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Post by trav768 on Jul 25, 2024 18:47:05 GMT -5
Orioles and Astros showing Interest in Taillon So cross off Stros and O's as Levine is as competent as Hoyer. Levine said Orioles. however a trio of Rosenthal, Mooney, and Rome. has reported about the Astros having interest. 5 teams have shown interest. Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Padres, & Astros
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Post by batman66 on Jul 25, 2024 19:42:11 GMT -5
So cross off Stros and O's as Levine is as competent as Hoyer. Levine said Orioles. however a trio of Rosenthal, Mooney, and Rome. has reported about the Astros having interest. 5 teams have shown interest. Red Sox, Yankees, Orioles, Padres, & Astros Padres , give us Ethan Salas and Graham Pauley and they can have Taillon and Bellinger
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Post by Mike on Jul 25, 2024 21:17:54 GMT -5
Canario came up lame on the basepath, the Pirates OF was for cash and, most likely to cover Canario's injury.
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Post by skokiejoe on Jul 25, 2024 21:36:02 GMT -5
Canario came up lame on the basepath, the Pirates OF was for cash and, most likely to cover Canario's injury. Yeah Iowa has Canario Davis Vazquez Mervis all injured
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Post by Mike on Jul 25, 2024 21:39:43 GMT -5
AAA OF is LF Hill (L) / CF Roederer (L) / Trayce Thompson / RF Caissie (L).
Ballesteros 2 for 4 today in the 3 hole!
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Post by kfidd on Jul 25, 2024 22:13:36 GMT -5
AAA OF is LF Hill (L) / CF Roederer (L) / Trayce Thompson / RF Caissie (L). Ballesteros 2 for 4 today in the 3 hole! Ballesteros seems to have no issue with minor league pitching at any level.
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Post by TheChico on Jul 26, 2024 9:51:27 GMT -5
AAA OF is LF Hill (L) / CF Roederer (L) / Trayce Thompson / RF Caissie (L). Ballesteros 2 for 4 today in the 3 hole! Ballesteros seems to have no issue with minor league pitching at any level. Only question about Ballesteros is his defensive position. The bat is real and only question if he has to move to DH, can he be a 25+ Homer guy in the majors?
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Post by batman66 on Jul 26, 2024 11:35:39 GMT -5
Ballesteros seems to have no issue with minor league pitching at any level. Only question about Ballesteros is his defensive position. The bat is real and only question if he has to move to DH, can he be a 25+ Homer guy in the majors? I guess the power could still come , but I don't see him as a 25+ homer guy , rather just a solid average high OBP low strike out rate guy. I have not watched more than probably 10 Iowa games this season but from what I've read his catching has not been too bad and he's shown improvement to the point they are going to stay with it and not have him be just a DH and 3rd string emergency type catcher. He could end up as the backup who will DH when he's not catching . If Amaya's new hitting style and his recent numbers at the plate are for real and a thing to come , atleast on the offensice side they'd be a solid combo. I'm not too concerned about stolen bases anymore because pitchers just don't hold guys on like they used to and can only throw over a limited time so it's a lot harder for even the better catchers to gun down runners anymore.
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Post by thisbuds4u on Jul 26, 2024 12:46:47 GMT -5
Ballesteros seems to have no issue with minor league pitching at any level. Only question about Ballesteros is his defensive position. The bat is real and only question if he has to move to DH, can he be a 25+ Homer guy in the majors? I wouldn't want a 25+ HR player if his other offensive numbers are negatively effected. I would much rather have an Alec Bohm, with his 11 HRs, over Morel and his 18 HRs because he does other things to produce runs which is the name of the game.
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Post by kfidd on Jul 26, 2024 16:40:09 GMT -5
Rumors the Dodgers have kicked the tires on trading for Hoerner. The Cubs have recently had scouts at games for all three levels of their minors.
Baltimore getting Eflin probably takes them out of consideration for Taillon. Bummer.
