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  1. CubsWin
    Yeah, if he keeps this up the Cubs are going to have to do something. The most aggressive path I see that is likely to happen is he gets promoted to AAA in June and gets the call either after the deadline or in September. The thing is, I don't know if his defense in LF is any better than it is at catcher at the moment. If he can play it at all, and the Cubs are in the hunt, I can see him getting called up if he keeps hitting like this. With Ross and Montero in Chicago, there's no reason why his catching development would have to take a big hit even if he's playing LF. I'm sure those two could and would help him working in side sessions.
  2. CubsWin
    Twitter indicates he hurt himself on the swing, probably reaggravated his side. Well, poop.
  3. CubsWin
    I'm sensing an Almora hot streak. He can hit. He just needs to continue being more and more selective at the plate.
  4. CubsWin
    I'm not reading a lot into this. The most likely thing it means is that they already know what Almora can do in CF, but Hannemann could use the time there to improve. Almora had been playing some LF, but now that McKinney is in AA, Almora has moved to RF. All is shows me is that Almora is just an exceptional defensive OFer who doesn't have much more improvement to make in that department. Now, let's get his bat going good. Really good.
  5. CubsWin
    The Tennessee line-up is looking pretty good these days. Willson Contreras likely isn't this good, but then again neither is Vogelbach, but while they are hitting, this line-up is stacked. LaStella Almora Schwarber Vogelbach Contreras McKinney That's a nice 1-6. Even after LaStella leaves, that's a lot of prospect fire power for one team.
  6. CubsWin
    I should be more interested in Nikorak but with his rapid drops velo despite a strong core and solid mechanics as well as the lack of a 3rd pitch and a consistent 2nd pitch scares me. I hadn't heard of any rapid drop in velocity. That is concerning.
  7. CubsWin
    Mike Nikorak intrigues me. Happ is growing on me if he can stick at 2B.
  8. CubsWin
    And Charcer Burks, please.
  9. CubsWin
    BTW, thanks, Raisin, for posting these every day. It doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated.
  10. CubsWin
    And he's 20, doesn't turn 21 until late July and is off to a good start in High-A. Despite what TINSTAAPP tells us, some pitching prospects actually make it. A study from a while back stated that over a 14 year period (1999-2003), about 77% of pitching prospects busted versus 63% of hitting prospects. Injury was a much bigger factor in the failure of a pitcher than a hitter, of course. That study is a bit dated. A lot of analysis has been done since then. The Cubs seem to be as good as any organization is using data to improve a prospect's chances of success. I'd love to see if those numbers have changed any in the last decade. It seems like young pitchers are being brought along more slowly allowing their innings/pitch counts to build up gradually as they progress through the upper levels, and that they spend a lot of their early development (at least with the Cubs) focusing on fastball command and limiting the number of sliders thrown. Here's hoping it's making a difference. If so, maybe that number is down to a 70% bust rate. That's a 3 in 10 chance for Underwood. Heck, if a hitter hits .300, he's doing pretty good! :wink: Besides, what's the fun of following prospects if you don't allow yourself to dream a bit on the really good ones. Happy Underwood Day!
  11. CubsWin
    Looks like Pimentel started game one. Loux started yesterday's rain shortened game. I wonder who's starting game two. Is that the completion of yesterday's game?
  12. CubsWin
    That made me smile. He's got upside. I love it when the guys taken in rounds 10-15 do well. Bijan Rademacher - 13th round 2012 Trevor Clifton - 12th round 2013 Kevonte Mitchell - 13th round 2014 Jeremy Null - 15th round 2014 Especially the more raw, high upside guys like Clifton and Mitchell. Rademacher impressed me a bit when he had a really solid season in High-A and even some early success in AA. I'm always skeptical of success at the lower levels for college picks. Null has looked very consistent if not dominant so far, but I want to see how he does as he progresses up through High-A and AA. Clifton and Mitchell, drafted out of high school, are more toolsy. When they do well early on, it catches my eye.
  13. CubsWin
    Weren't Torres, Tseng and Jimenez all part of the 2013 IFA class? Yes, but they debuted on the field last season. It was our first chance to see how they performed, and so many of them performed surprisingly well.
