Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Splooge.

[Quality Start Machine]

Splooge.

Scouting report: Baez crushes fastballs out over the heart of the plate.

[thehawk]

Splooge.

Don't think that pitcher can get by with such a relatively straight fastball.

[Tonker]

Also, from the same game: fielding splooge.

[Eli]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

[Slaky]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

You know what? For a guy writing up prospects on a site that is laid out like an instruction manual I think Parks is a pretty good read. Maybe all the weirdness comes from him trying to make writing about prospects fun. I think he succeeds.

More importantly, this Baez stuff is scary. I mean what if he really is the next great MLB hitter? I heard someone on MLB radio say he, at 2B, would project to be a Carlos Baerga. I mean, Baerga was good for about 5 years and really good for maybe 2. But he wasn't a superstar. And no one really talks about him anymore. If Baez ends up as a Baerga I will probably disappointed.

[Eli]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

You know what? For a guy writing up prospects on a site that is laid out like an instruction manual I think Parks is a pretty good read. Maybe all the weirdness comes from him trying to make writing about prospects fun. I think he succeeds.

More importantly, this Baez stuff is scary. I mean what if he really is the next great MLB hitter? I heard someone on MLB radio say he, at 2B, would project to be a Carlos Baerga. I mean, Baerga was good for about 5 years and really good for maybe 2. But he wasn't a superstar. And no one really talks about him anymore. If Baez ends up as a Baerga I will probably disappointed.

Baerga seems like a terrible comparison considering he hit 20 homers just twice.

[Yeti]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

You know what? For a guy writing up prospects on a site that is laid out like an instruction manual I think Parks is a pretty good read. Maybe all the weirdness comes from him trying to make writing about prospects fun. I think he succeeds.

More importantly, this Baez stuff is scary. I mean what if he really is the next great MLB hitter? I heard someone on MLB radio say he, at 2B, would project to be a Carlos Baerga. I mean, Baerga was good for about 5 years and really good for maybe 2. But he wasn't a superstar. And no one really talks about him anymore. If Baez ends up as a Baerga I will probably disappointed.

Baerga seems like a terrible comparison considering he hit 20 homers just twice.

Well, it's partially due to their shared skin color.

Baez is Ryne. Full stop

[Tonker]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

On Baez: "But when he unsheathes that weapon and it finds the ball, the cowhide screams in what I believe to both ecstasy and agony."

(||)

[Quality Start Machine]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

You know what? For a guy writing up prospects on a site that is laid out like an instruction manual I think Parks is a pretty good read. Maybe all the weirdness comes from him trying to make writing about prospects fun. I think he succeeds.

More importantly, this Baez stuff is scary. I mean what if he really is the next great MLB hitter? I heard someone on MLB radio say he, at 2B, would project to be a Carlos Baerga. I mean, Baerga was good for about 5 years and really good for maybe 2. But he wasn't a superstar. And no one really talks about him anymore. If Baez ends up as a Baerga I will probably disappointed.

I came away from this article more excited at the prospects of Almora and Bryant than Baez. Those two guys are going to be on-base machines.

[cindysandberg]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

You know what? For a guy writing up prospects on a site that is laid out like an instruction manual I think Parks is a pretty good read. Maybe all the weirdness comes from him trying to make writing about prospects fun. I think he succeeds.

More importantly, this Baez stuff is scary. I mean what if he really is the next great MLB hitter? I heard someone on MLB radio say he, at 2B, would project to be a Carlos Baerga. I mean, Baerga was good for about 5 years and really good for maybe 2. But he wasn't a superstar. And no one really talks about him anymore. If Baez ends up as a Baerga I will probably disappointed.

Baerga seems like a terrible comparison considering he hit 20 homers just twice.

Well, it's partially due to their shared skin color.

Baez is Ryne. Full stop

A Latin Ryne?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

On Baez: "But when he unsheathes that weapon and it finds the ball, the cowhide screams in what I believe to both ecstasy and agony."

(||)

Parks says stuff:

Baez has the best bat speed I've seen since I started evaluating talent at the minor league level, and it might be some of the best bat speed I've seen period. It's violent—no doubt—and I'm not always sold that he can control the bat after he triggers. But when he unsheathes that weapon and it finds the ball, the cowhide screams in what I believe to both ecstasy and agony.

I think Parks knows his stuff pretty well, but I just can't handle him on Twitter with all of his weird hashtags and homoeroticism. Nice to see him here be a little more normal in this chat.

And here I was about to comment on the suggestive nature of "unsheathes that weapon" and "screams in ... ecstasy and agony."

Good work, everyone.

[Saul Goodman]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

On Baez: "But when he unsheathes that weapon and it finds the ball, the cowhide screams in what I believe to both ecstasy and agony."

(||)

The whole to both?

[CBStew]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

You know what? For a guy writing up prospects on a site that is laid out like an instruction manual I think Parks is a pretty good read. Maybe all the weirdness comes from him trying to make writing about prospects fun. I think he succeeds.

More importantly, this Baez stuff is scary. I mean what if he really is the next great MLB hitter? I heard someone on MLB radio say he, at 2B, would project to be a Carlos Baerga. I mean, Baerga was good for about 5 years and really good for maybe 2. But he wasn't a superstar. And no one really talks about him anymore. If Baez ends up as a Baerga I will probably disappointed.

I came away from this article more excited at the prospects of Almora and Bryant than Baez. Those two guys are going to be on-base machines.

Too soon for a My Colt sploogefest?

[InternetApex]

This is more of Parks, but I'm having a hard time not getting hysterical after reading it.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22949

You know what? For a guy writing up prospects on a site that is laid out like an instruction manual I think Parks is a pretty good read. Maybe all the weirdness comes from him trying to make writing about prospects fun. I think he succeeds.

More importantly, this Baez stuff is scary. I mean what if he really is the next great MLB hitter? I heard someone on MLB radio say he, at 2B, would project to be a Carlos Baerga. I mean, Baerga was good for about 5 years and really good for maybe 2. But he wasn't a superstar. And no one really talks about him anymore. If Baez ends up as a Baerga I will probably disappointed.

I came away from this article more excited at the prospects of Almora and Bryant than Baez. Those two guys are going to be on-base machines.

Too soon for a My Colt sploogefest?

Probably.