Gameday Open Thread / Rangers @ Cubs
Ryan Dempster takes the mound today to celebrate his appointment to the starting rotation. The Rangers counter with lefty Kason Gabbard.
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Arizona Phil 17 hours 7 min ago (view)
RHP Edward Vasquez (2017 IFA - Dominican Republic) has retired.
E. Vasquez was one of the top SP on DSL Cubs Red in 2019 and was expected to be a SP on one of the Cubs AZL teams in 2020 if the minor league season hadn't been canceled.
He would have been first-time Rule 5 Draft eligible post-2021.
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K Dub 19 hours 57 min ago (view)
Thanks Phil!
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crunch 21 hours 49 min ago (view)
danny hultzen retires and joins the cubs as a "pitching development assistant"
shame the comeback story didn't last longer...but hey, at least he got to taste the bigs after his body failed him for so many years.
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crunch 1 day 21 min ago (view)
theo joining the commish's front office operation as a "consultant reguarding on field matters"...basically weighing in on the possible impact of rules changes.
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Arizona Phil 1 day 3 hours ago (view)
https://www.thecubreporter.com/comment/266505#comm...
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K Dub 1 day 3 hours ago (view)
Yeah, to my calculation that suspension should be over by now unless he got caught again...
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Wrigley Rat 1 day 7 hours ago (view)
(Not Phil) - Last I saw, he was on the restricted list.
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K Dub 1 day 8 hours ago (view)
PHIL: Did the Cubs release Saul Vazquez?
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Sonicwind75 5 days 1 hour ago (view)
The 2021 guaranteed amount is $7 + $3 million mutual option buyout. 10>8. Most media reports summarizes it as a $10 million deal.
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CubbyBlue 5 days 2 hours ago (view)
Thanks Eric. After I put it up I thought.. damn I'm old. I wonder if people even remember back that far. I still think about that day. Uggh. Sorry.
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Charlie 5 days 2 hours ago (view)
I'm always confused by this. They also could have tendered him and then boosted his value by trading him with a million or two in cash considerations. Obviously, that's a million or two more expensive than simply non-tendering--but couldn't you at least get an interesting prospect in return from one of these teams? They obviosuly thought it was worth their return to toss in a few million in the Darvish trade.
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tim815 5 days 3 hours ago (view)
The 2021 amount is 7.
The buyout is 3.
8>7
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crunch 5 days 17 hours ago (view)
chase strumpf is quickly emerging as a "trendy" organizational hot prospect, even among non-cubs fans. amaya is having a decent winter league showing so far...taking a lot of walks, too.
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Arizona Phil 5 days 20 hours ago (view)
SONICWIND: No question the Cubs farm system is not set-up to deliver postion-player prospects to MLB anytime soon, although the arrival of pitching will likely be much sooner (2022 or maybe even 2021).
Of course there is no way to know for sure in advance who will and who will not make it to The Show, and there is always the possibility that some lesser prospect will unexpectedly develop into a big leaguer, but as things stand now, if they develop as hoped, these would be the likely ETA for the Cubs better position-player prospects:
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Sonicwind75 5 days 20 hours ago (view)
AZ Phil, is there enough talent in upper minors that it could be supplemented with an influx of talent from outside the organization and be competitive in 22/23. The only MLB holdovers would be Happ/Hoerner/Heyward/Hendricks/Bote/Mills and maybe Willson if not traded. That's a lot of open spots to fill via free agency or trading for MLB talent.
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crunch 5 days 21 hours ago (view)
jed is probably low-key happy he's getting a chance to attach his name to a slew of kids he can (maybe) point to later as being his creation and vision for the next cubs core.
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DeRosa 3 run homer
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if it makes you feel better, I don't think the Cubs resemble anything like a sure thing to win the division.
Brewers are just about equal in talent...Reds could surprise if their young pitchers can come through. Heck, the Astros have a lot of offense. If Cards can stay in it long enough for Carpenter and Mulder to come back...who knows?
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Trade windy city - Denver Post Article
Is there a problem that I'm not aware with Pie that has not been publicized?
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So - can someone tell me - WHY - Micah Hoff-POWER
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Re:it's only been this spring he's been mashing like he has...
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oh, you mean i was wrong about how he's only mashed this spring
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i act what?
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Pie hit a triple
Felipe Lopez...
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Felipe Lopez in 2005 and 2006 with the reds
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