Cubs' Prospects FUTUREBONER thread

[Yeti]

34 Prospects with an FV of 45 and over.  Not bad at all.

Have at it, Pen.

Where's Hannemann?

[Oleg]

34 Prospects with an FV of 45 and over.  Not bad at all.

Have at it, Pen.

Where's Hannemann?

The fact that he's one of the 34 may mean that I'm overly enthusiastic about how good the system is.

[ChuckD]

34 Prospects with an FV of 45 and over.  Not bad at all.

Have at it, Pen.

Where's Hannemann?

Telling anyone who will listen about how Jesus once came to live in America just so he could set up millenium-spanning scavenger hunt?

[Quality Start Machine]

I'm kind of surprised Tseng is rated #25. But if there are truly 24 guys in the system better than he is, sploosh.

The other way you could look at that is that Tseng isn't actually that good.

Yea, but Fork watched him with Arguello once

I mean I'm actually not trying to be a dick here. The farm system is awesome and Tseng is a decent fringe-y prospect. Just, you know, Fork and all.

Actually never saw him, I just thought he had been rated pretty high previously.

[Powdered Toast Man]

34 Prospects with an FV of 45 and over.  Not bad at all.

Have at it, Pen.

So many boners.

I may have the opportunity to make some Spring Training games this year. I love this organization so much.

[PenFoe]

I'm kind of surprised Tseng is rated #25. But if there are truly 24 guys in the system better than he is, sploosh.

The other way you could look at that is that Tseng isn't actually that good.

Yea, but Fork watched him with Arguello once

I mean I'm actually not trying to be a dick here. The farm system is awesome and Tseng is a decent fringe-y prospect. Just, you know, Fork and all.

Actually never saw him, I just thought he had been rated pretty high previously.

Tseng was rated high originally and then had a really rough start to last year, combined with his lack of great overall "stuff."  He's got pretty good command, but his fastball ain't that much and he's not striking a ton of guys out.

That said, he rebounded quite nicely over the second half last year. 

I don't know if he's a super-legit prospect, but he's definitely still in play.

[Quality Start Machine]

34 Prospects with an FV of 45 and over.  Not bad at all.

Have at it, Pen.

So many boners.

I may have the opportunity to make some Spring Training games this year. I love this organization so much.

We're kicking around going to the Vegas games. Baseball can't get here fast enough.

[Saul Goodman]

Lazarito has been declared a free agent eligible to sign Feb. 10, not July 2, which means the Cubs can grab him as long as they're willing to pay a 100% tax on whatever they pay him (stupid IFA rules are stupid).

[Quality Start Machine]

Lazarito has been declared a free agent eligible to sign Feb. 10, not July 2, which means the Cubs can grab him as long as they're willing to pay a 100% tax on whatever they pay him (stupid IFA rules are stupid).

Fuck it. Break the bank.

[PenFoe]

Ian Happ moving to full-time 2B. 

[Tonker]

The top 100 prospects as per mlb.com.  I was going to make SOME JOKE ABOUT DA CUBS NOT HAVIN ANY PROPSECTS SINCE DAT EPSTINK GUY GOT RIDDA DEM INTO DA BIG LEAGUES MY FRENTS but it turns out, they still have six in the list:

28 Gleyber Torres
50 Willson Contreras
76 Ian Happ
77 Duane Underwood
86 Albert Almora
88 Billy McKinney

so, you know... fuck Matt Trueblood.

To save you the bother of counting for yourselves, the Deadbirds have two, Milwaukee, Pissburgh and the Reds have five each, and the Sox have two and are going to be awful for quite some time.  And honestly, at the moment it's hard to see a) how the rest of the National League is going to keep up with the Cubs in the next few years and b) how long it's going to be before my erection subsides.

[Oleg]

The top 100 prospects as per mlb.com.  I was going to make SOME JOKE ABOUT DA CUBS NOT HAVIN ANY PROPSECTS SINCE DAT EPSTINK GUY GOT RIDDA DEM INTO DA BIG LEAGUES MY FRENTS but it turns out, they still have six in the list:

28 Gleyber Torres
50 Willson Contreras
76 Ian Happ
77 Duane Underwood
86 Albert Almora
88 Billy McKinney

so, you know... fuck Matt Trueblood.

To save you the bother of counting for yourselves, the Deadbirds have two, Milwaukee, Pissburgh and the Reds have five each, and the Sox have two and are going to be awful for quite some time.  And honestly, at the moment it's hard to see a) how the rest of the National League is going to keep up with the Cubs in the next few years and b) how long it's going to be before my erection subsides.

