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My concern with Gonzalez would be how much of his hitting ability is his own talent and how much of it is his hitter-friendly home ballpark and conference? (Obvious disclaimer that this regime knows what it's doing, especially when it comes to first round hitters.)

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee lost 5-3 Box Score RF Je. Baez 0/4, K LF C. Burks 0/4, K 2B D. Bote 1/3, R, HR (6), RBI, BB, K CF J. Hannemann 0/3 SS C. Penalver 1/2, 2 R, HR (1), RBI, BB, E (8, fielding) SP JH Tseng 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 3-5 GO-FO, 93-57 pitches-strikes RP D. Torrez 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 4-3 (14 innings) Box Score 2B B. Flete 1/5, R, 2B (10), 2 K C PJ Higgins 0/5, BB, K, E (2, throw) LF E. Jimenez 0/5, BB, K RF E. Martinez 1/6, R, 2 K 1B T. Alamo 1/6, RBI, 2 K, E (3, fielding) 3B J. Hodges 3/6, RBI SS A. Monasterio 0/5, E (3, throw) SP K. Miller 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 7-1 GO-FO, 67-38 pitches-strikes RP D. Maples 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-0 GO-FO, balk South Bend lost 9-8 Box Score SS Z. Short 1/5, RBI, K 2B Y. Peguero 0/6, K C A. Mineo 3/4, R, 2B (8), HBP 3B W. Galindo 1/4, 2 RBi, BB, K DH I. Paredes 1/4, R, BB, 2 K LF K. Mitchell 1/5, 2 R, 3 K SP J. Paulino 2.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 4-2 GO-FO, 56-33 pitches-strikes RP D. Mekkes 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO

What are some examples of this? Not doubting at all, but it's not something I know off the top and it's a tough thing to search. As far as early picks go, Ian Happ & Pierce Johnson both played a few seasons in the Cape Cod League. Hatch spent some time there in 2014 as well. Bryant, Schwarber and Stinnett too. Benintendi famously did not and the Cubs were very high on him.

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Box Scores: Iowa won 3-1 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 0/4, 2 K 2B C. Young 1/4, R, K LF M. Zagunis 1/3, R, HR (8), RBI, 2 K 3B-1B J. Candelario 1/4, 2B (17) RF-3B S. Bruno 1/3, R, HR (4), RBI SP S. Perakslis 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-5 GO-FO, 52-30 pitches0strikes RP D. Rollins 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GO-FO RP D. Berg 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP D. Floro 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB,0 K, 0-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 8-3 Box Score RF Je. Baez 0/4, BB LF C. Burks 1/5, 2 K 2B D. Bote 0/5, 4 K 3B J. Vosler 0/3, K, HBP C I. Rice 2/4, R, 3B (1), RBI CF J. Hannemann 1/3, R, 2B (9), RBI, BB SS A. Ely 1/4, 2B (8), 2 K SP Z. Hedges 5 IP, 13 H, 8 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 11-1 GO-FO, 73-52 pitches-strikes RP C. Brooks 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 0-2 GO-FO RP D. Garner 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach had the day off South Bend won 9-2 Box Score SS Z. Short 1/4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K 2B Y. Peguero 1/5, R, 2B (9), RBI, K C A. Mineo 1/3, RBI, 2 K, HBP, SB (1) 3B W. Galindo 1/3, 2 BB, K DH I. Paredes 2/5, R, K PH-LF K. Mitchell 1/2, R, RBI, SB (4) SP E. Moreno 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 5-0 GO-FO, 43-31 pitches-strikes - 2nd start of the season, first since April 10th (DL) RP T. Miller 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6-3 GO-FO, 55-40 pitches-strikes RP C. Hockin 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO

horsefeathers that racist POS Strickland. I hope Posey hates him too so he didn't help him out.

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Not that it matters at all but if we lose this we will have played 1 game better than the White Sox over the first 50 games Your White Sox obsession is so weird.

Disgusting

I remember Happ and Benintendi worked out at Wrigley their year and Correa and Almora their year.

Shoulda sent him, Gary.

Super jealous. One of my favorite ballparks and the Cubs are finally playing in San Diego on a weekend for the first time in three years. Get some Lolita's postgame.

Oh, sure, NOW Shocked not shocked the guy will multiple TJS is hurt during a breakout season.

Yeah, Burks wouldn't make my top ten either. He'd be in the 11-20 though. It's early, but for right now, my top 10 probably sits at: 1. Jimenez 2. Happ 3. Candelario 4. Cease 5. De La Cruz 6. Clifton 7. Caratini 8. Zagunis 9. Amaya 10. Albertos To be fair, Cubsclapp said "around top of 10." I went through a rough top 15 and landed on Burks at 12.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 6-5 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 1/4, R, HR (4), RBI, BB, K 2B C. Young 1/5, K LF M. Zagunis 0/3, BB, 3 K 1B J. Candelario 0/3, RBI, BB, K RF B. Rademacher 1/3, R, HR (2), RBI, BB, K PH T. La Stella 0/1 SP W. Perez 2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4-1 GO-FO, 49-26 pitches-strikes RP J. Paniagua 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 3-3 GO-FO RP Z. Rosscup 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 0-1 GO-FO RP P. Johnson 1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee had the day off Myrtle Beach won 6-3 Box Score DH B. Flete 2/5, 2 RBI SS A. Monasterio 1/5, K RF E. Martinez 0/5, 2 K 1B M. Rose 0/5, R, K C T. Alamo 2/4, 2 R, HBP 3B J. Hodges 2/3, R, RBI, HBP CF R. Garcia 1/3, 2 R, HR (2), RBI, BB SP J. Steele 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 2 HBP, 6-2 GO-FO, 73-48 pitches-strikes RP M. Rucker 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 0-3 GO-FO RP D. Maples 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-3 GO-FO South Bend lost 3-0 Box Score SS Z. Short 0/4, BB, K 2B Y. Peguero 0/2, 2 BB 3B W. Galindo 2/4, 2B (11), K, SB (1) DH I. Paredes 1/2, BB, K LF K. Mitchell 0/3, BB, K C J. Pereda 0/4 SP D. Robinson 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 8-3 GO-FO, 80-52 pitches-strikes

That might have been the alcohol, guys.

The last two years, the Cubs won 200 regular season games and only 2 of those were in LA (and they needed special performances both times: Arrieta's no-hitter and the game Bryant hit 2 HRs and Heyward [!] got an XBH off Kenley to force extra innings). Series in LA always suck. Hopefully that's all this was too.

Provided this keeps up a bit longer, he's probably around the Cubs' top-10 now right? Definitely.

Yeah, Happ has so much MLB experience. (Lest we forget, Happ is 2 for his last 20 with 11 strikeouts, currently has an overall 36% K rate in the big leagues and had contact problems in the minors.)

Do you remember when you started changing names after Aramis left, you were doing it to get Cubs players you didn't like traded or DFA'd, like Shawn Camp? For whatever reason, you then decided you wanted them to get rid of Rondon, even though he was a struggling but talented, young Rule 5 reliever on a shitty team.

Maddening that Lester had the first two guys struck out. Got to love that human element.

This ump's strike zone sure changed after calling strike 1 to Bryant.

Just like the NLCS, Kershaw.

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