Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[InternetApex]

Should we be paying attention to Jeremy Null? 8 IP, zero runs last night. Overall, 30.2 IP, 0.59 ERA, 26/1 K/BB, for South Bend.

Yes.

If for no other reason than "Nulldozer" is the best nickname to come down the pike in a while.

Best one since Nullbonzo Beanz.

[Yeti]

Should we be paying attention to Jeremy Null? 8 IP, zero runs last night. Overall, 30.2 IP, 0.59 ERA, 26/1 K/BB, for South Bend.

Yes.

If for no other reason than "Nulldozer" is the best nickname to come down the pike in a while.

Best one since Nullbonzo Beanz.

Don't fuck with the Nulldozer

[Saul Goodman]

Should we be paying attention to Jeremy Null? 8 IP, zero runs last night. Overall, 30.2 IP, 0.59 ERA, 26/1 K/BB, for South Bend.

Yes.

COUNTERPOINT: Jen-Ho Tseng 2014 v. Jen-Ho Tseng 2015.  :(

However, he's three years younger than the Carolina League and he's only thrown 17 innings.  He's got this.

[PenFoe]

Should we be paying attention to Jeremy Null? 8 IP, zero runs last night. Overall, 30.2 IP, 0.59 ERA, 26/1 K/BB, for South Bend.

Yes.

COUNTERPOINT: Jen-Ho Tseng 2014 v. Jen-Ho Tseng 2015.  :(

However, he's three years younger than the Carolina League and he's only thrown 17 innings.  He's got this.

Jen-Ho is still going to be great, but we moved on from him yesterday, if you missed it.

[Saul Goodman]

Should we be paying attention to Jeremy Null? 8 IP, zero runs last night. Overall, 30.2 IP, 0.59 ERA, 26/1 K/BB, for South Bend.

Yes.

COUNTERPOINT: Jen-Ho Tseng 2014 v. Jen-Ho Tseng 2015.  :(

However, he's three years younger than the Carolina League and he's only thrown 17 innings.  He's got this.

Jen-Ho is still going to be great, but we moved on from him yesterday, if you missed it.

That's what I'm referencing, yes.  I'm still firmly in the Seeing How This All Plays Out camp on him.

[PenFoe]

I can't remember if we were talking about Eloy Jiminez on Desipio or the SBox yesterday, but he had a pretty nice game in Extended Spring Training yesterday, going 2-3 with a homer and a triple.  Should be in Eugene come June. 

Also, Dylan Cease is back at it after TJ surgery last season after he was drafted.

Pitched 3 innings/45 pitches in a simulated game. 
Good to see he's progressing.  Stud arm for sure. 

There are a couple other names of note down there (Justin Steele, Carson Sands, Kevonte Mitchell) and hopefully we'll see all of them in Eugene.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I can't remember if we were talking about Eloy Jiminez on Desipio or the SBox yesterday, but he had a pretty nice game in Extended Spring Training yesterday, going 2-3 with a homer and a triple.  Should be in Eugene come June. 

Also, Dylan Cease is back at it after TJ surgery last season after he was drafted.

Pitched 3 innings/45 pitches in a simulated game. 
Good to see he's progressing.  Stud arm for sure. 

There are a couple other names of note down there (Justin Steele, Carson Sands, Kevonte Mitchell) and hopefully we'll see all of them in Eugene.

Cease, Steele, Sands are all draftees from last year? I remember us discussing these guys last summer vaguely...there is a ton of potential here, right?

[PenFoe]

I can't remember if we were talking about Eloy Jiminez on Desipio or the SBox yesterday, but he had a pretty nice game in Extended Spring Training yesterday, going 2-3 with a homer and a triple.  Should be in Eugene come June. 

Also, Dylan Cease is back at it after TJ surgery last season after he was drafted.

Pitched 3 innings/45 pitches in a simulated game. 
Good to see he's progressing.  Stud arm for sure. 

