Transmogrified Tiger
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Halbach seems like more fun than your average 10th round college pick. Hit really well in the Cape but missed most of the college season (I'm assuming due to injury). Also he makes 3 Big West signings in 10 picks with the UCSB guys.- 134 replies
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Also they didn't have a comp or 2nd rounder, so the magnitude of savings beyond potentially Wetherholt(who has decently strong leverage at 7) only adds up to so much.
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gotta hang dong to hit dongs
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It's pick 120, the best all-time pick at that spot was Mickey Morandini
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That 2030 infield of Smith/Cruz/Southisene/Mathis is going to be the something
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Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
For sure, that's why it's good for him that he's currently hitting .400 instead of .300 like the Almoras of the world. -
Minor League Musings
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I guess here's what I'm driving at, and this is a hobby horse of mine so I get that I'm being at least a little pedantic. FB and GB rate have a denominator of batted balls, so if Wilson's GB are higher simply because he's impossible to strike out, is that necessarily a negative thing. Making the denominator PA is illustrative, Wilson has 19 FB in 90 AAA PA(21%), last year in AAA Michael Busch(who has pretty consistently been heralded for his swing path/FB tendencies) was 113/469, or 24%, making the difference in Wilson's AAA performance 1-2 FB. -
Looks like he was invited to the combine, and according to some AI Slime/Sports Illustrated blogger he's clocked 107 exit velos.
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Transmogrified Tiger replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Honest question, is his approach actually GB heavy, or does it just look that way because it's impossible to strike him out in the minors? -
Not a strong conviction, but my guess is both skip Myrtle Beach but the question is how much time they spend in Arizona first.
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I don't think everyone needs to have a hyper specific plan for every potential move, but I do think it's worth thinking about the possible outcomes before judging the decision to make/not make a move. The thing I keep coming back to is that the *best case* scenarios I'm reading from trading Taillon are 'we functionally keep Taillon(similar player on similar deal), and we add a possible bullpen/platoon guy to the roster'. To me that is not enough upside to deal with the downsides, which Squally has fairly clearly outlined. This isn't to suggest that Taillon is locked in to a certain level of future production, but also the risks that exist with him are fairly universal.
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That's really the crux of the issue, do you think the Cubs can be competitive in 2025? If not then you should probably fire Jed yesterday and let someone who doesn't need a 5 year timeline handle a teardown of the 2026 FAs. But if you do, you should make moves with 2025 competitiveness in mind because the outlook is far from dire.
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wow, if my research is accurate this guy has been playing baseball for years, great pick
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Immediately thought of this tweet but for the Rockies
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Love this pick. What's his name? What position does he play?
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The eyeball icon, you can either click it and then type in the box that's created, or highlight the spoilered text and then hit the eyeball.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
they also Alex Gonzalez'd two batters earlier https://www.mlb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-orioles/2024/07/14/747009/final/video -
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They are different roles, not primary/secondary.
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I'm not all that high on (Malcolm) Moore, but he did hit .311 his freshman year so it's not as if there's a hard limitation he's hitting at the college level. Plus he's at the position with the lowest offensive bar to clear.
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To reiterate from last offseason, having 5 good players for 4 spots is not crowded nor a problem needing solving. Injuries, rest, and performance ebbs/flows will make that pretty much irrelevant, it's 130 games/person on average. Especially when this logjam requires 2 prospects seizing spots at a level they haven't yet demonstrated an ability to perform at, along with Bellinger not opting out.
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Also we’ve reached the ‘stupid’ level of summer heat + humidity here, it might be pushing it to get 2 outings out of any reliever.
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He’s almost certainly not using 5 of them, no? I figure this is maximizing the pen since Assad won’t be needed for about 10 days to start anyway.
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There isn't a perfect correlation with his performances, but I strongly suspect that rest/recovery is a differentiator here. I kinda wonder if they went to a 6 man for a minute with him pitching on 5-7 days rest all the time if he'd be much different than what we could reasonably expect from Wicks, or even Assad if you're bearish on him.
