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  1. TruffleShuffle
    the dominican republic? the cubs signed him like 8 years ago.
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    age dyslexia, to go along with my directional (north/south, east/west) dyslexia.
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    george springer is a year older than cabrera and played most of this season at AA (just called up to AAA). somehow he's a top 50 prospect but cabrera is "several years too old" for the league.
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    hilarious, and amazing that teams could get excited about a mediocre reliever who has a solid month or two. but please, sell that snake oil jed/theo.
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    As a secondary piece maybe, but I'd be disappointed if he was the headliner. I just don't see TOR potential that some others see. the reports i read on him from BA and BP suggest that he now projects as a #3 (hasn't shown the development people expected coming out of high school), but that he's got a good likelihood of getting there.
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    Where did he come from? Getting your fourth crack at a league you are several years too old for does wonders. he's 24. who do you think is playing in the southern league, high school kids???
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    my God, i just read about duck dynasty. it's in its THIRD SEASON. people will watch literally anything on tv.
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    almora 2-5 with 2 doubles. i'm having an increasingly difficult time getting excited about vogelbach. he really has to hit to have value, and this year he just hasn't hit enough.
  9. TruffleShuffle
    boise rained out :-s
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    i would think that alcantara would be closer, given that he's in the top 10 in OPS in a AA league, plays a premium defensive position and is only 21 years old. johnson is 22, only just getting to A+, and has allowed a hit per inning. plus his K rate is good but doesn't suggest that he's been overpowering. the #50 guy on the BP list, for example, has a better K rate, lower walk rate, lower hit rate, and is only 19.
  12. TruffleShuffle
    i dunno, a guy who goes for .320/.358/.592/.949 in full season ball at age 19, given his draft pedigree and set of tools, is pretty much guaranteed to be top 5. he really got rushed through the high minors though. the fact that his numbers were getting progressively worse with no improvement in his K/BB rates should have been a red flag.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    it's probably the concern that he ends up with a rey ordonez or jose iglesias type bat, where he makes a lot of contact but doens't make enough solid contact or hit for much power. i can see him being a guy who hits for high average or a guy who hits a really empty .260. could go either way, really.
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    plus he's got a whip of like 1.35 in a pitcher's league. it's not like he's destroying AA to the extent where he has no business being there.
  15. TruffleShuffle
    chang-yong lim is starting for the AZL cubs and possibly becoming the oldest player to appear in that league.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    so everybody from the top 13 is signed except for bryant? (and maybe skulina - not finalized yet?)
  17. TruffleShuffle
    guess that's the appeal with cabrera. still a really good arm, just needs to harness his stuff.
  18. TruffleShuffle
    6ip, 5h, 1er, 2bb, 10k for cabrera. 6ip, 6h, 3er, 2bb, 6k for johnson.
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    highly doubtful.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    i didn't even know the padres were doing well enough to be potential buyers at the deadline.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    surprised that alcantara is behind johnson.
  22. TruffleShuffle
    i assume you're including next year's first round draft pick among the 5? regardless, i'd say it's quite unlikely that the cubs have 5 players in the top 20 at this stage next year. having four up there right now means that they have four really highly regarded prospects who are generally healthy and productive. it wouldn't take much for any one of them to fall out of the top 20 due to injury or a slump.
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    who had bryant 8th after pierce johnson, vogelbach and vizcaino?!? that one is baffling. i had baez lowest of anybody (4th). guys i think i'm higher on that most people on this board: almora, villanueva, zych, dunston, bruno, rusin, jackson (still think he's better than 30th, even if he has fallen massively in the last year). guys i'm not as high on: baez, hendricks, maples. don't have a clue what to do with paniagua, frankly.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    also, kudos to ruben amaro for non-tendering schierholtz and then signing two inferior players (laynce nix, delmon young) to replace him.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    no kidding. he's had 22 plate appearances against lhp. schierholtz is a good example of using a player in the right situation and maximizing his value.
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