Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[Bort]

Is it possible that Eli was bitten by a WereChuck, and cannot control his transformations?

Ok. I LOLed.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Meanwhile, what the fuck is Mooney on about anyways?

Whether or not you believe Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and their cronies are the smartest guys in baseball — the Dale Sveum firing, Edwin Jackson's $52 million contract and Ian Stewart's Twitter account created questions about management style and reading people...

My God, the sports media in this fucking town.

Can I agree with part of this but not the rest?

Absolutely.

Some bets don't work out. Even "bigger" bets.

Speaking of which, an expanded quote:

Whether or not you believe Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and their cronies are the smartest guys in baseball — the Dale Sveum firing, Edwin Jackson's $52 million contract and Ian Stewart's Twitter account created questions about management style and reading people — you at least have to admit this front office should be able to make bigger bets.

When the Cubs signed Alfonso Soriano to that megadeal after a last-place finish in 2006, internal projections had the payroll pushing to $160 million and beyond by 2010, maybe not quite keeping up with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, but certainly dwarfing the rest of the National League Central.

No one is saying the Cubs should have signed Cano and Albert Pujols and traded all their prospects for David Price and Giancarlo Stanton.

Mooney never does get around to telling us what anyone is saying the Cubs should have done. It's a total non sequitur.

Instead we're just told that Bud Selig wasn't fond of all the money the Cubs laid out to sign Samardzija in 2007.

Stupid Ricketts.

[PenFoe]

Meanwhile, what the fuck is Mooney on about anyways?

Whether or not you believe Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and their cronies are the smartest guys in baseball — the Dale Sveum firing, Edwin Jackson's $52 million contract and Ian Stewart's Twitter account created questions about management style and reading people...

My God, the sports media in this fucking town.

Can I agree with part of this but not the rest?

Absolutely.

Some bets don't work out. Even "bigger" bets.

Speaking of which, an expanded quote:

Whether or not you believe Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and their cronies are the smartest guys in baseball — the Dale Sveum firing, Edwin Jackson's $52 million contract and Ian Stewart's Twitter account created questions about management style and reading people — you at least have to admit this front office should be able to make bigger bets.

When the Cubs signed Alfonso Soriano to that megadeal after a last-place finish in 2006, internal projections had the payroll pushing to $160 million and beyond by 2010, maybe not quite keeping up with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, but certainly dwarfing the rest of the National League Central.

No one is saying the Cubs should have signed Cano and Albert Pujols and traded all their prospects for David Price and Giancarlo Stanton.

Mooney never does get around to telling us what anyone is saying the Cubs should have done. It's a total non sequitur.

Instead we're just told that Bud Selig wasn't fond of all the money the Cubs laid out to sign Samardzija in 2007.

Stupid Ricketts.

Well, no one except Chuck, that is.

[Bort]

Meanwhile, what the fuck is Mooney on about anyways?

Whether or not you believe Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and their cronies are the smartest guys in baseball — the Dale Sveum firing, Edwin Jackson's $52 million contract and Ian Stewart's Twitter account created questions about management style and reading people...

My God, the sports media in this fucking town.

Can I agree with part of this but not the rest?

Absolutely.

Some bets don't work out. Even "bigger" bets.

Speaking of which, an expanded quote:

Whether or not you believe Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and their cronies are the smartest guys in baseball — the Dale Sveum firing, Edwin Jackson's $52 million contract and Ian Stewart's Twitter account created questions about management style and reading people — you at least have to admit this front office should be able to make bigger bets.

When the Cubs signed Alfonso Soriano to that megadeal after a last-place finish in 2006, internal projections had the payroll pushing to $160 million and beyond by 2010, maybe not quite keeping up with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, but certainly dwarfing the rest of the National League Central.

No one is saying the Cubs should have signed Cano and Albert Pujols and traded all their prospects for David Price and Giancarlo Stanton.

Mooney never does get around to telling us what anyone is saying the Cubs should have done. It's a total non sequitur.

