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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-5-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Shaw can max out at 17 games at AA, unless he's hitting like .450 I don't see any harm in having him start 2024 in Tennessee. The last couple years(Morel, Amaya, Wicks) has shown that's not gonna prevent them from impacting the big league club if they're ready, plus you stay away from a little bit of the Iowa April weather. -
lol we(read: me) talked ourselves into them being ready to give Greene turns in the rotation and he got 1 mop up inning and sent to the moon, outstanding
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I'm pretty sure Boxberger is cooked so I'm not interested in him in particular, nor am I pining for a particularly different call up, though in a few days I'd probably prefer Brown I think. It's just a bit different than the normal reaction to a call up since unlike swapping out Little for an end of bullpen mop up guy, it's a fairly clear downgrade if it's Alzolay going to the DL(and while I hope not that seems the most likely outcome). That said, the Palencia comparison, while true on the merits of control, does gloss over that Little has been much more effective as a reliever and better at the other parts of the FIP triangle. Even if he's walking a few more guys he'll be able to get away with more because of the obscene K rate and how no one seems to square him up (1 HR in ~130 full season IP). I just am gonna hold my breath if he's being used in a leverage situation, and in September in a playoff chase there's lots of those.
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Yeah, I'm pretty lukewarm (no pun intended) on Little since he's been worse at throwing strikes at AAA than Palencia was, hopefully his recent form is figuring things out. And it's especially a bummer if the likely reason is a late inning reliever potentially being down.
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A+ sequencing
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I mean in some cases sure, but basically since day 1 he's been at least to Fulmer levels in the pecking order if not better, and his pedigree and performance has uh, not quite been to that standard. At least peripherally.
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I'm happy he's had good outcomes so far but I have to say I'm a little puzzled how quickly Cuas has joined the circle of trust
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Alternatively, he's trying to stay away from Alzolay and Merryweather is in line for the 9th against the top of the order(albeit a mediocre offense that has already PH the #1 and #2 hitters)
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omg that behind the plate angle of the bat toss
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Madrigal's gonna get a swirly for wasting a Gomes steal attempt
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can't remember the last time I laughed out loud at a play like that Pederson attempt
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With that HR, Seiya has moved past last year's wRC+ (116), he's up to 118 and 2.4 fWAR
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Meckler looks like a create a player from a little league world series video game
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-5-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
and now a ground rule double for Shaw, the search for a level he can't hit .400 at continues -
Second run was pretty unlucky, solid single turned into two thanks to an error, then driven in on a floated blooper just out of Swanson's reach
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Yeah, for as much as I can understand(and mostly agree with) why he's not going to get starts, I don't think there's a satisfying answer to why he has ZERO plate appearances since his call up. Not giving him a stray PH spot in the double header or in the 9th on Sunday seems like a missed opportunity even if the consequences aren't great.
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I think the simplest explanation for Canario is: A position player has to be called up No one at Iowa is in a place where they are proven to push for more time than the current position player core. If they were they probably would've been called up previously While not being the favorite to get any regular playing time, Canario is the option who can be me most useful as an extra bat on the bench during these extremely important playoff race games I don't think it's any more complicated than that. In a perfect world would I prefer Canario playing every day at Iowa? Probably. But it's also worth noting that Canario is not a top prospect, he's a guy whose most likely MLB future is a platoon/bench option(doubly so on the current Cubs roster). A couple weeks of ABs is not going to make or break his future, and if they're calling him up now they clearly think he's hit whatever benchmark they'd need to feel comfortable calling him up next year even if he doesn't play again for Iowa. So whatever hit to his progress is taken is worthwhile to have the best possible roster for the stretch run, especially since that sacrifice is not so great in the grand scheme of things.
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I could see something pandemic-related potentially being a lagging factor, but I'm not sure how much I can put on his buildup from draft year. In 2019 he put up 96 innings in college(100% as an SP), in 2021 it was 100 IP, and 2022(when things went off the rails) was 118. This year he's at 108 with a couple starts left, I'm not seeing an obvious point where we should have expected him to hit some conditioning wall, and if there is it's pandemic-related and not particularly applicable to others going forward.
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I think the real story with Kilian is not so much that he's a command pitcher who didn't have enough stuff for higher levels(though that is not necessarily untrue), it's that he's a command pitcher *who lost his command*. If anything he (and to some extent Taillon) are data points that pitch labbing guys is not a process without potential downsides, because even if his stuff is still not noteworthy he has added velo and tinkered with his pitches in other ways since the trade.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-3-23
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Shaw 3/4 with a 3B, SB, K Caissie 2/3 w/ a BB -
12 days off and gets it down, never a doubt
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When was the last time Mastrobuoni faced a live pitcher
