Outshined_One

I want to hear more reports about how Hartshorn has looked in the OF. He's played some CF, and if you told me that he has the arm, vision, and enough speed to play all three positions capably, he's a Top 30 prospect in MLB and the #1 guy in the system. If he's a 1B/LF, I'd put Rojas ahead of him, even if Rojas is more likely to end up at 2B/3B.

Josiah Hartshorn might go down as Jed's best acquisition at the rate things are going for him.

That doesn't look promising.

My problem is that Jed is a B grade general manager who'll get you above average teams with the resources ownership gives him and his replacement is likely to be someone roughly as good as he is. Unless this team is willing to spend money when guys like Ohtani come along, you'll have a hard time finding an upgrade.

I haven't followed college baseball this year closely enough to have favorites or rankings. All I ask is they take a pitcher and take someone fun (Horton) over someone safe (Wicks).

Oh @Brock Beauchamp, you scamp.

Probably, but he's in that weird space where I don't think the Cubs would get the sort of value for him that would make it worthwhile to trade him since he might qualify for draft pick compensation in the offseason. I'd rather they just try to extend him on a 2-3 year deal in the offseason.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of issues in play here that could tank an Indiana deal, but the Idiot Ball is being passed around at a rapid clip, and I don't think it's a safe assumption the Bears stay with AH.

The problem the Bears have is they've already horsefeathers the bed with Pritzker and a good chunk of the General Assembly for the reasons @mul21 mentioned. The grumbling come out of this last session was less "screw the Bears!" and more "how does a Bears deal benefit Peoria, or Rockford, or Carbondale?" The Chicago contingent of the general assembly was fully on board for *something* (especially since they were under the impression the Bears could stay in Chicago), but the PILOT bill was only going to benefit mega-projects in and around Chicago, the Bears relied on lobbyists in Springfield without actually going down to stump and court votes, and no one had a backup bill ready if the PILOT bill failed. I'm unsure how this ultimately plays out, though, because the Bears have Indiana over a barrel at the moment. Firing Warren would show they mean business about Illinois, yes, but if Illinois' best bill falls short of what Indiana is offering, would the Bears stay regardless? I'm unsure about that.

He hasn't even taken an AB as a professional yet, and it's been nearly a year since the Cubs popped him. Don't get me wrong, the guy has value and he could skyrocket to the top of the Cubs' prospect list by returning to full health and kicking butt in SB before the end of the season, but nebulous back injuries are usually enough for teams to back off in trade talks.

This is the correct answer. The concerning thing, though, is we haven't heard any reports from AZ about Conrad participating in workouts or otherwise being on the field. I'd be less worried if we'd heard from AZ Phil how he was spotted playing catch or taking practice swings in the last few weeks, but it's been radio silence.

I fully expect another random 10 game winning streak that makes them buyers at the deadline, only to collapse in September because the pitching staff contracted ebola.

I'd rather see him keep it up in Low A since he's been subject to pretty severe ups and downs, and then move him up post-draft. Let's see if this heater is legit and let him build confidence.