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  1. Outshined_One
    He's not making contact and not showing any in-game power at the plate. I'll grant that he's young and in a pitcher-friendly environment, but he's on a downward trajectory at the moment.
  2. Outshined_One
    @Brock Beauchamp Might want to remove Kevin Made and DJ Herz from the list, chief.
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    As memory serves, this team was treading water in the 2015 Wild Card race before someone put in the cheat code for God Mode Jake Arrieta in the back half of the season.
  5. Outshined_One
    That fight just about summed up the entire White Sox 2023 season.
  6. Outshined_One
    Welp. They really are trying to do this, huh?
  7. Outshined_One
    Damn. I was hoping he'd be in line for a setup role in the major league pen once the minor league season wrapped.
  8. Outshined_One
    I would have been sadder about losing Herz, but for the fact that he'd been in the system for nearly 4 years and never ironed out his control issues. The potential is there, and maybe the Nats have the key to unlocking his potential, but I got the feeling the Cubs were going to leave him off the 40 man this offseason. LHRP is going to be an issue for this team going forward, though. The only possibility I can think of is shifting Jordan Wicks into a relief role down the stretch to keep him under his IP/Pitch limits while getting him major league experience, but this team has been really weird about giving regular playing time to rookie pitchers.
  9. Outshined_One
    Regardless, welcome to our dysfunctionally enjoyable corner of the internet!
  10. Outshined_One
    There's still some time for Ed Howard, but yeah, his hip injury will likely rank high on my Cubs What If? List, below "What if Corey Patterson didn't blow out his ACL in 2003?" and "What if Mark Prior never collided with Marcus Giles?", but instead around "What if Luke Hagerty actually recovered from TJS?" and "What if the Cubs weren't complete cheapasses in the 2010 MLB Draft?"
  11. Outshined_One
    With the way the Cubs have handled Thompson and Steele, I'm wondering if they'll utilize Wesneski/Brown/Wicks in swing roles as those guys start to approach their IP limits, while keeping the door open for possible rotation spot/s in 2024. That being said, Brown looks like a future closer to me. He has some filthy stuff.
  12. Outshined_One
    The South Side's obsession with Burger was just flat-out weird this season. He was a positionless power bat and a decent story, but still, eh. Good return, though.
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    Boo.
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    Herz was decent; I predict makes the majors, but likely as a swing/pen type. You can talk yourself into seeing more there, but he's been in the system since 2019 and he hasn't exactly been a world-beater. Made is a bit of a bummer, but he's having a down year and might benefit from the change of scenery.
  17. Outshined_One
    I tend to appreciate AAA as a challenge for players of PCA's type since he'll be facing pitchers with ML experience and also pitchers with more advanced secondary offerings and more advanced pitch sequencing than he might see at lower levels. It's one thing if you're facing a fastball/slider guy who flashes the occasional changeup, but AAA is where you see guys who actually have sharpened their secondary/tertiary offerings that can keep hitters off balance and be more than just a get-me-over pitch. Yeah, those pitchers tend to be filler guys and junk ballers, but I think there's still value in that.
  18. Outshined_One
    I feel like 5-7 years from now, I'll be experiencing the same thing with former Cubs pitching prospects I currently do with former Cubs position player prospects. "Holy crap, DJ LeMahieu is still playing?!" "Huh, Jeimer Candelario made it. Good for him." "Isaac Paredes made the majors?!" Needless to say, I'm really jazzed about the pitchers this team has in the upper minors and the depth they're starting to build out. I wouldn't mind seeing them use that depth in trades, either, considering attrition/injuries/developmental setbacks happen frequently with young pitchers.
  19. Outshined_One
    With the Prospect Promotion Incentive in place, the Cubs could easily pencil PCA in as their opening day CF in 2024 in the hopes that he can score them extra draft capital. I think AAA is huge for him. If he meets the challenge, this team will have a legitimate star in the making on its hands.
  20. Outshined_One
    Maybe this is coloring my opinion of how the Cubs should proceed, but I don't get the same feeling from this team's farm system that I did in 2014/2015. Don't get me wrong, I think PCA is an incredibly important part of this team's future, but after him, there's enough uncertainty to give me pause. There's definitely potential in the Alcantara/Canario/Caissie grouping of position players, but I feel like this team has recently struggled developing players with their profiles. I also really like Brown/Wicks/Horton/Wesneski, but TINSTAAPP always scares the crap out of me, even though this team seems to have gotten over its apparent inability to develop pitching. If there's a move that makes this team better this year and better in 2024, and the price is right, then they should absolutely pursue it, even if it means giving up someone like Alcantara or Brown.
  21. Outshined_One
    Best guess? Dead arm management, IP limits, and salvaging Smyly. The Cubs might be trying to keep Wes fresh come September/October, hence the unusual usage, and perhaps they might be dangling Smyly as a SP option for a team desperate for rotation help where Smyly might not have great value to the Cubs on a going forward basis.
  22. Outshined_One
    Given how often this offense relies on gifts from the BABIP gods, they're going to need Wesneski to have any hope of making an extended playoff run, regardless of whether they trade Stroman.
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    They could easily do a piggyback with Wesneski and Smyly if they want to keep up this weird experiment with Smyly.
  24. Outshined_One
    Does this team even have a 3B worth a damn in the farm system who'll be ready opening day 2024? I'm fine with meh at 3B this season and next if it means going from "actively hurting the team" to "non-descript".
  25. Outshined_One
    There's also the forthcoming 40 man crunch that was going to make some of these trades inevitable, albeit originally in the upcoming offseason. I'm wondering if the Cubs will do something weird like trade Stroman, but also acquire a SP who's under team control through '24/'25.
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