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  1. Hrubes20
    Can't wait for the first-hand reports of him in game action. Probably from the DSL, but that's perfectly fine.
  2. Hrubes20
    It's more to do with the fact that the list of above average big leaguers that completely fell on their face in A ball, regardless of age, is incredibly small. Lumps are VERY rarely taken at the lowest full season level by guys that end up as solid contributors; and I honestly can't remember a guy that panned out that has started as badly as Howard has in Low A ball. He's putting the term "taking lumps" to a whole different level so far. But you're right that the Covid stuff really did throw a big wrench in what we can/should be expecting right now. It's a very legit point that there are older pitchers in the low minors this year that normally wouldn't be there. Just have to hope that this variable is big enough to overlook all the historical examples not in Howard's favor right now.
  3. Hrubes20
    I'm just not keen on Fabian and his numerous strikeouts. I'm 100% with you. I would pass on Fabian. I'm actually warming up a bit to Trey Sweeney at 21, depending on who is still on the board.
  4. Hrubes20
    And struck out both ABs. This MFer needs to go back to Mesa. He’s horribly overmatched in A ball right now. Once they made the decision to keep him at Myrtle Beach, I'd stick with him a bit more than 4 ABs since he's coming off a missed month. It’s just an extension of how poorly he’s been before the injury. There’s a young player taking his lumps and learning, and then there is a young player striking out 50% of the time and being the worst hitter in the respective league. Howard is absolutely the latter. But I suppose the possibility does exist that a demotion at this point could hurt Howard mentally more than just continuing to get eaten alive by A ball pitching. Definitely have to trust the FO on that one. It really hurts not having SS ball anymore.
  5. Hrubes20
    And struck out both ABs. This MFer needs to go back to Mesa. He’s horribly overmatched in A ball right now.
  6. Hrubes20
    and fluff: I need to look into the prep pitchers a lot more than I have thus far. This regime has avoided prep arms in the 1st round, so I guess it has led to me not paying much attention to the top 50 prep pitcher types this year. The little I just read/watched about Hartle looks solid though.
  7. Hrubes20
    Yet another 2B for Caissie. Probably should ask AZPhil if these are legit doubles or the "taking advantage of poor fielding low minor leaguers" variety.
  8. Hrubes20
    Holy crap. The Monsoon Game last time out really bloated Herz's ERA.
  9. Hrubes20
    Caissie isn't wasting any time with 3 2Bs in the only 2 games we have box scores for. Given how mediocre or bad the other bats in the system have been so far this year, the ACL bats will be a very welcome sight once their season begins.
  10. Hrubes20
    I figure there’ll be a few more navigating to Arizona. Hopefully Cristian is one of them. I would have been pretty disappointed if Quintero wasn't in the ACL. I share the hope of Hernandez starting there, but given his age and all the Covid fallout, I can understand if they keep him in the DSL.
  11. Hrubes20
    I'm struggling to find much good news in those box scores. I guess Abbott was okay if you ignore the HRs. Definitely a day to forget down on the farm.
  12. Hrubes20
    Nice. We should be able to get a good bit more video of him now that he's in Iowa.
  13. Hrubes20
    I think in a normal year this is a fair question to think about. But due to the lost season last year, he was facing a lineup yesterday that was really old for A ball standards. It was almost entirely college hitters that have seen breaking stuff before. Not worried at this point.
  14. Hrubes20
    The MB website lists Herz as the starter for tonight.
  15. Hrubes20
    Yeah, making me nervous. Given that he'd been stretched out enough to go 4 innings in his previous start, it made me nervous when he got pulled mid-inning last game at only 3.2. My hope is that his pitch limit was a fairly strict 60, which is what he hit at 3.2 IP. FWIW, Herz is listed as the starter for today's game.
  16. Hrubes20
    Sweet goodness. That slider was Marmol-esque.
  17. Hrubes20
    I don't think the defection status should affect anything, right?
  18. Hrubes20
    Cayne Ueckert officially has my attention. He was listed as one of the big velo gainers this offseason and it's certainly shown up in the results. 10.2 IP over 7 appearances in A+ and AA (after only seeing Rookie ball in 2019) and he has yet to allow a run, while striking out 16 and walking only 2. Only allowed 3 hits as well.
  19. Hrubes20
    Anyone else open up the MB box scores right now like they are the ark of the covenant?
  20. Hrubes20
    It's a little much to supposedly buy in and then duck out after a week of games Also also the LEAGUE K rate right now is 31% and pitchers in the league on average are more than half a year older than the average hitter (22 YO v 21.4). Howard's one of the 5 or so youngest players in the league, didn't play any official games last year Not at all. It's, of course, semantics but the truly "elite" prospects don't look overmatched at the plate in A ball, regardless of their age. Maybe they have an off game, but not a week and a half of offensive ineptitude. For some reason I threw caution and common sense out the window this offseason, and just allowed myself to dream that Cubs finally got one of those "elite" guys that would push the envelope and force the organization to promote him early. I know better, but hope springs eternal and all that. This isn't to say that Howard can't become an awesome player, obviously. I still like him a lot. But the scouting reports of "needs to refine his offensive game" seem to be prophetic at this point.
  21. Hrubes20
    Ed Howard's ugly start offensively looks twice as bad to me, since I admittedly bought into some of the preseason "elite prospect" hype.
  22. Hrubes20
    In better reliever news Get the velo back up to the high 90's by June and he'll be in TN pretty easily.
  23. Hrubes20
    He is, but has been passed by multiple arms (Thomspon, Marquez) and has plenty of competition to be the next guy — I had not realized Caissie's hair was so orange. Matt Murton 2.0 confirmed.
  24. Hrubes20
    With how shitty the big league team is playing, I needed the minors to start in a bad way. Absolutely jacked for what this year has in store for the org. Edit: Forgot to preemptively thank Raisin for doing God's work and making these threads everyday.
  25. Hrubes20
    Agree with everyone else. Make sure Hill will sign for something reasonable and then take him; TJS or not. That arm talent is something else.
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