Anyone looked under the hood on Assad? Seems like a candidate to regress just based on his inability to miss bats.
Would obviously love for him to be a thing.
Is there a material difference between Theo and Jed's promotion philosophies? KB was a monster for 300 AA PAs, but they still had him stop in Iowa for over 300 more before coming up. Morel, on the other hand....
When JD leaves, it will cut deep. He's as good as it gets. Boog is great at what he does, but I can tell that he told Marquee "I'm not going to pretend to be a Cubs fan" and they said "OK".
For content, I like Boog just fine. What I'm missing is in the moments when I feel tense, I want that reflected in the broadcast. Len did that, Pat does it, etc. During the lead- up to the trade deadline, when the season seemed to hinge on pivotal points in each game, Boog was just completely dispassionate. Drives me nuts.
Caissie has the kind of power where it can look like a well-hit double off the bat but it just goes over the wall. I'm very happy they didn't trade him.
Excellent stuff. I was really hoping to see Caissie get bumped to Iowa following the deadline/Velazquez getting shipped. After cutting his K-rate, I'm not sure what's left for him to do in AA.
Very excited at the idea of a adding a young, rookie LH power hitter to an burgeoning offense in Chicago.