering because screw pitchers today, screw pitchers tomorrow, screw pitchers for all time.

[imb]

there's another message board I mostly just lurk, but I posted following the draft because the mass board consensus was that the cubs fucked up and had a terrible draft. people are so [glow=red]butthurt[/glow] to this day that if i post in a thread, at least three people will bring that up - "says the guy who thinks the cubs had a good draft!"

[Guest]

there's another message board I mostly just lurk, but I posted following the draft because the mass board consensus was that the cubs [expletive] up and had a terrible draft. people are so [glow=red]butthurt[/glow] to this day that if i post in a thread, at least three people will bring that up - "says the guy who thinks the cubs had a good draft!"

 

they still think they had a bad draft?

[imb]

there's another message board I mostly just lurk, but I posted following the draft because the mass board consensus was that the cubs [expletive] up and had a terrible draft. people are so [glow=red]butthurt[/glow] to this day that if i post in a thread, at least three people will bring that up - "says the guy who thinks the cubs had a good draft!"

 

they still think they had a bad draft?

 

yeah. i think it's more about pulling a jason parks and just sticking with their original beliefs at all costs.

[Guest]

there's another message board I mostly just lurk, but I posted following the draft because the mass board consensus was that the cubs [expletive] up and had a terrible draft. people are so [glow=red]butthurt[/glow] to this day that if i post in a thread, at least three people will bring that up - "says the guy who thinks the cubs had a good draft!"

 

they still think they had a bad draft?

 

yeah. i think it's more about pulling a jason parks and just sticking with their original beliefs at all costs.

 

what the what? this board must be full of idiots. why do you go there?

 

like schwarber alone makes it a good draft

 

also isn't parks the ones who just changes his mind after he plays catchup

[Guest]

I thought even more people liked the Schwarber pick than picking Bryant. Huh.

 

as far as i remember, whoever was really positive on it, liked it because of the draft strategy it allowed more than they liked schwarber

 

and many didn't like it

 

Schwarber was my top choice when considering the strategy (I thought Aiken and Rodon were better prospects but by then was all in on passing on pitchers high in the first round). When the draft media started connecting the Cubs to Conforto a few weeks before the draft, I mentioned preferring Schwarber here. Conforto has looked pretty good thus far but not Schwarber good. The only other position prospect I was interested in was Alex Jackson who has been quite the disappointment.

[SouthSideRyan]

Didn't realize how much Conforto has went off. Is Pentecost injured?

[jersey cubs fan]

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[Guest]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/cubs-promote-kyle-schwarber-for-now/

 

So the man can clearly hit. Although he’s yet to play a single game at the Triple-A level, he’s already done enough in his brief professional career to convince Steamer that he’s ready to contribute in the big leagues. The projection systems — Steamer and ZiPS — project him for a respectable .246/.312/.434 for the remainder of 2015, which works out to a 103 wRC+. Above-average hitters aren’t very easy to find, even if they provide very little by way of defensive value.

 

I probably don’t need to tell you that KATOH’s all over Schwarber, but I’m going to tell you anyway: my system likes everything about this guy. He hits for absurd power, draws oodles of walks and doesn’t strike out all that often. Statistically speaking, he’s pretty much the full offensive package.

 

Considering his 2015 numbers, my system projects him for 11.7 WAR through age-28, up from 6.1 WAR after last year. Heading into the year, only five prospects — Joc Pederson, Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler, Addison Russell and Julio Urias — earned a higher projection than Schwarber’s current figure.

[Andy]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/cubs-promote-kyle-schwarber-for-now/

 

So the man can clearly hit. Although he’s yet to play a single game at the Triple-A level, he’s already done enough in his brief professional career to convince Steamer that he’s ready to contribute in the big leagues. The projection systems — Steamer and ZiPS — project him for a respectable .246/.312/.434 for the remainder of 2015, which works out to a 103 wRC+. Above-average hitters aren’t very easy to find, even if they provide very little by way of defensive value.

 

I probably don’t need to tell you that KATOH’s all over Schwarber, but I’m going to tell you anyway: my system likes everything about this guy. He hits for absurd power, draws oodles of walks and doesn’t strike out all that often. Statistically speaking, he’s pretty much the full offensive package.

 

Considering his 2015 numbers, my system projects him for 11.7 WAR through age-28, up from 6.1 WAR after last year. Heading into the year, only five prospects — Joc Pederson, Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler, Addison Russell and Julio Urias — earned a higher projection than Schwarber’s current figure.

It would be spectacular if that turned out to be in any way accurate.

[Fro]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/cubs-promote-kyle-schwarber-for-now/

 

So the man can clearly hit. Although he’s yet to play a single game at the Triple-A level, he’s already done enough in his brief professional career to convince Steamer that he’s ready to contribute in the big leagues. The projection systems — Steamer and ZiPS — project him for a respectable .246/.312/.434 for the remainder of 2015, which works out to a 103 wRC+. Above-average hitters aren’t very easy to find, even if they provide very little by way of defensive value.

