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we've gotten enough looks at him now and know probably the most about his true talent that i'm not particularly concerned about something like this; the question was brought up a little while back but is instructive, how many players on that list would you trade Contreras for? add 1 to that & that's his ranking Oh, I was only saying that for fun and not for any practical reasons. I just wanted the chance to add another top 25 prospect to Epstein/Hoyer/McLeod's credit.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=29756

I haven't read the article yet. I assume they ruled out anyone playing in the bigs as opposed to rookie qualification? Correct. No prospects currently in the majors nor any prospects recently signed on July 2nd or drafted this year. I wonder if Contreras got in the top ten otherwise. He deserved to be up there.

BP released their midseason top 50. Eloy is #28, Gleyber #34, Happ #50. This is a system that's graduated Soler, Baez, Bryant, Russell, Schwarber and Contreras in the last 24 months.

BA:

Scheduled Games (All Times Central): Iowa at Colorado Springs, 8:05 p.m. Tennessee vs. Jackson (game one), 4:#5 p.m. Tennessee vs. Jackson (game two), TBD Myrtle Beach at Winston-Salem, 6:00 p.m. South Bend at Fort Wayne, 6:05 p.m. Eugene at Everett, 9:05 p.m. AZL Cubs vs. AZL Padres, 9:00 p.m. DSL Cubs 1 vs. DSL Yankees 1, 9:30 a.m. DSL Cubs 2 at DSL Mariner 1, 9:30 a.m. Probable Starters: Iowa: RHP Jake Buchanan (83 IP, 4.23 ERA, 3.93 FIP, 65 K, 30 BB) Tennessee (game one): RHP Paul Blackburn (89.1 IP, 2.42 ERA, 3.15 FIP, 59 K, 22 BB) Tennessee (game two): TBA Myrtle Beach: RHP Trevor Clifton (65.1 IP, 2.76 ERA, 3.17 FIP, 71 K, 28 BB) South Bend: RHP Casey Bloomquist (64.2 IP, 2.51 ERA, 2.90 FIP, 53 K, 8 BB) Eugene: LHP Jose Paulino (16 IP, 0.56 ERA, 1.49 FIP, 18 K, 1 BB)

Man, the Cubs haven't scored off the Reds bullpen in the last 8 innings. Wow.

Yeah, MLB needs to fix the human element calling balls and strikes.

Ben Badler is really good even listing the smaller 6-figure signings (obviously Cubs can only sign players for $300k or less) but he hasn't mentioned anything yet.

He threw 73 in his last AAA start.

Ugh. Maybe Coghlan always knew what Kang was capable of. Pirates are calling up Glasnow to face the Cubs this weekend.

Box Scores: Iowa lost game one of a doubleheader 4-3 (8 innings) Box Score LF J. Andreoli 1/3, R, BB, K, HBP, 2 SB (20) SS M. Kawasaki 2/5, 2 RBi, K, 2 SB (11) RF M. Zagunis 0/3, BB 1B D. Vogelbach 1/2, R, 2 BB 2B L. Watkins 0/3, RBI, K SP R. Zastryzny 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 2-4 GO-FO, 97-66 pitches-strikes Iowa lost game two 7-5 (9 innings) Box Score CF J. Andreoli 2/5 RF M. Zagunis 1/5, 2B (11), RBI, K, E (1, fielding) DH D. Vogelbach 2/3, R, 3B (2), BB SP M. Wagner 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 4-3 GO-FO, 63-40 pitches-strikes RP F. Peña 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO RP A. Rivero 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee PPD - Rain Myrtle Beach won game one of a doubleheader 8-3 (7 innings) Box Score LF C. Burks 2/4, 2 R, RBI, K CF R. Crawford 2/4, R, 2B (17), RBI, K DH I. Rice 1/3, 2 R, BB 3B J. Vosler 2/3, 2 2B (22), 3 RBI, BB SS A. Ely 1/3, R, 2B (2), RBI, E (4, throw) SP J. Martinez 7 IP, 6 H,3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 5-7 GO-FO, 102-61 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach won game two 5-3 (7 innings) Box Score LF-CF C. Burks 0/2, BB, HBP, SB (15) DH R. Crawford 0/2, 2 BB, K, SB (15) C I. Rice 1/3, 2 R, HR (4), RBI, HBP, E (2, pickoff) 3B J. Vosler 1/4, R, K PH-SS G. Torres 0/0, HBP CF-RF Je. Baez 0/2, RBI, 2 HBP SS-2B A. Ely 1/4, 2 RBI, 2 K SP J. Null 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 7-3 GO-FO, 65-42 pitches-strikes RP R. McNeil 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO South Bend won 12-2 Box Score 2B C. Sepulveda 2/6, RBI C PJ Higgins 2/6, R, 2B (17), K LF D. Dewees 1/5, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3 K RF E. Jimenez 2/4, R, 2B (28), RBI, BB, K DH E. Martinez 2/4, R, 3B (1), BB 3B J. Hodges 2/5, 2 R, 2 3B (5), 3 RBI SP P. Morrison 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K, 6-5 GO-FO, 85-57 pitches-strikes Eugene lost 12-1 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 0/4, 2 K SS Y. Peguero 1/4 3B M. Rose 1/4, 2 K LF-1B C. Pieters 2/4, E (2, fielding) DH K. Mitchell 0/4, 2 K SP B. Hudson 3 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 6-1 GO-FO RP S. Frazier 1.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 2 HBP, 2-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs had the day off DSL Cubs 1 won 5-4 (11 innings) on a Franklin Tineo walk-off fielders choice Box Score CF J. Gutierrez 2/5, 2B (3), E (2, throw) DH Hen. Perez 1/5, 3 K 2B Y. Perlaza 2/5, R, SB (4) LF J. Sierra 0/4, R, BB, K SS R. Narea 1/3, R, BB, K, CS (6) 3B O. Nuñez 2/5, 2 RBI, SB (6), E (11, throw) SP Y. Perez 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 3-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 6-0 Box Score CF Y. Cuevas 2/4, 2 R, BB, K SS F. Mejia 1/4, R, E (7, throw) LF A. Rodriguez 1/4, CS (3) C M. Amaya 0/3, R, BB DH L. Diaz 1/4, R, 2 K, SB (6) RF T. Rijo 1/4, 3B (1), 3 K SP F. Carrera 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 10-3 GO-FO

