Addison Russell's Barry Larkin-esque 2040 HOF Primer Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

Word is he'll stay in AA all year and play winter ball.

So the joyful positive for Addison Russell will not head to Iowa.

says who?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/8/4/5968049/avier-baez-prospect-cubs-starlin-castro

That fuckin guy is your source? 
Might as well be Alf with nuggets like these: https://twitter.com/sahadevsharma/status/495031653442813952

So....a couple things here:

1. Marc Normandin and Sahadev Sharma are not only very, very different names, they're entirely different people.
2. Sahadev Sharma is probably a top 3-5 "People you should listen to about the Cubs." 

Pssh. Dubbs doesn't believe in quoting people from the internet, man. He gets all the news coach wants him to here between "sessions".

[Saul Goodman]

Word is he'll stay in AA all year and play winter ball.

So the joyful positive for Addison Russell will not head to Iowa.

says who?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/8/4/5968049/avier-baez-prospect-cubs-starlin-castro

That fuckin guy is your source? 
Might as well be Alf with nuggets like these: https://twitter.com/sahadevsharma/status/495031653442813952

So....a couple things here:

1. Marc Normandin and Sahadev Sharma are not only very, very different names, they're entirely different people.
2. Sahadev Sharma is probably a top 3-5 "People you should listen to about the Cubs." 

Sahadev Sharma? The Taliban called...

Plenty to like right here:

Don't love calling anyone out, but consistently crappy work that somehow gets read by a large group is infuriating. Don't get dumber, people

@sahadevsharma I sometimes feel that your words pierce my very soul.

@DEvanAltman haha, sorry, but you deserve it! I kid, I kid

@sahadevsharma Well, sometimes. Though I do wonder who you were talking about, as it's not a small crowd.

@sahadevsharma just say Al's name. You know you want to

@DEvanAltman Al

He's one of us.

[PenFoe]

Word is he'll stay in AA all year and play winter ball.

So the joyful positive for Addison Russell will not head to Iowa.

says who?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/8/4/5968049/avier-baez-prospect-cubs-starlin-castro

That fuckin guy is your source? 
Might as well be Alf with nuggets like these: https://twitter.com/sahadevsharma/status/495031653442813952

So....a couple things here:

1. Marc Normandin and Sahadev Sharma are not only very, very different names, they're entirely different people.
2. Sahadev Sharma is probably a top 3-5 "People you should listen to about the Cubs." 

Sahadev Sharma? The Taliban called...

Plenty to like right here:

Don't love calling anyone out, but consistently crappy work that somehow gets read by a large group is infuriating. Don't get dumber, people

@sahadevsharma I sometimes feel that your words pierce my very soul.

@DEvanAltman haha, sorry, but you deserve it! I kid, I kid

@sahadevsharma Well, sometimes. Though I do wonder who you were talking about, as it's not a small crowd.

@sahadevsharma just say Al's name. You know you want to

@DEvanAltman Al

He's one of us.

Al responds.

[Saul Goodman]

Word is he'll stay in AA all year and play winter ball.

So the joyful positive for Addison Russell will not head to Iowa.

says who?

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/8/4/5968049/avier-baez-prospect-cubs-starlin-castro

That fuckin guy is your source? 
Might as well be Alf with nuggets like these: https://twitter.com/sahadevsharma/status/495031653442813952

So....a couple things here:

1. Marc Normandin and Sahadev Sharma are not only very, very different names, they're entirely different people.
2. Sahadev Sharma is probably a top 3-5 "People you should listen to about the Cubs." 

Sahadev Sharma? The Taliban called...

Plenty to like right here:

Don't love calling anyone out, but consistently crappy work that somehow gets read by a large group is infuriating. Don't get dumber, people

@sahadevsharma I sometimes feel that your words pierce my very soul.

@DEvanAltman haha, sorry, but you deserve it! I kid, I kid

@sahadevsharma Well, sometimes. Though I do wonder who you were talking about, as it's not a small crowd.

@sahadevsharma just say Al's name. You know you want to

@DEvanAltman Al

He's one of us.

Al responds.

You know, it's not even worth it.
I know who I am, and why I write what I write. He clearly has zero understanding of that, and his pomposity knows no bounds.

Done with him.

Nobody reads his weak KLAW imitating butt anyway
He's a sheep in wolve's clothing. He's quite obviously jealous and clearly petty. And I want to know where he got his expert certification.

Just because a dude had some statistics classes and watches baseball, doesn't make his opinion necessarily better than anyone else.

Thank you.

Hilarious as usual.  But if they haven't fired him by now, SB Nation is going to let him keep doing whatever it is that he does until he dies.  What a shame, as there are actually some pretty decent blogs on that platform.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

statistical classes lol

[PenFoe]

How do we figure out his Super 2 date? 

Can he come up the day after that?

[Eli]

How do we figure out his Super 2 date? 

Can he come up the day after that?

Super 2 really shouldn't be a consideration for this organization.

[PenFoe]

How do we figure out his Super 2 date? 

Can he come up the day after that?

Super 2 really shouldn't be a consideration for this organization.

Well, considering I don't really understand how Super 2 works anyway, I'm willing to accept this.

Just looking for when we can be ready for Russell, since it seems less likely they'll bring him up right away. 

[SKO]

How do we figure out his Super 2 date? 

Can he come up the day after that?

Super 2 really shouldn't be a consideration for this organization.

Well, considering I don't really understand how Super 2 works anyway, I'm willing to accept this.

Just looking for when we can be ready for Russell, since it seems less likely they'll bring him up right away. 

I think sometime after Bryant, but I really will believe them if they say Super 2 isn't a consideration. They've made it very clear that it's important to them as an organization that all of their prospects at least see some time at all three/four levels of the minor leagues. I'm saying Russell is up by June.

[Eli]

How do we figure out his Super 2 date? 

Can he come up the day after that?

Super 2 really shouldn't be a consideration for this organization.

Well, considering I don't really understand how Super 2 works anyway, I'm willing to accept this.

Just looking for when we can be ready for Russell, since it seems less likely they'll bring him up right away. 

Super 2 basically means they go to arbitration a year earlier with him. If Russell is as good as they expect, it may cost them an extra $10-15 million over his last few years of team control. Not really worth delaying his service time, especially since the date changes every year and you don't find out when the cut-off was until after the season.

[Powdered Toast Man]

They will troll us and call up Russell before Bryant.

[PenFoe]

They will troll us and call up Russell before Bryant.

That feels...counter-productive.

[Powdered Toast Man]

So...on to the next one. When does this Addison Russell dude get the call?

[ChuckD]

Theo sneak attack. He's coming up today with Bryant so that they can split the media's attention.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Theo sneak attack. He's coming up today with Bryant so that they can split the media's attention.

I mean, they do need a 2B.