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Post by irishcubfan on Jul 26, 2024 16:44:44 GMT -5
Which is more likely?
Taillon traded or 3rd TJ or other significant injury next year as a Cub?
I'll take the latter as Jed thinks or has convinced the Ricketts that Cubs are contenders next year.
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Post by irishcubfan on Jul 26, 2024 16:46:12 GMT -5
Rumors the Dodgers have kicked the tires on trading for Hoerner. The Cubs have recently had scouts at games for all three levels of their minors. Baltimore getting Eflin probably takes them out of consideration for Taillon. Bummer. I vote they bring back JHey as the primary piece going back to the Cubs. Can lead the league in leadership with Hayward and Swanson in the dugout. Make it happen Jed.
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Post by kfidd on Jul 26, 2024 20:26:57 GMT -5
What about we revisit the idea of Brett Baty at third base? The stinky Mets remain hot and currently hold a playoff spot. Senga returned tonight only to be pulled from the game in the 5th with a calf injury. Vientos has emerged in a big way for them this season at third and Baty has hit very well at AAA since being sent down.
He hasn’t proven he can hit Big League pitching but everyone knows the talent is there. Maybe a chance for the Cubs to snatch him up and give him lots of run at third for the second half.
Framework = Taillon for Baty. Add more parts where necessary. Good/bad idea?
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Post by irishcubfan on Jul 26, 2024 20:38:00 GMT -5
What about we revisit the idea of Brett Baty at third base? The stinky Mets remain hot and currently hold a playoff spot. Senga returned tonight only to be pulled from the game in the 5th with a calf injury. Vientos has emerged in a big way for them this season at third and Baty has hit very well at AAA since being sent down. He hasn’t proven he can hit Big League pitching but everyone knows the talent is there. Maybe a chance for the Cubs to snatch him up and give him lots of run at third for the second half. Framework = Taillon for Baty. Add more parts where necessary. Good/bad idea? Fully aware of Baty and I have always loved his name, let's do it. Give him a full year. Right now the Gavin Lux of NYM but it could change to the Todd Zeile or better of CHC.
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Post by thisbuds4u on Jul 27, 2024 3:32:38 GMT -5
What about we revisit the idea of Brett Baty at third base? The stinky Mets remain hot and currently hold a playoff spot. Senga returned tonight only to be pulled from the game in the 5th with a calf injury. Vientos has emerged in a big way for them this season at third and Baty has hit very well at AAA since being sent down. He hasn’t proven he can hit Big League pitching but everyone knows the talent is there. Maybe a chance for the Cubs to snatch him up and give him lots of run at third for the second half. Framework = Taillon for Baty. Add more parts where necessary. Good/bad idea? Bad idea for 2 reasons. One, the starting pitching has been the one positive on this team. The Cubs should build a team around it not tear it apart. Second, I don't want the man responsible for this mess to do more damage. Wait till the off-season and hopefully let a new front office make the decisions on player personal.
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Post by TheChico on Jul 27, 2024 12:06:51 GMT -5
Cubs acquired Nate Pearson from the Jays
He was once one of the top pitching prospects in baseball
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Post by Mike on Jul 27, 2024 12:09:47 GMT -5
OMG, JED'S BUYING!!!!!
Lol
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Post by TheChico on Jul 27, 2024 12:16:13 GMT -5
Pearson struggled with control badly in the majors but the stuff is electric, if they can fix him which they will have 2 month experiment to see if they can do.
Potential to be a lights out bullpen arm or a non-tender candidate
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Post by trav768 on Jul 27, 2024 12:16:17 GMT -5
OMG, JED'S BUYING!!!!! Lol
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Post by TheChico on Jul 27, 2024 12:18:04 GMT -5
OMG, JED'S BUYING!!!!! Lol Keep refreshing to see if Vlad Jr is included for some reason. I am dumb lol
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