Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[Eli]

Almora has hit in 9 of last 10 games, hitting .356/.396/.467/.863 with 2 2B, 3BB, 5K in last 10 games.

FYE

Hopefully he's able to get back on the path of being a solid 4th outfielder on a really good team.

[SKO]

Almora has hit in 9 of last 10 games, hitting .356/.396/.467/.863 with 2 2B, 3BB, 5K in last 10 games.

FYE

Hopefully he's able to get back on the path of being a solid 4th outfielder on a really good team.

Who are the other three outfielders on this dream team? SKOwarber, Alcantara, and Soler?

[Eli]

Almora has hit in 9 of last 10 games, hitting .356/.396/.467/.863 with 2 2B, 3BB, 5K in last 10 games.

FYE

Hopefully he's able to get back on the path of being a solid 4th outfielder on a really good team.

Who are the other three outfielders on this dream team? SKOwarber, Alcantara, and Soler?

Any random guy who could regularly crack a .700 OPS.

[PenFoe]

Alcantara just named PCL Player of the Week.

.517 with 15 hits and 8 runs scored.

[Eli]

Alcantara just named PCL Player of the Week.

.517 with 15 hits and 8 runs scored.

Even in today's full meme-embracing state, I love Alcantara and think he's awesome.

[PenFoe]

Kane County pitcher Daury Torrez named MCL pitcher of the week.

Torrez, a right-handed pitcher, is 8-3 with a 3.14 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 80.1 IP for the Cougars this season.

[Slaky]

Almora has hit in 9 of last 10 games, hitting .356/.396/.467/.863 with 2 2B, 3BB, 5K in last 10 games.

FYE

Hopefully he's able to get back on the path of being a solid 4th outfielder on a really good team.

Goddamn

[PenFoe]

Smokies' pitcher Dae-Eun Rhee named Southern League player of the week.

That's 4, if you're counting at home.

The 25-year-old righty allowed just two earned runs in 12.2 innings of work last week, striking out 13 and walking 3.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Smokies' pitcher Dae-Eun Rhee named Southern League player of the week.

That's 4, if you're counting at home.

The 25-year-old righty allowed just two earned runs in 12.2 innings of work last week, striking out 13 and walking 3.

Rhee's 25 and in AA, so I wonder if he keeps it up we could see a Dallas Beeler like cameo. BN claims he was once a top prospect.

Back to Alcantara. That's some damn fine baseballing. I guess it's not too bold to say he could be the first of the three that will be called up.

[Quality Start Machine]

Almora has hit in 9 of last 10 games, hitting .356/.396/.467/.863 with 2 2B, 3BB, 5K in last 10 games.

FYE

Hopefully he's able to get back on the path of being a solid 4th outfielder on a really good team.

Who are the other three outfielders on this dream team? SKOwarber, Alcantara, and Soler?

Any random guy who could regularly crack a .700 OPS.

Almora's been over .700 in each of his previous 2 pro seasons, and even with this putrid stretch he's pulling out of, he can still get to .700 if he reverts to form.

[Richard Chuggar]

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=592321

EPSTINK IS GENIUS

[PenFoe]

International Signing period starts tomorrow.

Since the Cubs blew their wad last season on Eloy, Gleyber, Jen-Ho, etc. they only have $250,000 per player, but they can still spend a total of $4 million, which is the 4th highest of any team in MLB.

So, looking forward to adding a bunch of new 16-year old guys that IAN can fall in love with in 6 years when they're 3  weeks from a major league call-up.

Here's a list of the top 30 guys available, though I have no idea how many of them will be available at only $250K. Probably not many.

By most accounts, the Yankees plan to do what the Cubs did last year and throw a ton of money around.

[Powdered Toast Man]

International Signing period starts tomorrow.

Since the Cubs blew their wad last season on Eloy, Gleyber, Jen-Ho, etc. they only have $250,000 per player, but they can still spend a total of $4 million, which is the 4th highest of any team in MLB.

So, looking forward to adding a bunch of new 16-year old guys that IAN can fall in love with in 6 years when they're 3  weeks from a major league call-up.

Here's a list of the top 30 guys available, though I have no idea how many of them will be available at only $250K. Probably not many.

By most accounts, the Yankees plan to do what the Cubs did last year and throw a ton of money around.

But, the Cubs did add some of that money via trades last year, too. And they did it at the opening of the signing period, if I recall correctly. That date is tomorrow like you said for 2014.

To wit, the Scott Feldman trade was either on the first day or one of the first days of the international signing period in 2013. The Cubs received international signing bonus money along with Strop and the 2014 Cy Young Award winner and bearded dreamsicle Jake Arrieta.

Point is, maybe we see some real trades soon?

Edited: LOL @ the Orioles

[PenFoe]

Ben Badler at Baseball America did a quick write-up of each team's plans for international signings.

For anyone who doesn't have an account or doesn't want to sign-up:

Chicago Cubs

The Cubs snapped up the top two international prospects for July 2 last year in Dominican outfielder Eloy Jimenez and Venezuelan shortstop Gleyber Torres. Along with Taiwanese righthander Jen-Ho Tseng, who has quickly become one of the system's best pitching prospects, Colombian righthander Erling Moreno, Dominican righthander Jefferson Mejia and Dominican catcher Yohan Matos, the Cubs added some of the top international talent in 2013, but even with one of the biggest bonus pools last year, they still went more than 15 percent past their pool and won't be able to sign anyone for more than $250,000 in the 2014-15 signing period. That puts them in a strange spot this year, since their $3.96 million bonus pool is the fourth-highest in baseball. They could trade away bonus pool space, and given that they're likely to be sellers as the trade deadline approaches, they could tack on pool space to sweeten the pot in a trade this month. Yet there isn't a clear seller's market for pool space, especially given that three teams (the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays) are prepared to go over their pools and pay the max penalty, making more pool room unnecessary. With a big pool and a $250,000 player spending limit, the Cubs will probably sign a lot of players in the $100,000 to $250,000 range, perhaps throwing some package deals in place to squeeze some extra value. Dominican lefthander Wander Cabrera, who has the same trainer as Jimenez, looks like one target. Their big focus already has been the top talent for 2015, when they might choose to ignore their bonus pool again.

Not much info out there on Wander Cabrera (who is not on the top 30 that I linked earlier.)

Here's a pic (roughly 6'2", 185)


Quick video

[Eli]

16 year olds, dude.