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It'll have to be two of them since Warren is coming up tomorrow. I'm guessing Patton and Candelario.

Oh good, Peralta is here.

Henderson got a 7-figure bonus last year.

yes he should warren is pitching tomorrow And Hammel the day after.

Remember when Russell sucked against lefties?

More like too bad Meals can't horsefeathering call a 3-0 ball for the life of him. Zobrist earned that walk ahead of Bryant.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 12-4 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 1/5, 2 K SS M. Kawasaki 2/3, R, RBI, BB LF M. Zagunis 2/5, 2B (10) 1B D. Vogelbach 1/5 C T. Federowicz 2/3, R, HR (3), RBI, BB 2B L. Watkins 1/4, R, HR (1), RBI SP D. Rucinski 5.2 IP, 14 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 8-4 GO-FO, 103-71 pitches-strikes Tennessee lost 6-4 Box Score LF B. Rademacher 1/5, R, BB, 2 K 3B C. Young 2/6, R, 2 K DH I. Happ 3/5, R, 2B (4), BB C V. Caratini 1/5, 2 K RF B. McKinney 2/4, 3B (3), 3 RBI, BB, K SS C. Penalver 1/5, R SP D. Underwookd Jr 3+ IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 5-2 GO-FO, 56-29 pitches-strikes - left game with injury RP J. Nathan 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO RP D. Berg 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 2-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach PPD - Rain South Bend lost 3-1 Box Score 2B C. Sepulveda 0/4 C PJ Higgins 0/3, 3 BB, E (5, catcher interference) CF D. Dewees 1/4, R, K LF E. Jimenez 2/4, 2B (27), RBI RF E. Martinez 1/2, 2 BB, CS (3) 1B T. Alamo 0/4, K 3B J. Hodges 0/4, K SP R. Kellogg 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 4-2 GO-FO, 79-50 pitches-strikes RP K. Twomey 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-4 GO-FO Eugene in progress Box Score CF DJ Wilson 1/4, 2B (1), RBI, SB (8) SS Y. Peguero 0/5, K DH M. Rose 1/4, 2 K LF C. Pieters 1/4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI, 2 K 3B W. Galindo 1/4, R, HR (3), RBI, K 1B J. Paniagua 2/4, R RF R. Garcia 2/4, R, 2B (5), RBI SP D. Cease 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 4-4 GO-FO RP D. Lewis 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1-1 GO-FO RP A. Santana 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP, 4-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 10-9 Box Score CF L. Ayala 3/5, R, RBI, SB (5) 2B Z. Short 0/4, R, K 1B G. Polanco 1/2, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 HBP 3B K. Zamudio 1/4, R, 3B (1), 3 RBI, BB, 2 K SS I. Paredes 1/3, R, 2B (2), RBI, 2 BB DH M. Cruz 1/4, R, 2B (2, RBI, K LF Y. Matos 0/3, R, BB, 2 K SP A. Rondon 2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3-0 GO-FO RP E. Palma 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 6-4 Box Score 3B Y. Perlaza 2/4, R, 2B (3), BB, K, CS (5) DH Hen. Perez 0/4, BB, K, CS (2) CF J. Gutierrez 2/5, R, 3B (7), RBI, K LF J. Sierra 0/2, R, 3 BB, SB (5) SS R. Narea 0/3, K 1B L. Hidalgo 0/3, RBI, BB, 2 K 2B O. Nuñez 2/4, R, 2B (7), RBI, 2 SB (5) SP A. Bonalde 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 6-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 4-3 (14 innings) on a walk-off Abraham Rodriguez single Box Score CF Y. Cuevas 1/6, R, 2 K SS F. Mejia 2/5, R, 2B (5), 3 K LF A. Rodriguez 2/6, 2 RBI, K, SB (6) 1B M. Amaya 0/5, K RF T. Rijo 0/4, BB, 3 K, CS (2), outfield assist at home 2B L. Diaz 1/5, R, 3 K, SB (5) SP E. Ferrebus 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 8-2 GO-FO RP L. Escanio 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 1-0 GO-FO

I think we're cheering for the pirates these days, right? They're only 1.5 in back of the Cards, so it doesn't matter that much. Personally, though, I'll always cheer for anyone vs the Cards. I'm rooting for them in this series since they're further behind. And obviously anything can happen in short playoff series so this might be a bit presumptuous to say, but the I'd rather face the Pirates than many of the current WC contenders.

The Pirates did jump over .500 with their win today, which means the Cubs added their 8-1 record against the Pirates to their record against teams over .500.

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