Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[Eli]

Is this where we voice concern over Baez having 25 errors so far this year in Daytona?

He's a Hendry draft pick.  Concern is built in.

Seems like sound logic.

[Eli]

Javier Baez has three home runs tonight, but using my handy Hendry Draft Pick Conversion chart, he's really 1-for-6 with 3 Ks and an arson conviction.

[Saul Goodman]

Javier Baez has three home runs tonight, but using my handy Hendry Draft Pick Conversion chart, he's really 1-for-6 with 3 Ks and an arson conviction.

Javier "The Arsonist" Baez.  I like it.

[Eli]

Make that 4 home runs, which broke the conversion chart.

[Saul Goodman]

Make that 4 home runs, which broke the conversion chart.

4-for-4, 4 HR, 7 RBI. Two solo homers, a two-run blast, and a three-run bomb.

Not terrible.

[PenPho]

Make that 4 home runs, which broke the conversion chart.

4-for-4, 4 HR, 7 RBI. Two solo homers, a two-run blast, and a three-run bomb.

Not terrible.
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FYF!

[Saul Goodman]

Make that 4 home runs, which broke the conversion chart.

4-for-4, 4 HR, 7 RBI. Two solo homers, a two-run blast, and a three-run bomb.

Not terrible.

FYF!

TIME FOR CONCERN!

The only other player to hit four home runs in a Florida State League game was another Cubs prospect, Ryan Harvey, who did so July 28, 2006, also for Daytona.

[PenPho]

Make that 4 home runs, which broke the conversion chart.

4-for-4, 4 HR, 7 RBI. Two solo homers, a two-run blast, and a three-run bomb.

Not terrible.

FYF!

TIME FOR CONCERN!

The only other player to hit four home runs in a Florida State League game was another Cubs prospect, Ryan Harvey, who did so July 28, 2006, also for Daytona.

More importantly, he had his 26th error tonight as well.

Luckily, by the time he gets called up the NL will have the DH.

[Slaky]

Maybe it's because of a game I saw in Spring (ok it's definitely because I saw him crush a few homers in Spring) but I can see Baez massacring MLB pitching at some point in a Cubs uniform. The great news is he can probably do that in the big leagues right now. He's just got a few things he needs to tighten up including his approach and his wild throwing arm. Those things can be fixed and he has time to fix them.

Goddamn, I am excited about the bats this team has in the minors.

It's gonna be fun again guys. Not now but soon...ish.

[Eli]

Luckily, by the time he gets called up the NL will have the DH.

I'm legitimately holding out hope for this just because of Vogelbach.

Well, and because watching pitchers try to hit is pointless.

[Saul Goodman]

Maybe it's because of a game I saw in Spring (ok it's definitely because I saw him crush a few homers in Spring) but I can see Baez massacring MLB pitching at some point in a Cubs uniform. The great news is he can probably do that in the big leagues right now. He's just got a few things he needs to tighten up including his approach and his wild throwing arm. Those things can be fixed and he has time to fix them.

Goddamn, I am excited about the bats this team has in the minors.

It's gonna be fun again guys. Not now but soon...ish.

I think he'd massacre mistakes but get totally owned by decent-to-good pitching right now. He already walks some and only averages about a strikeout per game, so that's encouraging. If they all pan out, what a lineup.

CF Almora R
SS Castro R
RF Bryant R
3B Baez R
1B Rizzo L
LF Soler R
C Castillo R (?)
2B Barney R (Lake R?)
Pitcher

A little righty-heavy at the top and I'm not sold on Castro hitting second but damn they'd score a shitload of runs.

[Eli]

CF Almora R
SS Castro R
RF Bryant R
3B Baez R
1B Rizzo L
LF Soler R
C Castillo R (?)
2B Barney R (Lake R?)
Pitcher

DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM THE CHOI/HILL/MONTANEZ/KELTON INFIELD OF THE FUTURE?!?

[Yeti]

Make that 4 home runs, which broke the conversion chart.

4-for-4, 4 HR, 7 RBI. Two solo homers, a two-run blast, and a three-run bomb.

Not terrible.

FYF!

TIME FOR CONCERN!

The only other player to hit four home runs in a Florida State League game was another Cubs prospect, Ryan Harvey, who did so July 28, 2006, also for Daytona.

I wonder if he had some Xanax for afterwards

[morpheus]

CF Almora R
SS Castro R
RF Bryant R
3B Baez R
1B Rizzo L
LF Soler R
C Castillo R (?)
2B Barney R (Lake R?)
Pitcher

DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM THE CHOI/HILL/MONTANEZ/KELTON INFIELD OF THE FUTURE?!?

Pie, Patterson, and Harvey, left-to-right, in 2007.  Who could forget that murderer's row?

[Internet Apex]

Luckily, by the time he gets called up the NL will have the DH.

I'm legitimately holding out hope for this just because of Vogelbach.

Well, and because watching pitchers try to hit is pointless.

I used be strongly against this but at some point I realized I was fucking loser and stopped giving a shit.