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Ah, there's the strikeout. Good ol' BJax :)
 

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BJax 2-3 with 2 singles and 2 walks, on base 4 times... call him up!
 
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Jackson might be starting to figure out AAA given his past 10 games with a .429/.512/.800 slash line. The most encouraging thing is the 7 BBs to 8 Ks. 8 Ks in 35 ABs is still a pretty high rate, but it is much better than the 40-50% rate he was at earlier in his callup.

Speaking of another recent AAA callup, Nicholas Struck is starting to emerge as an interesting arm in the system. The kid is 21 years old and pitching in an extremely hitter friendly league. A 3.93 ERA isn't amazing, but considering the guy started the year in high A I think it is pretty impressive.
 

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dabynsky said:
Jackson might be starting to figure out AAA given his past 10 games with a .429/.512/.800 slash line. The most encouraging thing is the 7 BBs to 8 Ks. 8 Ks in 35 ABs is still a pretty high rate, but it is much better than the 40-50% rate he was at earlier in his callup.

Speaking of another recent AAA callup, Nicholas Struck is starting to emerge as an interesting arm in the system. The kid is 21 years old and pitching in an extremely hitter friendly league. A 3.93 ERA isn't amazing, but considering the guy started the year in high A I think it is pretty impressive.
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I dont mind strikeouts espicially if guy walking alot to. Lets hope Jackson keeps it up :)
 
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Let's hope Jackson will be a september call up. And Dabs I've been keeping an eye on Struck too. Really impressive how he has gone up from single A to triple A so far this year. Hopefully he gets an invite to spring training next year and see what he does.
 

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Jackson keeps hitting the ball as he homer twice yesterday and his average is now .291. Waiting for the call-up...that's why Byrd shoulda been traded. His stock was high and now it'll drop opening the offseason.
 
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Jackson keeps hitting the ball as he homer twice yesterday and his average is now .291. Waiting for the call-up...that's why Byrd shoulda been traded. His stock was high and now it'll drop opening the offseason.
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So we all agree that we want Colvin starting in RF next year?
 
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Well I wouldn't mind adding another guy that works the count like Swisher, but my point was more that moving Byrd wasn't so much opening Jackson to play CF as opening Colvin to play RF. I don't think that is a great thing myself, and like that Byrd is still here for right now. If next season is a repeat of this year there ought to be a market for Byrd, and I would rather the Cubs enjoy the majority of the benefits of one of the few good free agent contracts that Jim Hendry has issued (seriously Byrd has to be number 2 to Ted Lilly in that category).
 

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Well I wouldn't mind adding another guy that works the count like Swisher, but my point was more that moving Byrd wasn't so much opening Jackson to play CF as opening Colvin to play RF. I don't think that is a great thing myself, and like that Byrd is still here for right now. If next season is a repeat of this year there ought to be a market for Byrd, and I would rather the Cubs enjoy the majority of the benefits of one of the few good free agent contracts that Jim Hendry has issued (seriously Byrd has to be number 2 to Ted Lilly in that category).
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Byrd been a decent guy. Again to me he just AVG at everything.
 
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Byrd been a decent guy. Again to me he just AVG at everything.
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I agree he isn't special, but he isn't paid to be special either. My only point was that moving Byrd now meant that Colvin was pretty much locked into playing RF which at this point is far from a good thing.
 

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I agree he isn't special, but he isn't paid to be special either. My only point was that moving Byrd now meant that Colvin was pretty much locked into playing RF which at this point is far from a good thing.
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It won't lock him in, Tony Campana will but up some competition. :shifty:

Some Prospect Stats:
Jackson, Brett: .291 AVG, 24 Games, 86 AB, 7 HR, 1 3B, 5 2B, 4 SB, 1 CS, .392 OBP, 1.008 OPS with AAA Iowa
Flaherty, Ryan: .188 AVG, 23 Games, 80 AB, 1 HR, with AAA Iowa
Vitters, Josh: .283 AVG. 103 Games, 357 AB, 12 HR, 2 3B, 22 2B, 4 SB, 7 CS, .319 OBP, .776 OPS

Vitters looking much better... I still have big hopes for him, he's still just 21.
 

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Colvin - Jackson - Szczur
Vitters - Castro - Barney - Big Name FA
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I'd like to see this in 2013/2014.
 

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Another 2 for 5 night (2B, 1B) brings Jackson up to a .297 AVG.
Smokies game was cancelled yesterday.
 
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