Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-2-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

ACL Cubs at ACL Brewers Blue, 8:00 p.m.

DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Rangers 1, 9:30 a.m.

DSL Cubs Red vs DSL Rangers 2, 9:30 a.m.

 

All full season teams have the day off.

[Bertz]

 

Caissie had a 1.210 OPS before a single and a dong (so far) tonight. Not sure why he's not at Myrtle Beach.

[TruffleShuffle]

man that ACL team is pretty loaded now.

[Tryptamine]

Every day that passes I feel better and better about the Darvish trade.

[Hrubes20]

Every day that passes I feel better and better about the Darvish trade.

 

The return is looking promising, but I'm still pissed that the FO had their hand forced into trading Yu simply because the Ricketts wanted to shed payroll.

[Tryptamine]

Every day that passes I feel better and better about the Darvish trade.

 

The return is looking promising, but I'm still pissed that the FO had their hand forced into trading Yu simply because the Ricketts wanted to shed payroll.

 

The circumstances definitely suck, but it's starting to look like a really strong return and with Darvish starting to trend down I don't think we'd get as much value anymore.

[Hrubes20]

Every day that passes I feel better and better about the Darvish trade.

 

The return is looking promising, but I'm still pissed that the FO had their hand forced into trading Yu simply because the Ricketts wanted to shed payroll.

 

The circumstances definitely suck, but it's starting to look like a really strong return and with Darvish starting to trend down I don't think we'd get as much value anymore.

 

I didn't anticipate that Yu would have been so affected by the sticky stuff ban. His spin rates are way down across the board and he's giving up a bunch of HRs. I would love to say that the FO knew the ban was coming and that they deftly traded Yu before he was impacted, but I really can't place any other reason for the Yu trade other than the Ricketts cutting off the funds.

[Thusly Boned]

 

The return is looking promising, but I'm still pissed that the FO had their hand forced into trading Yu simply because the Ricketts wanted to shed payroll.

 

The circumstances definitely suck, but it's starting to look like a really strong return and with Darvish starting to trend down I don't think we'd get as much value anymore.

 

I didn't anticipate that Yu would have been so affected by the sticky stuff ban. His spin rates are way down across the board and he's giving up a bunch of HRs. I would love to say that the FO knew the ban was coming and that they deftly traded Yu before he was impacted, but I really can't place any other reason for the Yu trade other than the Ricketts cutting off the funds.

 

Given his recent performance history (at the time), I thought it was a sensible high sell, though I love Darvish, hated the implication for 2021, and wasn't enthused by the return. I've come around on the return, but still would have preferred more MLB ready players.

[SouthernmostCubFan]

 

The circumstances definitely suck, but it's starting to look like a really strong return and with Darvish starting to trend down I don't think we'd get as much value anymore.

 

I didn't anticipate that Yu would have been so affected by the sticky stuff ban. His spin rates are way down across the board and he's giving up a bunch of HRs. I would love to say that the FO knew the ban was coming and that they deftly traded Yu before he was impacted, but I really can't place any other reason for the Yu trade other than the Ricketts cutting off the funds.

 

Given his recent performance history (at the time), I thought it was a sensible high sell, though I love Darvish, hated the implication for 2021, and wasn't enthused by the return. I've come around on the return, but still would have preferred more MLB ready players.

 

I would have preferred an arm or two that was closer to MLB ready.

[David]

 

The return is looking promising, but I'm still pissed that the FO had their hand forced into trading Yu simply because the Ricketts wanted to shed payroll.

 

The circumstances definitely suck, but it's starting to look like a really strong return and with Darvish starting to trend down I don't think we'd get as much value anymore.

 

I didn't anticipate that Yu would have been so affected by the sticky stuff ban. His spin rates are way down across the board and he's giving up a bunch of HRs. I would love to say that the FO knew the ban was coming and that they deftly traded Yu before he was impacted, but I really can't place any other reason for the Yu trade other than the Ricketts cutting off the funds.

 

They've all but flat out said it was strictly about money.

[mias_tisg]

Every day that passes I feel better and better about the Darvish trade.

 

The return is looking promising, but I'm still pissed that the FO had their hand forced into trading Yu simply because the Ricketts wanted to shed payroll.

The Cubs traded Darvish at the right time, look at what Darvish has done this season. I was a big fan of selling Darvish at his top value after a few years of frustration but didn't really care for the return. Thought they should have gotten one of the Padres top guys for a guy that finished 2nd in NL Cy Young voting last year. But looks like it's working out.