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Glad to hear but maybe don’t pitch him everytime a competent reliever gives up a baserunner up 4 in the 9th.

Okay, Justin Grimm.

As a 19 year old shortstop in High A, the offensive bar could not be lower. So in that sense, his ~.650 OPS is actually pretty encouraging. For example, Gleyber Torres when we traded him was a 19 year old in High A slashing 275/.359/.433 and was pretty universally considered a Top 50 prospect. I think people forget how bad a first half Torres had in 2016. I was convinced he was getting demoted to single-A until he turned it on the month before he was traded.

Not watching... is Morrow dead?

Trevor Clifton is your Iowa starter, making his AAA debut.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 4-2 Box Score SS D. Bote 2/4, R, HR (9), RBI, K 1B V. Caratini 0/3, R, K, HBP C T. Davis 1/4, PB (1) CF L. Adams 0/3, BB, K RF J. Hannemann 0/1, 2 BB, CS (4) SP T. Clifton 4 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 4-3 GO-FO, 86-55 pitches-strikes - AAA debut RP D. Mekkes 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 0-0 GO-FO RP J. Hancock 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 3-1 Box Score 2B V. Machin 0/2, 2 BB 3B J. Vosler 0/3, BB, K RF Je. Báez 0/2, K - left game after grounding out in the 4th inning LF C. Burks 0/2, K, outfield assist at home C W. Remillard 1/4, 3 K SS Z. Short 2/3, 2B (13), RBI SP M. Rucker 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1-8 GO-FO, 102-64 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach won 10-3 Box Score 2B A. Monasterio 2/5, R, RBI, K SS A. Ademan 0/4, BB, 2 K, E (14, fielding) DH PJ Higgins 2/3, 2 R, 2 2B (11), 2 RBI, 2 BB 3B W. Galindo 2/4, R, 3 RBI, K LF K. Mitchell 3/4, 2 R, 2 2B (8), HR (3), 2 RBI, BB 1B A. Upshaw 3/3, 2 R SP T. Miller 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 3-3 GO-FO, 85-60 pitches-strikes RP T. Peyton 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3-0 GO-FO South Bend won game one 5-3 (7 innings) Box Score SS J. Bethencourt 3/4, 2 R, RBI, K, SB (5) 1B J. Young 1/4 3B A. Filiere 1/4, RBI, K 2B C. Donahue 1/4, RBI, K DH N. Velázquez 0/3, 3 K, HBP RF B. Hughes 1/4, K CF C. Singleton 2/3, 2B (9), K SP J. Camargo 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 HBP, 1-3 GO-FO, 79-55 pitches-strikes South Bend lost game two 6-1 (7 innings) Box Score SS J. Bethencourt 1/3, K, SB (6) 1B J. Young 0/2, BB C M. Amaya 0/2, RBI, 2 K 2B C. Donahue 0/3, K, E (4, throw) RF N. Velázquez 1/3, K, E (2, fielding) 3N D. Zinn 1/3 - South Bend debut SP B. King 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 3-3 GO-FO, 58-33 pitches-strikes DSL Cubs 1 lost 7-6 Box Score CF R. Verenzuela 2/5, 2 R, 2B (2), 2 K 3B F. Pertuz 1/3, 2 R, 2 BB, SB (6) LF J. Rodriguez 2/5, R, RBI, K RF A. Hinrio 0/3, BB, K, HBP, 2 E (4, fielding, throw) DH-2B F. Bautista 1/3, 3B (1), 2 BB SP B. Rodoriguez 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 2-0 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) RP C. Paula 4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 5-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 6-4 Box Score 3B P. Martínez 2/4, 2 R, HR (1), 3 RBI, K, SB (5) CF B. Peña 0/3, outfield assist at third base LF A. Ovalles 2/3, RBI, BB, SB (3), CS (2) SS N. Heredia 0/4, K RF M. Valenzuela 1/3, R 1B J. Brete 0/3, K 2B W. Joaquin 1/3, R, E (5, fielding) SP J. Lopez 4.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 4 WP, 8-1 GO-FO, balk

Well, they sold their soul to...lose Game 7 of the World Series.

Not surprising:

Do it. I was really high on Schwarber in the run up to that draft.

Underwood has 10 Ks through 5. He has also given up 4 ER and has 4 BB.

That’s #3 on the season.

Dodgers rookie:

Masahiro Tanaka left the Yankees-Mets game after apparently hurting himself running the bases. ETA: Stiffness in both hamstrings.

Yep. Like Ademan last summer and Paredes two summers ago.

Happ was drafted about where he was projected to go. Obviously they could have still used that data to draft him over others. Schwarber was the surprise, he was expected to go at best 1.8 but likely in the teens. Given what he did to ramp up for the World Series, I wouldn't be shocked if he scored very well on those sort off tests.

That’s what I was thinking too.

I think he's already the org's #1 prospect but if he's going to be around a .900 OPS all season with his defensive reputation and age related to league, he's on his way to being a top 50 prospect in baseball. Maybe top 25. Yeah, I think that if he keeps this up he will be will compare pretty favorable to Francisco Mejia at a similar point in his development. That's an elite guy. I would say that we have a pretty clear top 3 of Amaya/Alzolay/Lange. After that I think is where you can go in different directions. I'd actually compare him favorably to the Dodgers' Keibert Ruiz at this time last year since he split his time between both A-ball levels at age 19 last year.

Ohh, some of the hitters drafted did well on the Mookie Betts neuro testing. That's exciting.

One of the reasons Brennan Davis, Cole Roederer and Kohl Franklin might be ranked lower in the prospect publications than where the Cubs picked them and will pay them is that they were all injured and missed good chunks of the season where a lot of scouts didn't get to see them. The Cubs clearly saw all three of these guys on good days before they were hurt so it'll be interesting to see if they have a better read on their abilities than the general consensus.

I think he's already the org's #1 prospect but if he's going to be around a .900 OPS all season with his defensive reputation and age related to league, he's on his way to being a top 50 prospect in baseball. Maybe top 25.

More Smyly updates:

Box Scores: Iowa lost 4-3 Box Score Tennessee lost 6-3 (10 innings) Box Score Myrtle Beach won 5-4 (10 innings) Box Score South Bend won 4-1 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 won 5-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-2 Box Score

Aliya Fowler is awesome. I made one comment to Mark Saxon about that post and got Cardinals fans messaging and quote tweeting me. NOT ALL CARDINALS FANS!

NBC Chicago: Cubs draft strategy provides another clue into the direction of the franchise

Not a bad high-A debut for Abbott: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K.