Little Slide Rooter
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Now that I think of it, my moneys on Bobby Scales. The organization seems to love the scrappy little guy.
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Yup. And he sure as hell came out swinging before pitchers started figuring him out. The differrnce is, Colvin still could be a part of the Cubs future plans, so he should be playing everyday and the rest of these guys likely aren't. Similar could be said about DeWitt. If Aramis leaves, there's a very real chance he could be our starting 3B next year, or at least platooning with Baker.
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I'm curious how/when he gave you reason to believe that. All the options are in their late 20's. Its just do we want a guy who might be able to hit or a spare set of legs to fill in for Soriano in the 8th inning? If were going to call up a guy to get very limited PT, may as well be a slugger.
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It's pretty damn close to a failure if you have no potential stars on the horizon. It's nice to produce some good guys, but if you want to win, you need some top notch production from your farm. You can't just sign it. They tried that for two decades under the MacPhail/Hendry regime and it failed repeatedly. Unless you can outbid everybody (the Yankees), you can't live that way. Also a good point. Even if you look at the Yankees and Red Sox, depsite their spending they also produce elite guys like Jeter, Cano, Rivera, Youklis, Lester, and Pedroia.
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I think that it should be one of the power guys like Montanez or Snyder. What we need is a power bat, and guys like that tend to come up slugging before pitchers figure out their obvious holes, and which point we can trade em in for the next one. We really dont need a guy who will be nothing more than an 8th inning defensive replacement for Soriano.
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The quote reads like it was just speculation on Sharma's part, but I agree. Perez makes more sense from a macro perspective. On the other hand, Perez is hitting .212/.339/.293 at Iowa to Campana's .342/.383/.442, and there's no shortage of 40 man roster spots. We dont need an extra set of legs. I say just go with one of the power bats like Montanez, LaHair, Snyder, or Moore and see if they can bring us some Jake Fox lightning in a bottle and then try to get something out of them in trade when we no longer have use for them. All we really need is a bat. We have 4 outfielders, and if needed, apparently Baker and DeWitt can play there every now and then as well. No point in wasting the roster spot on an 8th inning defensive replacement for Soriano.
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Considering his annual hot start and the fact that the Cubs are going nowhere fast, could this be a prime time to sell high?
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How would he have gottent the oportunity? Byrd and Fukudome have been doing well in CF and RF, and Johnson has been very good as the 5th outfielder. Colvin was buried at the end of the bench, and hes far better off playing everyday in Iowa.
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Im not denying that. Its great seeing guys like Soto, Barney, Marshall, Marmol, Soto, and Wells come up and play big roles for the team. Even the evil Ryan Theriot was a solid player who we brought up. I never called the system a failure, Im just saying from an emotional standpoint it would be cool to develope a superstar.
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Good start for Jae. 2-4 with a 2B at the leadoff spot.
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Or a Starlin Castro? Time will tell. Im leaning toward Castro being a great player, but I also thought that Corey Patterson would be the next Rickey Henderson, so who knows.The point is, with Byrd, Ramirez, Barney, Soriano, Pena, Fukudome, and Castro, our team is full of good players, but we sorely lack a star. If you look at all the teams who perenially contend, they have at least 1. So sign a star. Superstars don't HAVE to be developed internally. Yes, obviously, it would be ideal, but it's not the end of the world if the Cubs' farm system doesn't produce another star for several years outside of Castro but is able to produce several good, everyday players. And Im very much on board with that. This offseason would be the perfect time to strike with Pujols or Fielder, both of whom would be perfect fits for the Cubs, considering our needs and avaialble money. However, if that doesnt happen, its back to the drawing board unless they pull off some kind of blockbuster trade. As for producing a star, I still really wish we could do that for once, and hopefully Castro could be that guy. It would be nice to just follow a guy from the minors all the way to the top, an opportunity that we as Cubs have never really had, at least in recet years.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-16-11
Little Slide Rooter replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Jae Hoon Ha 2-4 with a 2B in his AA debut, hitting leadoff. Nothing special for any of the other Smokies this evening. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-16-11
Little Slide Rooter replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Justin Bour with a 2-4 with a double. Im getting quite intrigued by this young man. He even looks like Rebel Ridling who looks like Jake Fox. One guy on the farm who has been overlooked all season is Evan Crawford of the Mike Fontenot trade. Hes quietly hitting .336/.413/.439/.853 with 0 HR but 11 SB. Is he someone worth following? -
Or a Starlin Castro? Time will tell. Im leaning toward Castro being a great player, but I also thought that Corey Patterson would be the next Rickey Henderson, so who knows.The point is, with Byrd, Ramirez, Barney, Soriano, Pena, Fukudome, and Castro, our team is full of good players, but we sorely lack a star. If you look at all the teams who perenially contend, they have at least 1.
