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  1. Hrubes20
    I would have to say the highlight was clearly Justin Steele. But it wasn't a great night otherwise. Babe Roederer failed to reach base for the first time in his pro career.
  2. Hrubes20
    Took the unusual path of skipping short season ball altogether. Keeping CF open for Roederer confirmed.
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    Damn right he did.
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    We have essentially nothing to go on, as we all know this FO has gone heavy on college draftees since taking over. Almora got 18 games (80 PA) in the AZL before going to the NWL, and he hit well but not outstanding (119 wRC+). D.J. Wilson played all 22 games (89 PA) of his debut year in the AZL, although he didn't hit particularly well (100 wRC+) Nelson Velazquez played all 32 games (126 PA) last year in the AZL, and while he did end up with solid prodution (127 wRC+), he was sitting at 97wRC+ and a K rate north of 30% after his first 20 games and 81 PAs. That's 100% of the prep hitters taken in the top 5 picks since 2012. Obviously Roederer is lapping all of them offensively so far, but it wouldn't surprise me if he gets the Almora treatment and gets bumped to Eugene after a handful or so more games. Fernando Kelli is not wowing anyone in CF there, and I believe they only have 3 OFers at the moment.
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    It's just a semantics game with the "breakout" talk. Is a player's breakout season the one where they go from relative obscurity to being known by most people who follow prospects? Is it the season they put themselves on the map as a top 100 prospect for some publication? Is it something else? For me, it's tough to call 2018 a breakout season because he's only going to get what, 60 innings in at Eugene this year? He certainly won't be on any top 100 lists. But he definitely has caught the attention of the prospectphiles, so he won't be obscure anymore. Huge uptick in velocity (while simultaneously still being able to throw strikes with it) is absolutely a newfound skill. It's essentially the addition of a whole new pitch to a pitcher's arsenal. Perceived ceiling is huge, just like craig and Cubswin11 said. He's got the fastball, command, and control. He has the makings of a curve and a change. He has a frame that can hold up to a starter's workload. Easily the highest pitching ceiling in the system for me, and it's not particularly close.
  6. Hrubes20
    Now that Herron is getting reps in the field again, I wonder if he’s bumped up to Eugene sooner rather than later. He turns 22 in a week or so, and clearly is a bit advanced for the level. Unless they want to keep monitoring the arm injury, I suppose.
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    No AZL Cubs 2 makes me sad.
  8. Hrubes20
    Pfft. 3 for 4 with a BB. But they were all singles. Bum couldn’t even get an XBH.
  9. Hrubes20
    Davis got taken out around the 7th inning. He was DHing and was pinch hit for in the bottom of the 7th. Might've been planned that Davis not play the full game to ease him back in. His last at bat was in the 5th. He walked and was forced at 2nd base. Might have aggravated something. We'll just have to wait and see when he plays next. My first thought was that they were just easing him back. But a play at 2B was what caused him to miss a bunch of time in the first place.
  10. Hrubes20
    Yeah, that sucks. He was at least interesting.
  11. Hrubes20
    These national guys need to check in on Brailyn Marquez again. There is absolutely no rationale for Gallardo to be a top 10 prospect over him.
  12. Hrubes20
    Man, what an exciting start. I know, premature and everything, but sometimes if you've got it you've got it. Draft thread, there were some questions about wisdom of the two HS kids, were they overdrafts, how low is the success rate with HS hitters, why didn't they shoot for higher ceiling, disappointment that they overslotted as far as they did for Cole at the expense of perhaps signing Parker, etc.. But man, if Roederer proves to be the real thing and has reasonable HR power physically, and Nico proves to be legit too, I don't care what happens with the other 30 guys they signed. **IF** you hit on Cole and Nico, any other value is just frosting. I was one of the ones that questioned the Roederer pick at the time, mostly due to him being overslot and injured his senior season, and getting drafted after another overslot prep OFer who was injured his senior season. It just seemed unwise to be putting so many of the draft eggs in that one basket. But that's why the FO has a medical staff to evaluate these injuries, and a scouting staff to watch them when these kids were healthy. They clearly saw Roederer when he was healthy, while few of the national guys were able to.
