Game 100-Something Preview: Cubs @ Rockies
Cubs 47-63 | Rockies 44-67 |
#Alcantara, CF | *Blackmon, LF |
Baez, 2B | #Adames, SS |
*Rizzo, 1B | Arenado, 3B |
Castro, SS | *Morneau, 1B |
Ruggiano, RF | Stubbs, CF |
*Valbuena, 3B | Rosario, C |
Castillo, C | Barnes, RF |
Lake, LF | LeMahieu, 2B |
Wood, P | *Anderson, P |
It's not only Javier Baez day, but a battle for draft pick status!!! I only have one prediction for tonight, at some point Javier Baez will swing out of his shoes trying to launch one over the mountains. Should be fun...
Recent comments
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Arizona Phil 9 hours 27 min ago (view)
Shendrik Apostel will be first-time Rule 5 Draft eligible post-2021, so he will almost certainly be at AZL in 2021 if not at Lo-A.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 13 hours 45 min ago (view)
Teenagers we've never heard of*
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crunch 14 hours 13 min ago (view)
2027 team gonna be fire.
i can't wait to see what group of teenagers we get for bryant mid-season.
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tim815 14 hours 31 min ago (view)
Underwood to Pittsburgh for a 1B that hasn't played stateside yet. 2 DSL seasons.
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crunch 17 hours 25 min ago (view)
the 2 geese are now together covering left-center
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crunch 17 hours 38 min ago (view)
we now have 2 OF geese.
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crunch 18 hours 9 min ago (view)
game is in goose delay.
arrieta threw 2 innings...not bad, not good, nothing alarming, nothing impressive. it'll be nice to see him work in future outings.
game back again...goose still in CF.
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crunch 18 hours 33 min ago (view)
there is a goose in CF hanging out.
this is goose territory now. this is not up for discussion.
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crunch 19 hours 43 min ago (view)
pedro strop broke COVID protocol and will be even more days away from his spring debut. good job, guy.
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Arizona Phil 1 day 9 hours ago (view)
HAGSAG: I've been watching Michael Hermosillo since his earliest days with the Angels, playing over the years against the Cubs in AZL, Minor League Camp, EXST, and AZ Instructs.
From the outset he showed plus defensive skills, a plus arm, and plus speed, but his hit tool was clearly lacking, and he had well below-average power. I thought AAA was his likely ceiling, and even then only as a 4th OF.
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crunch 1 day 16 hours ago (view)
3/9 with a homer (no walks).
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Cubster 1 day 16 hours ago (view)
How is Almora Jrs spring going?
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crunch 1 day 17 hours ago (view)
maybin 0-9 with 6 Ks so far this spring.
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Hagsag 2 days 2 hours ago (view)
Phil, what are your thoughts on Mike Hermosillo? He is from our area,Ottawa.
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Arizona Phil 2 days 11 hours ago (view)
The fact that the Cubs have not run him through waivers by now tells me they know Duane Underwood Jr is a lock to get claimed and so they are hoping to find a club that would be willing to give the Cubs something more than the $50,000 waiver price in return for Dunderwood (either more $$$ and/or a player).
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Arizona Phil 2 days 11 hours ago (view)
Today's pitchers, most of them the same guys who threw last Tuesday:
Alec Mills:
FB: 89-91
SL: 81
CH: 81-82
CV: 67-70
COMMENT: This just in: Mills heater now sitting at 91!!!!... had two easy innings and looked very good... threw only a handful of his "Bugs Bunny curves" but they are fun to watch because hitters don't know how to deal with it... ...
Craig Kimbrel:
FB: 93-96
CT: 87-88
SL: 82-84
Comments
Castro took Javy out for a
Mike Olt is the new Jason
Mike Olt is the new Jason Dubois
With about three times the
apparently not Old enough to
apparently not Old enough to remember Jason Dubois
also, I was talking about the odd obsession over a power hitting prospect that didn't end up hitting very well in the majors.