Instead we're just told that Bud Selig wasn't fond of all the money the Cubs laid out to sign Samardzija in 2007.

Stupid Ricketts.

Well, no one except Chuck, that is.

And possibly Eli when the moon is full.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Is it possible that Eli was bitten by a WereChuck, and cannot control his transformations?

Ok. I LOLed.

[Eli]

I guess I find all this sort of puzzling. It's not like I'm the only person who picked up on that quote. Mooney has typically been a one of the better beat writers in town for the past few years. Sahadev Sharma and Tom Loxas, normally two pretty reasonable guys, brought up on Twitter that they also thought the quote was dumb. It's not like I'm out on some Chuckian limb by myself here.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I'm still laughing at "bitten by a Werechuck".  Good lord that's awesome.

[flannj]

I'm still laughing at "bitten by a Werechuck".  Good lord that's awesome.

I'm still laughing

[Quality Start Machine]

Oh, for the love of Christ.

Here's the full quote found in Mooney's piece (and, who knows, tracking down the full interview he pulls this from might even offer more context for the question and answer):

Keteyian: "It's a roll of the dice in a lot of ways. Is there a Plan B if this doesn't work?"

Ricketts: "I'm not sure there is a Plan B. The fact is, when you go to the free-agent market, it is basically like saying: 'We were unable to develop that player internally.' But there's no one big check. There's no one big guy. There's no magic button to hit in the free-agent market."

Ricketts isn't saying 'if this particular crop of prospects don't live up to the hype, we're plumb out of ideas.'

He seems to be expressing confidence that the way the Cubs are going about this rebuild is the right way to do it. That's all. Expressing confidence in the Master Plan without muddying the waters with vague and useless hedging.

It's like you're actively looking for reasons to get worked up at this point, Eli.

That's so... Chuck.

That's fine if you read it that way. It read like poor messaging to me. Also, there hadn't been a post here in like 3 days, so I was just trying to open up some discussion on this sports message board.

Leave TIME TO POST! to the experts.

[InternetApex]

Is it possible that Eli was bitten by a WereChuck, and cannot control his transformations?

Ok. I LOLed.

[Quality Start Machine]

Jorge Soler is back in the Tennessee lineup. So far this year he's 7/17 with 6 doubles.

Sploosh.

[CBStew]

Is it possible that Eli was bitten by a WereChuck, and cannot control his transformations?

Ok. I LOLed.

The biggest problem is being in this condition and trying to keep Kosher.

[Bort]

Is it possible that Eli was bitten by a WereChuck, and cannot control his transformations?

Ok. I LOLed.

The biggest problem is being in this condition and trying to keep Kosher.

And if the full moon is on the sabbath? Oy.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Jorge Soler is back in the Tennessee lineup. So far this year he's 7/17 with 6 doubles.

Sploosh.

Kris Bryant, Southern League Player of the Week.

B/w May 4-11, Bryant hit .464 with 12 runs, 13 hits, 4 HR & 14 RBI in 7 games. The 4 HR & 12 runs were tied for 1st in that span in @MiLB

— Tennessee Smokies (@smokiesbaseball) May 12, 2014

And something I didn't realize, but pointed out by Bleacher Nation:

Mostly I just love that his outrageously good week – a week so good that it topped all other offensive players in the league – wasn't that much better than how he's been performing the whole rest of the year so far. He's just been that good.

Bryant, 22, has 10 homers, which leads the Southern League by three. His .331 batting average and .624 SLG also lead the league. His .437 OBP is second in the league, behind only his teammate, catcher Rafael Lopez (.456). His 9 doubles are 10th in the league, and, just for fun, his 5 stolen bases are 14th.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Is it possible that Eli was bitten by a WereChuck, and cannot control his transformations?

Ok. I LOLed.

The biggest problem is being in this condition and trying to keep Kosher.

And if the full moon is on the sabbath? Oy.

It's called Rosh Howldesh.