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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-17-16
sneakypower replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
owning the strike zone the way he has (15.4% BB: 17.9% K), i've got full faith he's due for a correction sooner rather than later; last year too he started the season with a .630 April OPS to go .830 the rest of the way so Jeimer is still more of a stock: flat guy for me right now -
(and he wasn't set to earn $34m a year) 2 top-10 prospects is and was a fairly significant bounty
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Albert Almora? I imagine there's quite a few situations where it would make perfect sense. together (with Contreras) still, give me a plausible scenario where it happens...best i can imagine is Soler with a total monster breakout, hitting like 30 HR the rest of the way, but even then i suspect he's the one pushed more in trade talks as a sell-high opportunity (also this isn't plausible, he stinks)
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Soler, Almora and Contreras for Trout that still makes absolutely zero sense because i think we can assume Arte doesn't want his own fans to murder him and then shortly afterward perform a posthumous execution
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i don't think people fully appreciate that Trout's already making a lot of money and that rightly should/will affect trade bounties i mean, his obligations (5x28, basically) are still a bargain for a player of his level, but i'm not sure that featuring a player like Russell who might be a 5-win player already and makes baseball minimum wage *while* also adding a TON on top of the offer is a thing that real baseball front offices can seriously entertain
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ok so situate Heyward in CF, cool now we have a big hole in RF trading Almora and Contreras makes absolutely zero sense, period
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holy horsefeathers, did we know this was a thing? http://www.orlandophantomsfootball.com/list/2016-defense/ the DE section is of particular note
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did he stop doing yoga
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ok so Zunino is catcher Khalil Greene then
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The real one where they have two SPs under contract past 2017? When did the Cubs at least hypothetically trading for a SP (and/or pitching in general) become a strange thing to mention? it's strange to mention trading high-floor MLB-ready players at known positions of need next year for a possible position of need two years from now, which has been repeatedly addressed with affordable short-term deals to great effect
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why would this only affect one of them? Because one of them has more value tied to being a good defensive player at a premium position. but while Trout may turn into an ordinary CF, then a great corner OF - Harper will descend further down the rank of passability in RF, possibly even toward 1B...so i question that this favors either player
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did you not know that we have the best rotation in baseball right now, in what world does this make any sense I (kinda) said this 5 pages ago! http://gif-finder.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Anchorman-2-The-Legend-Continue-Ron-Burgundy-Will-Ferrell-Sorry-Gif.gif
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why would this only affect one of them?
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if anybody overtakes Trout (won't happen), it might actually be Machado now that he's at SS
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also, just four guys have a higher OBP than Willson Contreras in the PCL: three are 27 or older, and the other plays home games in Albuquerque (where he has a .606 OBP, lol) i think he's a top-20 prospect, currently
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it dawned on me the perfect Almora comp: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=12434&position=OF
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and it ultimately means no Kris Bryant
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this amuses me; DRS has him 8 runs behind Arenado and he's made 2 out-of-zone plays to Nolan's 26(!) but to be fair he's converted nearly everything within his zone, best at the position by far
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2016 HR Derby :: Discussion + Transaction Thread
sneakypower replied to Southpaw19's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
my waffling on Park, instead opting for Domingo Santana has all but eliminated me already -
Carlos Gomez (.182/.238/.248, 0 HR, 35% K, .293 BABIP) is Ian Desmonding his way out of any big FA deal...is this another Andruw Jones age-30 collapse? though, Desmond might now be Fowlering his way into a decent FA recoupment
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in terms of "i'm stuck playing these guys specifically at SS for the next 5 years": Bogaerts Lindor Russell Correa Seager edit: there's no right answer; all these guys are godly
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5/14 Bucs (Locke) @ Cubs (Jake), 1:20 CDT, ABC7
sneakypower replied to OleMissCub's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
so maybe Addi is a 6-win guy already this season -
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from August-on (including AFL), Diaz had a .348/.411/.634 line with a pretty normal babip (46 G) he might very well be a legitimately good hitter now
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dong party