With the exception of Eddy Martinez replacing Underwood, the same players appear on BP's Top 101.  I don't think any of them are high ceiling guys like the last group but very impressive.

[Quality Start Machine]

The top 100 prospects as per mlb.com.  I was going to make SOME JOKE ABOUT DA CUBS NOT HAVIN ANY PROPSECTS SINCE DAT EPSTINK GUY GOT RIDDA DEM INTO DA BIG LEAGUES MY FRENTS but it turns out, they still have six in the list:

28 Gleyber Torres
50 Willson Contreras
76 Ian Happ
77 Duane Underwood
86 Albert Almora
88 Billy McKinney

so, you know... fuck Matt Trueblood.

To save you the bother of counting for yourselves, the Deadbirds have two, Milwaukee, Pissburgh and the Reds have five each, and the Sox have two and are going to be awful for quite some time.  And honestly, at the moment it's hard to see a) how the rest of the National League is going to keep up with the Cubs in the next few years and b) how long it's going to be before my erection subsides.

With the exception of Eddy Martinez replacing Underwood, the same players appear on BP's Top 101.  I don't think any of them are high ceiling guys like the last group but very impressive.

Not to mention, with the Cubs going hard after international players, they will continue improving their organizational depth. For all we know, if they sign Lazarito then Gleybar gets bumped down to the Cubs' #2 prospect.

[SKO]

The top 100 prospects as per mlb.com.  I was going to make SOME JOKE ABOUT DA CUBS NOT HAVIN ANY PROPSECTS SINCE DAT EPSTINK GUY GOT RIDDA DEM INTO DA BIG LEAGUES MY FRENTS but it turns out, they still have six in the list:

28 Gleyber Torres
50 Willson Contreras
76 Ian Happ
77 Duane Underwood
86 Albert Almora
88 Billy McKinney

so, you know... fuck Matt Trueblood.

To save you the bother of counting for yourselves, the Deadbirds have two, Milwaukee, Pissburgh and the Reds have five each, and the Sox have two and are going to be awful for quite some time.  And honestly, at the moment it's hard to see a) how the rest of the National League is going to keep up with the Cubs in the next few years and b) how long it's going to be before my erection subsides.

With the exception of Eddy Martinez replacing Underwood, the same players appear on BP's Top 101.  I don't think any of them are high ceiling guys like the last group but very impressive.

Not to mention, with the Cubs going hard after international players, they will continue improving their organizational depth. For all we know, if they sign Lazarito then Gleybar gets bumped down to the Cubs' #2 prospect.

He's 16 years old. He might be their most talented prospect if he signs but he'd not be ranked as their #1 prospect without playing any professional games in the US. You don't see many guys ranked as a top 25 prospect at signing or without being fairly close to the majors. I don't care how impressive of a 16 year old he is he's probably at least a 3-4 year minor league project.

[Tonker]

The top 100 prospects as per mlb.com.  I was going to make SOME JOKE ABOUT DA CUBS NOT HAVIN ANY PROPSECTS SINCE DAT EPSTINK GUY GOT RIDDA DEM INTO DA BIG LEAGUES MY FRENTS but it turns out, they still have six in the list:

28 Gleyber Torres
50 Willson Contreras
76 Ian Happ
77 Duane Underwood
86 Albert Almora
88 Billy McKinney

so, you know... fuck Matt Trueblood.

To save you the bother of counting for yourselves, the Deadbirds have two, Milwaukee, Pissburgh and the Reds have five each, and the Sox have two and are going to be awful for quite some time.  And honestly, at the moment it's hard to see a) how the rest of the National League is going to keep up with the Cubs in the next few years and b) how long it's going to be before my erection subsides.

With the exception of Eddy Martinez replacing Underwood, the same players appear on BP's Top 101.  I don't think any of them are high ceiling guys like the last group but very impressive.

Not to mention, with the Cubs going hard after international players, they will continue improving their organizational depth. For all we know, if they sign Lazarito then Gleybar gets bumped down to the Cubs' #2 prospect.

He's 16 years old. He might be their most talented prospect if he signs but he'd not be ranked as their #1 prospect without playing any professional games in the US. You don't see many guys ranked as a top 25 prospect at signing or without being fairly close to the majors. I don't care how impressive of a 16 year old he is he's probably at least a 3-4 year minor league project.

You statnerds and your statnerdery.  Fork is a born scout and you'll never be able to compete with his natural feel for the game.