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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #345 on: August 31, 2015, 07:29:42 pm »
Cubs DHs have been scheduled well in advance this season. No problem to set up Iowa rotation in whatever way suits the major league rotation.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #346 on: August 31, 2015, 07:39:31 pm »
Almora with a double and a triple so far tonight.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #347 on: August 31, 2015, 07:58:25 pm »
The other Baez is certainly closing out the season in impressive fashion.  Another home run tonight.

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« Reply #348 on: August 31, 2015, 08:17:57 pm »
The other Baez is certainly closing out the season in impressive fashion.  Another home run tonight.

Jeffrey Baez will be subject to the Rule 5 unless rostered this off-season.  Kind of unusual for a slow-A position player to be drafted by anybody and Baez on fringes of Cubs Top 30, but is there any plausible argument to roster him this off-season? Thoughts?

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« Reply #349 on: August 31, 2015, 08:38:40 pm »
Jeffrey Baez will be subject to the Rule 5 unless rostered this off-season.  Kind of unusual for a slow-A position player to be drafted by anybody and Baez on fringes of Cubs Top 30, but is there any plausible argument to roster him this off-season? Thoughts?

If I understand Rule 5 correctly, I see no reason to roster him, because there is no reason to believe any team would be willing to burn a roster spot for the entire season to carry him in 2016.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #350 on: August 31, 2015, 08:41:08 pm »
Almora with a double and a triple so far tonight.

Just love seeing these reports on Almora. Things hadn't looked terribly good for him there for a while. One of my fondest hopes is that he makes it as a solid major league CFer.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #351 on: August 31, 2015, 08:58:23 pm »

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« Reply #352 on: August 31, 2015, 09:41:07 pm »
Occasionally a team might take a low A pitcher in the rule 5 draft because it is fairly easy to "hide" an extra pitcher in the bull pen.  But in these days of the 5 or even 4 man bench, it would be difficult for most teams to have someone like that on the bench the entire year.

Baez is not a meaningless prospect, but neither is he a great loss at this point.  In order to roster him, we would probably have to lose someone that we consider more valuable.

He might have some value as a second piece in a trade this winter after the draft is over, but I don't think I would add him to the 40 man roster this year.

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« Reply #353 on: August 31, 2015, 10:59:54 pm »
Yeah, agree with that, Dave.

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« Reply #354 on: August 31, 2015, 11:01:46 pm »
Almora slash line second half of season (209 PAs):  312-377-484.

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« Reply #355 on: August 31, 2015, 11:24:57 pm »
6 more innings of shutout ball for Ryan Williams.

Tools are great because they point to future potential.  And players that are old for their league often succeed without great tools because of the inexperience or incompetence of their competition.  But regardless of tools, this kind of success in AA needs to be taken seriously.  If he can have the same success next year in Iowa, he will deserve to be near the top of the prospect chart.

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« Reply #356 on: August 31, 2015, 11:44:29 pm »
Williams-very low walks-low homers-modest Ks. Sinkerballer.

Callis/Mayo say he works at 88-90, touching 92. #30 Cubs prospect. Yeah,the low walks/low homers resembles Kyle Hendricks in minors.

Guy like this--who throws strikes and grounders--very likely to get a decent chance in big leagues. Pretty good for a guy who signed for $1,000.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #357 on: August 31, 2015, 11:56:22 pm »

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« Reply #358 on: September 01, 2015, 01:23:19 am »
Almora slash line second half of season (209 PAs):  312-377-484.

Wow. That's REALLY good...

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #359 on: September 01, 2015, 01:26:01 am »
He's still only 21, or the age of most college draftees.