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Marquez resigned with Cubs on a minor league deal.

Draft lottery is tonight.

I think players signed today to minor league deals today aren't eligible for the minor league draft.

For Marquez, he supposedly had some shoulder surgery during June.  My simplistic stereotype is that elbow TJ is common-place and often followed by complete recovery, whereas "shoulder surgery" is less common for pitchers, and is simplistically stereotyped as more serious, often more long-lasting in terms of rehab, and less likely to be followed by complete recovery.  So I've kinda assumed he'd basically miss summer 2023 as well, and wouldn't pitch in a full-season box-score game until 2024. 

But I'm guessing that's way oversimplified, and each shoulder issue is case by case?  They don't all end up being Mark Prior?  I'm seeing "surgical debridement procedure" in one tweet for Brailyn.   Is that really not necessarily that severe?  A quick google suggests as little as 8-12 weeks to return to normal activities.  (Which obviously pitching is not.).

Is it possible that Brailyn will be pitching in camp in spring training, and might be pitching in Myrtle Beach as early as May? 

For Marquez, he supposedly had some shoulder surgery during June.  My simplistic stereotype is that elbow TJ is common-place and often followed by complete recovery, whereas "shoulder surgery" is less common for pitchers, and is simplistically stereotyped as more serious, often more long-lasting in terms of rehab, and less likely to be followed by complete recovery.  So I've kinda assumed he'd basically miss summer 2023 as well, and wouldn't pitch in a full-season box-score game until 2024. 

But I'm guessing that's way oversimplified, and each shoulder issue is case by case?  They don't all end up being Mark Prior?  I'm seeing "surgical debridement procedure" in one tweet for Brailyn.   Is that really not necessarily that severe?  A quick google suggests as little as 8-12 weeks to return to normal activities.  (Which obviously pitching is not.).

Is it possible that Brailyn will be pitching in camp in spring training, and might be pitching in Myrtle Beach as early as May? 

I think the rule 5 is going to be more interesting this year.  You have 2 years worth of guys to choose from, so I wonder just how many teams want to pigeon holed into carrying somebody for a whole year vs having more flexibility. 

RHP Chris Clarke was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the first round of the Rule 5 draft.

The Cubs declined to make a selection.

Hope we get him back, but if not, so it goes.  Seattle makes sense to pick him, DiPito has a stated preference for control guys, and figures their development can jack up velocity and stuff for anybody. 

FWIW, I had Clarke as my #37 Cubs prospect, while Luis A. Rodriguez came in at 92.

92.   RHSwing Luis A. Rodriguez  6’1” 190 Lbs  L/L (199909) [2017-MX] Selected to 2018 DSL All star team; 61/7 K/W in 61 DSL IP with 38 Hits allowed and 0.73 ERA.  Opened 2019 in AZL where he posted a 44/24 K/W in 47 IP with a 0.249 BAA.  Luis opened 2021 back in the ACL where he dominated; 39/7 K/W in 26 IP with a 0.156 BAA and 2 HRA.  He was then promoted to low-A where he posted a 18/5 K/W in 10.1 IP with a 0.143 BAA.  To install some humility? the Cubs promoted him to AAA in late September where he gave up 8 earned runs in one 2 inning stint.  In 2022, Luis opened in low-A where he was hard to hit but wild finishing with a 106/51 K/W in 69 low-A IP with a 0.202 BAA.