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Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
The Athletic has a fairly detailed write up on the state of play with Davis and PCA: https://theathletic.com/3382581/2022/06/24/cubs-brennen-davis-pete-crow-armstrong/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983 Noteworthy things from my read: - Davis barely has more minor league PA than Bryant did when he got promoted to MLB, which combined with his late focus on baseball means he needs more reps. Especially given the way his weaknesses will be exploited, like taking advantage of his size/long levers to create K's up in the zone. - PCA's injury was quoted as a 2 week rest, and we're almost to that point. He's doing some defensive work and will face live pitching this weekend so a return to the lineup should be pretty soon - PCA's exit velocities are up 2-3 mph this year, which per Hoyer is a significant jump. Given what was already known about the speed/defense/contact profile, that type of pop really raises the ceiling. -
My general feeling is: Turner playing regularly > Steffen as a backup Turner as a backup > Steffen as a backup Turner as a backup < Steffen playing regularly Turner playing regularly ?? Steffen playing regularly The margins are pretty small, and also I have more confidence than most that Steffen getting regular minutes is a much better shot stopper than his recent reputation.
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The Thunder drafted Jalen Williams and Jaylin Williams.
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6/23 - Oh the Cubs are playing
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
lol that is terrible, if you tag him over the plate at the top of the knee where do you think the rest of his leg is -
6/23 - Oh the Cubs are playing
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
uh Wisdom is obviously safe? -
I started down the list of teams ranked below Iran and I got to New Zealand before I found one that I'd rather face instead of Iran
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6/23 - Oh the Cubs are playing
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UMFan83's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
wow that is an impressive slide from Velasquez, he should have been out comfortably -
This might not be a popular take, but I'd like to trade him regardless. Happ having a career year with 1.5 years to free agency is never going to have more value, a LF only player without elite consistency isn't a guy who makes sense to give a long term deal for his 30s, and since he's now locked to LF he plays a position where it's both easy in the league-wide sense but also in the current org sense to replace(Ortega, Velazquez, Davis). If you can turn Happ into a useful part of the 2023 team then you can come out ahead as soon as next year.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-22-22
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
What do we know about Slaughter as a defender? BBRef says he played 3B and 1B at LSU w/ an 80/20 split his last year after only playing 1B as a freshman, though weirdly our draft threads show places listing him as an SS. As a pro it almost seems like he's moved upwards on the spectrum. Pre-pandemic he had a 50/50 split between 3B and 1B, and post-pandemic he's started playing some 2B to the point where it's about 60/20/20 3B/1B/2B this year. He's been error prone as a 3B but not on the right side of the IF yet in more limited time. If he could be at least playable at 3B or 2B that would go a long way. -
I'll be a bit of a wet blanket here and say I'm still not to Steele levels of optimism with Thompson yet. Even in his better run as a starter he's still getting tagged for XBH with high frequency(last 7 GS: 31 IP, 8 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR), and he weirdly hasn't been able to solve right handed hitters(.376 wOBA v. RHH during those 7 starts, .296 v. LHH). Maybe the slider he's starting to flash will help here, but I'd want to see him make progress there through the All-Star break/trade deadline before I start considering him more than a backup rotation option in my mind.
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Bummer for Ethan, kinda assumed this was coming when he left a rehab outing with arm pain
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how many groundballs with huge sunday hops can one man boot
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Villar just hit a double down the line where he stared straight up off the bat like he popped it up Never seen that before, what a pioneer he is
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5 teams left, 4 from the SEC and 1 future SEC team
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and he was wearing reading glasses, to show that time had passed
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It wasn't a first choice roster and barely meets your criteria, but they did get Bosnia in that December camp. Realistically, their only chance was in this upcoming window because they had qualifiers all spring and UEFA had 4 nations league fixtures in this past window.
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It's a little more understandable when you see that even the good teams were never all that good at batting average in general: 2022 - 15th 2021 - 24th 2020 - 27th 2019 - 13th 2018 - 4th 2017 - 16th 2016 - 14th 2015 - 29th 2014 - 27th 2013 - 27th 2012 - 26th If you look at something more comprehensive than average, then you see more of an alignment with the overall quality of the offense. They were in the top half in RISP wOBA the same years they were in the top half of wOBA overall, with the one true outlier being 2018.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
I'm an idiot. Do we think something nefarious could increase a player's barrel rate? It seems like that's cheat proof but we've learned pretty much nothing is Knowing what’s coming would increase your barrel rate. And no I’m not suggesting they’re cheating. I kinda am, they're almost halfway through their home schedule and they're playing at a 130 win pace at Yankee stadium, something is a bit too good to be true. -
I don't know the answer to your question, but his command has not been up to his standard this year, even at Iowa.
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its time for Morel to be a most-games starter at 2B
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
Things that make you go hmmm To put a finer point on it, 5 of the top 15 increases at his link are Yankees -
If I learned anything watching the regionals, Oklahoma needs about 12 more runs for that lead to be truly safe.
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oh look Clint Frazier needs his DFA decision today
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I think it's a little bit like the opposite of Kilian's outing, the zone and weather are giving him a helping hand(as evidenced by Morton mowing down everyone too), but there's nothing cheap or unearned about the results so far.
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Simmons' wRC+ is a positive number now, gotta stick with a guy this hot