  14. CubsWin
    It looks like Steele and Cease might fall 20th and 21st on this list, and that got me thinking. One, not only is the Cubs organization incredibly deep with quality talent right now, but a rather impressive amount of that talent was added just last year. #2 Addison Russell #4 Kyle Schwarber #6 Billy McKinney #7 Gleyber Torres #11 Jen-Ho Tseng #12 Jake Stinnett #13 Mark Zagunis #14 Eloy Jimenez #16 Carson Sands #17 Victor Caratini That's 10 of the top 17 prospects, including 4 of the top 7, all added in one season. Nice. Add in Steele, Cease, Jeremy Null, Kevonte Mitchell, Wladimir Galindo, Johan Matos and Jeferson Mejia and that's quite the one year influx of talent. Thank you Theo, Jed and Jason!
  15. CubsWin
    This. Unless they have reason to believe a draft is coming in '16, but doesn't that have to wait until the next CBA or can Manfred do it at any point through the "in the best interest of baseball" clause?
  16. CubsWin
    Cease and Steele. From TCR's AZ Phil (4/14/15) - "RHP Dylan Cease (2014 TJS surgery) threw "live" BP on Field #4 today, two "innings" (30 pitches). Cease was outstanding (lots of swings & misses and weak contact).
  17. CubsWin
    olt swung at every fastball that was in the strike zone.
  18. CubsWin
    Hitting Chapman is hard enough but when the umpire calls the first two balls Chapman throws as strikes, it gets a bit tougher.
  19. CubsWin
    Run off time?
  20. CubsWin
    Indeed. Well, most of them. I think Stinnett and Clifton are good prospects that are currently healthy. It doesn't make for interesting pitching days at every level, but it does make for some nice waves of pitching with depth. Most of those guys (Blackburn, Tseng, Zastryzny, etc.) are likely 4th or 5th starter types, but once Edwards builds up his innings this season, he and Underwood make for strong MOR types or better down the road. It's still very early for Stinnett and Clifton, but they've got decent ceilings as well. Edwards, Johnson, Zastryzny Underwood, Tseng, Blackburn, Skulina, Torrez, Stinnett Sands, Clifton, Steele, Cease, 2015 collegiate draftees Depth in pitching is especially important. A few of those guys will get injured, a few will fail but a few will be useful big leaguers. I think the pitching depth the Cubs have in their organization had a bit to do with why they brought Hammel back over some others. He was willing to do a two year deal which fits nicely with this group. I think the Cubs can safely expect one or two BOR guys and some bullpen help from this group by 2016 and/or 2017.
  21. CubsWin
    Since Edwards is on an innings watch and thus coming out of the bullpen, about the best pitching day we could hope for in the next few months is: Pierce Johnson - AAA (assuming his lat strain isn't a big deal) Rob Zastryzny - AA Duane Underwood - A+ Jake Stinnett - A I wouldn't call that a "great" pitching day, but it's pretty interesting. Stinnett could move quickly finishing the year in AA if all goes well. It's possible that sometime next year we could see something like: Stinnett - AAA Underwood - AA Clifton or Sands - A+ Cease - A Depending on how those guys are developing, that could classify as a great pitching day. Now, if they added Aiken or any college arm in the 1st round of this draft, next year gets even more interesting pitching-wise.
  22. CubsWin
    I wonder when I'll look at the probables and think to myself, "wow, great pitching day!" 2-for-4 ain't bad in baseball. But, yeah, it's far from great. Great might take a while. And by a while I mean a year or two.
  23. CubsWin
    Addison sure looks ready right now, but it's just 4 games. It happens to be the first 4 games so it skews the perspective. I like this FO's approach to preparing their prospects for success once they reach the bigs. That said, if he hasn't cooled off by mid-to-late May, and there's a need for him in Chicago (an injury or poor performance by another starter), I wouldn't frown on the Cubs bringing him up.
  24. CubsWin
    If Funkhouser isn't there at 9, hopefully Aiken will be. Coming around on Happ as well.
  25. CubsWin
    have fun! Couldn't ask for nicer weather on OD, either. This year, for the first time in history, it's ON. It's also on! Let's go!
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