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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    what's the deal with crossfit DJ Khaled pitching to Bryce
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    I now need Harper to hit a home run that circles the globe and hits Muncy in the back of the head
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    even setting aside the obvious rooting interest, I'm really glad I didn't have to sit through another round of Bregman trying to sneak as many line drives into the bullpen as he could muster
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    how about we get Roederer up to Eugene
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    Bryant got him in 2016 right? anyway the game is getting rained out so nothing is gonna happen which is for the best Yep, I had to look it up to make sure it was Sale, but Bryant went deep in the 1st off him in Petco.
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    Multiple Cubs players hitting all-star game home runs off Chris Sale would be very very funny, boy I hope it happens.
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    "Universal"?--- So, his 2017 Eugene numbers don't count? For me the only thing 2018 says about ademan is that as an underdeveloped 19 yr old he wasn't ready for high A baseball where the average player is 3.4 years older and much more developed. Universal in that his 2018 performance is unequivocally bad, not that he's been terrible throughout his entire professional career. It is absolutely possible Ademan was just rushed too high too soon. It is also possible that he is not capable of hitting full-season pitching. 2018(and really, 2017 at South Bend) has done nothing to cast doubt on the latter hypothesis, and as such I'm not comfortable saying he'd be any good with more age. He certainly could! But my picking this nit comes from thinking Ademan is entirely too high on most lists right now, because he doesn't have world-class tools and the performance has been shockingly bad even given lower expectations of a 19 year old in A+.
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    Unfortunate. That means you missed this gem. [tweet] [/tweet] That's the exact same mistake all over again, unbelievable.
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    Well, you’re just acknowledging then ignoring Ademan’s age differential with respect to his results. So, this is gonna be a useless conversation… Just one FWI, his age differential is closer to a few years than a “few months”. The point is not to ignore age entirely, the point is that universally bad results shouldn't be graded on an age curve. If Ademan were hitting .250/.325/.375 at Myrtle Beach we wouldn't be having this conversation since I would've agreed with your takeaway on him repeating a low level at age 20. Instead he's got an OPS 100 points lower than that modest example line. Players who are mediocre at aggressive age/level combos you can squint and see progression with age, players who are horrible at age/level you have to wonder if they have the ability at all.
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    I don't see how his play as an 18 yr old at Eugene doesn't project to higher levels. He's not physically developed yet and the Cubs are OK with him taking his lumps in high A. I think this says a lot about his mental toughness. If you don't like young developing players that are over matched against older developing players, then you don't like Hoerner either. I think he had a sub .600 .OPS as a freshman, and that was with an aluminum bat. The pro survival rate if our only data point is a .600 OPS as a college freshman is extremely low. Thankfully we have more information since then. Similarly, the survival rate of guys who put up a .620 OPS in their first 400+ PA in full-season ball is not high. Ademan does have that success in his 40 game Eugene stint, and scouts seem to think he's a decent prospect so I don't want to come across as if I think he's hopeless. But you don't translate youth by saying a .600 OPS at age X is equivalent to an .800 OPS at age X+2. Ademan's performance in full-season ball has been very discouraging, he isn't hitting even for mediocre average or power, and his K rate is pushing 25%. His age and the lower threshold of his position gives him opportunity to rebound, but there's nothing about that we can look at and think it portends well if he only were a few months older at this level.
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    I haven’t seen anything from Ademan that indicates that he’s a shoo-in to be a strong hitter at any level of full season ball yet. certainly capable of doing so, but taking a few walks while the bat gets knocked out of your hands in low/high A doesn’t fill me with confidence.
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    2 outs too, go for it
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    Subasic has graciously decided to make Croatia’s bad luck first half irrelevant
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    From today's Tribune: And the Cubs appear firm in their unwillingness to move any position players from their major-league roster to acquire pitching help. “We’ve shown were really loyal to this core group for a reason,” Hoyer said. “They’ve earned that loyalty with their performance over 3½ seasons. Our focus really is on supplementing that group.” To me, those comments don't include Happ. That’s a good point, depending on the question he’s answering, it could be inclusive of Happ/Almora or more like saying they aren’t going to trade Baez/Russell/Schwarber.
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    France haven’t done a thing right offensively and they have two goals, frustrating
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    Honestly, I wouldn't even highlight the things he says at this point. It's not entertaining, it's quite sad that he has such an unhealthy relationship with sports teams. Also, Almora's last 2 weeks look exactly like his season line(to the extent it's borderline spooky), so he can't even get things right on a factual basis before spinning it towards anger.
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    Girardi is actually an intelligent person though. There’s no way he’s possibly as bad as Matheny. I mean, Girardi is better at saying sentences, and Jersey may have the best context of being closer to his Yankees day to day, but it sure seems like Girardi carries the risk of the same problems.
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    They’ll trade Harvey since he’s a FA at year’s end, and if they find a really good deal for Hamilton or Gennett (unlikely) they should take it since both are FA after 2019, but otherwise yeah they’d be best served not getting rid of anything significant. Their best relievers aren’t flashes in the pan, which is the only other situation they’d want to look to sell.
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    That's from the Iowa Cubs, saying that he is with the Iowa Cubs now. Zastryzny for Carl is the only move I believe.
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    Ah, that explains this: [tweet] [/tweet] And also why they pushed him for 1+ IP last night.
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    gonna console myself that I was critical* of the Chatwood signing and this justifies my skepticism *in maybe the most milquetoast way possible
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    oh did 33 year old Junior Guerra not actually turn into a Cy Young candidate
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