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His contract is structured in a way that he can opt out of it whenever he becomes arbitration eligible. Service time still matters, for both arbitration and free agency.

I highly doubt it. What the Cubs are doing is very rare for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is deliberately holding guys down and therefore not graduating them from prospect status. The Dodgers used to do it for years. It's one of the reasons for the rule 5 draft. Imagine the external pressure on these kids when the come up. I really hope they bring them up in groups to dilute the madness. I doubt many people had "legit" top 100 prospect lists in the 50's.

I highly doubt it. What the Cubs are doing is very rare for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is deliberately holding guys down and therefore not graduating them from prospect status. who have they really held down? Bryant? i mean, yeah, he's destroying every level, but he hasn't even been in professional baseball for a year. mainly it's the combination of a smart front office having extremely high draft picks and devoting a huge percentage of assets (and money if you go back to soler) to the minors. and some luck with who has been available to them. but it's still pretty cool. I think several front offices, historically, would have had Baez start with the team this year. And comparatively few of them would have been keeping Bryant and Baez down until 2015. Alcantara would probably also be up for several organizations that are so devoid of offensive ability. The Cubs are operating under a mandate that is pretty much unprecedented in baseball for anybody but the occasional expansion team or actual small market franchise. They both have the money to sign guys like Soler but absolutely no pressure to win any games at the major league level (thus eliminating any thought of trading some of these guys for major league help and actually making it possible to trade even more major leaguers for prospects). Most front offices can't get away with this mindset. Therefore, I doubt it's something we've seen in the era where these lists have even been a thing people talked about.

yes, this. his approach is already good. if he gets injured, he can do in chicago. there's also no need to worry about service time, either. So nobody thinks we keep him down until we're past super 2, to delay his opting out by 1 year? When is the likely time that this is no longer an issue this year?

I highly doubt it. What the Cubs are doing is very rare for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is deliberately holding guys down and therefore not graduating them from prospect status.

Yeah, it's not that loony of an idea.

The prospects they sent would have been Yankees prospects, thus, better prospects.

Core four was ridiculous, but now future five is just silly and I hope they keep coming up with new ones. Six dudes swinging their big dicks?

He's pretending he's getting all this secret inside information that indicates that Almora may be turning a corner, when in reality anybody making such claims is only doing so because his results are there. Scouting has nothing to do with it. ok first of all sharma is awesome. i HIGHLY doubt he's pretending anything. secret inside information? wtf? he likely has scouting contacts that are saying there have been tangible adjustments/improvements made that coincide with the good results. where the hell do you come up with this stuff? The only thing tangible are the box scores. Whatever, it was a joke. Calm down killer.

He's pretending he's getting all this secret inside information that indicates that Almora may be turning a corner, when in reality anybody making such claims is only doing so because his results are there. Scouting has nothing to do with it.

That's not random, that's "stop staring into the stands you idiot, she's mine".

Did that say suites? It should say sweets, Ricketts gives him a bag of candy for road trips, after loading up at drug stores the day after Easter.

Would those reports be "box scores"? No, it was eyes that saw the swings that led to the HR. The result didn't really matter, it was all in the swing itself.

Brian Cashman isn't going to talk to anybody's lackey.

They are already at the sink or swim stage of their careers. They are what they are and seasoning isn't going to develop them further. Also, the cubs need 25 guys on the active roster. These two are filler.

What about the Mets?

well then it's just a gawker story.

that's about the only thing that can be said without getting oneself in trouble.

http://jezebel.com/world-cup-soccer-stats-erase-the-sports-most-dominant-p-1601275793/+tcraggs22

I wonder who the friends commentary was in reference to. Maybe Samardzija, considering all the talk about Hendry and the ND coach being buddies and that playing a role in the Cubs drafting him and then giving him a big league contract to convince him to give up football?

What exactly in there was remotely stupid? He's saying that the commentary about how good Russell is makes the Daily News article (which claims the Yankees could have easily beat the deal) look even worse than before.

The apologist posse pounces