Stars of Tomorrow: Cubs Minor League Recap 10/22/13

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Kris Bryant now leads the league in avg, HR, and RBI. Triple Crown!

Kris Bryant: 2-4, RBI, 2 SO

Albert Almora: 1-5, ROE, RBI

  • Albert Almora grounds out, second baseman Joe Wendle to first baseman Brett Nicholas.
  • Albert Almora lines out to center fielder Tyler Naquin.
  • Albert Almora reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Jonathan Schoop.
  • Albert Almora singles on a ground ball to center fielder Tyler Naquin. Adrian Nieto scores.
  • Albert Almora lines out to second baseman Joe Wendle.

Prospects to Date

Albert Almora: 11-29, ROE, 4 2B, 3B, HR, 6 R, 9 RBI, BB, 2 SO, CS, 20 TB (.379/.400/.690), 4/12/10 FB/GB/LD

Dallas Beeler: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K

Kris Bryant 14-32, 3 ROE, 3 2B, 10 R, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 4 BB, 7 SO, SF, 2 SB, E, 29 TB (.438/.486/.906), 10/8/6 FB/GB/LD

Lendy Castillo 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 WP, 2.25 ERA, 9.00 R/9, 2/8/5 FB/GB/LD

Wes Darvill 3-12, 1 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 6 TB (.250/.357/.500) 1/6/3 FB/GB/LD

Matt Loosen 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, BB, 4 SO, 3.38 ERA, 6.75 R/9, 4/5/6 FB/GB/LD

Armando Rivero 5 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 SO, 2 BB, 7.20 ERA, 9.00 R/9, 4/3/6 FB/GB/LD

Jorge Soler 8-35, 3 2B, 5 R, 5 RBI, 9 SO, 11 TB(.229/.229/.314), 2/14/9 FB/GB/LD

MEGAPROSPECT

Korbert Alyaner (core-birt all-yawn-air): 30-87, 4 ROE, 10 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 21 R, 25 RBI, 5 BB, 18 SO, E, SF, 2 SB, CS, 60 TB (.345/.365/.690)

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  1. Omar Little

    SVB wrote:

    This is a perfect fit. The Minnesotans can say his name with both pronunciations at once, doncha kno’.

    That’s funny. I can here the lady in her mom jeans now.

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  2. Omar Little

    Aisle424 wrote:

    I’m not a draft expert in any way, but I guess I always assumed Clowney would be #1 and it wouldn’t be close? Am I just a victim of the hype machine?

    Berselius is right. Clowney is easily the best prospect in this draft. He’s the Andrew Luck of defensive prospects.

    However, Bridgewater is probably only second to Luck as a QB prospect over the last few years. He’s really good. Mariota is right there with him, imo. If you liked RG3 second overall a few years ago, you’d be fine with Mariota that high. When a QB prospect is that good, teams fall all over themselves to get them. Positional value bumps these two guys over Clowney.

    JAX, TB, MIN, ARI, CLE and HOU are teams that really need QBs. JAX looks like they’ll Tank for Teddy. TB and MIN look like they’ll battle for Mariota. I like Boyd in the mid first, and I still think he has a good chance to be the best of the class. After that, there’s not a lot that separates Hundley, Mettenberger and the others for me. If NFL teams agree, ARI, CLE and HOU might wait and see who falls in their laps.

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  10. Omar Little

    WaLi wrote:

    @ WaLi:
    Actually he was good, just gloating.

    I was about to call you a UCF homer. Looks like I would have been right.

    That was a pretty stout looking defense. Bridgewater is really good at feeling pressure, moving in the pocket and placing the ball where only his receiver can make a play on it. Despite the loss, those things were all evident against UCF.

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  11. Berselius

    dmick89 wrote:

    @ Suburban kid:
    Oh well. Don’t worry though. Your banking records you’ve been keeping here are safe.

    We keep them in the same secure server as our Pizza Hut MILF image collection.

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    Myles

    If Mike Trout only accumulates 4.8 WAR next season, he’ll still break the record for WAR through age-22 season (he’s already 8th right now).

    I mean holy shit, he’s already 23rd on the list through age-23. He’ll need to average 7.6 to overtake Ty Cobb on that list.

