Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Shit, is it not possible that they were worried Appel might have some hidden injury causing him to pitch like a turd, and they wanted to check him out? If players can't understand that a guy the club has a lot of money invested in gets a little bit more attention than ones they don't they're fucking stupid.

Baseball players? Stupid? Why I never.

Exhibit A, one of my favorite baseball stories.

Published April 20, 2006, 9:19 PM ET.

4/3/2006-4/19/2006: 40 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .282/.300/.359/.659

4/20/2006-4/30/2006: 42 PA, 7 HR, 22 RBI, .400/.405/.975/1.380

[PenFoe]

DPD for another update on the underrated minor league pitching.  

Daury Torrez was again denied his 10th win, but went 6 strong and now sits at 110 IP, 98 H, 35 ER, 17 BB, 64K.  2.85 ERA, 1.04 WHIP for Kane County.
CJ Edwards with another strong showing in AZL, 3.2 scoreless, now at 5.2 healthy innings with AZL and 8 Ks.  Dominating the 17-year olds and should be back to AA soon.

Also, for TDubbs, who said to wait until one of the 2014 draftees got to 9 innings before posting about them again:
Tommy Thorpe (8th round pick) with pretty much a perfect start to his MLB career: 9 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10K.

Plus, he kind of looks like a blonde, lefty Samardzija, so there's that.

Ryan Williams also now over the arbitrary 9 inning mark:
10 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 12K. 1.80 ERA, 0.90 WHIP

[Saul Goodman]

Shit, is it not possible that they were worried Appel might have some hidden injury causing him to pitch like a turd, and they wanted to check him out? If players can't understand that a guy the club has a lot of money invested in gets a little bit more attention than ones they don't they're fucking stupid.

Baseball players? Stupid? Why I never.

Exhibit A, one of my favorite baseball stories.

Published April 20, 2006, 9:19 PM ET.

4/3/2006-4/19/2006: 40 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .282/.300/.359/.659

4/20/2006-4/30/2006: 42 PA, 7 HR, 22 RBI, .400/.405/.975/1.380

The specialist dipped Mench's feet in blue ink and then had him imprint them onto paper. The result: Mench should have been wearing size 12½ instead of 12.

"Man, I'd been wearing 12s since I was 15 years old," Mench said. "That's the last time I had my feet measured -- you know, when I went to the shoe store with my parents.

"I guess feet can grow after that," he said.

Fantastic.  Thanks Pen.

[InternetApex]

Shit, is it not possible that they were worried Appel might have some hidden injury causing him to pitch like a turd, and they wanted to check him out? If players can't understand that a guy the club has a lot of money invested in gets a little bit more attention than ones they don't they're fucking stupid.

Baseball players? Stupid? Why I never.

Exhibit A, one of my favorite baseball stories.

Published April 20, 2006, 9:19 PM ET.

4/3/2006-4/19/2006: 40 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .282/.300/.359/.659

4/20/2006-4/30/2006: 42 PA, 7 HR, 22 RBI, .400/.405/.975/1.380

The specialist dipped Mench's feet in blue ink and then had him imprint them onto paper. The result: Mench should have been wearing size 12½ instead of 12.

"Man, I'd been wearing 12s since I was 15 years old," Mench said. "That's the last time I had my feet measured -- you know, when I went to the shoe store with my parents.

"I guess feet can grow after that," he said.

Fantastic.  Thanks Pen.

HGH is a helluva drug.

[SKO]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone remember when the Cubs couldn't dare fire Hendry in fear of losing Tim Wilken, the man that brought us Vitters and Jackson and Colvin? Wasn't that Gordo's stance?

Because I remembered that this morning and laughed heartily for a bit.

[BH]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone remember when the Cubs couldn't dare fire Hendry in fear of losing Tim Wilken, the man that brought us Vitters and Jackson and Colvin? Wasn't that Gordo's stance?

Because I remembered that this morning and laughed heartily for a bit.

