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  1. Bertz
    He is still deep deep deep in the red, but since his little reset Miguel Amaya is 5/12 with a double, a homer, and two walks. I don't think there's anything he can do the second half to earn the starting job for next year, but I'm not writing off I'm being a high-end backup/2nd division starter type.
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    I posted about a week or so about the minor league pipeline. The one of the takeaways was that there's a big gap in talent on the position player side between in that South Bend verging on ready for Tennessee part of the farm. Adding two hyper-polished college hitters is a resounding way to fill that void. Pitching pitching pitching with maybe a catcher or two from here, please and thank you. Watch some tape from Day 2 in 2022 for some inspiration Dan.
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    Similar to what 1908 just posted, looks like Mathis has a hell of a lot more power than that tepid MLB.com scouting report
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    Kiley had Mathis at 69 (nice) and MLB had him at 84. Longhagen didn't rank him. Kinda wonder if this was a money saver, whether that be for Smith or for someone later.
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    Longenhagen just said Baltimore is taking Waldschmidt in the comp round
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    I wonder how possible it is we see a run on arms and prep hitters in the 30-50 range as teams make their second picks and Cubs get gifted a second college hitter of substance at 55.
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    Never heard of this account but lots of smart people follow them
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    Yeah I think him and Wiggins are In their own little tier, behind all the guys who get real top 100 consideration, we'll ahead of Birdsell/Rosario/Hernandez or anyone else you would potentially throw a 45 on.
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    https://www.mlb.com/prospects/draft/ Realistically anyone from 10-26 on this list feels pretty reasonable. I think most recent mocks have had the Cubs taking Cam Smith, James Tibbs, or either Moore (no relation). It's a strong and deep college hitter crop. Seems unlikely any of the top tier guys (top 8 ) slide, but the 2nd tier could go any number of directions. There are a couple high school bats (most notably Bryce Rainer) and a couple college arms that the team could possibly pop, but college bat feels by far the most likely.
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    This is not quite the Gregory Polanco debacle against the Cubs but boy is it closer than I ever thought I'd see again
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    Zac Gallen is pitching for the Dbacks right now. While he could start as early as Friday, presumably they will use the ASB to get him some actual rest and he won't go in the Cubs' series next weekend? If we can face the Dbacks in a series where we throw Steele and Shota and they don't throw Gallen or Kelly that's a huge opportunity to keep this momentum going coming out of the break.
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    Morel's got a lot of problems, I've still yet to see a reason to not expect a wRC+ in the 120 range or better. "He had a couple hard hit balls to CF" is not a super compelling argument.
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    Holy horsefeathers I posted this and he immediately did it again!
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    There is a baseline level of offense that PCA has not met yet, but I do think it is genuinely good for a lineup to have 1-2 aggressive bad-ball hitters like this
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    Yeah short of like a Hayden Simpson type debacle I don't think there's anyone we should be too upset about. Honeycutt is probably the closest? Otherwise I think worst Cade scenario is taking a reach pick (e.g. Janek) but not actually pocketing much slot $ for them. And that's something you can't really know in the moment.
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    Cool I was hoping they had this contingency ready to go. Combined with using Bote for an inning the pen is in great shape. That was probably Roberts' best outing as a big leaguer though, he'll be back soon. But Palencia seems far more likely to quickly backfill Little in the circle of trust.
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    Good on Wesneski for wearing it and getting through 4. Getting through the last 4 with a combo of Roberts, Smyly, and Lopez feels pretty reasonable, and if you do so you're in good shape for tonight and tomorrow. I would feel a bit better if Palencia is in town in case they wanted to add a fresh arm between games.
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    Alcantara's situation is so complicated because he looks like he will be major league ready at approximately the same time he must permanently be in MLB. So do you rush him up to MLB to get his "welcome to the big leagues kid" moment and try and speed up that learning? Or do you hold him down until September of next year to get as much minor league seasoning as he can get while that's possible? For his development I think ideal would be for him to be sent somewhere that's not planning to compete next year or frankly in '26 either. I think the Cubs should trade him, but I do get if they hold on because for AS much OF depth as they have CF isn't insanely well covered.
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    I have thought about this. I think him being the best SS on the market by a mile hurts these chances. If it was like two years ago and there were 4 guys looking at 9 figure contracts he'd be a candidate to pull a Bogaerts, but this winter it's Adames, Kim, and a STEEP drop-off beyond that.
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    I would guess that, short of a faceplant coming out of the ASB, the recent surge has sealed off any possibility at deep cuts to the roster. I don't think trading e.g. Hoerner ever made a ton of sense, but certainly now it's harder to justify. Even if the team does still sell, I think it'll be Bellinger, mainly to ensure he's not on 2025 payroll, and otherwise minor 40 man roster cleanup stuff (i.e. Canario). I do think, among the specific names here, I would quibble and say Assad is pretty movable. The timing of here at the deadline is probably no good given the setbacks to Brown and Wicks, but just broadly. I think when you combine current ability, upside, and durability there's not actually a ton of daylight between any of our young MLB SPs (plus Horton for that matter). Moving one of those guys to get an answer at 3B or C is a very reasonable path to take sometime between now and next March.
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