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  1. Bertz
    Good pitching day, decent chance it's Kilian for Iowa as well. Ryan Jensen is definitely my favorite storyline on the farm right now, so excited to see another outing from him. Would love a few more Ks and grounders while maintaining the improved command.
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    Add a double
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    That's fantastic. Hopefully he can offensively work his way through Tenn this year, and then next year be counted on for catching depth.
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    He's gonna get a little time at Tenn this year
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    The bar is on the floor for him right now, but Kohl Franklin getting through four innings is nice to see. He was still bad, but not quite so bad as to get knocked out of the game super early.
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    Kyle Hendricks in June: 27.2 IP, 29 H, 3 HR, 4 BB, 26 K, 3.92 ERA The groundball rate is way too low still, and the soft contact magic appears to have left for good, but if he's truly back to controlling the strikezone again he'll at least be a good backend starter.
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    The only hitter on the 40 man that isn't on the active roster or hurt is Canario, so if they have a new injury requiring a DL stint(Heyward), a 40 man move is a necessity. As for where the move comes from, Hermosillo is a few days from 60 on the IL and they clearly don't care about DFA'ing him if push comes to shove, so 60 day-ing him feels like the play. Ah didn't realize that about Hermosillo. The "why Crook" does still seem to be the Menez deal. Crook up on the roster through the weekend, replaced by Seiya on Monday-ish, and then the next 40 man spot needed ends up being a Crook DFA.
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    I don't understand what he does for the team? They already won't play Nelly, so now we're going to do.... something..to free up a 40 man spot for another RH outfielder? I kind of wonder if this is a Conor Menez deal where he's getting called up because of a short term IL crunch (maybe even a COVID deal given the 40 man spot?), and they chose him over a better option because he's more DFA-able in two weeks?
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    Feels like Schwarber would be the only guy who would have a decent argument for pointing his finger at the org for his lack of development, considering he's the only one who got better after leaving.
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    He's extremely young, which I sometimes forget since he was in full season ball last year. If he got promoted today, he'd be the second youngest player currently in High A. Actually the Cubs are set to broadly dominate the youth movement at High A. Let's say Alcantara and Made get moved up on Tuesday. In terms of age the Cubs would have: #2 - Kevin Made #4 - Kevin Alcantara #5 - Owen Caissie #12 - Yohendrick Pinango #15 - Pete Crow-Armstrong Just a really strong crop of teens and just turned 20 year olds. Too bad Ed Howard, who isn't much older than PCA, isn't still part of this discussion at the moment.
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    Cole Roederer up to .315/.415/.389 at Tenn. No power so far but hopefully that's just normal dong streakiness. Also there pretty much has to be a trade or two in the next 9 months using some of the MiLB outfield depth. As of right now, this would appear to be the system's outfield situation at each level on OD next year: MLB: Happ*-Morel*-Seiya*; Nelly* and Ortega* in reserve AAA: Roederer*-Davis*-Canario*; Darius Hill* in reserve AA: Pinango*-PCA-Caissie; Nwogu in reserve A+: ???-Franklin-Alcantara*; nothing all that fun in reserve A: Not much to see here...Ismael Mena I guess? Asterisks mean a guy already is on or must be added to the 40 man this winter. Morel can (and ideally primarily would) play the infield, but that's still 10 OFers needing to be on the 40 man. Feels like you need to trade Happ or Ortega, AND use one of Nelly/Roederer/Pinango/Canario in a buy trade. Maybe even two of those four?
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    It would be cool if his slump was over
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    A great SP strikes guys out, limits walks, and gets groundballs. A good SP strikes guys out, and either limits walks or gets groundballs There are signs that Steele is a strikeouts + groundballs guy and that Keegan is a strikeouts + limits walks guy. I'm a good bit more bearish on Steele because of the velo issues that crop up late in most of his starts, but the odds of him being a legit SP still seem much higher than they were even just two months ago.
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    Luis Devers with 9 Ks and 0 BBs in five innings. Only let two balls out of the infield, though one was over the fence He, Made, and Alcantara all feel pretty ready for SB. I imagine at this point the main things keeping them at Myrtle are the proximity to the draft and trade deadline, and the additional roster machinations those will require?
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    I would think with the Padres being right up against the tax and Preller perpetually wanting to be active, the marginal value of Myers' contract is pretty high. If Jed's taking on ~$7M, it's probably worth $10M+ to Preller? Not sure exactly where the latest X Prospect = Y Dollars research nets out, but I think that'd be enough for most non Top 100 prospects. On a more practical sense, I think it would mean Hassell or Wood would definitely be on the table for a Robertson or Contreras trade, and Campusano would definitely be on the table in a Happ trade.
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    Lots of Cubs info here
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    It's three starts, two of them against crap teams, but if Keegan is good now it makes this offseason much much easier. Although that assumes Stroman is fine, and who knows maybe him suddenly underperforming his peripherals is the blood contract price for Thompson's (hopeful) breakout
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    Lol classic Almora pointless dive
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    It looks like Pinango also hit a triple which... I'm guessing there is a story there
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    In a competitive season you call it a night, in a season like this you extend him a bit to get him used to working deeper into games?
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    Wick has been awful for going on a month, really gotta get him right
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    He’s been around 60 the last two years as well, so maybe 115+ 20IP or so if he’s not wearing down? Yeah, they let Alzolay do 125 last year, and that seems like the likely blueprint. Alzolay had a more extensive injury history, but had thrown up 120 IP in a season before.
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    23 Ks and 3 walks in Keegan's last 17 innings. If we're nitpicking the groundball rate has dried up a bit with all the whiffs
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