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  1. CubsWin
    Depperman was selected by the Cubs in 2014 out of high school in the 31st round. He was ranked 192nd by BA... back then. Welcome back, Brad.
  2. CubsWin
    Don’t waste these bullets. Bring him up. Now.
  3. CubsWin
    It’s the year of the bounce back. Chatwood, Contreras, Heyward (to a certain extent so far), Bryant (expected), Kintzler, and dare I say... ALBERTOS!
  4. CubsWin
    Yup. Both pitchers, Gallardo and Machado are staying in ExST, at least for now, while Lopez (1.5 mill), Yohendrick Pinango (400,000) and Rafael Morel (850,000) are in the DSL. Guys moving up from the DSL from last year are LHP Misael Garcia (18), LHP Luis Rodriguez (19), RHP Jorge Remon (18), RHP Benjamin Rodriguez (19), 2B Rochest Cruz (19), 3B Widimer Joaquin (18), SS-3B Pedro Martinez (18), SS Fabian Pertuz (18), CF Ricardo Verenzuela (19) and RF Carlos Morfa (18), along with some lesser players. All of the above players spent only one season in the DSL except Rochest Cruz, Benjamin Rodriguez and Ricardo Verenzuela who spent two. The youngest player amongst that group is Misael Garcia who turned 18 a month and a half ago, followed by Jorge Remon and Pedro Martinez who both have birthdates in 2001. Switch-hitting 2B Reivaj Garcia, who spent all of last season in Mesa batting .302/.362/.355, is still the youngest stateside position player in the organization at 17. He won't turn 18 until August. The youngest stateside pitcher is LHP Joel Machado (who signed last year for $850,000). He turned 17 back on February 9th. Gallardo, who is also 17, is 2nd youngest. He'll remain 17 all season and doesn't turn 18 until September 6th.
  5. CubsWin
    Mekkes started out wild this season but in his last 5 outings: 7.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K.
  6. CubsWin
    No kidding. Out of Contreras, Baez, Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, Bote, Almora, Heyward and Russell, only 3 have more doubles than HRs. And there are currently 7 I-Cubs who have done the same. (In case some of you haven't heard, AAA is using MLB baseballs for the 1st time this season.) MLB effectively ended players from taking steroids. Now they have to institute penalties for the baseballs.
  7. CubsWin
    For comparison, here's an image of Albertos from 2017 while he was in Eugene.
  8. CubsWin
    As AZ Phil reported, Albertos is in better shape this year. He's definitely lost weight. In the 6th, he struck out the first batter he faced on his above average change up. His FB was reported between 91-95, mostly 94. The only hit he gave up was a weak ground ball up the middle that was just missed being gloved by the SS Weber. The wild pitch was on a breaking ball that just had some wild break. It didn't start off the plate, it just broke that much, like a wiffle ball. Polanco didn't even come close to getting a glove on it. It was an easy, 1-2-3 7th. A sharply hit flyout to RF off of a fastball sandwiched by two weak ground outs. Albertos looked confident and his delivery seemed under control and consistent pitch to pitch.
  9. CubsWin
    Alzolay's curve was devasting to the Marlins' AAA hitters. (The obvious joke here is that the Marlins AAA team is in the majors so he was actually facing a AA team today, but the Babycakes have some decent prospects in their line up like Austin Dean, Lewis Brinson, Isan Diaz, Monte Harrison, etc.) They looked baffled by his breaking ball all day. (The Babycakes announcers were equally as baffled by Alzolay's name calling him Alozay until the 5th inning.) Almost all (or all, I lost track) of his 9 Ks came on his curve. Deven Marrero took a swing at one of his curves that I still can't explain. He swung as if it was a high fastball, kind of hacking at it. Then it broke down into the zone and he was left looking silly. He's got two kinds of breaking balls. One starts lower and could actually be a slider. The other is more of a classic 11-to-5 curve. Both are commanded well. I don't know how Alzolay's breaking stuff will play against major leaguers but I sure would like to find out.
  10. CubsWin
    It's good to see Alzolay re-establish himself as the best pitching prospect in the organization. That's not saying much in this system, but the list of "better than 5th starter/MIR guys" is getting longer. Alzolay, Marquez, Miller, Abbott, Riley Thompson, Yovanny Cruz and Richard Gallardo have the most potential for me at the moment. It was nice to see Albertos have a non-embarrassing, bounce back game today as well, coming into a 1 run game and not allowing a run in 2 innings of work with just 1 hit and 1 walk. He did have a wild pitch, though. Baby steps.
