minnesotacubsfan

That was a ball all night

Its sad to think KB has yet to have his shoulder surgery tho

Welp, at least the Brewers still suck

How you follow Jr with Kintzler is beyond me

Kintzler will walk this tun in or groove one

horsefeathers

Javy javy javy

horsefeathers

Are we sure we’re still at our best with him at ss?

Jr

Good ab willy, get one to drive

Booooo

Almora!

Hamels!

KB is having surgery? I just read he took “dry swings” with no pain, nothing about surgery

That's kind of terrifying. I didn't realize it was bad enough to warrant all that. Because playing until you’re 40 is easy? I think its just the point where KB is starting to realize how physically demanding playing 162 pro ball is, and since he wants a long career is approaching life/routines as such. I don’t think its scary, but maybe prudent.

I only saw the replay and its not clear, but did Contreras interfere on the throw to 1st when Maddon got booted? It looks like if he's inside the baseline, its by one step from what I can see (?)

The bolded part is what i was wondering. I know guys come up, hit the horsefeathers off the ball and disappear, but exit velocity seems like something that should be evident soon in his minor league career. Why now is it becoming such a big part of his success? He's not just slightly above average, hes setting the bar in that catagory. What adjustment makes that happen? It also gives me some hope that it continues because it will likely continue to push his success. But no, he's not replacing Bryant. Hell of a trade chip tho. Read the athletic article I posted. But basically he always hit the ball hard and was a big exit velo guy but he had a bad swing angle and hit too many grounders. They adjusted the swing a few degrees to get him to hit more line drives and fly balls is the jist of it thought. yea, I found the article post after I replied. Thanks

did you see this post? baseball is littered with guys who do this and then end up turning back into nothing. i'm just wondering why a lot of people have already made the leap from "this guy is providing lots of value to use right now, and it's really helpful" to "this guy is a significant piece going forward" but really the post was half joking in the first place, which is why i literally used the term doom boner at the start of it. it was an extremely noninflammatory post, so of course it got someone fired up. Yeah I saw that post and responded that he made a noted swing change and is an exit velo god and some scouts really started taking note. And yeah I mostly agreed with you in my response. Nobody is fired up. Just pointed out that there's some things he's doing that's hard to fake/prove he might be more than a guy who disappears in a few weeks and he's also plenty valuable now and likely some sort of piece going forward. The bolded part is what i was wondering. I know guys come up, hit the horsefeathers off the ball and disappear, but exit velocity seems like something that should be evident soon in his minor league career. Why now is it becoming such a big part of his success? He's not just slightly above average, hes setting the bar in that catagory. What adjustment makes that happen? It also gives me some hope that it continues because it will likely continue to push his success. But no, he's not replacing Bryant. Hell of a trade chip tho.

I just can't figure this guy out. 6 years toiling in the minors, never really doing that much. starts this year hot at iowa, comes up and looks like the next superstar.

Seems low

Hows Joseph doing? He had a pass defense/forced INT Thursday night. Any chance he sticks?

Eh, Im not worried

Yes plz https://fansided.com/2018/08/04/artemi-panarin-would-consider-return-chicago-blackhawks/?utm_campaign=apple-news&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=apple-news

stupid pitchers