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I think Ohtani is daming up the market. All the big spenders are waiting to see what happens.
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According to BN and a tweet by the MLB network. Now that is a rumor I can get excited about. I have no idea what it would take to get him, but If I'm Jed, I'm asking.
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At this point is he considered a starting pitcher?
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I'd just as soon pass on Glasnow, really. You can't pitch from the IL, and at some point that is where he's going to be.
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Did you read the Greenberg article in The Athletic? Skip past the Harbuargh part. https://theathletic.com/5076332/2023/11/20/chicago-bears-nfl-draft-harbaugh-harrison/
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I really wanted the Cubs to draft Cam Collier instead of Horton in the 2022 draft. last year Collier K'd 106 times in 111 games in low A ball. Granted he was just 19, but that is not good. He did walk 57 times. I'm going to follow him, but safe to say, right now, I'm glad they drafted Horton.
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If Iowa, Alabama, Louisville, Oregon, and OK state all upset chaos will reign. would it be: Oregon, Alabama, OSU, and ???? Georgia/Michigan/FSU
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Article: Cubs Winter Top Prospects Rankings: #3 Matt Shaw
CubinNY replied to Jason Ross's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
If he can't play in the infield, can he Ian Happ his way to a position in LF? He's quick enough to handle the OF. I get the caveats about patience, but in college he walked more than he struck out. I'm looking forward to seeing how he adjusts once teams "get the book" (trademark, Dusty Baker, 2004) on him. Besides Horton, I'm most looking forward to seeing how he progresses. -
I don't think Flaherty is with them.
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They're kind of like a late model Mercedes Benz with 89,000 miles. You're hoping that nothing breaks, but as long as it holds together you have a nice automobile.
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If the Cubs target this guy, I hope they get a second, third, and maybe fourth opinion on his shoulder health.
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Article: Cubs Winter Top Prospects Rankings: #3 Matt Shaw
CubinNY replied to Jason Ross's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I love this guy and kudos to the Cubs for drafting him. I remember his interview where he said, "he can't wait to get started and fail with the best of them". Well, he hasn't exactly failed yet. I'd love to see if he can play 3rd based on obvious need. But if he can't he makes a great trade target or makes Nico expendable. I'm looking forward to seeing him when he comes to Montgomery this Spring/Summer. -
The Cardinals do have a type.
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I f Alabama beats Georgia, I think they have a strong case to be in, objectively. There is no transitive property scenario. Georgia is the #1 team and has been all year. The stakes of the game also matter. They will be the SEC champions. they will have the Big10 champ (if. Michigan wins), the Pac10 champ Washington, and the SEC champ. If FSU wins they will have the ACC champ. That’s how this is supposed to work. people can bitch and moan, but that is a reality and the way it should be even with the SEC being down. Hell, all conference football is down. OSU, and the rest of them can cry about it.
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2023-24 Offseason Prospect Lists
CubinNY replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
To answer your question Tom or someone else linked an article where the driveline people or someone else like them was saying basically it’s too hard to do because our brains don’t have that much control over movement or some other explanatory fiction. I don’t know how the “lab” could create more velocity and the other stuff with biomechanics and technology and not also figure out how to work on control issues. As you alluded to, it would seem that control is the other side of the coin, so to speak. My very uneducated guess is that they are not very good at what they purportedly do. Velocity, movement, and spin on a baseball doesn’t mean a damn thing if a guy can’t throw strikes. -
Reaching deep into obscurity. need to go back a few years and do one on Mark Bellhorn or Jon Leiber (EDIT: he was actually traded for Brant Brown!!!!). Bellhorn had a lot of NSBB fans.
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Yes. The overall economics of baseball is incredibly suppressed and overwhelmingly skewed toward capital. Free agency is a “gift” that very few players are ever able to take advantage of and even those that are able have their market suppressed by “luxury taxes”, qualifying offers, and the ability of owners to back fill cheap talent through the draft and trades. Some of this is the fault of the union who bargained away their rights. It’s the owners game and they are swimming in money. Any fan who touts smart spending is playing their game as well. Smart spending was buying the franchise, everything else is either about trying to win or maximize profits.
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If he has opt outs the number of years are meaningless. I expect it will be a “creative” contract with multiple opt outs and team options/buyouts. I expect it will be well and away the richest contract at least on paper. Maybe a huge up front bonus and smaller AAV. Maybe a backloaded contract with huge AAVs after the team options. it will have protection for the team it will have multiple opt out points for Ohtani. people will talk about like they do the Bonilla contract.
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Aside from pining for Harbaugh, Greenburg’s article in The Athletic could have been written by Goony. - sign Harrison, Jr/BPA DL in the first and don’t chase for a franchise QB.
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UMFan must be happy —— Alabama cut through Auburn like a hot knife through butter
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Excellent finish to an excellent game. I fully expect MHJ to make a hail merry I. The end zone
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We got us a game in Ann Arbor. I did not expect OSU To be able to run the ball like this.
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Yeah, I just saw they had some booster drive, after they fired their last coach and it generated $35 million in a week.
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My sources tell me he will choose a team on the coast or middle of the country.
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2023-24 Offseason Prospect Lists
CubinNY replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It’s so strange that according to the gurus the Cubs hired to run the lab, control is hard to teach/can’t be taught under “lab” conditions but movement can be taught. Obviously, there’s a fair bit of Dunning-Kruger working on my part, but it seems than that the sensible decision would be to draft and sign guys with good control and then shape up the other stuff. They seem to draft and sign guys with good stuff and then act as if control doesn’t really matter.