 

I probably don’t need to tell you that KATOH’s all over Schwarber, but I’m going to tell you anyway: my system likes everything about this guy. He hits for absurd power, draws oodles of walks and doesn’t strike out all that often. Statistically speaking, he’s pretty much the full offensive package.

 

Considering his 2015 numbers, my system projects him for 11.7 WAR through age-28, up from 6.1 WAR after last year. Heading into the year, only five prospects — Joc Pederson, Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler, Addison Russell and Julio Urias — earned a higher projection than Schwarber’s current figure.

It would be spectacular if that turned out to be in any way accurate.

 

Dude can hit, has great makeup and work ethic, more athletic than a lot of the scouts thought who only saw him in the CWS when he was dinged up in 2013.

[NOLA]

Law tries to temper expectations but gushes a bit on a 2-3-4 of Rizzo-Bryant-Schwarber on buster Olnley's latest podcast. On my phone or I'd post the link.

[weis21]

Brett listened to an Epstein interview this morning and this was his summary re: Schwarber being recalled at some point this year:

 

Epstein expects Kyle Schwarber to be back up at some point later in the year. Right now, he’s got work to do developing as a catcher at Iowa – it’s not something you can do at the big league level. Schwarber made some fundamental changes behind the plate. At some point this year, he’ll have “caught enough” and his development is complete for the year as a catcher. Then the Cubs can “explore some other options.” The implication there was maybe that he could start some work at another position to be useful at the big league level later in the year.

 

So it sounds like they are going to shut down the catcher thing after a while and probably move him into LF for a short period of time before a callup? I'm hoping this is something they'll do closer to August than September.

 

Lots of other interesting stuff here: http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/06/26/theo-epstein-speaks-buyers-and-sellers-lester-schwarber-maddon-more/

[jersey cubs fan]

Brett listened to an Epstein interview this morning and this was his summary re: Schwarber being recalled at some point this year:

 

Epstein expects Kyle Schwarber to be back up at some point later in the year. Right now, he’s got work to do developing as a catcher at Iowa – it’s not something you can do at the big league level. Schwarber made some fundamental changes behind the plate. At some point this year, he’ll have “caught enough” and his development is complete for the year as a catcher. Then the Cubs can “explore some other options.” The implication there was maybe that he could start some work at another position to be useful at the big league level later in the year.

 

So it sounds like they are going to shut down the catcher thing after a while and probably move him into LF for a short period of time before a callup? I'm hoping this is something they'll do closer to August than September.

 

Lots of other interesting stuff here: http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/06/26/theo-epstein-speaks-buyers-and-sellers-lester-schwarber-maddon-more/

Such a scenario seems like an obvious September call-up situation strictly for 2015 bat purposes. Then he can go back to AAA to catch more in early 2016.

[treebird]

Brett listened to an Epstein interview this morning and this was his summary re: Schwarber being recalled at some point this year:

 

Epstein expects Kyle Schwarber to be back up at some point later in the year. Right now, he’s got work to do developing as a catcher at Iowa – it’s not something you can do at the big league level. Schwarber made some fundamental changes behind the plate. At some point this year, he’ll have “caught enough” and his development is complete for the year as a catcher. Then the Cubs can “explore some other options.” The implication there was maybe that he could start some work at another position to be useful at the big league level later in the year.

 

So it sounds like they are going to shut down the catcher thing after a while and probably move him into LF for a short period of time before a callup? I'm hoping this is something they'll do closer to August than September.

 

Lots of other interesting stuff here: http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/06/26/theo-epstein-speaks-buyers-and-sellers-lester-schwarber-maddon-more/

Such a scenario seems like an obvious September call-up situation strictly for 2015 bat purposes. Then he can go back to AAA to catch more in early 2016.

 

i say we make it aug 31 or earlier

[Gilby]

Brett listened to an Epstein interview this morning and this was his summary re: Schwarber being recalled at some point this year:

 

Epstein expects Kyle Schwarber to be back up at some point later in the year. Right now, he’s got work to do developing as a catcher at Iowa – it’s not something you can do at the big league level. Schwarber made some fundamental changes behind the plate. At some point this year, he’ll have “caught enough” and his development is complete for the year as a catcher. Then the Cubs can “explore some other options.” The implication there was maybe that he could start some work at another position to be useful at the big league level later in the year.

 

So it sounds like they are going to shut down the catcher thing after a while and probably move him into LF for a short period of time before a callup? I'm hoping this is something they'll do closer to August than September.

 

Lots of other interesting stuff here: http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/06/26/theo-epstein-speaks-buyers-and-sellers-lester-schwarber-maddon-more/

Such a scenario seems like an obvious September call-up situation strictly for 2015 bat purposes. Then he can go back to AAA to catch more in early 2016.

