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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1050 on: January 14, 2016, 11:38:21 am »
2080 is where a bunch of BP prospects guy went to start a new company.  This is written by Arguella.

http://2080baseball.com/2016/01/who-ya-got-carson-sands-vs-justin-steele/

From Cubs Den the guys outside of the top 25

http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2016/01/the-not-25-breaking-down-some-of-the-prospects-who-did-not-make-the-list/



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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1051 on: January 17, 2016, 05:37:10 pm »
http://vineline.mlblogs.com/2016/01/17/2016-cubs-convention-down-on-the-farm/

Recap of Down-on-the-farm segment at convention.  Not a lot of surprises.  Three guests were Jokisch, Vogelbach, and CJ Edwards. 
1.  Jokisch sounds like a really smart, thinking guy.  Vogelbach, not so much. 
2.  Positive comment on Markey. 
3.  Usual list of primary prospects.  No surprises, and the Eugene pitcher who Theo had unexpectedly mentioned was not mentioned here. 
4.  Positive on Cease, and Martinez.
5.  Did not preclude the possibility of Edwards returning to rotation someday. 
6.  Note on Alcantara, adjustments to try to handle off speed made it so he couldn't hit fastball anymore either. 

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1052 on: January 17, 2016, 08:13:34 pm »
http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2016/01/day-three-of-2016-cubs-convention-down-on-the-farm-with-jason-mcleod-jaron-madison.php

more detailed recap of the session.  Not sure whether it's interesting or not to notice which names McLeod/Madison rattled off quickly, and perhaps which names were not included. 

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1056 on: January 21, 2016, 12:49:54 pm »
http://mbpelicans.mlblogs.com/2016/01/21/cubs-con-interview-series-part-4-cubs-director-of-player-development-jaron-madison/

Thanks, Blue.  I really enjoyed that interview.  Madison is a major guy in the farm area, but I don't recall hearing him talk very often.  Seemed practical and nice. 

Two notes:
1.  He talked about Happ being full-time conversion to 2B.  Obviously he doesn't mean that's forever, but sounds like for this spring/summer, 2B is the story.  I like that.  If he can play a solid 2B, his bat could be really valuable.  Zobrist has a limited window.  Baez and Torres are other candidates, obviously, but including Happ in that 2B mix is nice. 

Madison suggested that bat-wise, Happ would default for Myrtle.  But, he wasn't sure with the 2B defense whether he'd be a Myrtle guy or South Bend.  South Bend could have a pretty strong lineup, if it had Happ 2B, Eloy, probably DeWees, possibly Martinez in center, possibly even DJ Wilson?  Could be a strong group. 


2.  Madison had some favorable comments about Caratini.  I've never really heard much inside commentary about how they view him.  Madison suggested Caratini was hitting the ball hard, in bad luck, first half.  Noted that his defense needed work.
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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1057 on: January 23, 2016, 05:39:43 pm »

chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2015/12/cubs-announce-minor-league-managers-staff-and-coordinators-for-the-2016-season.php

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1058 on: January 26, 2016, 06:15:29 pm »
BP released their top 101 done by Chris Crawford

41.) Torres
57.) Contreras
67.) Happ
74.) McKinney
83.) Almora
97.) Eddy Julio Martinez

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1059 on: January 26, 2016, 09:39:06 pm »
http://www.bleachernation.com/2016/01/25/cubs-svp-of-player-development-and-amateur-scouting-jason-mcleod-talks-prospects/

McLeod interview on Torres, Edwards, Johnson, and McKinney. 

He talks about McKinney as a 20-HR guy, not "big power".  Man, I think a 20-HR McKinney would be an enormously valuable offensive player.  Also said that McKinney would probably not be ready for the hard infields of Arizona. 

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1060 on: January 26, 2016, 09:44:54 pm »
BP released their top 101 done by Chris Crawford

41.) Torres
57.) Contreras
67.) Happ
74.) McKinney
83.) Almora
97.) Eddy Julio Martinez

We've noted this often, but still pretty amazing to graduate so many players, and still show up with 6 top-100's.  I'm still astonished.  And no shortage of others who could easily play themselves onto a top-100 list by midseason, if things go well.  (Underwood, DelaCruz, Candelario, Eloy, Cease...)

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1061 on: January 26, 2016, 09:49:43 pm »
MLB's top 100 prospects list comes out Friday. They've been unveiling their top 10 by position and they placed Contreras first among catchers, Happ third among second basemen, and Candelario seventh among third basemen.

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016?list=c

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016?list=2b

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016?list=3b

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1062 on: January 27, 2016, 06:37:03 pm »
Torres 9th on MLB's shortstop list:

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016?list=ss

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1063 on: January 27, 2016, 06:42:41 pm »
Torres 9th on MLB's shortstop list:

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016?list=ss

Hard to believe there are that many better than him.

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Re: On The Farm
« Reply #1064 on: January 27, 2016, 08:10:44 pm »
There are probably more good young shortstops in the majors and minors right now that at any time since I have been following baseball.  For some reason, there seems to be a current wave of them.