  11. CubsWin
    Ha! I came here to write almost the exact same thing. The Cubs have had a string of guys previously thought to be nothing special break out with the bat in AA the last few years. Bote. Giambrone. And now the aptly named Machin. Heck, you could throw Robel Garcia into that mix and to a somewhat lesser extent Jason Vosler and the all but forgotten Zack Short. Bote was an 18th round pick. Giambrone in the 25th. Vosler in the 16th. Short in the 17th. Garcia out of nowhere, and Machin was taken the highest of the bunch in the 10th round. In keeping with that pattern, is 15th rounder Jared Young next? Something in the water down there in Kodak or just a good organizational developmental system/staff and old fashioned hard work paying off? Me thinks it's the latter...
  12. CubsWin
    Brennan Davis with an RBI double in his 1st full season at bat. I didn't know that he's the son of Bulls great Reggie Theus.
  13. CubsWin
    Marquez sitting 96, has touched 97 twice in the early going today.
  14. CubsWin
    Good list. I agree, and I'd like to add one more. 4.) Unless, the Cubs are willing to blow past the top luxury tax limit next season, they're going to need young, effective, inexpensive players going forward. If a player like Nico or possibly Alzolay has the ability to provide quality production at the major league level in the near future, the Cubs will likely value him more than any other team. Trading guys like they last year (Thomas, Butler, Lacy, Romero, Monasterio) worked pretty well. They probably could trade guys like Amaya and Ademan who are far enough away and play positions that will be filled by players likely to receive extensions in the coming years (Baez and Contreras). Who could this year's Eddie Butler be? Ricky Tyler Thomas? Rollie Lacy? Could it be Alec Mills? Might Jesus Camargo be enticing enough as a High-A guy putting up good numbers? Javier Assad? Paul Richan?The Cubs have built up a backlog of mediocre starts at the upper levels. They'll need options like Clifton, Miller and Abbott but they could part with one of them. Will Keegan Thompson, Erich Uelman, Alex Lange get healthy and perform well enough to draw interest by the deadline? I'm doubtful, but I still can't believe they got Hamels, Chavez and Murphy for what they gave away, so...
  15. CubsWin
    Athletic but raw OF Carlos Morfa hit his 1st stateside HR in ExST today. Then on his next at bat injured his ankle sliding into 2nd while trying to stretch a single into a double. Had to be helped off the field.
  16. CubsWin
    He was a Rule V pick this past offseason, if memory serves me right. Well, he's got a, uh... really, really good game going thru 5... Update: Vargas removed after 5. Had thrown 51 pitches, 32 strikes. Not totally surprising to see since he's not fully stretched out yet. Ryan Lawlor comes in and on the first pitch gives up a double to ruin the perfect game Vargas had going.
  17. CubsWin
    Alzolay is scheduled to start for Iowa today, and Alexander Vargas is starting for Myrtle Beach. Speaking of, the Vargas acquisition completely flew under my Cubdar. When did he come on board?
  18. CubsWin
    Those ground outs, though! The velo is back up, only 1 walk and no wild pitches! There's hope for this guy yet! Now do it again... Don't do it to yourself. Albertos will break your heart. I'm a Cubs fan who started rooting for them in 1975. I can take it!
  19. CubsWin
    Those ground outs, though! The velo is back up, only 1 walk and no wild pitches! There's hope for this guy yet! Now do it again...
  20. CubsWin
    I fear both Richan's and Assad's stuff won't hold up at the upper levels without good FB command, but Javier is having a night. Thru 6, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 8 Ks on just 76 pitches. The Pelicans rotation is probably the worst of the 4 levels right now, but those 2 might be taking a step forward. It's early yet...
  21. CubsWin
    Interested to see what last year's 2nd round comp pick Paul Richan does in his next couple starts. His last two have been pretty [expletive] good. 12.2 IP, 12 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 15 K.
  22. CubsWin
    Cubs now have 2 top 100 prospects on MLB's list. Hoerner comes in at 64 and Amaya at 81. If Ademan and Marquez continue on their current tracks, I expect they'd be added at some point this year, too. http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2019/?list=prospects
  23. CubsWin
    He's been out so long, I keep forgetting about Alzolay. We have to wait and see how he performs in AAA, but maybe the question is when was the last time the Cubs had a quartet of pitching prospects as good as Marquez, Miller, Abbott and Alzolay...
  24. CubsWin
    McNutt, Maples, and Cashner That's a pretty good trio for comparison. I can't think of a better one right now. The problem is they weren't all good at the same time. Cashner was a high draft pick (late 1st rounder) and put up good numbers for the Cubs in the minors but was traded before Maples put up good numbers. McNutt had a dominant start to his career with an excellent first 128 innings in his 1st two seasons, but he lacked the pedigree as a 32nd round pick and fell off in 2011, again before Maples was good. Also, Maples didn't really put up good numbers like Marquez, Miller and Abbott until 2017 after he became a reliever. Still, if we are going just by touted potential, that would qualify. Interesting side note: Trey McNutt is back in the minors this season after not pitching since 2016. At age 29, he's a reliever in the A's organization at the AA level.
  25. CubsWin
    That's good news on Thompson, Navin. Any idea what his injury was/is?
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