minnesotacubsfan

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

If we somehow walk away with Mack, I could live with it

this may be a really dumbass suggestion for many reasons, BUT if we internally, love Bote and think he's some safe bet to be 3+ WAR, Corey Koskie redux, what does Billy Eppler say if you offer him up Bryant, Happ/Almora, ++ for Trout? how much does he try to add on before you take pause? SYOP TALKING LALALALALALALA

Mack could make Fangios defense elite overnight Mack>>Hicks>>Floyd accross the front Smith Middle underrated secondary

Truckloads of cash and draft picks. Do it.

TOO MANY WALKS

Keep them all and rotate them (or trade one for an area of need). The real answer is hope Happ and Bote can play CF and send Almora away. Happ could, or Heyward. But who would get us more, Russell or Almora?

For the advance stats gurus: what combo wins us more: Russel ss Baez 2b Or Baez ss Happ 2b Or Baez ss Bote 2b Or Baez ss Zobrist 2b

Its far more likely that a big hit is questionably called by the refs and Smith loses his money than if Smith were to go all head-hunty in order to sit out a season. That thought process is insanely stupid.

Hes a wimp

Bote crushed that

Carl.

Way closer then i thought

Vintage Kyle

Can we get Bosio back? Even with his horsefeathers attitude

You horsefeathering ruined this lol

All things equal, if I’m choosing between trading Almora and Happ, I’ve got this on repeat: https://youtu.be/yX6FsTIq6ls

I feel horrible that we wasted a potentially epic Duke gamestart on Ferrell

their search for an answer will continue