    For Bonds watch, he’s 5.3 WAR and 2 years ahead right now.

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    Myles

    Out of the 7 published predictions, we came up with 1/14 world series teams between us (dmick had the cardinals), and none of us had the winner.

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  23. Omar Little

    Mucker wrote:

    Ryno, if you are starting a team from scratch, which defense do you run…….4-3 or 3-4? Why?

    It depends on a few things, but I’d probably start a 3-4. I think it’s harder to find the players that make a 3-4 work and it can take a while longer to implement, but you have a pretty versatile defense if you can.

    Personnel is one reason: There are so many different types of offenses in today’s NFL, and they’re going to evolve more rapidly, imo. It used to be all under-center balanced. Now you have that, spread elements, pistol formations, read option/sprint option/zone read…not to mention the really creative running teams like SF and PHI. Just wait until someone starts doing what Baylor does. They go to the line with a package of plays (which is already becoming more prevalent) and let the QB decide if he’s going to hand off, run or pass after the ball is snapped.

    So, I think you need a defense that can play against all these offenses. SF is a good example. You have this front on base/run downs:

    A. Smith – Justin Smith – Glenn Dorsey – Ray McDonald – Ahmad Brooks

    It won’t be easy to run against that line. SF blitzes less than any team in football, but they could seriously live in the offensive backfield if they did. And if they need to go nickel or 4-man front, they can rotate any four of those guys on the line.

    If you can find guys like Muhammed Wilkerson, Justin Smith and JJ Watt to play 5-technique or Dontarie Poe or Vince Wilfork to play the nose, it’s a no-brainer to go 3-4.

    That’s not to say it’s easier to run on a 4-3, but a good 3-4, imo, is better equipped to go from playing a team like PHI to a team like NO.

    Another advantage to the 3-4 is scheming blitzes. In a 4-3, your four down lineman will probably rush every time. The QB just has to identify the MIKE LB and tell the RB(s) who to pick up. In a 3-4, there are four guys on the line that could rush or drop on any play.

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  26. Omar Little

    Rotoworld: Former Eagles scout John Middlekauff would be “shocked” if Fresno State senior QB Derek Carr is not a top-10 selection in May.

    Great arm for sure, but he struggles under pressure…and he creates a lot of it.

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  27. Edwin

    I like the Cover 2 4-3 defense. I don’t know enough fancy talk about football X’s and O’s to explain myself. The simplicity of the scheme appeals to me, I guess.

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  28. Omar Little

    Edwin wrote:

    I like the Cover 2 4-3 defense. I don’t know enough fancy talk about football X’s and O’s to explain myself. The simplicity of the scheme appeals to me, I guess.

    It’s very good if you have a good pass-rushing 3T (like Geno Atkins) and a MLB that can cover the seam (like Novorro Bowman). There are just so many TEs in today’s NFL that can’t be covered by a LB.

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  31. WaLi

    Omar Little wrote:

    I was about to call you a UCF homer. Looks like I would have been right.

    Yeah i graduated from UCF. This is a great team we have this year. Really wish we beat South Carolina. Would have made me happy. No real tough games left this year so a BCS bowl game should be coming. I’m seeing that might be the Sugar Bowl? I’ve never been to New Orleans but should be a fun time to go.

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  32. Suburban kid

    dmick89 wrote:

    The attach a file works just fine. You’ve just got to highlight the url of the image and then click the add images to your comment link.
    mike-olt.jpg Download | View

    This makes no sense. I know what the add images to your comment does, but it doesn’t attach files.

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  34. dmick89

    @ Suburban kid:
    What I meant is that once you click the attack button or whatever it says (on my iPad at the moment), it pastes some code into the editor that contains the image link. Highlight that, erase what code was posted by the attach button, then click the image linky thing and add that url.

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  36. Rizzo the Rat

    @ GBTS:
    It’s ridiculous how that was scored a hit. That was a far easier play than either of the official errors. A Little League team would be yelled at by their coach if they did that. If I’m the scorer, I give the E to Wainwright. It was hit right to him. (I also realize these plays are typically scored hits, but that doesn’t make it right.)

