Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[Bort]

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)

I want that to be satire, but I know in my heart it probably isn't.

[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'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)

I want that to be satire, but I know in my heart it probably isn't.

Just because we have a lot of meatballs doesn't mean we have the market cornered.

[Bort]

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)

I want that to be satire, but I know in my heart it probably isn't.

Just because we have a lot of meatballs doesn't mean we have the market cornered.

"Look, the Cubs will gladly trade arguably the top prospect in baseball for a player they already had and didn't want anymore."

[Slaky]

Every morning I read the Cubs Den minors recap and it's insane how many good players the Cubs have. Take away the top 4 guys and it's probably still a better system than it was 3 years ago. I can't even believe it.

[Saul Goodman]

Every morning I read the Cubs Den minors recap and it's insane how many good players the Cubs have. Take away the top 4 guys and it's probably still a better system than it was 3 years ago. I can't even believe it.

Epstink is ... competent? This feels weird.

[InternetApex]

Here's the catcher they got back for Russell and Bonerface

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=605170

Victor Caratini. Was supposedly Atlanta's 7th-best prospect, projected to be ML-Ready in 2017.

I have no opinion other than this seems a little light for the pair they gave up. The market wasn't what I thought it would be.

[Slaky]

The bloom is off that Andrew Friedman rose

[InternetApex]

The bloom is off that Andrew Friedman rose

No prospects ranked in the top 50 and Nick Franklin for David Price.

Fuck you, Chuck.

[PenFoe]

The bloom is off that Andrew Friedman rose

No prospects ranked in the top 50 and Nick Franklin for David Price.

Fuck you, Chuck.

*Makes note in Chuck's datase.*

[BH]

So the cubs got the 2 top prospects (Russell and Mckinley) traded in July. For Shark and Hammel. That's unreal.

[InternetApex]

So the cubs got the 2 top prospects (Russell and Mckinley) traded in July. For Shark and Hammel. That's unreal.

Best Farm System In Baseball (TM) > Best Fans In Baseball (TM)

I'm getting the shirts made. Who wants one?

It could be no top prospects got dealt at the deadline because everybody either already dealt theirs to the Cubs or the execs got together and yelled at each other like, "Stop trading all your top prospects to the Cubs!!!!"

[Quality Start Machine]

Know what will be fun? Once Baez/Bryant/Soler come up, and Russell/Almora are right behind them. Because once those guys are in the bigs, the Cubs' farm system will be ranked lower than it currently is, and some dumbass will start losing their shit about the Cubs' pipeline drying up.

[InternetApex]

Know what will be fun? Once Baez/Bryant/Soler come up, and Russell/Almora are right behind them. Because once those guys are in the bigs, the Cubs' farm system will be ranked lower than it currently is, and some dumbass will start losing their shit about the Cubs' pipeline drying up.

At which point we'll whip out our massive Schwarboner and bash their illiterate skulls in.

[CBStew]

Know what will be fun? Once Baez/Bryant/Soler come up, and Russell/Almora are right behind them. Because once those guys are in the bigs, the Cubs' farm system will be ranked lower than it currently is, and some dumbass will start losing their shit about the Cubs' pipeline drying up.

At which point we'll whip out our massive Schwarboner and bash their illiterate skulls in.

And hopefully the Cubs will be saddled with a low position in the draft order for a long time to come.

[Quality Start Machine]

Here's the catcher they got back for Russell and Bonerface

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=605170

Victor Caratini. Was supposedly Atlanta's 7th-best prospect, projected to be ML-Ready in 2017.

I have no opinion other than this seems a little light for the pair they gave up. The market wasn't what I thought it would be.

He's in low-A, which means he'll replace the Cougars' lanky catcher who has Dropkick Murphys as his walk-up music. So we all win.