CaliforniaRaisin

You’re not allowed to whine about this game if you’re not going to do you part.

Keegan Thompson: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K. Supposedly only 61 pitches.

That's just a personal valuation of their talent and it's my way of saying I would not even kinda sorta consider either at 24. I've consistently said Rodriguez's big booster is that he's very signable while having enough tools and percieved upside development ceiling potential to sell as a first round talent. If a team in the first is looking for quantity rather than quality approach while still taking a prep, he's of interest. Schnell's the same thing but a bat, newer to the first in mocks with signability consistently factored into his jump. I'm not saying anything wild and crazy here - year after year guys rise and fall on signability rather than talent. I doubt you'd find many in baseball who actually believe Rodiguez or Schnell are better talents than a Rocker, Hankins, or Parker Meadows buuuuut they're most definitely going to be easier to negotiate with. BA and MLB.com both have Schnell ahead of Meadows. BA by ~20 spots. MLB.com has Rodriguez ahead of Rocker.

Ah, I probably wouldn't even include half that group in the same tier of talent or upside. Rocker and Hankins (top of the draft types esp Rocker, worth overslotting), then Edwards/Naylor/Turang/Groshans (slot), and then Rodriguez/Schnell (clear underslot guys) I'm assuming you're referring to Grayson Rodriguez and Nick Schnell? I don't know why you have them listed as clear underslot guys... They go in the first round in many, many mock drafts and I doubt they'll be there when the Cubs select again after their first round pick. In fact, I wouldn’t be shocked if Rodriguez goes higher than any of the others listed there.

Matt Dorey: https://theathletic.com/377441/2018/06/01/connecting-the-dots-between-brandon-morrow-and-what-the-cubs-are-thinking-in-this-years-draft/

Brailyn Marquez went 5 scoreless and Yonathan Perlaza hit a grand slam today: https://www.thecubreporter.com/06012018/perlaza-slam-powers-cubs-victory-salt-river-fields Also, Jeffrey Passantino has been promoted to South Bend.

Here are the DSL Cubs rosters: https://www.thecubreporter.com/06012018/your-2018-dsl-cubs Florencio Serrano and Manuel Espinoza are on the restricted list for DSL Cubs 1, likely due to visa issues. Amongst the players who got the biggest bonuses last year, Saul Vazquez, Reivaj Garcia, Alexander Ovalles, Fabian Pertuz and Misael Garcia are also in the DSL. Misael Garcia is the kid who had a growth spurt and a velocity uptick after signing.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 14-11 Box Score 2B D. Bote 1/6, 2 R, E (6, fielding) 1B E. Navarro 1/5, R, BB, K RF M. Zagunis 1/4, 3 R, RBI, BB, 2 K C T. Davis 2/3, 3 R, 2 BB; defense: 0/7 CS CF L. Adams 1/2, 3 RBI, BB, SB (3), CS (3) SP D. Underwood Jr 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 3-3 GO-FO, 79-48 pitches-strikes RP S. Simmons 1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Hancock 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 1-0 Box Score CF C.Burks 1/4, 2 K 1B J. Vosler 1/3, 2B (11), BB, K C I. Rice 0/3, 2 K; defense: 0/1 CS RF E. Martínez 1/2, outfield assist at home SS Z. Short 0/3 SP O. de la Cruz 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 2-4 GO-FO, 73-53 pitches-strikes RP J. Norwood 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB,1 K, 1 HBP, 0-1 GO-FO, pickoff at first base Myrtle Beach lost 6-2 Box Score 2B A. Monasterio 2/3, R, BB SS A. Ademan 0/3, R, RBI C PJ Higgins 2/3, R, HR (2), 3 RBI, 0/1 CS DH W. Galindo 0/4 1B A. Upshaw 2/4, R 3B Y. Peguero 0/3, R SP K. Thompson 6.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 4-5 GO-FO, 81-52 pitches-strikes South Bend won 3-0 Box Score 2B C. Donahue 0/4 3B J. Bethencourt 0/3, 2 K, CS (2), E (17, throw) 1B A. Filiere 0/3 C M. Amaya 2/3, R, HR (8), RBI, K RF B. Hughes 0/2, R, BB, K, SB (14) LF N. Velázquez 1/3, K, outfield assist at second base SS R. Narea 0/2 SP J. Camargo 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 5-7 GO-FO, 62-45 pitches-strikes DSL Cubs 1 won their season opener 8-1 Box Score CF R. Verenzuela 1/4, R, 2B (1), RBI, K 3B N. Heredia 2/5, 2B (1), RBI, K, CS (1) SS F. Pertuz 1/4, 2 E (2, throw, throw) LF J. Rodriguez 1/4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI, K, CS (1) DH J. Fernandez 1/4, 2 R, 2B (1), RBI, BB C D. Diaz 2/4, R, HR (1), 3 RBI, E (1, fielding) SP J. Remon 4 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 5-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won their season opener 6-5 Box Score CF B. Peña 1/4, 2B (1), BB RF A. Ovalles 2/4, 2 R, 2B (1), BB DH C. Morfa 3/5, R, 3 2B (3), RBI, SB (1) 1B J. Brete 1/4, R, RBI, BB, K, CS (1) LF M. Valenzuela 2/3, 2 R, HR (1), 2 RBI, BB SP L. Devers 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 2 HBP, 3-2 GO-FO SP E. Herrera 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 2-2 GO-FO

