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  1. Hrubes20
    That should allow SB to put 2023 Ed Howard out of his misery. Shaw/Rivera/Triantos will command all the PAs from 2B/SS/3B.
  2. Hrubes20
    As expected, but still really nice to see.
  3. Hrubes20
    Best news of the day!
  4. Hrubes20
    Dang. I actually prefer Clifford to Gilbert.
  5. Hrubes20
    Fine. You win. I would add Ryan Jensen.
  6. Hrubes20
    Very fair point.
  7. Hrubes20
    Nelly was never going to play for the Cubs, but Cuas isn't good. Here's hoping the powers that be see something that they can easily tweak.
  8. Hrubes20
    Absolutely.
  9. Hrubes20
    Absolutely this. I really thought Made was going to blow up this year offensively, and he started out hot. But then he came back to earth. He filled out nicely but the bat didn't respond accordingly. Looking like a utility player with good D up the middle at the next level.
  10. Hrubes20
    That's definitely a price you can live with.
  11. Hrubes20
    Absolutely. Much better for everyone's mental health if they forget Davis is in the system. If he miraculously shows he is capable of overcoming the myriad of health issues and regains his prior form, consider it house money.
  12. Hrubes20
    As much as I want to will this into existence, I agree that Wicks almost certainly isn't enough for Bednar.
  13. Hrubes20
    My scenario was only in the instance Alcantara was tearing the cover off the ball and the big league team needed OF help. Since it wouldn’t take up an extra 40 man spot, they could turn to Alcantara. Every team would rather give a kid like that the option than bring up a 30 year old AAAA player to be replacement level. A cup of coffee as early as next year wouldn’t have any detrimental effect on his development at all. The extra option year means there wouldn’t be any rush if they didn’t want to. He would be, what, 24 if he just moved one level a year and would be able to have at least a full year in AAA? That’s actually really conservative. If a 24 year old has potentially played 3+ years in the upper minors and still hasn’t “clicked”, the chances aren’t great that it’s going to happen and you start determining his worth as a bench player. Alcantara shouldn’t be untouchable for sure. But this “already on the 40 man stuff” is really getting blown out of proportion.
  14. Hrubes20
    You have to imagine that with Alcantara being on the 40 man already, that he's a threat to get promoted to the bigs at any point he's at AA and performing. He's been terrific since the weather warmed up in High A. Here's hoping he doesn't have a similar aversion to hitting when it's under 60 degrees in 2024.
  15. Hrubes20
    Not watching Tennessee tonight, but it looks like McGeary was removed tonight due to injury. Anyone see what happened? Also, the Angels are ridiculously aggressive with their draftees. Schanuel is already in AA after being drafted earlier this month.
  16. Hrubes20
    This really isn't true at all. He got a 4th minor league option year and doesn't have to be in the bigs full time until 2027.
  17. Hrubes20
    Absolutely a trade they should look into. See if they bite on a package headlined by Wicks.
  18. Hrubes20
    Hope and Melendez debuting today.
  19. Hrubes20
    Shaw and Rivera go back to back. Well that’s fun.
  20. Hrubes20
    It's his turn tonight in the Iowa rotation, so it would make a lot of sense.
  21. Hrubes20
    Are we talking about the same Tom Loxas? I thought it was pretty well established that he made up his rumors?
  22. Hrubes20
    Shaw and Rivera with infield pop outs to start their pro careers. Busts!
  23. Hrubes20
    I was just thinking to myself that the draftees very well could start debuting tonight.
  24. Hrubes20
    Agreed. Unless they can somehow be had for the Nelson Velasquez type prospects I reference in my other post. But that isn't happening.
  25. Hrubes20
    At the bare minimum, they should explore trades based around the Nelson Velasquezes of the world. Is someone willing to fork over a solid reliever for this type of player? What if they added Ryan Jensen and Yonathan Perlaza as well? That would theoretically make the team more competitive in 2023 while helping out against the glut of "ok-but-likely-not-good" prospects that are going to be taking up 40 man spots. I selfishly would love to see them buy for 2023, but I understand it's likely not in the organization's best interests to do so. At least not aggressively.
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