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  1. Hrubes20
    Or why Brennen Davis hasn't played in 11 days?
  2. Hrubes20
    Leave Hancock on the 60 day. Give Smyly the open spot. DFA Mazzoni and add Webster. Easy peasy. Does he have options remaining? When you put him on the 40, you'd have to option him down to the minors. I guess you could do it after 9/1 and stick him in the MLB bullpen. I'm not sure what the 40 man crunch will look like over the offseason. I hope Hultzen will get up to AA/AAA soon, too. It would be nice to see what he's got in the tank against more advanced hitters. Just do it on August 31st, and option down Rosario for a day. That way Webster can be on the postseason roster if he balls out in September. The long term 40 man looks fine as well, since Chavez/De La Rosa/Wilson are all FAs and only Justin Steele needs to be protected in the Rule 5. Hamels is a FA too, but I'm not totally convinced the Cubs don't pick up his option at this point.
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    Love it.
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    Get him on the 40 man and call him up in September, if the stuff is back. I think it sits at 39, but I could be wrong. If a spot is needed, a guy like Cory Mazzoni can be jettisoned with no harm done. The 40-man is at 39 after Anthony Bass was outrighted but they might have to take Smyly or Hancock off the 60-day DL in September. Leave Hancock on the 60 day. Give Smyly the open spot. DFA Mazzoni and add Webster. Easy peasy.
  5. Hrubes20
    Good to see Uelmen isn't dead, after leaving consecutive starts early.
  6. Hrubes20
    Are you saying it's not a good sign because he's far away? Yeah. The closest impact pitcher (after AA) in our system is so far away is not a good sign. I guess that means we're probably trading someone from the big league team to get that young impact cost-controlled starter. EDIT: It also means the Cubs scouting department didn't do a great job in the 2017 draft when they specifically focused on pitching. Maybe Lange and Abbott still have a chance of developing into that "impact" category, but the chances are not looking good right now. The failings to find and develop any kind of potential impact pitching were way before 2017. Expecting an impact-type pitcher from the 2017 draft to be higher than the low levels is asking quite a bit, given where the Cubs drafted.
  7. Hrubes20
    Pitched another perfect inning last night with 2 more Ks. 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 Ks. Has his velocity come back? I remember him as a 94-96 guy as a starter coming up through the minors with the Dodgers, and fangraphs has his fastball at 95.3 in 2013 in a couple starts with the Red Sox. Dropped to 93.1 in 2014 and 92.7 in 2015, which is when he last pitched in the bigs. No big injury that I can see anywhere. But then again, why didn't he make an appearance somewhere in the organization until the AZL opened up until July, when he was signed in February or March? Questions for AZPhil, methinks, unless he has already mentioned this. Get him on the 40 man and call him up in September, if the stuff is back. I think it sits at 39, but I could be wrong. If a spot is needed, a guy like Cory Mazzoni can be jettisoned with no harm done.
  8. Hrubes20
    Pitched another perfect inning last night with 2 more Ks. 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 Ks. Has his velocity come back? I remember him as a 94-96 guy as a starter coming up through the minors with the Dodgers, and fangraphs has his fastball at 95.3 in 2013 in a couple starts with the Red Sox. Dropped to 93.1 in 2014 and 92.7 in 2015, which is when he last pitched in the bigs. No big injury that I can see anywhere. But then again, why didn't he make an appearance somewhere in the organization until the AZL opened up until July, when he was signed in February or March? Questions for AZPhil, methinks, unless he has already mentioned this.
  9. Hrubes20
    I saw that and was shocked a bit. I've seen multiple games of Short and would have classified it as average defense at SS. But then again, that was just the eye test and I'm obviously not a scout.
  10. Hrubes20
    Yeah, you could make the argument that his pitches are 55 across the board. That's on the high end for his fastball, but you could make the argument. It concerns me a bit though, that he's been such a flyball pitcher in his minor league career.
  11. Hrubes20
    A no-doubter after a patient 10-pitch at bat... [tweet] [/tweet] That's his 2nd HR in 7 games at Eugene after hitting only 4 in 58 games in college this year. First one was oppo, and that one was pulled. I like it. Can't help but see a potential Coco Crisp-type player if he can keep it up. Maybe more Rajai Davis, but you get the drift. 4th OFer type that wouldn't crap the bed if forced into a regular time role for awhile.
