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  1. JD94
    Dude… you’re saying Horton is not elite? Holy shiiiiiiiid man. Did you totally ignore the part of my post that brings up the overhauled pitching infrastructure that I gave you examples of it working out? Did you ignore the part about Carter Hawkins being hired and why? Do you see the Cubs spending huge draft capital on pitchers that need “fixing” because they are having major success right now fixing those types of guys? Do you ignore literally everything that’s right in front of your face that the Cubs are doing behind the scenes? Should we trade PCA for Candelario while we are at it? No guarantee PCA will even be good.
  2. JD94
    You hate them. I’m only extremely high on Horton and PCA. Brown, Wicks, and Wesneski are likely BORP. I wanted to trade Brennan Davis even when prospect lists had him top 30 in baseball. I’m realistic with what I think. I don’t think every prospect is great. I also listen to people that know way more than I’ll ever know and they all love Cade Horton. I’m very fair. I can ***** about more of our prospects than I praise.
  3. JD94
    Are we going to act like prospect development is linear and Juan Cruz and Cade Horton are the same people? Are we also going to act like… you know… the whole pitching infrastructure overhaul the Cubs did a few years ago isn’t working? The same one that helped turned Justin Steele from a nobody to MLB ace? Resurrected Adbert Alzolay’s career? Has left its stamp on many prospects throughout the organization? Do you know the main reason behind hiring Carter Hawkins? But no… let’s point out that Juan Cruz was once a top prospect that failed so now we should trade one of the most exciting pitching prospects in the whole game for a reliever. Makes totallllll sense
  4. JD94
    Lord man. Williams is 5 days away from losing prospect status. I don’t know the exact number for Pfaadt, but he’s either lost prospect status already or is a few days away. Do you hate every Cubs prospect? It seems like every interaction I’ve had with you has been you arguing against prospects. Cade Horton is elite. Enjoy it man. It’s okay to get excited about a prospect. Every great player was once a prospect somewhere in the minor leagues. Horton is climbing super fast, he’s better than many ahead of him, scouts love him. He should be just as untouchable as PCA. He’s hands down a top 5 pitching prospect in baseball, and very likely #3 as we sit here today.
  5. JD94
    Have you been keeping up? He’s rising like a rocket on prospect lists daily. Just to be easy and use MLB Pipeline, he’s #45 overall and the #8 SP prospect in all of baseball. I won’t go through every pitcher ahead of him and why, be my guest to do your own research, but I will list who I think Horton is probably better than. Owen White, Mick Abel, Brandon Pfaadt is in the big leagues and has been for a minute, Kyle Harrison, Gavin Williams in the big leagues and has thrown almost 40 innings. That puts Horton at around the #3 SP prospect in baseball behind Painter and Tiedmann.
  6. JD94
    Horton is as untouchable for me as PCA. I think Horton is definitely top 5, and maybe higher than that, starting pitching prospect in all of baseball. I’m not giving that up for a reliever. Nope. Not happening. Only guys I’m trading a PCA or Horton for is a Juan Soto type of player.
  7. JD94
    I’m not trading anybody out of our top 10 for a closer. If it was Pete Alonso, then yes.. have anybody not named PCA or Horton. But Bednar? No thanks. Great pitcher, but pass. Triantos or Ballesteros would be about as high as I would go prospect wise as the headliner.
  8. JD94
    Yeah the asking price would have to be sky high. Multiple years of control left. Bednar is good, but I’m not giving up Alcantara, Caissie, Wicks, Ferris or any of those guys up for him.
  9. JD94
    God forbid the Chicago Cubs go over that scary luxury tax.
  10. JD94
    Right. That wasn’t my point, but yes you’re right. If Happ needs an off day, it should be against a lefty. I’m saying he’s hot right now. Against lefties and righties. When Happ gets hot, he can carry a team for 2-3 week stretches. We’ve seen it time and time again with him. If Jed knows what he wants to do and the outcomes of today and tomorrow don’t matter, then fine give him an off day. I was taking his “11th hour” comment from just recently at face value, which would make this an absolutely weird day to give Ian an off day.
