Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[PenFoe]

Not going to disagree that Almora may well be a BUSTANZO BEAN but I can't imagine they'd demote him.  Let him see if he can stop sucking ass on his own at AA; it's not looking they're wanting their minor league teams to win games.

I'm still not sure why he was promoted to AA in the first place last summer.

Agreed.  Remember that they did it at the same time they promoted Baez to the bigs, and Soler to AAA if I'm not mistaken.

Almora's promotion seemed premature at the time and he's done little since then would refute this.  All the more reason to just leave him up now; he's already 100 games deep, let him try to figure it out here.

It was right at the same time, but Almora had been hot at Daytona when they moved him up.

Granted, it was coming off of a long time of being pretty awful, but he was tearing it up for the 2-3 weeks before the move.  
I assume they just got to the point where they wanted to see how he'd adjust.  

Badly.  The answer is badly.  

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Correction;  Almora's played 59 games in AA.  I stand by my point, however.

[SKO]

Yeah I can't imagine demoting him. What good will that do him? If he needs to beat up on A ball pitching to restore his confidence then his mental wherewithal is not Huey approved, and if he should get demoted and still struggle I'd have to imagine he'd just be done.

[Quality Start Machine]

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.

Stop trading McKinney, you monster.

McKinney promoted to AA.

I assume we'll see an OF of McKinney, Almora and Rademacher with Hannemann getting exiled to loserville.

McKinney-Schwarber-Vogelbach at 2-3-4 is mighty fine.

This is good to hear, because we know how much Fork cares about the AA playoffs.

It's good to hear because it means that McKinney can destroy Tennessee the rest of this year, start next year in Iowa and then be the Cubs regular LF by June 2016 at 21 years old, with Bryant at 3B and Schwarber behind the plate. 

Bonerville.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Almora gets to enjoy the ocean breezes in Myrtle Beach. He's starting to look stalled out.

"Starting to"

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

[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?

Jackson, McKinney, Murton and Ross.

Stop trading McKinney, you monster.

McKinney promoted to AA.

I assume we'll see an OF of McKinney, Almora and Rademacher with Hannemann getting exiled to loserville.

McKinney-Schwarber-Vogelbach at 2-3-4 is mighty fine.

This is good to hear, because we know how much Fork cares about the AA playoffs.

It's good to hear because it means that McKinney can destroy Tennessee the rest of this year, start next year in Iowa and then be the Cubs regular LF by June 2016 at 21 years old, with Bryant at 3B and Schwarber behind the plate.  

Bonerville.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Almora gets to enjoy the ocean breezes in Myrtle Beach. He's starting to look stalled out.

"Starting to"

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

For all his defensive wizardry, Almora isn't even playing everyday in CF anymore. They had him in LF last night with Hannemann in CF (who despite being awful with the bat, is another very good defender.)  

Good thing Billy McKinney is now in AA to mend our broken hearts.
First game in AA last night: 2-4, 2 doubles, playing in RF.  

[Eli]

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

That's a lot of squinting just to see if he doesn't totally suck. He's got 3 extra-base hits in 102 at-bats this year and for all the talk of him walking more, he's still only at a 5.9% walk rate. He's just not going to hit enough to be a factor, barring a drastic improvement.

[SKO]

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

That's a lot of squinting just to see if he doesn't totally suck. He's got 3 extra-base hits in 102 at-bats this year and for all the talk of him walking more, he's still only at a 5.9% walk rate. He's just not going to hit enough to be a factor, barring a drastic improvement.

"He didn't suck every game,  just most of the games!"

[PenFoe]

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

That's a lot of squinting just to see if he doesn't totally suck. He's got 3 extra-base hits in 102 at-bats this year and for all the talk of him walking more, he's still only at a 5.9% walk rate. He's just not going to hit enough to be a factor, barring a drastic improvement.

"He didn't suck every game,  just most of the games!"

We're all just done with Almora now, right? 

