2017 Spring Training Game Thread

[David]

"... this young man is going to be a major league star"

 

going to be, stoney?

 

well, to be fair he's still got under 300 MLB PAs but yeah the legendary 13 playoff games or whatever have kind of sealed that deal

[Derwood]

"... this young man is going to be a major league star"

 

going to be, stoney?

 

well, to be fair he's still got under 300 MLB PAs but yeah the legendary 13 playoff games or whatever have kind of sealed that deal

 

I'd say he's not a "star" yet. Certainly he is among Cubs fans, but it's going to take more for him to rise to that level (which he undoubtedly will)

[David]

national fans eat up stuff like his world series comeback...add in the fact that he was great and those 4 games almost make you a star on their own. nevermind the absolutely ridiculous dongs in the 2015 playoffs.

[17 Seconds]

even if he has a .750 ops the rest of his career, he's still a star at this very moment

[bcl412]

Depends on definition of star but his monster dongs in 2015 and The Comeback have at least given him some folk hero status.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I'm ready to look at a whole bunch of those for the next 7.5 months.

*years

[Aaron_Kennelly]

This Addison Russell kid might be pretty good.

[imb]

I bristled at the star line, but what really got me was the notion that he didn't face any lefthanders last year, or whatever. Uhhh it's not like they sat him down, Steve.

[Donzo]

Stone was nothing but very positive about the Cubs. He even came off as enthusiastic when he praised the entire structure of the Cubs organization.

[David]

montgomery has made georgie look silly 2 times now

[David]

heyward hit that on the screws for an out

[Aaron_Kennelly]

montgomery has made georgie look silly 2 times now

 

Still watching? How does Anderson look?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Addi hit his 5th homer.

[jersey cubs fan]

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[jersey cubs fan]

and then he liked the tweet

[Cubswin11]

What's the difference between LeMahieu and Theriot other than BABIP and some marginal power that could be park aided? And there really are people that exist that think LeMahieu is some major piece we let get away? He wouldn't even play regularly on our roster right now, he'd be the last guy on the bench in the LaStella/Szczur spot.

[wvcbxl]

Nice running catch by Schwarber :-D

[We Got The Whole 9]

What's the difference between LeMahieu and Theriot other than BABIP and some marginal power that could be park aided? And there really are people that exist that think LeMahieu is some major piece we let get away? He wouldn't even play regularly on our roster right now, he'd be the last guy on the bench in the LaStella/Szczur spot.

Well DJ was sitting around 93 I believe with his exit velocity last year. That will play in any park. But he has largely been a similar hitter prior to that, relying on an inside-out approach. But the exit velo shows that the bat speed is certainly legit and the potential for power is there, even without Coors.

[David]

Arrieta flashing his dong

 

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

What's the difference between LeMahieu and Theriot other than BABIP and some marginal power that could be park aided? And there really are people that exist that think LeMahieu is some major piece we let get away? He wouldn't even play regularly on our roster right now, he'd be the last guy on the bench in the LaStella/Szczur spot.

Well DJ was sitting around 93 I believe with his exit velocity last year. That will play in any park. But he has largely been a similar hitter prior to that, relying on an inside-out approach. But the exit velo shows that the bat speed is certainly legit and the potential for power is there, even without Coors.

 

This is not a very accurate interpretation of exit velocity. Maybe in a park whose dimensions are the reason for it being a hitter's park, but Coors is flattening breaking balls, which makes them 1) easier to drive and 2) forces pitchers into more fastballs anyway. There's also some potential measurement hazards of exit velocity calculated at altitude, but that's secondary to the point. I can't go to a funhouse of mirrors that shows I'm 9 feet tall and say that makes me 9 feet tall elsewhere, same logic applies.

[OleMissCub]

Just saw that Jake's HR is the longest HR ever hit by a pitcher in the statcast era.

[Cubswin11]

[We Got The Whole 9]

What's the difference between LeMahieu and Theriot other than BABIP and some marginal power that could be park aided? And there really are people that exist that think LeMahieu is some major piece we let get away? He wouldn't even play regularly on our roster right now, he'd be the last guy on the bench in the LaStella/Szczur spot.

Well DJ was sitting around 93 I believe with his exit velocity last year. That will play in any park. But he has largely been a similar hitter prior to that, relying on an inside-out approach. But the exit velo shows that the bat speed is certainly legit and the potential for power is there, even without Coors.

 

This is not a very accurate interpretation of exit velocity. Maybe in a park whose dimensions are the reason for it being a hitter's park, but Coors is flattening breaking balls, which makes them 1) easier to drive and 2) forces pitchers into more fastballs anyway. There's also some potential measurement hazards of exit velocity calculated at altitude, but that's secondary to the point. I can't go to a funhouse of mirrors that shows I'm 9 feet tall and say that makes me 9 feet tall elsewhere, same logic applies.

 

I get that, but I don't think he'd be able to maintain 92.5 if he wasn't putting up some very good EV on the road as well. Lemahieu led the Rockies, and was a full 2 MPH higher than Arenado, for instance, who was 2nd on the team.

[JeffH]

Cubs-Reds today at 3 p.m. Central on DirecTV 665.

 

LF Schwarber

1B Bryant

C Montero

CF Almora

3B La Stella

2B Happ

RF Andreoli

P Hendricks

SS Young

 

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[David]

trying hard not to be convinced that happ is going to have a massive breakout year as a prospect after seeing him make all this hard contact in spring training games