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Is Guyer the guy? (Revisited)

The Cubs have any number of prospects having fine seasons, and so their choice of minor-league player of the year, Brandon Guyer, is noteworthy. If you glance at this list of former recipients of this award, you will see names that are familiar to Cub fans–Burke, Hoffpauir, Soto, Patterson (Eric), Dopirak, Choi, Jackson (Nic), Patterson [...]

Posted 14 September 2010 † Phil § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Running prospects 2010

The Cubs would score runs in more innings, and thus do better in low-scoring games, if they had hitters who were better adapted to the top of the order. Obviously, Byrd is not a leadoff hitter, nor does Baker belong anywhere other than six through eight. Can either of them bunt, or hit and run, [...]

Posted 20 April 2010 † Phil § prospect § Running ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

LBFC prospect rankings

I fancy myself a bit of a scout–a scout of the armchair, box-score persuasion, one who never set eyes on any of the players mentioned in this post unless they happened to be on WGN on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in March. The results of my scouting are tabulated, weekly during the season, in [...]

Posted 12 March 2010 † Phil § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

First do no harm

So far, Josh Vitters looks like a beta version of the player he will become. By contrast, Starlin Castro, Hak-Ju Lee, Brett Jackson and D.J. LeMahieu have shown polished two-way skills that may propel them to the majors while Vitters is working on his glove, his plate discipline, his power stroke. Either way–whoever gets there [...]

Posted 05 November 2009 † Phil § bradley § Hendry § prospect § trade ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Four underrated prospects

If a prospect is someone who has a good chance of making the major-league team in the not-too-distant future, I like the chances of these four unheralded players. 1) Steve Clevenger. A converted shortstop, Clevenger is a good defensive catcher who throws out over thirty percent of runners attempting to steal. He swings a good [...]

Posted 26 June 2009 † Phil § prospect § Running ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Flea-market acquisitions

Here is an impressive list: prospects that the Cubs have received in trades over the last several years, as an aging Cub team turned over and as various players fell out of favor with the Cubs’ demanding (some would say impatient) manager. The list is impressive because while prospects come and go, nearly all of [...]

Posted 02 May 2009 † Phil § Hendry § prospect ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,