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well that's a very optimistic way of looking at things, considering that wells and cashner pitched only one game each and won them, so you're projecting a very small sample size over a very long season. nonetheless, i admire the mental gymnastics required to make it seem like the team with the fourth-worst run differential in baseball is a bad break or two away from being very good. I'm really hoping we hit on this draft pick, we can't afford to keep crapping out on top 10 picks. There's a HUGE middle ground. Again, producing useful everyday players would be a huge improvement. They don't to make the leap from cranking out mostly [expletive] to superstars to make very different, very better teams. And the top 10 is hardly the only place where superstars come from. I agree that its great to be able to crank out useful everyday players, but it would be nice for once to produce a Ryan Braun, Joey Votto, or Tim Lincecum. Yeah, there was Prior, but that didnt work out so well in the end.
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Or maybe we just need to consider what really happened after 2009. I know there were injuries last season, but I still find it suspicious when someone suddenly drops from a consistent .900+ OPS to the low .700's in what should be the prime of his career. Yeah, his destroyed shoulder was an elaborate front. Yup. he actually injured himself during a [expletive] fight gone awry.
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that's being pretty optimistic. the cubs really aren't any better than average as far as their prospect pool, and they're lacking (as they have been for years) in any sort of true impact players. jackson and mcnutt could be above average but really don't have frequent all-star ceilings. The farm is just like the big league team. Plenty of decent enough pieces, a few above average, but no real standouts.
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Well [expletive]. Doug Davis it is I guess.
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Dont you mean [expletive] Quade?
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There's no way that I would trade Soto, but the Red Sox might offer a king's ransom for him. Whether that's true or not, if its to be considered, wed need to see what Castillos capable of, and Quade doesn't seem to want to do that. Wed also need more than the sample size we'll likely get out of Castillo anyway.
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They are patient as long as they're prospects, but one they get to the big leagues and struggle some, they tend to give up. Felix Pie and Rich Hill come to mind. Of course Hills been awful since, but it was a bit early to ship him out for nothing. The obvious exception here is Samardzjia, but with him there's the matter of the contract and NTC. Pie wasn't a pitching prospect. See Truffle's post about Hill. Your jab was pretty obviously inaccurate. Yes, the Cubs have screwed up when it comes to position prospects like Patterson and Pie, but pitching prospects...no. I'm just talking prospects in generalm guys who don't perform well in the big leagues are shipped off(Pie, Hill, Patterson). Guzmans different. He was quite good in the time when he was actually healthy.
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Yeah, but whenever Rich Harden is one of your starting pitchers, you can never have too much pitching depth, and its not like that bullpen was loaded with talent.
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They are patient as long as they're prospects, but one they get to the big leagues and struggle some, they tend to give up. Felix Pie and Rich Hill come to mind. Of course Hills been awful since, but it was a bit early to ship him out for nothing. The obvious exception here is Samardzjia, but with him there's the matter of the contract and NTC.
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If Ha has earned his promotion to Tennessee, and I agree he has, then Jackson has certainly earned a promotion to Iowa. If that happens, that would leave Nelson Perez, Ha, Ty Wright and James Adduci in a 4-man rotation that would seem pretty manageable. But when you add in Spencer, who would roll between 1B-OF, and Flaherty getting some time there as well, it will be an interesting juggling act, but not too difficult. Now if Jackson doesn't get promoted... Spencers like 26 years old I believe, so he could probably be sent to Iowa. As for Wright and Adduci, are they even considered prospects? If it came down to it, Ha and Perez should be considered no brainers over those 2. Of course I'm all for Jackson to Iowa as well. As someone else said, I just hope it doesn't mean that Jackson is expected to miss more time than they thought.
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Wow, look like the Reds patience with Bailey has paid off, so far. If it were the Cubs, we would have sent him to Baltimore for a pair of fringe prospects 3 years ago.