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  1. Hrubes20
    .317/.364/.439 (136 wRC+) I'm really hoping that K rate reduction is legit. Obviously not "under 10% legit", but if he could be around 15%? That would be impressive. Then the coaches just need to find a way to tap into the above average raw power.
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    For sure. I never get too excited about pitching prospects until they are in AA, but it never hurts to have dudes in the lower minors to follow. Did anyone see any velos for Miller yesterday? I'm interested in seeing if he is still in the mid-90's, or if he's back in the lower 90's again. I don't remember him being a mid-90s guy very often unless you're referring to sitting 92-94 with the 94 part qualifying as mid-90s. Did I miss a report? I'll watch the game and see if they give any velos. Mostly semantics with the "mid-90's" stuff, but I remember reading someplace that he was sitting 92-94 and bumping 95.
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    More of that, please. All the previous AZPhil blurbs on Franklin that I've seen have him walking a couple guys and not missing many bats. Yeah, the potential Eugene rotation of Yovanny Cruz (19), Jeremiah Estrada (20), Danis Correa (19), Kohl Franklin (19) and Yunior Perez (20) looks to be a fun one to follow. For sure. I never get too excited about pitching prospects until they are in AA, but it never hurts to have dudes in the lower minors to follow. Did anyone see any velos for Miller yesterday? I'm interested in seeing if he is still in the mid-90's, or if he's back in the lower 90's again.
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    More of that, please. All the previous AZPhil blurbs on Franklin that I've seen have him walking a couple guys and not missing many bats.
  5. Hrubes20
    I really like the look of this Volpe kid in the limited video available.
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    Thanks. I was a huge fan of Carter Stewart last year, and I'm still a fan now. Not sure how much that wrist injury affected him or if it's still bothering him? I really don't think this Cubs FO is taking a pitcher in this draft. The pitching was WAY better last draft and we had a higher pick, and we still took a hitter. I haven't checked in on him since early in the year, when everyone was clamoring over how down his stuff was. Has he gotten it back?
  7. Hrubes20
    Is the inverted W still a thing? Because this kid has it at the 10 second mark.
  8. Hrubes20
    Any of you milb.tvers able to get a look at this one yet? I haven't seen a report about how his stuff looked anywhere.
  9. Hrubes20
    Roederer sitting out again tonight for SB. That's 2 games in a row.
  10. Hrubes20
    Because of course. Guy looks the best he ever has since being drafted and he then has to go on the shelf.
  11. Hrubes20
    Exactly. That's higher than you want to see from a seasoned college hitter. Doesn't bode well as he moves up the ladder. I'm not sure where I saw it (or if I'm just making it up) but 15% K rate in college is the line that I use as the benchmark for a player entering the "too much swing and miss" area. KB was in the 14s. Schwarber was under 11%. Happ was over 19% in the freaking Big East. Just like in the bigs, a player can get around those issues a bit if they take loads of walks and have light tower power. Wilson is solid enough at doing both of those things, but isn't outstanding in either area. Certainly not enough to overcome a potential contact deficiency. I actually took a quick look to see if I was making this up, but it plays out in the results. It's obvious that simply having a K rate under 15% the last year in college will not guarantee a 1st rounder's success, but it's really, really hard to find a relatively recent 1st round college pick that produced at the big league level with a K rate over 15% their last year in college. The list starts and ends with Aaron Judge, and he has arguably the most power in baseball and takes tons of walks.
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    Vaughn to KC at 2 seems like a dang near lock, doesn't it? Abrams and Witt have some nice potential to dream on, but Vaughn's bat looks like a game changer and has performed really well already at the college level and destroyed the Cape League this past summer. Wilson concerns me, in that he's already struck out 30 times this season. I obviously realize that no player taken all the way down at 27 is going to be wart-free, but that's a pretty big damn wart IMO. He does seem to be the type of player this FO would like though, despite the lack of Cape League experience.
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    Really early game for MB today. Lange gets blown up again before getting ejected in the 2nd. His line: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BBs, 0 Ks, 1 HBP. I hate that effing 2017 draft.
  14. Hrubes20
    Very intrigued by the Bryan Smith write up on Marquez over at BN. He's saying that Marquez is throwing plenty of 2-seamers, which are obviously the lower velocity ones. Something to monitor going forward. That's about as good of a first full season start as you could hope for in chilly weather and having been limited in ST. Bryan Smith is doing solid work over there at BN. A HUGE improvement over the guy they had before. I legitimately didn't even read their prospect articles when he was the one writing them.
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    Really kicking myself right about now for now renewing milb.tv this year. Hudson had 3 K's in the 1st (also gave up a single and RBI double) and I would like to see if he's seen any gains on the fastball.
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    Well, that should bring in one of those shiny new Cubans.
  17. Hrubes20
    Ah yes! I am again able to divert my attention from the poor MLB team to monitor the minors. It's like 2013 all over again.
  18. Hrubes20
    This is a reaaaaaally deep draft for college hitters. Plays right into the strength of this FO.
  19. Hrubes20
    But Yovanny Cruz didn’t. Weird. Yeah, with all the glowing reports on Cruz this ST I figured he was a lock. Very pleased to see Roederer getting the aggressive placement at SB.
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    Wow, AZ Phil had Lange solidly projected in the AA rotation. I wonder if there's a corresponding move coming like one of Rucker, Swarmer or Hatch going from Iowa to Tennessee. Just stick Lange in the bullpen now and see if he can get a few ticks back to the fastball. He's not a starter.
  21. Hrubes20
    Nope. Don't believe it. He has below average speed. Or at least that's what I was told late last fall and this winter.
  22. Hrubes20
    Did anyone ever get information on what is ailing Little?
  23. Hrubes20
    I really thought Young was going to be a great supersub for the Cubs. He just never developed even close to average power and his defense wasn't good enough to overcome it.
  24. Hrubes20
    It would be a tad disappointing if neither Davis nor Roederer started in full season ball. Hopefully Artis kills it at SB early on and gets promoted to MB, with one of these guys taking his spot.
  25. Hrubes20
    He’s at 4 walks, no HRs, and 23 hits allowed in 30+ innings this year and 44 Ks. That suggests some development in the command area to me. There’s some shades of Hatch in that he missed 2017 to a non-surgery elbow injury, maybe you saw rust? I don’t necessarily see a guy with outright poor or nonexistent fastball command, though yeah nothing jumps out enough where my initial impression high ceiling ML SP or first rounder. I like the overall package of frame, very athletic delivery, quick arm, multiple spins, velocity, willingness to pitch guys inside, mostly quality or better performances... That very well could be. My bro in law coached for Arkansas last season and I caught a bunch of their games. Every time I saw Campbell he was constantly missing his spots with his heater. It was a season long thing. It's also possible he tweaked something in his delivery to help this out, because his walk numbers are way down this year. Something to watch going forward as he goes heavy into SEC competition now.
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