 

i say we make it aug 31 or earlier

 

Pretty sure players just have to be on the 40 man by that date, not necessarily on the big league roster. Though I think he'll be back up by then anyway.

[SouthSideRyan]

Pretty sure they only have to be in the organization.

[treebird]

Pretty sure they only have to be in the organization.

 

unless they changed it, isn't it that anyone in the org can replace an injured player on the 25-man? i guess we can just assume the cubs will do the thing where they add an injured player so they can sneak people onto the playoff roster and this is all moot, but you guys know what i was getting at here.

 

also i actually want schwarber in LF aug 1

[SouthSideRyan]

Pretty sure they only have to be in the organization.

 

unless they changed it, isn't it that anyone in the org can replace an injured player on the 25-man? i guess we can just assume the cubs will do the thing where they add an injured player so they can sneak people onto the playoff roster and this is all moot, but you guys know what i was getting at here.

 

also i actually want schwarber in LF aug 1

 

They dropped the DL requirement.

[sontensei]

Everything you need to know about eligibility for post season rosters.

 

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With the recent demotion of Phil Coke to triple- A Toledo, the annual questions regarding playoff roster eligibility have begun to surface, as they do every season right about this time. So here is a breakdown of the eligibility rules for playoff rosters.

 

The first part is easy. Any player who is either

- on the 25 man major league roster, or

- on the disabled list (7, 15, or 60 day DL), or

- on the suspended list, or

- on bereavement leave, or

- on military active duty

 

as of midnight on August 31st, just before major league rosters expand, is automatically eligible to be on the club’s post season roster.

 

In addition, a club can replace any player who is injured at the time that playoff rosters are submitted. So, for every injured player, the club can add a player who was not on the major league roster, or any of the above eligibility lists at the end of August.

 

In order to be eligible to be added in place of an injured player, one need not be on the 25 man roster, nor even the 40 man roster as of August 31. Any player in the organization as of August 31 can be used to replace an injured player, with permission from the commissioner’s office.

 

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/8/22/4644062/playoff-roster-eligibility-explained?_ga=1.133332814.1337280475.1435341354

[weis21]

Brett listened to an Epstein interview this morning and this was his summary re: Schwarber being recalled at some point this year:

 

Epstein expects Kyle Schwarber to be back up at some point later in the year. Right now, he’s got work to do developing as a catcher at Iowa – it’s not something you can do at the big league level. Schwarber made some fundamental changes behind the plate. At some point this year, he’ll have “caught enough” and his development is complete for the year as a catcher. Then the Cubs can “explore some other options.” The implication there was maybe that he could start some work at another position to be useful at the big league level later in the year.

 

So it sounds like they are going to shut down the catcher thing after a while and probably move him into LF for a short period of time before a callup? I'm hoping this is something they'll do closer to August than September.

 

Lots of other interesting stuff here: http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/06/26/theo-epstein-speaks-buyers-and-sellers-lester-schwarber-maddon-more/

Such a scenario seems like an obvious September call-up situation strictly for 2015 bat purposes. Then he can go back to AAA to catch more in early 2016.

yeah, I mean I assumed at the very latest we would see him called up in September. I was just selfishly hoping to see him earlier and then let him continue working on his catching some in the offseason.

[SouthSideRyan]

Everything you need to know about eligibility for post season rosters.

 

 TWEET (10) SHARE (7) PIN

 

 

With the recent demotion of Phil Coke to triple- A Toledo, the annual questions regarding playoff roster eligibility have begun to surface, as they do every season right about this time. So here is a breakdown of the eligibility rules for playoff rosters.

 

The first part is easy. Any player who is either

- on the 25 man major league roster, or

- on the disabled list (7, 15, or 60 day DL), or

- on the suspended list, or

- on bereavement leave, or

- on military active duty

 

as of midnight on August 31st, just before major league rosters expand, is automatically eligible to be on the club’s post season roster.

 

In addition, a club can replace any player who is injured at the time that playoff rosters are submitted. So, for every injured player, the club can add a player who was not on the major league roster, or any of the above eligibility lists at the end of August.

 

In order to be eligible to be added in place of an injured player, one need not be on the 25 man roster, nor even the 40 man roster as of August 31. Any player in the organization as of August 31 can be used to replace an injured player, with permission from the commissioner’s office.

 

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/8/22/4644062/playoff-roster-eligibility-explained?_ga=1.133332814.1337280475.1435341354

 

I'm pretty sure that's outdated and the DL loophole is no longer necessary.

 

ETA: But wiki says otherwise, so I'll just Go [expletive] myself.

[Guest]

Pretty sure they only have to be in the organization.

 

unless they changed it, isn't it that anyone in the org can replace an injured player on the 25-man? i guess we can just assume the cubs will do the thing where they add an injured player so they can sneak people onto the playoff roster and this is all moot, but you guys know what i was getting at here.

 

also i actually want schwarber in LF aug 1

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