Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[Slaky]

Mike Olt still sucks

[R-V]

Mike Olt still sucks

Take your FUTUREFLACCID cynicism elsewhere, pal. This is the thread for tumescence.

[Quality Start Machine]

Mike Olt still sucks

Take your FUTUREFLACCID cynicism elsewhere, pal. This is the thread for tumescence.

Yeah. MIKE OLT! makes us all harder than Chinese Algebra.

[flannj]

Mike Olt still sucks

Take your FUTUREFLACCID cynicism elsewhere, pal. This is the thread for tumescence.

Yeah. MIKE OLT! makes us all harder than Chinese Algebra.

"algebrassieres"

[Quality Start Machine]

Maybe too early for his own thread, but C.J. Edwards looked good in Tennessee. Guys at the game on teh Twits pretty much all said the hitters he faced were overmatched.

[Quality Start Machine]

Maybe too early for his own thread, but C.J. Edwards looked good in Tennessee. Guys at the game on teh Twits pretty much all said the hitters he faced were overmatched.

Self-quoting douche.

After 4 starts (20.2 IP) 20K 8BB, 1.06 WHIP 2.61 ERA.

Also in AA, a guy none of us has ever mentioned named Armando Rivero is closing. 6 games (8.1 IP) 16K, 2BB.

[Slaky]

Maybe too early for his own thread, but C.J. Edwards looked good in Tennessee. Guys at the game on teh Twits pretty much all said the hitters he faced were overmatched.

Self-quoting douche.

After 4 starts (20.2 IP) 20K 8BB, 1.06 WHIP 2.61 ERA.

Also in AA, a guy none of us has ever mentioned named Armando Rivero is closing. 6 games (8.1 IP) 16K, 2BB.

With Sale's latest injury I have this unreal fear of talented SPs going down with arm injuries. It's been an epidemic this year. I'm excited for CJ Edwards to explode all over the field. Can't wait.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Maybe too early for his own thread, but C.J. Edwards looked good in Tennessee. Guys at the game on teh Twits pretty much all said the hitters he faced were overmatched.

Self-quoting douche.

After 4 starts (20.2 IP) 20K 8BB, 1.06 WHIP 2.61 ERA.

Also in AA, a guy none of us has ever mentioned named Armando Rivero is closing. 6 games (8.1 IP) 16K, 2BB.

With Sale's latest injury I have this unreal fear of talented SPs going down with arm injuries. It's been an epidemic this year. I'm excited for CJ Edwards to explode all over the field. Can't wait.

[Yukon Cornelius]

After 70 plate appearances, Albert Almora and me are tied for walks. Yay?

[Quality Start Machine]

After 70 plate appearances, Albert Almora and me are tied for walks. Yay?

Shut up Paul, you're a douche.

[Eli]

After 70 plate appearances, Albert Almora and me are tied for walks. Yay?

Yeah, walks aren't really his thing. Just a 3.8% walk rate after 490 plate appearances. He'll probably get better as he learns, as Baez did. Although Almora doesn't have soul-crushing power like Baez to scare pitchers off.

The organization as a whole is a bit bereft of high-OBP guys, which is odd given the front office's Moneyball roots. Besides Rizzo and Bryant, there aren't many guys who profile as potential OBP machines. Hopefully that's counteracted by all of the power guys in the system.

[BH]

After 70 plate appearances, Albert Almora and me are tied for walks. Yay?

Yeah, walks aren't really his thing. Just a 3.8% walk rate after 490 plate appearances. He'll probably get better as he learns, as Baez did. Although Almora doesn't have soul-crushing power like Baez to scare pitchers off.

The organization as a whole is a bit bereft of high-OBP guys, which is odd given the front office's Moneyball roots. Besides Rizzo and Bryant, there aren't many guys who profile as potential OBP machines. Hopefully that's counteracted by all of the power guys in the system.

It's all about playing percentages. I'm sure finding power hitters these days is harder than OBP, so Theo and them focus on that more than they have in the past.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

After 70 plate appearances, Albert Almora and me are tied for walks. Yay?

Yeah, walks aren't really his thing. Just a 3.8% walk rate after 490 plate appearances. He'll probably get better as he learns, as Baez did. Although Almora doesn't have soul-crushing power like Baez to scare pitchers off.

The organization as a whole is a bit bereft of high-OBP guys, which is odd given the front office's Moneyball roots. Besides Rizzo and Bryant, there aren't many guys who profile as potential OBP machines. Hopefully that's counteracted by all of the power guys in the system.

Maybe raw power is the new inefficiency.

[Eli]

I'm sure finding power hitters these days is harder than OBP

You're sure?

[Eli]

After 70 plate appearances, Albert Almora and me are tied for walks. Yay?

Yeah, walks aren't really his thing. Just a 3.8% walk rate after 490 plate appearances. He'll probably get better as he learns, as Baez did. Although Almora doesn't have soul-crushing power like Baez to scare pitchers off.

The organization as a whole is a bit bereft of high-OBP guys, which is odd given the front office's Moneyball roots. Besides Rizzo and Bryant, there aren't many guys who profile as potential OBP machines. Hopefully that's counteracted by all of the power guys in the system.

Maybe raw power is the new inefficiency.

DPD. Totally possible given how much power has declined around the game. Or it could just be that these are the guys the Cubs have wound up with so far, one way or another.