There are a couple other names of note down there (Justin Steele, Carson Sands, Kevonte Mitchell) and hopefully we'll see all of them in Eugene.

Cease, Steele, Sands are all draftees from last year? I remember us discussing these guys last summer vaguely...there is a ton of potential here, right?

Yeah, they went 4th-6th and all got $1MM+. 

Cease was the toughest sign because he was committed to Vandy and had elbow problems.  Without elbow problems, he was projected as a first rounder. 

And then we spent 3 months trying to figure out if he was a dick on Twitter and ended up thinking that the old account was probably a fake and that he might still be a dick was probably wasn't that dick on Twitter.

But in the meantime we also found Carson Sands' super-hot girlfriend (now fiancee) and everything was good.

[PenFoe]

Billy McKinney is legit killing it in Myrtle Right now.

There's not much room for him in AA with Hannemann, Almora and Rademacher manning the OF there, but he's certainly deserving of a promotion. 

.313/.431/.518 and this is after he posted an .822 OPS in Daytona after the trade from Oakland.

He's playing mostly RF - they've already moved him off of CF. 

And oh by the way, 16 BB against only 11 Ks. 

[PenFoe]

Hoyer acknowledging that, at some point, they're trading hitters to the Mets for pitchers.

"I guess when you factor in the hitting and the pitching, I guess people think it's unusual," Hoyer said of the fact the teams haven't hooked up on a trade.

"But it'll happen at some point."

[PenFoe]

Should we be paying attention to Jeremy Null? 8 IP, zero runs last night. Overall, 30.2 IP, 0.59 ERA, 26/1 K/BB, for South Bend.

Yes.

If for no other reason than "Nulldozer" is the best nickname to come down the pike in a while.

Best one since Nullbonzo Beanz.

Don't fuck with the Nulldozer

Null on the mound in an early game for South Bend today.

So far: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

That's a 29:1 KK/B on the season through 34 innings.

He's coming back out for the 5th.

[InternetApex]

Hoyer acknowledging that, at some point, they're trading hitters to the Mets for pitchers.

"I guess when you factor in the hitting and the pitching, I guess people think it's unusual," Hoyer said of the fact the teams haven't hooked up on a trade.

"But it'll happen at some point."

I guess I'm resigned to this fact now - after seeing Cubs pitching in action over the past month. They can have Alcantarra for deGrom. The fuckers.

[PenFoe]

Hoyer acknowledging that, at some point, they're trading hitters to the Mets for pitchers.

"I guess when you factor in the hitting and the pitching, I guess people think it's unusual," Hoyer said of the fact the teams haven't hooked up on a trade.

"But it'll happen at some point."

I guess I'm resigned to this fact now - after seeing Cubs pitching in action over the past month. They can have Alcantarra for deGrom. The fuckers.

Intrepid Reader: Sandy Alderson

Alcantara and how many more guys?

[Eli]

Hoyer acknowledging that, at some point, they're trading hitters to the Mets for pitchers.

"I guess when you factor in the hitting and the pitching, I guess people think it's unusual," Hoyer said of the fact the teams haven't hooked up on a trade.

"But it'll happen at some point."

I keep trying to figure out ways that quote could mean something else and I just can't, at least not the way it's presented. I bet there's some context missing because that's Gordo. I don't think Hoyer would ever admit something like that intentionally.

[InternetApex]

Hoyer acknowledging that, at some point, they're trading hitters to the Mets for pitchers.

"I guess when you factor in the hitting and the pitching, I guess people think it's unusual," Hoyer said of the fact the teams haven't hooked up on a trade.

"But it'll happen at some point."

I guess I'm resigned to this fact now - after seeing Cubs pitching in action over the past month. They can have Alcantarra for deGrom. The fuckers.

Intrepid Reader: Sandy Alderson

Alcantara and how many more guys?

Jackson, McKinney, Murton and Ross.