  11. JD94
    So what’s the path here? Couple bullpen arms and let it ride? What are we going to do at 1B? Mancini needs to go. He’s been god awful. Do they give Mervis another shot? Will they target some patchwork 1B in a trade? Riding with Madrigal at 3rd? The only rumor I’ve seen is the Cubs are now buying and will target bullpen help.
  12. JD94
    Well Happ has crushed LHP in the month of July. He has a 138 wRC+ against them. Morel is a reverse split guy. He’s absolutely brutal against LHP. I disagree that it’s a good day for Happ to have an off day because it’s a LHP on the mound. I do, however, understand that people need off days and you can only play what you have. If todays game has no bearing on what happens at the deadline, then fine. Jed’s words were specifically that he’s waiting until “the 11th hour.” Presumably that could have changed and he’s buying regardless, but I had that in mind with my post.
  13. JD94
    Morel in LF. No Happ even though he’s pretty hot right now. Odd day for an off day imo.
  14. JD94
    Great points, and great article! I think we are all guilty of being to strict on prospect development. As you said, development is not linear. Look at Whit Merrifield… it took him until he was 28 to start having success in the majors after grinding through the minors for 6-7 years. You just never know. Brennan has shown the ability to adapt and produce.
  15. JD94
    Which is why I think they should make a trade to help the big league team for the future. Go get Pete Alonso for example.
  16. JD94
    I’m saying give me more. That’s more opportunities for a prospect to hit, more opportunities for trade bait, etc. CJ Cron is just an example… as in that sort of player. Not being literal.
  17. JD94
    Why? Ty France, Carlos Santana, and Josh Naylor are all shorter than 6’ and grade out positively defensively at 1B. Whatever though. DH him. I don’t care. I’m more worried about seeing if the bat translates. You can find a way to get him in the lineup if it does.
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    No shock here but keeping the rumors updated as I see them
  20. JD94
    I’ll die on this hill… Yonathan Perlaza deserves a chance. Even if it’s DH. See if the bat translates. He’s earned it. Hitting .300, 15 homers, walking 13% of the time, striking out only 21% of the time, 131 wRC+ coming into tonight and that obviously went up, wish the FB% was higher than 30%, but man he just keeps hitting. Give him a shot, even if it’s just to DH. If the bat translates, and he’s really truly unplayable in the OF, see if he can play 1B… something. You have to find out if the bat plays at this level. If it does, you find a way to keep the bat in the lineup. If it don’t, then okay… now you know and you can move on. The kid has earned it.
  21. JD94
    Agreed. But in my eyes, give me all the intriguing prospects and the ones I don’t need, I’ll trade for what I do need and buy the stars in free agency. I know it’s easier said than done, but it doesn’t feel like we are doing either. Jed shouldn’t have to wait until the “11th hour” to know what he has. If you want to go for it, then get somebody worth a **** that actually makes a difference. If you want to sell, then tear it down and trade everybody that isn’t a part of the future as in Stroman, Bellinger (can still resign him), Gomes, Hendricks/Smyly (if you’re lucky), Fulmer, Merryweather. Don’t stand pat and add CJ Cron and some off the wall middle reliever and call yourself a “buyer” which is what I’m scared is going to happen.
  22. JD94
    I mean they are prospects still developing. Not many are finished products in A/AA. I can see why both are intriguing prospects. Acuna is never going to be a big power hitter, but he will hit, takes his walks, doesn’t strike out much, has 10-15 HR power, will steal 40 bases and play above average defense. Not a bad return for a 39 year old pitcher who is declining fast and owed 43 million next year. You could find something negative about most every prospect if you look hard enough. Selling is for the birds. If I had faith in this FO to act like the Chicago Cubs and spend real money, then my tone would be different. I don’t trust them to spend like a big market team, so selling is more intriguing to me than it should be.
  23. JD94
    I would give them a headliner of any prospect not named PCA or Horton.
  24. JD94
    Certainly seems like a sellers market.
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