  13. Hrubes20
    With 11% BB and 23% K. I remember him doing something similar last year, where he struggled a bit the first month or so, and then turned it on.
  14. Hrubes20
    [tweet] [/tweet] horsefeathers everything. edit: Apparently not terrible, but still enough to piss me off. [tweet] [/tweet]
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    Only explanation for his absence is that he, along with D.J. Artis, were sacrificed so that we could have Nico and Roederer.
  16. Hrubes20
    I'd been thinking exactly the same thing after checking box score and before popping over here. He's added a couple more K's in his 2nd and 3rd AB as well. 10K's in 14 AB, for the line-drive contact hitter that got full slot. Overslot by a little bit, actually. Sigh, But Cole Roederer is still killing it. 3 for 5 with 2 2Bs and no Ks last night. I really wish we could watch these AZL games on milb.tv.
  17. Hrubes20
    Also, Andy Weber has had about as rough a beginning as I remember a college bat having. After a K in the 1st tonight, he’s 1 for 12 with 8Ks.
  18. Hrubes20
    Morel demoted to AZL. Hopefully he can get jumpstarted down there again.
  19. Hrubes20
    Don't know, but he got put on the 7 Day DL today. Missed that. Bummer.
  20. Hrubes20
    No Nico again tonight. Aggravated the finger injury?
  21. Hrubes20
    He’s older but put up video game numbers last year. I’m intrigued by him and will be interesting how fast they push him based on age. He slashed like .390/550/.700 with 15HR and 20 2B. Yeah, I said during the draft that I liked that pick more than I probably should.
  22. Hrubes20
    Luke Reynolds got promoted to Eugene and went 2 for 4 with a double (and a K). That's about it for interesting things yesterday.
  23. Hrubes20
    What does a season ending arm injury have to do with Alzolay? The Cubs posted at least a couple statements about Alzaloy's performance in Iowa, you should check them out. For him being in Iowa, I was jacked he was there and his good stuff was dominating. Not giving guys like Underwood and Clifton credit for improved seasons is unreasonable. Heck, Underwood made his MLB debut and was respectable against the Dodgers. And, you should check yourself about not having "glowing reports". The Cubs brass issued atleast one "glowing report" about Underwood performance to start the year. My mistake. A season ending tear to a muscle directly responsible for the movement of the arm. Not much better, and it definitely doesn't help his value. I think others have already responded accurately to the rest of this post.
  24. Hrubes20
    He hit 99 tonight as well. I think he's our best (at least most intriguing) pitching prospect at the moment. Gotta love the command and BB rates for a guy with his stuff. Wonder how aggressive they will be in pushing him? Oh my.
  25. Hrubes20
    That's just the ebb and flow of a normal farm system. De La Cruz and Albertos have faded, but Alzolay hasn't. He's shutdown, but no surgery. He's just as big a prospect as was to start the year. And, Marquez hasn't been the only one to step up. Underwood and Clifton have reestablished themselves as prospects, and Steele's quick return from TJS has been a nice surprise. The biggest mover is probably James Norwood, where did he come from?!? I don't remember seeing him on any prospect list with his 5+ ERA in AA. Now he's throwing 97mph heaters in the Majors with Maddon pimping at every turn. I don't agree with this at all. Any season-ending arm injury to a pitching arm is damning enough, with or without surgery, but then his performance when on the field was decidedly meh. It was only 8 starts, but he was striking out 2 guys less per 9 than last year in AA, while still throwing loads of flyballs. You have to be really, really optimistic to think his prospect star hasn't dimmed at least a little. And this may be more semantics than anything, but how have Underwood and Clifton reestablished themselves as prospects? Neither have been great this year, and neither have glowing reports coming out. If by "prospect", do you mean "maybe could be a 26th man in a double-header" type of thing?
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