Cubs sign Trevor Cahill to MILB Deal

[Little Slide Rooter]

Pretty low key too. I think it's somewhere in the minors forum, but it's a fairly big deal in terms of reclamations.

 

I had no idea that he was only 27 and that he was a Top 15 prospect. I know he had some good years, but I thought he was a smoke and mirrors type. Think Bosio could work some magic there?

[ctcf]

ew

[Sammy Sofa]

ew

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=6518eefa#team_pitching::8

 

http://reactiongif.org/wp-content/uploads/GIF/2014/11/Fright-Scary-Scream-Screaming-Kramer-Jerry-Seinfeld-GIF.gif

[Clem Fandango]

ew

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=6518eefa#team_pitching::8

 

Donn Roach's numbers confuse me

[Little Slide Rooter]

ew

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=6518eefa#team_pitching::8

 

I have to assume that if you were to look at the full season roster from every AAA team, a lot of them would like something like that.

 

AAA's more of a revolving door than the rest of the minors, and an entirely different world and make up all together.

 

Those That Matter:

-Prospexcts

-Notable Reclamation projects.

 

Spare Parts to fill emergency big league needs:

-AAAA/career minor leaguers, be it organization or castoffs from other teams playing for a cup of coffee.

-Former big leaguers trying to claw their way back.

 

The Rest:

-Former big leaguers who simply aren't ready to hang 'em up, and are basically unofficial player-coaches/mentors.

-Oranizational lingerers who have come to terms with the fact that they're filler.

 

And while I assume that they keep it professional, there has to be some degree of cliqiness between the prospects, the former big leaguers who already have several mil in the bank, and the guys who are just happy to be somewhere.

 

Javy's description of last year's Iowa lineup as something along the lines of 'Mendy, me, some other guy, and Kris Bryant sums it up.

[abuck1220]

oh so that's what AAA is. all these years of confusion finally cleared up.

[Sammy Sofa]

oh so that's what AAA is. all these years of confusion finally cleared up.

 

Hahahahah!

[jersey cubs fan]

we just can't avoid the cliques

[Guest]

i did enjoy the reference to javy referring to his non bryant teammates as "some guy"

[Little Slide Rooter]

oh so that's what AAA is. all these years of confusion finally cleared up.

 

I was just thinking out loud about my interest in the AAA, not so much in terms of players but the social hierarchy. Especially since it's such a revolving door, more so than any other level.

[abuck1220]

oh so that's what AAA is. all these years of confusion finally cleared up.

 

I was just thinking out loud about my interest in the AAA, not so much in terms of players but the social hierarchy. Especially since it's such a revolving door, more so than any other level.

 

as is your wont.

[davell]

WTF happened here? This guy has been very solid for us somehow.

[Guest]

As a reliever he's sitting 93 with sink on his fastball(as a starter it was 89), and he's using his changeup a ton more(career high 30% of pitches) to give a big velocity difference on two pitches that have a lot of movement in common. As a result he's missing a lot more bats; his contact rate is 66%(80% career) and Swinging strike rate is 14.3%(8% career). It's been 8 innings so we don't want to read too much about what that means going forward, but thus far he's been a materially different pitcher, even compared to his successful stints for Oakland/Arizona.

[Little Slide Rooter]

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/herald-review.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/6f/56fdd17f-2351-5e29-b8b9-669856b2292a/5126497670748.preview-699.jpg

[Gmoney08]

i did enjoy the reference to javy referring to his non bryant teammates as "some guy"

 

Is there a link or quote of this? This sounds amazing, I want to know the story behind it.

[davell]

i did enjoy the reference to javy referring to his non bryant teammates as "some guy"

 

Is there a link or quote of this? This sounds amazing, I want to know the story behind it.

 

It happened multiple times with Javy and KB in AAA. Just stuff quoted after games on Twitter, but it was super apparent that Javy didn't bother learning your name unless you were a top prospect.

[Gmoney08]

i did enjoy the reference to javy referring to his non bryant teammates as "some guy"

 

Is there a link or quote of this? This sounds amazing, I want to know the story behind it.

 

It happened multiple times with Javy and KB in AAA. Just stuff quoted after games on Twitter, but it was super apparent that Javy didn't bother learning your name unless you were a top prospect.

 

They both referred to teammates as some guy?

 

 

Lol I need to see these quotes.

[davell]

It was just Javy. I have no idea where to look honestly. But it was stuff like "I'm hitting, Bryant is hitting, and that guy did well today too" type of stuff....For some reason, I think he used Szczur a few times.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Here is the quote that started the meme:

 

"We have Mendy leading off, then one batter later they got me then after a another batter they have Kris Bryant," Baez said. "They're going to have to pitch to one of us. I'm pretty sure one of us three is going to have a good game every day."

[Aaron_Kennelly]

If Javy sees that quote again, he will probably have to ask who Mendy is.

[Clem Fandango]

If Javy sees that quote again, he will probably have to ask who Mendy is.

 

Related:

 

http://i.imgur.com/58Wj5mV.jpg

[ctcf]

I would like to retract my earlier "ew"

[Cubswin11]

Really wouldn't mind him back on a cheap deal, guessing the ship may have sailed on him being a starter again (ala Ramirez and Grimm) but he seems to be carving out a nice role as a relief pitcher for us.