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But people are saying that Soler fell because of injuries therefore Buxton has to fall because of injuries. It's a huge leap.
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From the Cubs perspective, I highly doubt it. Sure the A's wanted to corner the market on available pitchers by taking 2 off the table as early as possible. That's why they were willing to offer up Russell. And Russell being available is probably why the Cubs jumped on the offer so early. -
It's not just (or even primarily) his injuries. It's that Parks is down on Soler as a player compared to most other pundits. He has made these confusing judgments on his approach at the plate (very odd because he has one of the best in our system based on the results and plate appearances themselves) and he says he doesn't have the ability to make quick adjustments (based on what? - I have no freaking clue). Well, that's ridiculous (Soler's approach is probably his best attribute) but at least that might mean BP isn't grading Buxton and Soler differently when they both have injury histories. The fact that they both have injuries does not mean they should be graded the same because of those injuries. Buxton is 2 years younger, plays CF and has almost twice as many professional PA as Soler, who has yet to play even a full half season.
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Gee, you think?
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X never marks the spot. X marks the spot.
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I do not think it is just the injuries, but it is also the fact that it is another year largely lost to injuries after missing much of last year. Also, I doubt they put much value into what he did in Arizona this year.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-6-14
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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It's not really fair to make this comparison. Buxton destroyed the ball and had 575 PA last season, while Soler had half that PA because he was hurt again. Their injury concerns differ in that Soler's have been chronic.
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Never won anything? F that, the A's have won a lot of things.
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Once you establish yourself as a successful pro, the only thing that ever matters are successful pros. There is no such thing as a prospect in that world.
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2014 NSBB Cubs Top 50 Prospects
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Isn't Bryant's actual upside more than that? I mean, he probably never does it but the dude is on pace for ridiculous numbers. -
A stabbing? How quaint.
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Wow this is ugly.
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It is more that there have been questions about whether all our shortstops would end up at shortstop. I'm talking specifically about the reports on Russell that have nothing to do with the Cubs. They all seemed to have questions on his defense.
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Can we finish 4th this year?
jersey cubs fan replied to Crack Wilson's topic in General Baseball Talk
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I would bet he doesn't make the cut on most. Here's a 20 that was posted in the minor league forum today: Bryant, Baez, Soler, Tseng, Almora, Vizcaino, Edwards, Rivero, Vogelbach, Bruno, Russell, Alcantara, Schwarber, Torres, McKinney, Johnson, Hendricks, Stinnett, Jimenez, Underwood Who does Black kick out? He's ahead of Bruno and Underwood for me. Bruno is in somebody's top 10?
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I knew of Addison Russell prior to the trade and was under the impression he was a top notch defender and hitter. But after reading a lot of these reports on him it seems there were plenty of questions about where he would end up when he was drafted and still questions about his longterm defense at SS. Then, at the same time there seems to be no doubt that the consensus is he's now the team's best answer at the position. Which is it? Are those questions about his glove just nitpicky and/or no longer relevant?
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Yeah because nobody ever regrets that type of decision. Good point.
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Knowing the plan and actively participating in 90 loss seasons every year are entirely different subjects. Knowing the plan and having a good idea that you are part of that plan does not erase the depressing nature of playing for a team that can't win and isn't even trying to win.
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They could pull the trigger and still be loaded with prospects. And the money is there.
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Less slutty
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Hammels post game comments make so much more sense now.
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I keep going back to Rizzo as an offensive comp. Rizzo was 22/23 in the 2012 season, and he split the year pretty evenly between Iowa and Chicago. He put up an 1.101 OPS in Iowa and .805 in Chicago, and that's roughly in the neighborhood of the drops we've seen from just about everyone graduating from Iowa to Chicago lately (except Junior Lake, for some reason). Bryant turns 23 next January and has an 1.138 OPS with a higher K-rate and much higher BABIP than Rizzo did. He's also had less time as a pro so I think he has more room to improve quickly than Rizzo did, so I kind of want to just call it all a wash and expect an .800 OPS from him in his first year too. With average-ish 3b defense, that's roughly a 3.5-4 win player. Bryant also had less cancer, I think.
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baez and bryant aren't going to be there opening day 2015, much less russell and soler. well, soler maybe if he had more PAs this year, but he hasn't. I understand that Russell had a hamstring issue at the start of the season, but from the sound of what's been posted on Oakland A's boards, it seems that he would've been in AA/AAA for them for most of the 2014 season, if not a mid-season call up if the injury didn't happen. Do we see the Cubs holding him in the minors for another full season? Also, with the way Bryant is hitting at all levels and and Baez starting to put it together on a more consistent basis in Iowa (yes, small sample size over the last 3-4 weeks), do we really think those two won't make it on the opening day roster in 2015? If he's not up now he isn't going to be here opening day.
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They got no choice now.
