Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[Quality Start Machine]

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 guy's head was bigger than Barroid at the height of his BALCO days, and nobody ever wondered why he never tipped over?

[Quality Start Machine]

Arodys Vizcaino and Armando Rivero also promoted to AAA.

Rivero's stuff is fucking vile. His slider will chug the blood of nonbelievers.

[PenFoe]

Arodys Vizcaino and Armando Rivero also promoted to AAA.

Rivero's stuff is fucking vile. His slider will chug the blood of nonbelievers.

I hope both these guys are in Chicago next year.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I'm going to the Zephyrs/I-Cubs game Friday night in Nola. I will have my phone fully charged and try to take some videos of AB's and definitely lots of creepy pics. My seats are right behind the Cubs' dugout, too, so hopefully there will be some nice shots of young men that hit baseballs really far.

I'll try to post the videos to fb or YouTube, if that's even legal.

[Quality Start Machine]

I'm going to the Zephyrs/I-Cubs game Friday night in Nola. I will have my phone fully charged and try to take some videos of AB's and definitely lots of creepy pics. My seats are right behind the Cubs' dugout, too, so hopefully there will be some nice shots of young men that hit baseballs really far.

I'll try to post the videos to fb or YouTube, if that's even legal.

which of you lawyer types can handle the restraining order Bryant will take out on him?

[Slaky]

Arodys Vizcaino and Armando Rivero also promoted to AAA.

Rivero's stuff is fucking vile. His slider will chug the blood of nonbelievers.

I hope both these guys are in Chicago next year.

Internet love on Rivero is spreading.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I'm going to the Zephyrs/I-Cubs game Friday night in Nola. I will have my phone fully charged and try to take some videos of AB's and definitely lots of creepy pics. My seats are right behind the Cubs' dugout, too, so hopefully there will be some nice shots of young men that hit baseballs really far.

I'll try to post the videos to fb or YouTube, if that's even legal.

which of you lawyer types can handle the restraining order Bryant will take out on him?

Hey, I'm going to get Bryant's number and meet him at Monkey Hill on Magazine. You'll swee.

[InternetApex]

I'm going to the Zephyrs/I-Cubs game Friday night in Nola. I will have my phone fully charged and try to take some videos of AB's and definitely lots of creepy pics. My seats are right behind the Cubs' dugout, too, so hopefully there will be some nice shots of young men that hit baseballs really far.

I'll try to post the videos to fb or YouTube, if that's even legal.

I was planning a trip to NOLA for this weekend and that game but a bunch of new shit has come to light and I can't do it. I will live vicariously through your gonzo man-stalking. Most likely I'll be on a bus to Indianapolis when it starts to pop off. Two words: Wind. Pants.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I'm going to the Zephyrs/I-Cubs game Friday night in Nola. I will have my phone fully charged and try to take some videos of AB's and definitely lots of creepy pics. My seats are right behind the Cubs' dugout, too, so hopefully there will be some nice shots of young men that hit baseballs really far.

I'll try to post the videos to fb or YouTube, if that's even legal.

I was planning a trip to NOLA for this weekend and that game but a bunch of new shit has come to light and I can't do it. I will live vicariously through your gonzo man-stalking. Most likely I'll be on a bus to Indianapolis when it starts to pop off. Two words: Wind. Pants.

I'm there all weekend, too. Damn, coulda Pex/IAN day drank.

[InternetApex]

I'm going to the Zephyrs/I-Cubs game Friday night in Nola. I will have my phone fully charged and try to take some videos of AB's and definitely lots of creepy pics. My seats are right behind the Cubs' dugout, too, so hopefully there will be some nice shots of young men that hit baseballs really far.

I'll try to post the videos to fb or YouTube, if that's even legal.

I was planning a trip to NOLA for this weekend and that game but a bunch of new shit has come to light and I can't do it. I will live vicariously through your gonzo man-stalking. Most likely I'll be on a bus to Indianapolis when it starts to pop off. Two words: Wind. Pants.

I'm there all weekend, too. Damn, coulda Pex/IAN day drank.

FML

[Powdered Toast Man]

I'm going to the Zephyrs/I-Cubs game Friday night in Nola. I will have my phone fully charged and try to take some videos of AB's and definitely lots of creepy pics. My seats are right behind the Cubs' dugout, too, so hopefully there will be some nice shots of young men that hit baseballs really far.

I'll try to post the videos to fb or YouTube, if that's even legal.

I was planning a trip to NOLA for this weekend and that game but a bunch of new shit has come to light and I can't do it. I will live vicariously through your gonzo man-stalking. Most likely I'll be on a bus to Indianapolis when it starts to pop off. Two words: Wind. Pants.

I'm there all weekend, too. Damn, coulda Pex/IAN day drank.

FML

If you ever want to make a trip there in the future, let me know in advance...I'm there a lot nowadays.

[Saul Goodman]

Possessor of an arm Jonathan Martinez comes over for Darwin Barney, who the Dodgers optioned to Triple-A today.

[SKO]

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.

Courtesy of Yeti, I submit someone dumber:
https://twitter.com/ValuationNation/status/494541948502683648

[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.

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

Courtesy of Yeti, I submit someone dumber:
https://twitter.com/ValuationNation/status/494541948502683648

That's the most notifications he's ever had for one tweet (lol)

[PenFoe]

MiLB does an aggregation of 4 major prospect rankings to get a total score.

2. Bryant
5. Russell
6. Baez
33. Alcantara
40. Almora
41. Soler

The Cubs placed six players among the aggregated top 50, most among Major League organizations. Not that this was their aim, but the club's trade for Russell in the Jeff Samardzija deal earlier this month actually gave the edge over the Twins and Pirates, which each have five. The Dodgers, Rockies and Royals -- each with three -- were the only other organizations with more than two. The A's, Angels, Giants, Mariners, Marlins, Rays and Tigers did not place a prospect in the top 50.