Fyi, Tim Wilken still works for the cubs.

[PenFoe]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone remember when the Cubs couldn't dare fire Hendry in fear of losing Tim Wilken, the man that brought us Vitters and Jackson and Colvin? Wasn't that Gordo's stance?

Because I remembered that this morning and laughed heartily for a bit.

Fyi, Tim Wilken still works for the cubs.

No mention of Wilken, but Gordo "making the case" for keeping Hendry.

These idiotic beat writers.

[SKO]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone remember when the Cubs couldn't dare fire Hendry in fear of losing Tim Wilken, the man that brought us Vitters and Jackson and Colvin? Wasn't that Gordo's stance?

Because I remembered that this morning and laughed heartily for a bit.

Fyi, Tim Wilken still works for the cubs.

I'm aware, but he's a "special advisor" and not the director of scouting. Big, big difference.

[SKO]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone remember when the Cubs couldn't dare fire Hendry in fear of losing Tim Wilken, the man that brought us Vitters and Jackson and Colvin? Wasn't that Gordo's stance?

Because I remembered that this morning and laughed heartily for a bit.

Fyi, Tim Wilken still works for the cubs.

DPD. Wilken has the same job title in the organization as Kerry Wood and Ted Lilly. Something tells me has a little less power now than when he was the guy actually signing and drafting all of the prospects.

Also, regardless of whatever he does (Hint: It's nothing), obviously Gordo was wrong that firing Hendry meant Wilken would go, even if losing Wilken was actually something to be afraid of or not (it wasn't).

[CT III]

Yeah, but they lost Oneri Fleita.

[InternetApex]

Yeah, but they lost Oneri Fleita.

AND the guy in charge of printing Wittenmeyer's articles and bringing them to the executives. That was the real kicker.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Apropos of nothing, does anyone remember when the Cubs couldn't dare fire Hendry in fear of losing Tim Wilken, the man that brought us Vitters and Jackson and Colvin? Wasn't that Gordo's stance?

Because I remembered that this morning and laughed heartily for a bit.

Fyi, Tim Wilken still works for the cubs.

No mention of Wilken, but Gordo "making the case" for keeping Hendry.

These idiotic beat writers.

"you also have to give (Hendry) credit for Starlin Castro, Marlon Byrd, Darwin Barney and Garza."

[Slaky]

Yeah, but they lost Oneri Fleita.

AND the guy in charge of printing Wittenmeyer's articles and bringing them to the executives. That was the real kicker.

You know what's funny - I had to look twice but I found out his name is actually "Wittenmyer" which somehow makes me dislike him even more.

[InternetApex]

Yeah, but they lost Oneri Fleita.

AND the guy in charge of printing Wittenmeyer's articles and bringing them to the executives. That was the real kicker.

You know what's funny - I had to look twice but I found out his name is actually "Wittenmyer" which somehow makes me dislike him even more.

Gordo means "fat" in Spanish, right? Is that how it's spelled?

[Tony]

Shit, is it not possible that they were worried Appel might have some hidden injury causing him to pitch like a turd, and they wanted to check him out? If players can't understand that a guy the club has a lot of money invested in gets a little bit more attention than ones they don't they're fucking stupid.

Baseball players? Stupid? Why I never.

Exhibit A, one of my favorite baseball stories.

Published April 20, 2006, 9:19 PM ET.

4/3/2006-4/19/2006: 40 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .282/.300/.359/.659

4/20/2006-4/30/2006: 42 PA, 7 HR, 22 RBI, .400/.405/.975/1.380

The specialist dipped Mench's feet in blue ink and then had him imprint them onto paper. The result: Mench should have been wearing size 12½ instead of 12.

"Man, I'd been wearing 12s since I was 15 years old," Mench said. "That's the last time I had my feet measured -- you know, when I went to the shoe store with my parents.

"I guess feet can grow after that," he said.

Fantastic.  Thanks Pen.

That's a story from the Onion. It has to be. Nobody is that stupid.