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I have Bote 5th. He's still prospect eligible but I assume he'll graduate (and/or be traded) by season's end. 1. C Miguel Amaya 2. RHP Adbert Alzolay 3. SS Aramis Ademan 4. SS Nico Hoerner 5. 2B David Bote 6. RHP Alex Lange 7. LHP Brailyn Márquez 8. OF Brennen Davis 9. OF Cole Roederer 10. C Jhonny Pereda 11. RHP Cory Abbott 12. LHP Justin Steele 13. LHP Brendon Little 14. RHP Oscar de la Cruz 15. RHP Duane Underwood Jr 16. RHP Dakota Mekkes 17. RHP Bailey Clark (this rating is a bit dependent on what his injury is and how severe it is) 18. SS Zack Short 19. RHP Duncan Robinson 20. RHP Richard Gallardo

Heyman spelled Barraclaugh and Conley wrong. [tweet] [/tweet]

On Swarmer: https://www.minorleagueball.com/2018/7/10/17552472/chicago-cubs-heres-what-you-can-expect-from-rhp-matt-swarmer

Rosenthal: Doesn’t make sense from a roster standpoint. Wouldn’t be shocked if Adam Jones didn’t make sense from a luxury tax standpoint too.

Good, hope Maddon keeps pissing people off. This one makes no sense though because almost every manager would bring an outfielder into the infield. r_mack not getting Grant Brisbee is amazing.

Scheduled Games (All Times Central): Tennessee vs. Montgomery, 11:00 a.m. Myrtle Beach vs. Carolina, 6:05 p.m. AZL Cubs 1 at AZL A's, 9:00 p.m. DSL Cubs 1 vs. DSL Rangers 1, 9:30 a.m. DSL Cubs 2 at DSL Rangers 2, 9:30 a.m. Iowa, South Bend, Eugene and AZL Cubs 2 have the day off. Probable Starters: Tennessee: RHP Thomas Hatch (89.1 IP, 3.83 ERA, 4.98 FIP, 4.94 xFIP, 63 K, 38 BB) Myrtle Beach: RHP Erich Uelmen (11.1 IP, 3.18 ERA, 4.90 FIP, 4.88 xFIP, 7 K, 6 BB)

Brewers lose a game to the Marlins where Hader throws 35 pitches and Jeffress and Knebel also pitched.

His does Mattingly not understand L/R splits (didn’t bring in a LOOGY to face Shaw, bunted guys over so Hader could face lefty Dietrich)? Dusty would out-manage him.

Here is Kris Bryant’s Ding Dong Johnson in his fourth PA:

This was my understanding as well.

Kris’ rehab so far: Reached on an error in the first: Then, in the 2nd, he hit an RBI single to left on an 0-2 pitch.

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee won 6-2 Box Score LF C. Burks 2/3, 2 R, 2B (12), BB, SB (8) 3B K. Bryant 2/4, 2 R, HR (1), 3 RBI, K, E (1, throw) - rehab SS Z. Short 1/4, R, 2B (19), K RF E. Martínez 1/4, 2 K DH V. Machin 1/4, R, HR (3), RBI, 2 K SP M. Swarmer 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 6-5 GO-FO, 76-54 pitches-strikes RP J. Stinnett 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 3-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 3-1 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 2/4, K SS A. Ademan 0/3, BB, K C J. Pereda 1/4, K 1B J. Young 0/3, BB, K DH PJ Higgins 1/4, K, SB (3) 3B W. Galindo 1/4, K 2B Y. Peguero 1/4, RBI, K SP A. Lange 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 5-5 GO-FO, 86-47 pitches-strikes, E (1, pickoff) RP J. Romero 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 0-2 GO-FO South Bend won 5-3 Box Score SS R. Narea 2/4, R, SB (3) 1B A. Upshaw 0/3, R, K C M. Amaya 2/4, R, RBI RF B. Hughes 0/3, RBI 3B A. Filiere 3/4, R, RBI LF C. Singleton 0/4, K SP T. Thomas 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 7-4 GO-FO, 91-62 pitches-strikes RP E. de los Rios 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO Eugene lost 4-2 Box Score CF F. Kelli 0/3, R, HBP 2B L. Díaz 1/3, 2 K SS N. Hoerner 0/3, R, BB, K RF J. Sierra 1/4, RBI LF N. Velázquez 2/4, RBI, K 1B T. Durna 0/4, 3 K C J. Soto 0/2, BB, 2 K, E (3, throw), PB (10) 3B N. Vázquez 0/3 SP R. Williams 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 6-4 GO-FO, 64-44 pitches-strikes RP R. McCauley 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO, RP E. Roberts 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs 1 had the day off AZL Cubs 2 PPD - Rain DSL Cubs 1 won 3-0 Box Scpre SS P. Martínez 0/4, BB, 2 K, E (7, fielding) DH N. Heredia 1/4, RBI, BB, K 2B W. Joaquin 2/5, 2B LF B. Peña 0/4, K CF K. Miranda 2/3, HBP SP J. Lopez 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 8-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-2 Box Score 2B R. Cruz 1/3. R, BB, SB (24), CS (2) 3B O. Piña 1/4, R, SB (6) SS F. Petuz 1/3, R, 3B (3), RBI, K, HBP 1B E. Marchan 0/4, RBI, K CF R. Verenzuela 0/3, K RF A. Hinrio 0/3 SP B. Rodriguez 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 9-4 GO-FO

https://twitter.com/billazbbphotog/status/1016146400067796992?s=21 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 0-5 GO-FO

Yeah, start another thread! We had a small discussion the other day but it would be nice to have a full thread.

4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP, 69-38 pitches-strikes aka his best start of the year. Baby steps I guess. Under 50% strikes again though Nah, that's 38 strikes, 31 balls.

Justin Steele with his second rehab start in the AZL.

4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP, 69-38 pitches-strikes aka his best start of the year.

Before his injury, he was on a nice little run. Good to see him get back on track.

Norwood is the third Cub from the 2014 draft to make it to the bigs (Schwarber, Zagunis). First pitcher called up in a draft that included Jake Stinnett, Carson Sands (cut), Justin Steele, Dylan Cease (traded for Q), Tommy Thorpe, James Farris (traded for Butler) and Ryan Williams all picked in the top 10 rounds.

Ohh, upper 90s on a slow gun. Very intriguing. He was 94-96 last year.

Huh...were there only 39 on the 40 man? Or...who got knocked off? Gimenez. We were speculating they’d add Mekkes with the vacant 40-man spot but I guess Norwood gets the first crack.

Surprised Norwood got 40-manned over Mekkes.

Because the small sample size of Happ at third was kind of a disaster I thought Happ looked pretty good at 3B from the eye test the few games he’s played I ageee. And Javy is clearly at second to try to steal an out with his tagging abilities since Lester is pitching and Billy Hamilton continues to be a thorn in our side.