I was all for Olt playing, especially out of camp, he didn't, that was unfortunate but I don't think it ruined him by any means...he ended up sucking really bad when he did play, he's working on stuff now in the minors. This happens all the time. He'll be a nice fill-in for injuries next year or a trade chip if he keeps it going in the minors.
it'd be nice to not read about something else in the comments once in awhile, otherwise I'm going to start copying and pasting Bryan LaHair comments
olt tends to not close his
Also, IIRC, DuBois was never
the prospect comparision is
the prospect comparision is tenous at best, the obsession over his playing time vs the results he was putting up, a little more spot on..
Regardless, Olt can play defense as mentioned below, couldn't say the same about Dubois. But Olt dropped off the radar last year for reasons beyond his vision and there probably was a good reason Capt Happy wasn't playing him all the time.
Rob, Olt is currently leading
"leading NL rookies" is not a
"leading NL rookies" is not a particularly useful statistical category, it's pretty close to an arbitrary designation, and some decent counting stats in a small sample size, doesn't address the underlying issues with his bat.
he does play solid defense, he should have played a lot more in the first few months. But he didn't, the Cubs would have still sucked and he still would probably have a very terrible slash line, but hopefully a little better.
He struck out 40% of the time, that's almost as bad as Brett Jackson's cup of tea. He only hit about 75% of balls he swung at in the zone, that's BJ Upton, Chris Davis territory and that's not good. Something was wrong and the baseball folks knew it.
He has stuff to work on, he's finally getting a chance to do it in the minors, let's hope it sticks and translates to the majors.
PLEASE GET OVER IT. PLEASE.
"He has stuff to work on, he
I count myself as one of the
I do as well, he's young
I do as well, he's young enough and can play some defense and obviously has power. Hopefully he can pick up a little defensive versatility in the minors and make a little more contact.
Me too and I agree with those
It's not like there's been
.141 1HR 46K's 128 AB
Not if they trade him for
"a power hitting prospect
You are confusing "tools"
I'm not sure Olt's completely
I'm not sure Olt's completely different, but yes he can handle himself on defense. And I was talking about the viewpoint and obsession in the comments on TCR, not how the Cubs or baseball viewed them.
And I'm pretty sure Dubois failed because he couldn't hit enough, you can always find a position for someone that hits well enough, Adam Dunn is still in baseball and Frank Thomas is a Hall of Famer.
Brett Jackson might be a better prospect comp for Olt, less power, but massive K issues but could play defense well enough. But that wasn't what I was talking about.
In order to trade him for
He would certainly be worth
"who will attribute part of
"who will attribute part of his struggles on miss use."
he get a girl pregnant?
Well he does lead all rookies
*golf clap*
*golf clap*
Getting to a rare cubs game
Nice!
I know but we got real
I know but we got real
Baez K in his first at-bat.
Baez K in his first at-bat.
#overrated
Send him down!
Wtf? Baez writes w left hand
GO 5-3 in 2nd at-bat.
GO 5-3 in 2nd at-bat.
/not following the script
Cubs getting 1-hit through 5.
Cubs getting 1-hit through 5...
....at Coors Field
With the starting pitcher out
Jeebus....could Len please
Now pitching for WHite Sox
Dunn is no Baker
I had the pleasure/horror
staying up to watch baez and
Sureouts? sure outs.
way to go sureouts. classic
Sureouts has taken "suck" to
countdown until baez breaks
It seems like nobody is
Bases loaded, one out --
Two outs, one-run lead,
baez arrives.
Over/under on days until
I'm curious: will they? Or
It seems to make sense to
I would think Scheurholtz
I would think Schierholtz would probably be the #1 candidate to get the DFA when Kyuiji Fujikawa is reinstated from ther 60-day DL, which could happen any time now.
Is he permanently stuck in
it's because he's not getting
Go fuck yourself.
That escalated quickly.
That was a very Oltish
Edit on previous comment..
...the first by a player with
"without any underwear"
AZ Phil, (or other experts).
FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal
Has Nate been DFA?
Nate DFA'd for Fujikawa.
A longer discussion here:
I would be SO psyched!!!!
Ben Nicholson-Smith