Yeah, but they didn’t use Hader, Jeffries or Knebel so they’re set to win by 1 tomorrow even though their starter will only go 5. Chase Anderson had another bad start tonight.

The Brewers are so shook by the Cubs, they even lost to the White Sox in Chicago.

He’s ready for AA.

That's a mock. FYI, the guys who run the 247 Sports mock also said they thought Banfield was a Cubs target in the 2nd round.

Today’s BA mock has the Cubs picking Stetson RHP Logan Gilbert.

This isn’t a rumor. I’m just tossing this in here since the Cubs will probably need to acquire some relievers by the deadline as Joe is trying to kill his current crop. [tweet] [/tweet]

Don’t be the Cubs, don’t be the Cubs: https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/1002579257309253637?s=21

https://twitter.com/savermetrics/status/1002442538718916609?s=21 https://twitter.com/savermetrics/status/1002465959800594432?s=21 https://twitter.com/savermetrics/status/1002467666404102144?s=21 https://twitter.com/savermetrics/status/1002468479969005570?s=21 https://twitter.com/savermetrics/status/1002469400174194689?s=21

https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1002414262130601984?s=21

I wouldn’t mind seeing Clifton, Swarmer and Abbott all get bumped up a level if Swarmer is healthy.

Yikes. Have to imagine that's probably it for him as a starter in 2018. His career high IP is 111.1 so he might be done as a starter forever.

Daury Torrez got promoted to AAA.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 10-3 Box Score 2B D. Bote 0/4, R, BB, 3 K 1B E. Navarro 0/4, K RF M. Zagunis 2/3, R, RBI, BB, K C V. Caratini 2/4, 2B (2), 2 RBI; defense: 0/3 CS SP K. Ryan 3+ IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 2 HR, 2-0 GO-FO, 69-43 pitches-strikes RP A. Baldonado 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 2-1 GO-FO RP D. Maples 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K Tennessee won game one 9-1 (7 innings) Box Score LF C. Burks 0/3, R, K, HBP, outfield assist at second base SS Z. Short 1/4, 2 R, 2B (11), 2 RBI, K DH J. Vosler 2/4, R, 2B (10), 4 RBI RF Je. Báez 0/2, R, BB, K 2B V. Machin 2/3, R, 3 RBI SP T. Hatch 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 8-5 GO-FO, 89-59 pitches-strikes, complete game Tennessee lost game two 4-2 (7 innings) Box Score SS Z. Short 0/2, BB, K 3B J. Vosler 0/2, BB, K C I. Rice 0/2, BB, K RF Je. Báez 0/3, K DH V. Machin 0/2, BB LF E. Martínez 2/3, R, 2 2B (10), RBI SP P. Morrison 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 8-1 GO-FO, 36-24 pitches-strikes RP R. McNeil 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GO-FO Myrtle Beach won 4-1 Box Score DH A. Monasterio 1/4, R SS A. Ademan 1/3, R, BB, E (13, fielding) C J. Pereda 0/4; defense: 0/1 CS 3B W. Galindo 0/3, R, BB, 2 K 1B A. Upshaw 2/3, 2B (5), RBI 2B Y. Peguero 0/3 SP M. Swarmer 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 6-5 GO-FO, 76-57 pitches-strikes RP T. Peyton 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1-0 GO-FO South Bend lost 5-3 Box Score 2B J. Bethencourt 1/4, R, 3B (4), K 1B A. Filiere 0/4, 2 K C M. Amaya 2/4 DH M. Cruz 2/4, R, HR (6), 2 RBI, K RF N. Velázquez 0/4, K 3B C. Donahue 1/3, BB SS R. Narea 1/3 SP E. Ulemen 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 8-2 GO-FO, 87-61 pitches-strikes

Holy horsefeathers, JR.

Third straight day pitching for their closer. Maybe he shouldn’t have pitched down 4 two days ago but Hurdle was too busy getting Contreras HBP that day.

Wow, get fucked, Felipe Vazquez.