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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-5-22
CubinNY replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Now we know why Cubs have a low payroll this year. They're just paying themselves though.
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It was a great authentic moment captured. What a moment.
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I think it’s funny in a rouge’s gallery sort of way that people are having a debate about whether this is a 75 win team or a 68 win team. With the recourses of a big market team. It’s a god damned embarrassment of self created suck that some of us can squint at and say maybe not that much suck but definitely suck to a large degree. At least maybe Davis will be on the team in June and we can have another bunch of Sammy watch parties as they trade Wilson and Happ and whatever pops up in the bullpen that can garner a teenage blue chipper in the Cubs everlong pursuit of relevance.
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Why oof? That's right in the range I would expect them. Lower end of that range but still in there. Like the article points out the Cubs have built a high floor/low ceiling type of team IMO. It's hard to really project them so I'd expect most "experts" would go conservative on them. It wasn’t an “oof” of surprise, it was an “oof” of ESPN reinforcing the awfulness of the roster. Their rosters at AAA and AA aren't in great shape either. It's Davis and a bunch of relievers and not much else. But don't call it a rebuild.
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I read about this last week from the Rangers camp and what immediately came to mind from that term was Carlos Marmol. Apparently Jon Gray and Dane Dunning are names to watch that have taken to it immediately. Oh man I'd love to get vintage Marmol in Statcast to see what he was working with. One of the things I find interesting from a Cubs perspective is that they were fairly early adopters on the seam shifted wake front, and never really abandoned two-seamers/sinkers like a lot of the league, but they didn't really go for the sweeping sliders. With the notable exceptions of Adbert and Chafin, it's been largely two-seamer/cutter/curveball. Is that a missed opportunity (i.e. they figured out the first half of the puzzle but whiffed on the second) or is there some underlying reason they didn't jump on the sweeping slider train more aggressively? Pitching seems to be so far ahead of hitting in terms of biomechanical analysis used to improve the player.
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The Cubs have managed to make an entire roster out of replacement level players, minus Stroman, Wilson, Hendricks, and Suzuki.
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Lol, Albert will DH and barf 5th on opening day.
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Anyone see Schwarber’s HR that landed in the highway? Supposedly into the wind. I really like the Phillies’ chances this year. They are going to score a lot of runs.
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I got tickets for the Smokies when they come to Montgomery next week. I'm fired up. $15/ticket right next to the dugout.
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Wade Miley shut down.
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horsefeathering Dodgers press all the right buttons all the time.
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International Free Agency Thread, 1/15/2022 Class
CubinNY replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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Maybe he's pulling an Ichiro and slumming his way through the spring to give false scouting reports I don't think we can make too much of it. He's making a lot of adjustments that have nothing to do with baseball. I can't imagine how hard this must be for him.
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I'm bracing for him to magically revert to at least something resembling STL performance levels for short stretches and be overall way better than he has been most of the time since he left. I know it's unlikely but this is STL and I never rule anything out Idiot Cards fans have caused the ticket price for the last home game this year to already spike after he signed. I was giving my friends down here a hard time and said they should plan on the last home series of July for his last game. I will say this, I don't think it's a wise decision for him to be on the Cardinals roster if they intend to win the division. But, I think it's great that he is getting a chance to end his career with the organization he started with and for the Cardinal fans. It's the sort of thing an organization that cares about its fan base does. Javy, Bryant, and Rizzo aren't in the same category of player that Pujols is/was with the history he has with the Cardinals, but if the Cubs aren't competitive I would love to see them get to retire as Cubs. I strongly suspect the Cubs are not like the Cardinals though. Sentimental nonsense, I know.
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I agree, but his only saving grace is that he's not blocking anyone until midseason when Davis should be ready. I'm not going to concede that Hermosillo or Frazier or any of the rest of the collection of tomato cans the Cubs have assembled are even marginally better.
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I'm bracing for him to magically revert to at least something resembling STL performance levels for short stretches and be overall way better than he has been most of the time since he left. I know it's unlikely but this is STL and I never rule anything out He's going to be awful and a waste of roster space for the entire time he's on the team. He might luck into having some meaningful hits, and those events will be magnified in importance because they will be notable incidents in an otherwise terrible year. In short, he's going to suck, and on the rare occasions he doesn't people will make those incidents more important than they really are.
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I think to me one of the things that would be especially frustrating about this is that he's likely a plus CFer while no one else on the roster is even average. Based on what Jed did this winter, and even more importantly what he didn't do, the best version of this team is a fantastic defense with a solid offense. Think last year's Cardinals. Trading Hermosillo for Heyward out there would seem to undercut that pretty significantly. And it's not like there's much (any?) offensive benefit gotten in exchange. Now Heyward vs. Ortega, that's much more defensible argument even though we've heard much less about Ortega being a possibility to be cut. Jed seems to be trying to put his mark on this team. The best way to do that is to cut Heyward.
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I taught there for four miserable years and I can definitely say the entire university is corrupt to the core. Entire city. I lived there for a quick minute and my aunt worked for the state in Memphis. What a horsefeathers, corrupt place. Agreed.
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I taught there for four miserable years and I can definitely say the entire university is corrupt to the core.
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Wow That was a blast, but it wasn't a high fast ball.
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He's playing in the big league game today.
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I read a Twitter rumor that the Cubs might trade Wilson before the season if they get a good offer. Padres or Yankees likely partner.
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When you look at elite QBs they know where to place the ball to receivers who are not necessarily open. They seem to have the ability to throw the ball so that only the WR has the opportunity to catch it. Fields needs to be hyper-accurate with his throws if he's going to be an elite QB. Obviously, you need sticky-handed WR to make those catches too.
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Davis certainly looks the part of a top prospect. Yes, I'm only doing superficial analysis of how the players look.