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The title of this thread might as well be Yanks Have More Money Than Everybody Else.
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At this point, barring an unforeseen trade, that is likely the best the Cubs can do. Getting a better 1B prospect would be ideal depending on the cost. I'm not sure I want Prince Fielder manning 1B on a big contract for several years, so getting someone young and good would be nice. Pena is a one year fix and Davis seems like a bit of a long shot to be the long term answer. The Cubs may have the answer in house with Josh Vitters, but he has a lot of questions left to answer. With Gonzalez in Boston and Lars Anderson not included in the deal to San Diego, could he be pried away from the Red Sox?
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Probably. It could be fun if players like Castro, Cashner, Colvin, B Jax, Vitters, Archer, McNutt and Carpenter continue to develop. That would be nice if I wanted to watch AAA baseball. However I want to watch a team compete for a World Series. Unfortunately the cubs won't reciprocate. Yep. You're likely not going to watch the Cubs compete for a World Series championship next year. But if most of those guys take steps forward in their development it improves the chances of it happening in the near future.
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Probably. It could be fun if players like Castro, Cashner, Colvin, B Jax, Vitters, Archer, McNutt and Carpenter continue to develop.
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The Nationals. I'm assuming the Cubs go youngish and cheap at 1B, older and recovering from surgery on the mound and hope the prospects come through. In 2012.
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Not just other teams. Our two arch rivals. So far, the Cubs have lost out on Dunn, Berkman and Gonzalez. But losing that third baseman has hurt the most. Enjoy the view from the upper, upper deck, Ronnie.
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Well, the Cubs have been pretty aggressive with a number of guys in the system. We've had a number of teenagers / 20 year olds reach not only full-time ball but up to AA (and even the majors with Starlin). Given the youth of the Cubs system, how does that impact how they rank against other organizations? When I compared the Cubs system to that of the Dodgers, just at a glance I liked the Cubs better primarily because a good number of the Dodgers prospects were 23, 24 and above while the Cubs had a bunch 20, 21 and younger. Where do you come down on the importance of age and how that impacts the organization's ranking? I know that age is important in gauging an individual prospects value, but what about collectively?
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Glad to see the Cubs protected Smit. I was hoping they would. Archer and Guyer were obvious choices and Cabrera is worthy.
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True, but that won't stop us from declaring whether we think they are good moves or not the moment after they happen. This is America, after all.
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I agree. Unfortunately, all we know for sure is he's walking more. And I'll take that.
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That was my feeling, too. I have no idea if it's correct, but if you allow the Cubs brass to have the same amount of baseball intelligence that we have, it makes the most sense. If goony's right and they're self-serving idiots, then his reason is probably right.
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Make that 4 in his last 6 games. No sign thus far that he can hit at the same time that he's walking. But maybe there might be some struggle time period and eventually he'll be able to do both at the same time. I think he's definitely working on it. The theory of being patient and picking a pitch to drive helping you succeed as a hitter isn't very difficult to understand. I think Josh is well aware of it, especially after seeing AA pitching and struggling to hit it.
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Muyco has done little to answer the question of why he was sent to the AFL over others. If I'm remembering right, Vitters has drawn walks in each of his last 3 games.
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10/23 Brett Jackson-CF 2 AB, 1 R, 1 H (2B), 1 RBI, 1 K. Ryan Flaherty-1B 3 AB, 0 R, 3 H (2B), 1 RBI 0 K, 1 BB. Chris Carpenter 1 IP, 0 H, 2 K/0 BB. Kyle Smit 1 IP, 0 H, 1 K/1 BB. David Cales 1 IP, 0 H, 0 K/1 BB.
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Here's a list of the 20 or younger crowd from last year. Trey McNutt, 20 (A-/A+/AA) Josh Vitters, 20 (A+/AA) Nick Struck, 20 (A-/A+) Junior Lake, 20 (A+) Jeffry Antigua, 20 (A-) Su-Min Jung, 20 (A-) Matthew Cerda, 20 (A-) Austin Kirk, 20 (SS/A-) Matthew Szczur, 20 (SS/A-) Robinson Lopez, 19 (A-) Hak-Ju Lee, 19 (A-) Jae-Hoon Ha, 19 (A-) Aaron Kurcz, 19 (SS) Cam Greathouse, 19 (SS) Arismendy Alcantara, 18 (SS) Austin Reed, 18 (RK) Ryan Hartman, 18 (RK) Ben Wells, 18 (RK) Reggie Golden, 18 (RK) With the notion that the Cubs only need a few of these guys to hit, it's going to be a lot of fun watching them progess.
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I agree with Craig in that I'm also excited by the quantity of young arms at the lower levels and the fact that so many of the Cubs prospects are 22 or under. The system graduated some decent players last season, so the fact that it is lacking upper level talent isn't surprising. I do find reason to be optimistic about the lower levels. The Cubs have a decent amount of guys 20 or younger that have some talent.
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This is all extremely small sample size, but of the under 20 crowd... Gioskar Amaya did okay. Hak-Ju Lee, Reggie Golden, Jae-Hoon Ha and Oliver Zapata all put up respectable numbers. Of the pitchers... Aaron Kurcz put up great numbers. Dominant numbers. He's looking like the fast riser of the bunch. Matt Loosen and Jeff Lorick did well. Of the under 20 crowd, Robinson Lopez, Austin Reed, Starlin Peralta and Ben Wells intrigued. Jin-Yeong Kim got hit around a bit, but he threw strikes. He struck out 12 and walked 1 in 10 IP.
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Here are the final stats. Link
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I'm going with Junior Lake. Very toolsy. Put it together for two months in the second half this season. In those months his numbers were eye-popping, but huge questions remain as to whether he can put it together and keep it together, much less do so at higher levels.
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Some names that should receive consideration: SS Arismendy Alcantara 2B Pierre LePage C Micah Gibbs P Austin Kirk P Cam Greathouse P Brett Ebinger P Aaron Kurcz Would Szczur qualify for this list given his limited playing time (18 games, 73 ABs)?
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In Zambrano's latest start, MLB Game Day had him working around 88-91 with his fb, topping out at 93. I find it kind of weird that people are concerned about Z's velocity considering how much flak Z used to get for overthrowing everything and not taking something off his pitches in order to get better movement. It could be that overuse finally took a toll on his arm and sapped him of some velocity...but perhaps Zambrano finally listened to his critics and altered his pitches accordingly? Whatever it is, it's been working lately. I just can't seem to find a good way to predict whether it is likely to continue beyond right now. I guess I'll just sit back and watch.
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Guyer was pretty darn consistent this year. He started off solid in April going .283/.427/.467 then he got hurt and missed almost all of May, spent June getting his swing back and went .415/.437/.622 in July, .404/.433/.711 in August and .500/.565/.850 in September. Last year while in High-A he hit .347/.407/.453 and this year in AA he hit .344/.398/.588. Can't get much more consistent than that. Whoops, he added some power. Sorry about that Jim. Callis may be right about him being a 4th OFer, but if his last two seasons (minus his failed adjustment to AA after a mid-season promotion) are any indication, the guy can hit, and if Callis is accurate that Guyer has some of the best all-around tools in the Cubs organization, then he might be able to carry decent production forward into the bigs. I'm not expecting Guyer to win Rookie of the Year when he comes up, I'm just saying his ceiling may be a bit higher than a reserve OFer. I also like the fact that he stole 30 bases in 37 attempts in '09 and was 30 for 33 this year. The Cubs could sure use that in their line-up...
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That brought an audible chuckle.
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Minor League Playoffs Discussion & Boxes 9-12-10
CubsWin replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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