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    I'm already done until Bryant comes up.
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    No scouting report that I can remember calls CJ a #1 starter. They pretty much all consider his ceiling to be a #2 with the floor of a high leverage reliever. In MLB's current top 100, there are 24 pitchers ranked ahead of CJ. Of those 24, a handful are projected to have a ceiling of a true #1 starter, someone who has a decent chance of becoming a top 30 starting pitcher in all of baseball. CJ may be a #1 prospect in the sense that he is the Cubs #1 (top-ranked) pitching prospect, but he's not projected to be a #1 starter in the bigs even at the most optimistic projection. Those guys are Giolito, Bundy, Cole, etc. or already established guys like Kershaw, Price, Zimmerman, etc. When I see discussions like this I tend to get the feeling that we're operating on the silly ass notion that there are like 5-10 "true" #1 starters in all of baseball or something. Yep. I think you're over-valuing CJ Edwards. What scouting reports have been referring to him as a #1 starter type, a top 30 pitcher in all of baseball? If you know of one, pass it along. Seriously. I'm a big fan of his and would love to read it. Not sarcastic. There should be more than 30 #1 ceiling starters in the minors. Obviously they won't all make it.
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    No scouting report that I can remember calls CJ a #1 starter. They pretty much all consider his ceiling to be a #2 with the floor of a high leverage reliever. In MLB's current top 100, there are 24 pitchers ranked ahead of CJ. Of those 24, a handful are projected to have a ceiling of a true #1 starter, someone who has a decent chance of becoming a top 30 starting pitcher in all of baseball. CJ may be a #1 prospect in the sense that he is the Cubs #1 (top-ranked) pitching prospect, but he's not projected to be a #1 starter in the bigs even at the most optimistic projection. Those guys are Giolito, Bundy, Cole, etc. or already established guys like Kershaw, Price, Zimmerman, etc. When I see discussions like this I tend to get the feeling that we're operating on the silly ass notion that there are like 5-10 "true" #1 starters in all of baseball or something. Yep.
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    How many #1 pitching prospects are there if CJ Edwards doesn't count? He's been in the top 30-40 overall the last two years.
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    Man, some of you guys have incredible memories for these banned posters. That was 7 years ago. I thought for sure someone bumped that thread. The deuce spread his glory around: http://www.forums.mlb.com/discussions/Chicago_Cubs/General/NSBB_is_ridiculous/ml-cubs/310478.1?redirCnt=1 Pure gold, I've played baseball all the way through college and now I coach baseball in high school. I know a thing or two about baseball. And im tired of this c*rap about HR's and SLG being so much more important than BA and OBP Hmmmmmm... 1/29/08 12:09 AM You mean the site that never has new threads? The mods have serious OCD or something. They like to create these 500 page threads if a new thread even has the slightest hint of being a similar topic. It's an unreadable forum.
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    All those threads feel faceitious though. I like TT's compromise. Random Cubs Musings makes sense, it just morphed into the thread where everything was posted. We don't need to create a new thread called "Check out this picture of Kris Bryant and Jorge Soler". Any sort of news or information should get its own thread, but a funny tweet, picture, or one off comment or thought shouldn't get one. Its not that the mega threads are bad, its that they are used improperly. Meh, I think silly pictures should get their own threads too.
  9. Proven Veteran
    More threads equals more space for hot taeks.
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    should probably start a new thread for this Good point, down with mega threads!
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    That's my concern as well.
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    Odds on Baez getting sent down to AA?
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    What are the odds that Javy never plays in the majors again?
  14. Proven Veteran
    Duke Utah was awful. Okafor is supposed to be the number one pick?
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    I graduated highschool in 87. Damn, you're old.
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    I do kind of hope that as we get better this year and get more traffic, we can move away from those mega threads. This obviously isn't the type of topic, though, since there's already several threads where it's being discussed. Yeah, I don't like mega threads.
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    I assume they mean if they played them today.
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    I honestly thought all of their songs was the same song until a week or so ago. they definitely are one of those bands a slightly less terrible nickleback/3dd in that regard They are miles better than those bands.
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    Larry Johnson.
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    Me too. I also have Utah.
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    good enough to sign an nfl contract Good enough to have played all 16 games three of the last four years. I've actually never even heard of him.
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    Is the guard the bears signed any good?
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    Did he slide into first or run through the bag?
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    Basically not playing in a competitive game for 3-4 months tends to do that to you. He sucked at shooting at the beginning of the season too.
  25. Proven Veteran
    Nice game by Doug. How has he lost the ability to shoot?
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