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  1. rawaction
    One day this season we may see: Alcantara Kalish Baez Bryant Manny Vitters Top 6 for the most interesting lineup in Iowa history. If Hendricks pitches and turns it over to Vizcaino, Parker, and Rivero that would be icing on the cake.
  2. rawaction
    There's actually a good handful of SG/SF types that I like in the 2nd round. I'm a huge CJ Fair fan for some reason. I think he'll be a better pro than experts are thinking. I think the Sixers take Embiid if he falls to 3 and the other 2 are gone. They also have 10, so they can get a wing there (Stauskas, Harris, McDermott). Even if Embiid doesn't give them much as a rookie, they'll have Noel.
  3. rawaction
    Heh. That's pretty cool. Slegers was the HUGE dude wasn't he? Like 6'11 or some [expletive] like that.
  4. rawaction
    Screw that, I'm still imagining Ramirez in the rotation. I was just thinking about this. I think with Vizcaino and Rivero hopefully graduating to the pen next year that Ramirez can/should be moved back to starting. Sure can't expect 180-200 innings out of him, but he has gone 140 before in his career and has had minor league success in a starting role, without much difference in his K rate.
  5. rawaction
    1. Bryant 2. Baez 3. Soler 4. Schwarber 5. Tseng 6. Almora 7. Edwards 8. Alcantara 9. Johnson 10. Hendricks, I guess?
  6. rawaction
    IT'S HAPPENING! IT'S ALL HAPPENING!
  7. rawaction
    I'm not the prospect expert here and others are better suited to answer this but just off the top of my head Tseng is top 15 for sure, probably top 10. Paniagua is probably around 20 +/-5. Tseng was 29 and Paniagua was 30 going into the year. Tseng definitely jumps Vitters, Vogelbach, Villanueva, Maples, Hanneman, Z, Dunston Jr for me and Olt + Neil Ramirez graduated. Paniagua probably jumps most of those guys for me too. Olt should have never been that high to begin with (neither should any of those names other than Vogelbach and Villanueva). But yeah, Tseng is probably top 8 for me.
  8. rawaction
    He's gotta be pushing late 30s now right? Is he even any good any more? Haven't heard his name since he left Chicago.
  9. rawaction
    I saw an article the other day that compared him to Pedro Alvarez. That may be about right. Somewhere between Alvarez and Carlos Gomez is what I'm thinking one of his better outcomes is going to be. Good call. I think Baez is significantly faster than Alvarez, but not quite as fast as Gomez. That should help with BABIP, so he doesn't hit as low as Alvarez's career .235 thus far.
  10. rawaction
    Yeah, if Alcantara can come up after the deadline and establish himself at 2B/CF, then it would help out for next year a lot. The key is adding a FA outfielder. Get a solid guy, even for the short term like Cruz or Markakis, and the Cubs have very few black holes in the lineup for the near future. Start the year with: 2B- Alcantara 3B- Valbuena 1B- Rizzo SS- Castro RF- Cruz/Markakis LF- Lake CF- Sweeney/Ruggiano C- Castillo By June, you could have: CF- Alcantara 2B- Valbuena 1B- Rizzo LF- Bryant RF- Markakis/Cruz SS- Castro 3B- Baez (still think he ends up at 3B rather than 2B) C- Castillo The latter is a lineup you don't dread anyone coming up, except when they are in a cold streak which Castro, Alcantara, Baez, and Castillo have all been prone to.
  11. rawaction
    Acceptable? 18 IP, 11 hits, 5 ERs, 2 BBs, 17 Ks in his last 3 starts. That doesn't seem unacceptable. Might even say its good.
  12. rawaction
    Acceptable? 18 IP, 11 hits, 5 ERs, 2 BBs, 17 Ks in his last 3 starts.
  13. rawaction
    Me too. I think you can get a guy with Shark's potential AND another piece or 2. I'd rather save the 100Mil, get a couple prospects and then have an assload of money to spend to fill the holes from whatever prospects don't pan out.
  14. rawaction
    Jeffery Baez seems too good for the Northwest League. He struggled there in a brief stint last year, and is just 20, but I've thought he would be in full season ball this year. I guess he's competing with guys like Dunston Jr, Martin, etc. for OF spots but he's better than both of them.
  15. rawaction
    Bryant won the Southern League HR derby. Fitting since he is the league.
  16. rawaction
    I'll go on record to say. ....I love Handzus. He's a very smart player and does all the little things. Definition of a wily veteran. It was nice to have him around the last 2 years. That being said, he can and should be upgraded. Wish him luck.
  17. rawaction
    Thought for sure Goldschmidt would be higher than Rizzo, so that's what made me look to see how close they were. Adam LaRoche is having a good season too, and Samardzija being a shoe-in to make it for a bad Cubs teams, I'm guessing Rizzo gets left off the AS team in real life.
  18. rawaction
    Why Rizzo over Goldschmidt? They are tied.
  19. rawaction
    Easily. Haven't looked at like Pete Rose or Ty Cobb's numbers recently. But the closest I've seen was Wade Boggs, and he ran circles around Wade as a hitter.
  20. rawaction
    Best "pure hitter" I've ever seen play. Amazing ability to put the ball in play where people were not at defensively. It's hard to have a career .850 OPS with just a .120 ISOP and not very much speed (though he did 4 30SB seasons in his 20s). .338 career hitter, with 8 batting titles. Unheard of.
  21. rawaction
    This is everything I dreamed it could be! The Spurs have managed to get 5 rings, but this will be their first against a legitimately good team.
  22. rawaction
    Interesting. What does the Kings FA situation look like? Unless they get gutted, there's not much the NHL can do to be one of the top 2 teams. Kings and Hawks are going to be hard to beat for the foreseeable future.
  23. rawaction
    The Source is The Source magazine.
  24. rawaction
    Yeah not a fan of a part time catcher. I like Schwarber catching at Boise and maybe even the rest of this season. But I'd rather see a decision for him to stay at catcher or never play back there again to be made by the time he breaks camp next year.
  25. rawaction
    Ackley is interesting, but he doesn't really play a big time position of need like Stewart and Olt did/do when the Cubs got them. I'd rather take my chances with Alcantara at 2b/cf than give Ackley a chance, even knowing you need multiple options because prospects are not sure bets.
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