Horton listed as starter tonight. Looks like he just got bumped one day to make room for Devers.
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No surprising. Best move for the organization. Go take your frustrations out on AAA pitching, Mash!
Worst part of this is a tragic loss of “bangers & Mash” joke opportunities in London.
Who gets optioned when Steele is re-activated tomorrow?
Both Wes and Assad looked like garbage last time out. Since Assad at least has the experience of pitching multiple innings out of the pen (which might be required for Steele's first start back), it makes sense for Wes to go back to Iowa and work on his consistency.
Then again, with only 12 pitchers on the active roster, maybe a position player gets sent back down. Mastrobuoni makes the most sense in this case (he was optioned just 7 days ago and was only able to be recalled because of an injury).
I would imagine Mastrobuoni, but there’s a case to be made for Patrick Wisdom, who can still be optioned. I think it’ll definitely be a position player to get back to a 13-man staff with Wesneski going to the bullpen, where I think he could have an impact.
I just finished interviewing Alex Cohen, voice of the I-Cubs for the episode I’ll drop this afternoon, we spent about an hour talking about life on the fringes of the bigs and he had a lot of interesting things to say. One thing he did talk about is that he thinks Keegan is starting to turn the corner and that he could be an absolute impact arm to the Cubs bullpen in the 2nd half.
and Swanson and Morel also go deep ... 3-0 Cubs in a good 3rd inning.
Pouring it on again! 9-2 Cubbies after 6 so far in the 6th
Morel is going on another streak like when he first came up, although this one has more timely hits other than just HRs. Hitting .304 at the moment with 26 RBIs.
Thanks for this post about the interview and especially great to hear the part about Keegan!
Great start for Steele coming back from dl - cubs win 5 in a row
Myrtle Beach won, giving them the first half championship in their league. I’m confident the big league club is on the right track, just a matter of getting the moves the next year right. Signing Stroman, flipping a few guys, make landing a two way whale in the off-season
How did Rick Wilkins hit 30 home runs in 1993 then proceed to be dog crap the rest of his career?
Have you caught any of their games on Marquee? Seems like MB gets a lot of airtime. In my opinion they are the least talented of the teams below the AAA level. Solid pitching, but not the brightest of offensive talent. Hernandez at SS, and that plump little catcher seem to be it. A couple of one tool guys (Power), to fill out the roster.
I mean, really, low A should be the least talented, but so many guys have moved up past low A the past couple of years. A few guys worth watching:
- Jackson Ferris - last year’s #2 draft pick as an overslot
- Drew Gray - coming back from a major arm injury who could quickly become a top 30 prospect
- Moises Ballesteros - the ”plump little catcher”. Projects well offensively, though maybe not at C
- Hernandez
- Reggie Preciado - another piece of the return for Yu Darvish
- Jefferson Rojas - hitting the crap out of the ball right now
Meh, talent is talent. It has to be developed at each level. The thing working against MB this year is they've already pushed a lot of good players up to SB and TN, and they haven't filled in as well with guys down in Arizona.
