PeterG
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To his credit, he did get a huge hit and rbi to get them up by two runs before that. Still at .293 average.
Put today on the bullpen and their 3 blown save opportunities.
Curious what everyone thinks is his best position on defense.
I’ve been assured that Wisdom is a gold gloverHis flexibility is keeping his job. Happ had the same thing going at the start also.
But he came up as a 3B and if he can keep this up Wisdom has always been seen as a place holder.
So as far as Morel is concerned being flexible is his strongest asset right now. But as he becomes adapted to this level of talent. And trust me his success is more so on a lack of info on a AA hitter then him being this good.
I’ve been assured that Wisdom is a gold glover
While the current roster is nothing to be excited about, I’m not all for rushing guys up just because they are playing well in the minors and the major league team sucks. You can crush a guys career by bringing him up too early, granted those are extreme cases, they do still exist.He made a solid play yesterday or W/E. Regardless his main value is his HR ability.
That said:. They could hose away this team and promote Crow-Armstron and Kilian. Hertz for that matter. Let them struggle and go through growing pains as a unit. The team would be watchable as we would be seeing potential develop vs wasting time watching paint dry
While the current roster is nothing to be excited about, I’m not all for rushing guys up just because they are playing well in the minors and the major league team sucks. You can crush a guys career by bringing him up too early, granted those are extreme cases, they do still exist.
I also think the cubs have some sort of guidelines as far as a checklist they like to see a prospect complete before calling him up. It’s the prudent way to operate. There are of course exceptions to the rules, but none of those prospects you mentioned are THAT elite of can’t miss talent to qualify for that exception
Its going to be interesting when Suzuki comes back. What do the Cubs do with Heyward? Morel is going to play. You have Ortega and versatility. Could the Cubs release like the Mets did with Cano? You got to figure Velz and Davis will see ML at some point.
Stroman should be able to slide in as a legit 2 when healthy.The Cub's starting pitching has two huge holes at the top. Right now....their #1 and #2 should actually be penciled in at #4 and #5. They can slide in Thompson at #3 but 1 and 2 are open. At some point, they need to find out if Kilian or someone else can fill one of those two holes. If they can fill one of those slots, they could be a competitive team relatively soon. If they can somehow fill them both....depending on the goodies they get at the deadline....they might make a move upwards next season.
W/L does not matter for a pitcher. Stroman has been a proven 2/3 and stretches of a 1 type through his career.Unless they are still tanking, I think I'd want someone better than a 31 yr old sub .500 pitcher in the second slot.....3, 4 or 5, maybe. They should also be looking into dumping Heyward.....I mean he's playing now because of injuries but when people start getting healthy, he'll only be taking up space from someone younger and probably more skilled. The Cubs got fucked on the signing....he's not gonna get any better.....time to own up to it, take the financial beating, DFA him and move on.