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I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/993552879490359298?s=21

Oscar de la Cruz is the first Cub prospect to make BA’s weekly Hot Sheets this year: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/top-mlb-prospects-hot-sheet-5718/

With a FIP like 4 times that. Not that I expect that regression to come today. Oh come now. Everything screams Cubs offense breaks out for like 12 runs today, then score 3 total between the next two games.

I hate everything about what they did with the Cubs pick. Not much of an Eierman fan, and their "also considered" list is filled with BOR college starters. It just underscores your point that the college guys available at the end of the first round these days are BOR starters or utility players. I’d rather shoot for a higher ceiling guy, especially in this draft where there should still be a few available.

And the Cubs need to send Farrell down (forever) and call up one of Tseng or Mills to be the long man. Also, they really need to consider sending Happ down.

I don’t want to alarm anyone but Jarlin Garcia leads the NL in ERA.

A week too late.

Did you want Luke Farrell?

He always has? I feel like he's more in that 91-92 area more often idk Out of the pen, he can hit 96. More low 90s as a starter.

Really getting annoyed with Vasgersian bitching about extra innings. I'm sorry you're having to work a little more than normal. Like the rest of us do routinely.

He always has?

Completely agreed.

Definitely didn't like the curve there.

Of course the Cardinals would pick up this strategy Rockies were up and in a few times too.

So are teams intentionally pitching Bryant near his head now?

Heyward should’ve at least kept that to a single but the umpire should’ve rung up Wong on the previous pitch too.

Why is a Cardinal fan quote tweeting me about his jerking off habits? https://twitter.com/kwwein/status/993320847984095232?s=21

South Bend's website makes it sound like Albertos' move to the bullpen is permanent, which is dumb when Extended Spring Training should be a better option:

Scheduled Games (All Times Central): Iowa won 6-5 Box Score SS M. Freeman 2/4, R, 2B (4), RBI, BB, K 2B D. Bote 1/5, 2b (5) 1B E. Navarro 1/4, R, BB, K RF M. Zagunis 0/4, R, 3 K, HBP LF B. Rademacher 1/3, R, HR (2), 3 RBI, BB C T. Davis 0/4, K; defense: 1/1 CS DH C. Gimenez 2/4, 2B (3), K SP B. Markey 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 5-0 GO-FO, 38-26 pitches-strikes RP R. Rosario 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GO-FO RP R. D. Maples 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 3-0 Box Score RF Je. Báez 0/4, BB, 2 K, SB (9) SS Z. Short 2/5, R, 2 2B (7), 2 K 3B J. Vosler 1/3, RBI, BB, K LF C. Burks 3/4, R, K, SB (2) SP T. Clifton 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K, 3-3 GO-FO, 95-62 pitches-strikes RP J. Norwood 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach won 3-0 Box Score 2B A. Monasteiro 0/3 C J. Pereda 0/4, K DH A. Upshaw 2/4, 2 R, 2 2B (2), K LF K. Mitchell 2/4, K SS A. Ademan 1/2, R, 2B (3), K, HBP SP K. Thompson 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-5 GO-FO, 87-57 pitches-strikes RP B. Clark 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 5-1 GO-FO South Bend won 5-3 Box Score 1B J. Young 2/4, R, RBI, K 3B A. Filiere 1/4, 2B (8), K C M. Amaya 0/4, 2 K; defense: E (3, missed catch) SS J. Bethencourt 2/4, K, SB (2), CS (1) LF-RF B. Hughes 0/4, K 2B Y. Peguero 2/2, R, BB CF C. Singleton 0/3, R, RBI, K, SB (2), outfield assist at third base SP C. Abbott 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 8 K, 3-4 GO-FO, 90-53 pitches-strikes RP J. Albertos 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1-1 GO-FO, 45-24 pitches-strikes

DeRosa was better on defense and more athletic. I mean I haven't watched Bote enough to be absolutely sure, but I remember DeRosa was very good defensively at 2B and 3B. Bote started at SS the other night, I don’t think he really is projected to be more than an emergency back up SS at the ML level but I think he’s plenty athletic. Yeah, something went wrong if Bote is starting at short in the big leagues. It’s definitely an emergency-only situation. In the minors, utility guys will play tougher positions (SS, CF) a lot more than he ever will in the majors.

I see a bit of DeRosa in him. I made that same comp in a game thread while he was up. I think it’s a pretty solid one. I definitely stole that comp from somewhere. Might’ve been you.

Bote is legit in my mind. I think he could start at second for some teams. He didn't look great in his short time with the Cubs, but he looked WAY better than Zagunis. I like him and liked his approach when he was up. He seems like a 2nd division starter or bench player on a good team. If Happ doesn’t get it going I wouldn’t mind Bote coming up for him while Happ gets reset in Iowa. I see a bit of DeRosa in him.

Me in public: Me in my man cave: I’m happy for Gleyber. Cubs don’t win Game 5 of the WS without Chapman. But I could really use without seeing Chapman celebrating the walk-off since it bugs me no end that the Yankees got Torres for him and then re-signed him. Also don’t like seeing Chapman happy since he’s a horrible human.

Bote HR #5

Underwood ended up with 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K. 27 K and 4 BB with a 3.25 ERA in 27.2 innings this season. @TransmogrifiedTiger