Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-20-18

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa had the day off

 

Tennessee won 4-1 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach had the day off

 

South Bend won 4-3 Box Score

 

Eugene in progress Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 1 won a game suspended on 8/8 10-6 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 1 (regularly scheduled game) in progress Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 2 had the day off

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 4-2 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 4-1 Box Score

[Regular Show]

So outside of Adbert Alzolay, I think Marquez is the best pitching prospect in our system. That's not a good sign. I think the earliest his ETA for reaching the big league team is late 2020 and that's being super optimistic.

[Cubswin11]

So outside of Adbert Alzolay, I think Marquez is the best pitching prospect in our system. That's not a good sign. I think the earliest his ETA for reaching the big league team is late 2020 and that's being super optimistic.

He’s very intriguing, trade him for something before he dies

[CaliforniaRaisin]

So outside of Adbert Alzolay, I think Marquez is the best pitching prospect in our system. That's not a good sign. I think the earliest his ETA for reaching the big league team is late 2020 and that's being super optimistic.

 

Are you saying it's not a good sign because he's far away?

[Regular Show]

So outside of Adbert Alzolay, I think Marquez is the best pitching prospect in our system. That's not a good sign. I think the earliest his ETA for reaching the big league team is late 2020 and that's being super optimistic.

 

Are you saying it's not a good sign because he's far away?

 

Yeah. The closest impact pitcher (after AA) in our system is so far away is not a good sign. I guess that means we're probably trading someone from the big league team to get that young impact cost-controlled starter.

 

EDIT: It also means the Cubs scouting department didn't do a great job in the 2017 draft when they specifically focused on pitching. Maybe Lange and Abbott still have a chance of developing into that "impact" category, but the chances are not looking good right now.

[Hrubes20]

So outside of Adbert Alzolay, I think Marquez is the best pitching prospect in our system. That's not a good sign. I think the earliest his ETA for reaching the big league team is late 2020 and that's being super optimistic.

 

Are you saying it's not a good sign because he's far away?

 

Yeah. The closest impact pitcher (after AA) in our system is so far away is not a good sign. I guess that means we're probably trading someone from the big league team to get that young impact cost-controlled starter.

 

EDIT: It also means the Cubs scouting department didn't do a great job in the 2017 draft when they specifically focused on pitching. Maybe Lange and Abbott still have a chance of developing into that "impact" category, but the chances are not looking good right now.

 

The failings to find and develop any kind of potential impact pitching were way before 2017. Expecting an impact-type pitcher from the 2017 draft to be higher than the low levels is asking quite a bit, given where the Cubs drafted.