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Man, they essentially wasted his 2020 by waiting so long. He hasn't pitched in a really long time.

Nico went 3 for 4 with a 2B and a BB.

I'm really digging that terrific walk rate over the past month or so.

Is this the article from BA today?

Marquez hit 102 on the stadium gun again last night. Ho hum. Quietly an impressive debut for the 17 year old. Would imagine they take their time with him a little and assign him to Eugene next year, but I suppose it depends on how aggressive they are with promoting some of the 2019 Eugene SPs straight to Myrtle Beach. Quite a few guys need to be given legit shots at cracking a rotation.

Allard was hitting 95+ as a starter? That’s pretty big, if true. He was struggling to hit 90 consistently in the Braves system, last I saw.

[tweet] [/tweet] More power and more contact in SB, please.

Damn. Abbott is on fire lately. 12 Ks tonight in 6.2 innings. He punched out 10 last time out in 7 innings, and 9 in 7 innings the start before that.

Like, the current form of Almora that is the worst or second worst hitter in baseball over the past year?

We could quibble about the significance of his walk totals in a dozen innings that might become twenty right out of the draft, but considering they're also accompanied by 0 HRs, 19 Ks, just 7 Hs, and a 2.25 ERA plus and outstanding draft season the situation is probably less dire than you're thinking. His HR, K, H ratios plus his strong bottom line ru prevention in the 112 innings this year and even the dozen innings in pro ball don't suggest a command issue, in fact they suggest dominance, but the 41 walks (14 in 12) do suggest some control issues. Considering he's a 21 YO guy who throws really hard, just got drafted a couple months ago, and is throwing a new career high in innings this is not a weakness unique to Jensen even more guys who went on to become serious SPs. As far as I'm concerned he's nailed his job this year and set up a potentially loud first full season starting in High A. Scan the lines and no one matches his draft year dominance among college arms drafted by the Cubs, certainly none so high in the draft Didn't I just say how low of a bar previous Cubs draft picks have set? But watch him pitch. It's poor fastball command. He may have some control issue with the breaker as well, but he is throwing mostly fastballs. His stuff is really good, which is why the poor short season hitters are overmatched and haven't made good contact (a definite plus that was already mentioned). But the poor fastball command has already reared its head as a pro and some serious tweaks are in order or things will get ugly as he climbs the ladder.

There really should not be any inevitable struggles from a 1st round collegiate SP in short season ball. I realize the previous 1st round pitchers taken have set a very low bar, but even the 3rd and 4th rounders from this year have had zero issues at all in short season ball. Jensen's command is pretty terrible right now. Hopefully some tweaks can be identified at the pitching lab this offseason to get the command to even average. The stuff is at least legit, though.

.300/.391/.500, 10.1% BB, 11.6% K in 69 PAs prior to breaking hand .241/.301/.323, 6.8% BB, 8.9% K in 180 PAs afterwards We have to wait until next year to find out if it was league adjustments, the hand, or a combination of both that led to his drop in production. Those hand and wrist injuries are buggers for hitters. I'll always remember how anemic Derrek Lee's bat was when he came back from the hand/wrist injury in 2006. It took until 2017 for him to get back to being himself. I'm assuming it has to do with the foreign substance found on his glove. Yikes. Suspended for that? Seems a bit harsh to me.

Well the pitching sure didn't disappoint yesterday. A recap: Alzolay - 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 Ks (69 pitches) Patterson - 5.2 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 8:2 GO/FO ratio (94 pitches) Marquez - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (64 pitches) Franklin - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks (43 pitches) Miguel Amaya has a 127 wRC+ as a 20 year old in High A, while playing the most demanding defensive position. That's for the entire season. He's sitting on a 140 wRC+ over the past 2 months (170 PAs). He's at a stupid 167 wRC+ since June 29th (123 PAs). He honestly still should be in everyone's conversation for best prospect in the system.

I checked on the former Cub farmhands that were dealt at the deadline, and it's interesting to me that the Tigers have used Alex Lange exclusively in relief since acquiring him. Same iffy results as when he was a starter, but still interesting that they immediately started that transition. Richan picked up almost exactly where he left off, by walking very few, striking out a respectable amount, and giving up loads of hard contact.

Alzolay with 2 hits allowed, 0 BBs and 5 Ks through 3 shutout innings. Great bounce back effort so far. Russell with a HBP and another bomb. Maybe a team this offseason would still trade something for him if he keeps mashing at AAA? Haha, who am I kidding. Everyone mashes at AAA this year.

That'll play. It's only been 5 total innings as a pro, but I love the fact that he hasn't walked anybody yet. Chris Clarke has only walked 1 guy in 13 pro innings (while striking out 19) as well. Makes up a bit for Ryan Jensen walking a guy every inning.

I believe Jack Patterson gets his 2nd start at Tennessee tonight, making it the rare night where all affiliates have a starting pitcher worth monitoring.

Did someone else post this already? [tweet] [/tweet] Cubs starting to integrate the Houston Way?

99% sure it’s box score magic. Opposing starter supposedly threw 36 pitches in 5 innings with 2 walks, 4 hits, and 5 Ks.

A 27.3% BB rate is absurd, regardless of the quality of the competition. He'll be a fun one to follow stateside next summer for sure.

Kohl Franklin just keeps doing his thing. 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K. It's interesting to me that they have him on such a strict pitch count. I don't recall seeing it this drastic before in prospects that are not in their draft years. Of course, we haven't had any pitchers worth following that closely the past few years, so maybe it has already been there and I just didn't care enough to look.

Wasn't Candelario under this FO? By the time this FO took over, he played his first games in Boise. Indeed he was. Without looking, I could have sworn he was a 2012 signee. But nope. He was part of the Carlos Penalver/Jin-Yeong Kim class.

Wasn't Candelario under this FO?

Very close to just writing him entirely off. Already did this last year.

Sigh. I hate pitchers. Strumpf starting for Eugene tonight, so his absence the past 2 days obviously wasn’t a promotion.