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  1. CubsInNC
    David Bote assigned to Daytona from EXST (per Daytona twitter) and will be playing 2B today. Just another piece in the middle infield puzzle.
  2. CubsInNC
    David Bote assigned to Daytona from EXST
  3. CubsInNC
    Forgot about Beeler. He must also be at Tennessee, unless he got released or injured. He'd obviously be another rotation candidate. According to his twitter, he is in Tennessee.
  4. CubsInNC
    Rock Shoulders, Ian Dickson, Dan Vogelbach, Trey Martin, Eddie Orozco, Tayler Scott, Pierce Johnson and Brian Smith. Should be fun to watch when they come to West Michigan this summer.
  5. CubsInNC
    Guessing Giansanti is going to relegated to OF/super sub if the plan really is for Mota to player/coach.
  6. CubsInNC
    Giansanti to Tennessee per twitter.
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    I agree. DeVoss is a very fringy prospect. He can't play big-league defense at 2B. He's just minor-league roster filler probably, maybe a shot to become a 25th man OFer/emergency 2B. He should be a non-factor in the Daytona 2B puzzle. Whether you get him away from Daytona 2B by sticking him at Tenn, Kane, or Daytona OF, wherever you need a body. I agree that Torreyes is meaningful and what's best for his development is where he should be. I'd like to see him improve or sustain some success at Daytona. But, I do think his gift for contact and his greater experience at Daytona makes him probably the least likely to get killed by AA pitching. While it isn't confirmation of where Torreyes is headed, Zeke Devoss is starting the season in Daytona.
  8. CubsInNC
    Saw a comment on an AZPhil story that Brenly was released. And Andrew McKirahan has again tweeted about not knowing why things happen sometimes.
  9. CubsInNC
    But you're allowed to get excited about things that haven't happened yet? Premature Wincalculation is a recognized medical condition. Doom boners are not.
  10. CubsInNC
    Not that he's a superb power prospect, but Dustin Geiger broke his hamate last year, and still put up 17HR in 303 AB. If nothing else, shows a more recent data point on the Cubs medical staff.
  11. CubsInNC
    Don't know that it really matters much. But AZPhil lists Rohan as whereabouts unknown. But, he's in Mesa. Guessing rehabbing, but I have no idea from what.
  12. CubsInNC
    Not that I think Pugliese is that good. But I am higher on him than most.
  13. CubsInNC
    Garza's lat strain turns into an arm injury before the ASB, and becomes untradeable. Samardzija regresses to a 1.45 WHIP Vizcaino recovers from TJ surgery, only makes 3 starts in the majors before shutting down for the season Rondon is the second best reliever in the bullpen Fujikawa is the closer by the middle of june
  14. CubsInNC
    Soriano struggles to stay healthy, playing in only 110 games. Stewart is back in May, starts off very slow, but hits .285 the remainder of the season.
  15. CubsInNC
    toonsterwu, Very valid points. I'm not much of a believer in any of those 3, even though they are much, much closer. I don't think any of them will last their 3 pre-arb (cheap) years in the majors, let alone arbitration years. I'm hedging my bets with Pugliese, in that if he makes it as a middle reliever, I still think he sticks the full 6 years. To me, that makes him a better prospect because of the duration of the (projected) ML career, not immediate value. While I project him as a middle reliever, that's because most of the more involved minor league posters here, have forgotten more about baseball, and prospect development than I know. So, rather than say that I expect him to make it as a starter, I project middle relief, as that will likely be how he breaks into ML anyway. But his 2nd or 3rd year, I'd expect he's a contender for a #5.
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    I guess it's time to start justifying my continued support for Pugliese, as to me it's less outlandish to start thinking about him in this range. This clump of prospects, in general from 30 down to at least 50, have little separating them. Splitting already split hairs, is essentially what divides them. I don't know why, because the results haven't exactly been there for Pugliese, and the scouting hype was and is minimal. He was slightly below average last year in Boise, but was also 2 years younger than average for the league. He strikes me as the type that, if he can last 6 years in our minor league system (not get stashed for a year after his fifth year), he'll actually be a decent contributor during the "cheap years" on a MLB staff. And to me, this level of prospects are the ones who might still get there, some of them on this list, I've written off, despite the fact that in 4+ years of development, a lot can happen. If I had to guess I'd go for middle relief (woohoo), but if he made it as a #5 starter, I wouldn't be surprised. Mechanics look fluid and repeatable, doesn't look like an arm injury waiting to happen. There's no great statistical basis for this, so I find no fault if anyone thinks I'm way off base here. As I likely am.
  17. CubsInNC
    I doubt he'll get traded but I imagine the Bears will cut him. Think Toub will want him and/or have enough pull to get Andy Reid to go after him? I was thinking the Chiefs already had a really solid returner, but must have been thinking of another team. I'd love for him to go to KC, especially if they were willing to part with a 3-4rnd pick! I had thought so too. But when I went and looked at 2012 stats, I saw I was mistaken. I doubt we'd get a 3rd, for a returner, as I doubt Reid would want him on offense. He lessened his trade value by saying he wasn't mentally engaged on many offensive plays. That said, I'd take just about anything, over a flat out release. Even a 2014 pick.
  18. CubsInNC
    I doubt he'll get traded but I imagine the Bears will cut him. Think Toub will want him and/or have enough pull to get Andy Reid to go after him?
  19. CubsInNC
    Not saying you're not correct. But if Suarez is in Low A again this year, we might as well release him. That would be 3 straight years primarily in Low A, with stints at A+ and AA.
  20. CubsInNC
    Who is your #30? I can add him. no one I can rationally justify, really. But I just think Pugliese is there.
  21. CubsInNC
    Only Bruno and McNutt, as my #30 isn't on the list.
  22. CubsInNC
    I typically don't rank ceiling pen arms as high, unless, the system as a whole is weak on talent likely to reach the majors. Loux still has a chance as a starter, and with different coaching, it may still be realistic, albeit, not very likely. McNutt, for whatever reason, stalled out as a starter, and now has a ceiling of a middle of the pen arm. If we had just acquired McNutt, after his first sub-hype season, I'd be just as high on him. But it wouldn't take long for SNTS syndrome to wear off.
  23. CubsInNC
    Not gonna lie. That is a part of it for me. That, and adding someone with what were at draft time, a good/great fastball and change with our pitching development, he could add that third pitch and be a good starter. He'll suffer a fall faster than McNutt, if he doesn't come out of the gate strong though. If I recall there were rumors of torn labrum, and an elbow that forecast a TJ surgery in his near future. Has either of those been dealt with? If not, why not TJ now?
  24. CubsInNC
    That's quite a hodgepodge of outfield "talent." And as far as Raburn is concerned, I'm using that term VERY generously.
  25. CubsInNC
    Looks like kopitzke was let go? Saw that coming.
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