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Jason Ross
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Everything posted by Jason Ross
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He came out the inning before the rain hit.
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Cam Smith has an 86 wRC+ over 899 PA's to this point. Shaw is 10 points better. Still a long way to go for both, but as of today, keeping Shaw over Smith has been the correct baseball move. We should probably give the Cubs some wiggle room here as they self evaluate their prospects. People we super worried about losing Morel in the Parades deal and that one hasn't hurt, either. And when the Cubs did trade a good prospect (Hope) they got back talent (Busch). Hoyer cant run a 100% success rate, but they seem to have an eye for this.
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Hartshorn is very good, but there are very real people who believe he is not a corner OF'er. And at that point, it's a 1b prospect. I like Hartshorn a lot, but at 1b, this is not as premium of a prospect as it seems if he plays RF. Then you have to remember this: if the Cubs are trading Hartshorn, the return will match it. I would assume the other team definitely sees him as a COF in that case and the names would be at the very top of the available names if they did.
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Still in the dugout.
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Hartshorn JUST pulled. Kepley JUST inserted. Freak out as you wish.
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Rays get Freddy
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I've probably said all I feel comfortable with, without burning anything. Matt's article should probably give a decent foundation, though, in that the Angels really liked Ayers and he's not in the lineup. Kane Kepley has no real reason to not play today, as well. Yet...he's out too.
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Yes. I just don't think he's involved in the other thing. He was not one of the names I heard. The two names I did hear are both out of the lineup.
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So here's a fun thought: Clay Holmes has been a reliever for much of his career. Do you target Holmes as your second SP knowing that: 1. If Ben Brown or Edward Cabrera come back dominant in the rotation and can start you could realistically move him to the pen 2. If they don't you can use him as a fourth playoff SP
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He may not be. But it doesn't look like the Cubs are maybe as...concerned with him leaving today as they are the other two.
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The Cubs have two open spots in the OF next year, and he would fit as a 4th or 5th OF'er as well. I think it's probably important to note that if you aren't comfortable with him being a bench player next year (which would make sense as to keeping him) that it's probably unlikely another team would want him very much. So either: the Cubs do have a reason to keep him (they envision a role for him) or no team, including the Cubs, want him meaning he probably doesn't have much trade value at that point.
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It's not impossible that it could happen, but probably notable that Alcantara is in the lineup but the other two aren't. Kade Snell not being in a lineup, though, could be a realistic third piece for a SP.
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Alcantara, Long, Ballesteros all in Iowa lineup. Owen Ayers officially out of that lineup...
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Yeah, if the Cubs get an Angels SP for Ayers and Kepley as the leads, the team is in a very, very good position, IMO.
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Something very well may be up. I'm not sure. But those names being out are interesting to note.
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Soriano is good too. I'd prefer Detmers myself because of the TJS in Jose's profile. but he's a groundball merchant, throws hard, has an 89% whiff percentile...and listen, he's not your long term issue, he has to stay healthy for 2.5 years. Not an impossible ask.
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Very late.
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Poteet caught last night. It makes sense.
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Yeah. Hartshorn is in the lineup.
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I've seen something that suggests this, yes. Let's put it this way. I heard two names connected to LAA. One in Iowa, one in SB. Kepley is out of the lineup in SB despite an off day tomorrow. Iowa hasn't dropped a lineup, but if that name is also out (and I had heard he was) than it's starting to come together at a level where I think we would all be okay.
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Maybe more out West.
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Kane Kepley is not in the SB lineup.👀👀👀👀
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You do know the guy he is today isn't the guy he was four years ago, right? Why do we care about his career ERA? He's got a top-15 xFIP pitching in front of a bad team and a very low LOB% that won't keep. He's whiffing guys far more right now than ever before. He's about as good as he was this year as last, except he's back in the rotation. The way he's pitching right now, he's pitching like a guy you put near the top of a rotation and don' think twice about it. The reason he's available is because he hasn't always done that. But if he had, he wouldn't be available. So you have to take the good with the bad here.
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Like I said. Check that Iowa lineup when it drops.
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Maybe watch the SB lineup too. Haven't heard anything on this one...but if someone else is missing....