  12. Hrubes20
    Seeing Keegan Thompson going today made me think of the top prospect list over at Bleachernation. I normally don't read anything over there written by Luke Blaize, but had some time to kill (apologies Luke, if you post over here as well). It's pretty awful, IMO. 1. Miguel Amaya 2. Keegan Thompson 3. Nico Hoerner 4. Alex Lange 5. Erich Uelmen 6. Adbert Alzolay 7. Jonathan Sierra 8. Cole Roederer 9. Erick Leal 10. Aramis Ademan 11. Nelson Velazquez 12. Matt Swarmer 13. Brailyn Marquez 14. Zack Short 15. Brennen Davis 16. Duncan Robinson 17. Charcer Burks 18. Jhonny Pereda 19. Brendon Little 20. Reivaj Garcia 21. Trevor Clifton 22. Ian Rice 23. Cory Abbott 24. Dakota Mekkes 25. Jose Albertos 26. Justin Steele 27. Bryan Hudson 28. D.J. Wilson 29. Jared Young 30. Jason Vosler 31. Andruw Monasterio 32. Trent Giambrone 33. Luke Reynolds 34. Wyatt Short 35. Michael Rucker 36. Javier Assad 37. Craig Brooks 38. Roberto Caro 39. Fernando Kelli 40. Grant Fennell
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    There is a possibility I was wrong about richan. I really hope I was wrong as well. I haven't had time to watch hardly any minor league games lately, and I would like to know if his secondaries are actually flashing, or if it's just a case of a collegiate starter with plus command of a 50-55 fastball mowing down short season hitters.
  14. Hrubes20
    It's been his 4-seam velocity for several years now. He doesn't touch any higher than that. Not sure this is true so much as he hasn’t sat 93-96 like he may have as a freshman Which part? There is ample evidence that he hasn't been more than 90-92 for the past 3 baseball seasons. He could have touched higher than that for a pitch or two at some point I suppose. I haven't seen a report of him hitting more than 93 since he came into the organization, and I'm guessing it was rounded up from 92.5.
  15. Hrubes20
    Woof. Ugly day on the farm. Velazquez with the golden sombrero.
  16. Hrubes20
    I'm not that worried about the fastball velocity. It feels like he's throwing a lot more 2-seamers now than before, and it's obviously not going to top out at as high a velocity. If there are reports that his 4-seamer is sitting there ... then I'd be a touch concerned. It's been his 4-seam velocity for several years now. He doesn't touch any higher than that.
  17. Hrubes20
    Dang. I liked what little I read about this kid. Apparently he is recovering from having a hamate bone removed. But I suppose one has to give something up when acquiring 2012 vintage Cole Hamels.
  18. Hrubes20
    That's obviously a valuable player, but not quite the "#1 overall pick type talent" that I was led to believe.
  19. Hrubes20
    Yeah, Garcia has been impressive. He's not a tiny guy like a Roni Torreyes, so there is hope that he can fill out and add some power. Cruz is the one with the heavy fastball and the good changeup, right?
  20. Hrubes20
    D.J. Artis notched his first professional hit and stolen base.
  21. Hrubes20
    Weber playing SS tonight for Eugene. That's new.
  22. Hrubes20
    And the MFer went and got HBP again. At least he stayed in the game after that though. He has reached base 5 times in 8 professional PAs, with the 2 HBPs and 3 BBs.
  23. Hrubes20
    Is TCR not working again for anyone else? I want to see if AZPhil has posted anything and can't access the page.
  24. Hrubes20
    Huh? A prep player that is throwing 94 at 18, will in the vast majority of cases, still be throwing 94 as a 21 year old as long as his arm has been healthy. There have been some studies showing this. The studies were actually aimed at finding out the percentage of players that see their velocity increase from their prep years. (spoiler, actually not that many).
  25. Hrubes20
    I honestly can't think of one guy who had such a drop in velo during his college years; still didn't gain anything back after a year of professional coaching; and then went on to suddenly find that lost velocity again after 3-4 years. But then again we are dealing with a fairly rare situation in the first place. I mean, the first part alone probably limits the sample size immensely. Healthy arms don't generally lose velocity at all during a player's late teens and early 20's.
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