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  1. 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.
  2. Hrubes20
    Absolutely a trade they should look into. See if they bite on a package headlined by Wicks.
  3. Hrubes20
    Hope and Melendez debuting today.
  4. Hrubes20
    Shaw and Rivera go back to back. Well that’s fun.
  5. Hrubes20
    It's his turn tonight in the Iowa rotation, so it would make a lot of sense.
  6. Hrubes20
    Are we talking about the same Tom Loxas? I thought it was pretty well established that he made up his rumors?
  7. Hrubes20
    Shaw and Rivera with infield pop outs to start their pro careers. Busts!
  8. Hrubes20
    I was just thinking to myself that the draftees very well could start debuting tonight.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Hrubes20
    Not me, but there is a 0% change that Bellinger would forego free agency at this point unless the Cubs were willing to overpay excessively. The Cubs could absolutely resign him in the offseason if they offer the most money, but Boras isn't going to take Bellinger off the market without seeing all the options out there.
  12. Hrubes20
    No fastball command tonight. Kept missing by just a little bit.
  13. Hrubes20
    I think I mentioned it in the draft thread at the time, but Wiggins's fall ball performance is the only thing keeping me from bashing the pick even more. Van Horn is one of the best head coaches in college baseball; for one of the best programs in the nation. He obviously saw some tremendous improvements in Wiggins in fall ball to annoint him as the Friday Night Starter for a team with designs on a national championship every year. He's not trotting out the 2022 version of Wiggins on Friday nights against the aces of other SEC staffs.
  14. Hrubes20
    I give them all the credit in the world for pouncing on Horton when the rest of the world (myself included) felt it was a reach. But I'm going to need to see at least one of their pitchers actually make an impact at the big league level before they get this kind of treatment from me. I believe Keegan Thompson is the most recently drafted pitcher to pitch valuable innings for the big league club. He was taken in 2017.
  15. Hrubes20
    Gross that they went overslot for a guy with literally zero college production and a current blown UCL. So many other avenues they could have gone with far less risk. I am mostly discouraged they went overslot for Wiggins, and obviously planned to do so. This handcuffed them from going overslot elsewhere. Not upset at all they went for ceiling, but there were plenty of other routes to go without the accumulation of risk that Wiggins has. But whatever. He’s a Cub now. I will cheer him on with the rest of them.
  16. Hrubes20
    Gross. But whatever. That ceiling is fun, regardless of how many obstacles there are to getting there.
  17. Hrubes20
    I think the deadline is 5PM EST, so a little more than 3 hours. But yeah, probably unlikely.
  18. Hrubes20
    I'm going to go ahead and say that there is a 0% chance of this happening, unless Wiggins changed his demands post-draft.
  19. Hrubes20
    Under 24 hours now for Wiggins to sign.
  20. Hrubes20
    Give me some Landon Sims. I would gladly roll those dice.
  21. Hrubes20
    Derniche Valdez back in the lineup in the DSL today. Good to see.
  22. Hrubes20
    Mead seems like a pretty big stretch for a rental like Stroman, even if Gomes was added. I’m not advocating for it, but it’s probably more in the realm of a Xavier Isaac and mlb-ready reliever area.
  23. Hrubes20
    Caissie bomb. Well this is turning into a fun night on the farm, despite none of the more heralded pitching prospects going.
  24. Hrubes20
    PCA bomb
  25. Hrubes20
    1. Kopech is pretty terrible, so the first trade would be a hard pass for me. Maybe make that deal based around a Nelly Velasquez package. 2. I would do the Morel/Cabrera deal. This one makes a lot of sense to me. 3. I would absolutely be on board with PCA for Cease, but only if a reasonable Bellinger extension was already in place. That won't happen with Boras, so this one is moot. But that would be the type of deal you would have ask for if PCA was involved. 4. I don't hate the framework of the Steele deal. I think Kjerstad is going to hit well for quite awhile in this league. But I wouldn't want Mayo as part of this deal unless the O's somehow threw him in as a 3rd piece. Iffy defense at 3B and I'm not a fan of his hit tool. Power is terrific though, when he does make contact.
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