Is anyone still arguing this?

Whoever was right about this (Eli? SKO?) just take a bow and let's move on. 

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

That's a lot of squinting just to see if he doesn't totally suck. He's got 3 extra-base hits in 102 at-bats this year and for all the talk of him walking more, he's still only at a 5.9% walk rate. He's just not going to hit enough to be a factor, barring a drastic improvement.

"He didn't suck every game,  just most of the games!"

We're all just done with Almora now, right?  

Is anyone still arguing this?

Whoever was right about this (Eli? SKO?) just take a bow and let's move on.  

The defense rests...for now...

I'm all about pitching in to pull this newfangled Billy McKinney Gingerbread Wagon though.  This guys's actually 6 months younger than Albert (thus eliminating what had been one of the last lines of defense for the latter....that he's SO YOUNG).

[SKO]

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

That's a lot of squinting just to see if he doesn't totally suck. He's got 3 extra-base hits in 102 at-bats this year and for all the talk of him walking more, he's still only at a 5.9% walk rate. He's just not going to hit enough to be a factor, barring a drastic improvement.

"He didn't suck every game,  just most of the games!"

We're all just done with Almora now, right? 

Is anyone still arguing this?

Whoever was right about this (Eli? SKO?) just take a bow and let's move on. 

*bows*. Now can McKinney play center?  What's his BMI?

[Yeti]

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

That's a lot of squinting just to see if he doesn't totally suck. He's got 3 extra-base hits in 102 at-bats this year and for all the talk of him walking more, he's still only at a 5.9% walk rate. He's just not going to hit enough to be a factor, barring a drastic improvement.

"He didn't suck every game,  just most of the games!"

We're all just done with Almora now, right? 

Is anyone still arguing this?

Whoever was right about this (Eli? SKO?) just take a bow and let's move on. 

*bows*. Now can McKinney play center?  What's his BMI?

no

[PenFoe]

He had a batter August than July in AA last year, and he was hitting around .400 in a ten-game stretch a week or so ago. He's shown glimmers here and there, but any progress he might have had coming into this season is gone.

That's a lot of squinting just to see if he doesn't totally suck. He's got 3 extra-base hits in 102 at-bats this year and for all the talk of him walking more, he's still only at a 5.9% walk rate. He's just not going to hit enough to be a factor, barring a drastic improvement.

"He didn't suck every game,  just most of the games!"

We're all just done with Almora now, right?  

Is anyone still arguing this?

Whoever was right about this (Eli? SKO?) just take a bow and let's move on.  

*bows*. Now can McKinney play center?  What's his BMI?

no

McKinney came up as a CF, but they're not expecting him to be able to stick there. 27.0 BMI and all.

Luckily, Dexter Fowler (23.1 BMI) can play CF and they can just re-sign him for 3/$40 after this season and then trade him in 18 months.

[Eli]

Luckily, Dexter Fowler can play CF and they can just re-sign him for 3/$40 after this season and then trade him in 18 months.

I definitely hope they're able to keep him around for a few more years.

[Saul Goodman]

Luckily, Dexter Fowler can play CF and they can just re-sign him for 3/$40 after this season and then trade him in 18 months.

I definitely hope they're able to keep him around for a few more years.

Yes please. Since Almora might be the Cubs' Brian Anderson if he ever gets here, there's really no one else to contribute in center until the lower-level guys they have coming are ready. Unless Arismendy (.224/.280/.471 at Iowa) arises from the dead.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Luckily, Dexter Fowler can play CF and they can just re-sign him for 3/$40 after this season and then trade him in 18 months.

I definitely hope they're able to keep him around for a few more years.

Yes please. Since Almora might be the Cubs' Brian Anderson if he ever gets here, there's really no one else to contribute in center until the lower-level guys they have coming are ready. Unless Arismendy (.224/.280/.471 at Iowa) arises from the dead.

Jesus, Mendy.  Get it together, dude.