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  37. Rizzo the Rat

    BTW, the announcers were fawning of Beltran’s robbing Papi of a grand slam, but I think it was a bad play on net, since it meant getting injured. The Cards were in a big hole already, and now they have a star player injury to cope with for the rest of the series.

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  38. Suburban kid

    dmick89 wrote:

    @ Suburban kid:
    What I meant is that once you click the attack button or whatever it says (on my iPad at the moment), it pastes some code into the editor that contains the image link. Highlight that, erase what code was posted by the attach button, then click the image linky thing and add that url.

    [img]http://cdn.arwrath.com/1/158963.gif[/img]

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  39. dmick89

    @ Rizzo the Rat:
    I agree, but since the pitcher rarely fields popups, the error will be given to the catcher. Pitchers are terrible fielders overall, but especially on popups. Wainwright basically called off the catcher there and did nothing. You see a lot of other pitchers do similar things. I think the catcher should just run the pitcher over if he has to.

    So yeah, error on Wainwright for sure, but that’s not who it would be given to. Mostly, I don’t care how the runs are counted.

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  40. dmick89

    @ Suburban kid:
    You can’t use the html img tag anymore. The attach image button sends it to the editor using the html img tag. It’s not going to work except for people with certain access. If you attach an image, it still uploads it to the server so it’s functional. It’s just not as easy.

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  41. Berselius

    I’m still laughing about how much praise there was for the umpires eventually getting the call right on that hilariously bad call at second base last night. Good for them on overturning it, but the fact that it was called wrong in the first place was extremely baffling, and fixing it doesn’t make up for how bad it made them look in the first place.

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  42. Omar Little

    @ Edwin:

    I’ve only seen a few quarters for him, so my opinion is based on a limited sample.

    When I watched, he bailed as soon as the pocket broke down. The pocket can be a chaotic place, but the really good QBs feel pressure, move within the pocket and make clean throws. Carr, from what I saw, got happy feet and changed his mechanics (threw off his back foot and changed his arm slot). He looked uncomfortable, and I think that has to do with incorrect pre-snap reads. Those things can be corrected, but it won’t be easy.

    I think he’s a good QB prospect because he has they size, arm and athleticism. If he can land with a good QB coach, I think he has a good shot. But there are at least eight QBs I’d take before him.

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  44. Omar Little

    Edwin wrote:

    @ Omar Little:
    How does a 3-4 defense deal with those types of TE’s?

    The difficulty in covering the TE seam is more about the coverer than the scheme. Vernon Davis, Gronk, Graham, Julius Thomas, Gates, Bennett, et al… Most LBs can’t run with them and most DBs aren’t physical enough to cover them.

    Today’s TEs make the route tough against any front. The problem with the traditional cover 2 defense is that the MLB is solely responsible for the seam because the Ss are playing deep zones along the sideline:

    [img]http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/532747/cover2.gif[/img]

    Pressure is obviously the first way to disrupt this route because it does take slightly longer to develop. Man coverage, imo, is the best way to defend it because I think it’s the best way to defend this type of TE. You have to have an athlete cover them, but they also have to have good technique. Ideally, you have a LB like Sean Lee or Luke Kuechly that can handle it, but it’ll typically be a S. You can also play zone with safety help over the top, but then you leave yourself open to draws and underneath routes because you’re committing a LB and a S to one route.

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  46. Omar Little

    Rizzo the Rat wrote:

    BTW, the announcers were fawning of Beltran’s robbing Papi of a grand slam, but I think it was a bad play on net, since it meant getting injured. The Cards were in a big hole already, and now they have a star player injury to cope with for the rest of the series.

    I didn’t think it was that great of a catch anyway. It was more impressive because he didn’t drop it when he hit the wall, but it was pretty routine, imo.

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  47. WaLi

    @ Omar Little:
    He hasn’t said he is going to the NFL yet, so as of now, he is staying at UCF for 2014. What I notice most about this UCF team is that their offense plays like an NFL team (at least to my untrained eyes). They drive down the field and don’t rely on that big play(er) like other big college teams seem to.

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  50. sitrick

    @ Berselius:
    Did you hear the audio from the discussion? The ump that made the call was losing his shit and the crew chief essentially shut him down. “We’ve got five of us out here and we all saw the same thing. Our job is to get it right.” Was awesome.

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