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Jason Ross
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I'm a dork. It's a 20-sided dice. Like in nerdy ass games like D&D. I...uh...I own a few.
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It feels like every time the ball gets hit to him that we're rolling like, a D20 and half of the numbers end in "Morel makes an error" right now.
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Goddamnit Morel.
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I'm playing fantasy baseball with a handful of my students; it's a good way to build rapport and have a good time at school when we're not learning about history (I teach middle school). Now, it's unfair, considering the talent gap here, but I also don't care and enjoy flexing on my boys. They let me get way with snapping up Seiya deep in the draft and Imanaga on the the last pick. Fools.
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Yep. Brown is clearly still a work in progress, but man, he's a pure unicorn. We're so used to "funk" being associated with guys like Imanaga, who throw like 92 mph, or "below average", we forget that guy who throw 97mph can be funky too.
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Suzuki is looking like the monster he was looking like at the end of last year. Absolutely blasting baseballs.
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Also should be noted the extreme angle of which he throws his fastball. His release point on the fastball is a one-of-one. Hitters should simply have a harder time picking up on it because it's so awkward of a position.
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Better inning for Brown there.
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Can't see the warning track, but can see the side-dirt down the foul lines, so I'd guess they'd be in similar status. Honestly...field looks alright!
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Nah, I'm wrong. I had assumed when I saw he was starting today that he had been purposefully not used the last few days. Little did I know (pun intended?) that he did throw after I had moved on last night.
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Oh did Little go last night? Change my opinion, assumed he hadn't when I saw he was starting as I had turned the game off to go to bed in the blowout. It's what I get for assuming.
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Eh, I doubt this is a one inning thing. I'd guess it's more like you said, 2-3 innings. Little has starting experience and hasn't thrown alot this year. They need a little length out of him. He won't go five, but I bet he makes at least two. EDIT: Well, I guess he pitched last night after I had moved to go to sleep like the old man I am. Yeah, he'll go one, probably.
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Good news. Even with the pitching depth a little taxed (Little) the Rockies are so bad. Rather we play this than not.
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Luke Little is a surprise. I mean, it's not going to get played...but that's a surprise. A fun one, kind of.
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I mean, it does. Especially when you consider he had the advantage of the pre-tacked baseball in the Southern League last year. Players hit cliffs with their skills at different levels. This isn't a rare phenomenon. Players who didn't struggle with, say, strikeouts suddenly do when they jump a level because they were playing with fire previously. That isn't to say that Brown can't improve or advance in that aspect (he seems as though he has) but once again: statistics hide issues when competition level isn't high enough. Line scouting is helpful, but it can hide issues in plain sight.
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Brown has had fastball command issues for a while. It's more that Triple-A hitters are better than lower levels, and the competition level has caught up than anything. His MiLB walk rates haven't reflected the command issues, but they aren't new like the number suggest, either.
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Can confirm, the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, better identified as "central" Kentucky has had many things cancelled this afternoon due to the weather.
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Arias to the pen seems pretty logical.
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I made the post at an early time. I understand why you may see "off-field" issues and there's a certain connotation there but had I meant "character issues" I'd have said that. What I meant was "everything that can occur to someone off the baseball field" and meant zero speculation of what those things may (or may not) be. The restricted list is used for "unusual circumstances that may exist" per the MLB. Maybe I could have said "other non-baseball-related-issues", which would be a fair critique, but I simply meant that I'd hope it was an easy to fix situation like a visa and nothing else; with that said, it's never a good thing for someone to be on the restricted list. At the same time, I think my time on NSBB has shown that I'm not the kind of person who speculates wildly about teenagers and what their personalities may or may not be, so a bit of "benefit of the doubt" would be appreciated in the future, as well, without suggesting I'd do something like that.
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Minor League Discussion & Box, 4-2-24
Jason Ross replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Yep. I suspect post-Buffalo-trip is the target. That puts them on track for Iowa at the start of May, and then two weeks in a row at Iowa. Good time to skip Buffalo in April and two weeks to settle into life in Iowa, with a third home series after a week to Syracuse. -
That's not particularly good. Hopefully it's a visa-type issue and not an off-field type issue. For all parties involved.
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The Cubs aren't going to drop Michael Busch to Iowa in a month and bring up Matt Mervis. It's like a 10% outcome. Sure it "may" happen. Lots of things "may" happen. But the Cubs didn't trade who they did to send him back in a month to "work on his swing" or whatever. They're clearly invested more than that. Especially when he's put forth really nice processes right now. He looks like he belongs. Sometimes there's just no reason to say silly things. This was one of those silly things. Which shouldn't discourage you from posting...but when you say silly things, you're going to be questioned heavily for it.
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I found myself hoping it got out, too.
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You're clearing saying that the Cubs may send Busch to Iowa, and recall Mervis. What do you think these two posts are saying? I mean, yeah, if Busch is just horsefeathers terrible and Mervis is amazing, maybe. The Cubs might also send Christopher Morel to Triple-A if he's terrible. Or Miguel Amaya. That's really unlikely, but they both have options. What's the point?
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Better send him to Triple-A.
