MLB
First off, congratulations to Michael Rucker and Manuel Rodríguez on making their MLB debuts last night. This is probably a sight we will see several more times before the season is over, but it is always exciting, even for someone like me who has seen these kids dozens or hundreds of times over the years.
This is going to be an abbreviated recap of the happenings in the system yesterday. I’m still pretty exhausted from the trade deadline, and trying to get even basic information the new prospect acquisitions.
I move into my new condo in two weeks, and my plan is to do a deep dive into the Cubs entire system. I want to look at each and every guy already in the system with fresh eyes, the same way I will with the new prospects. It’s long overdue on my part, and I hope other’s in my position will follow suit the rest of the season.
So much has changed, for so many prospects coming out of the year off. And I think there is a ton of out of date information floating around about many of them. I’ve tried to be less definitive in any proclamations about prospect ceilings/grading/ranking/whatever this season, because of the unknowns and changes, but habits are hard to break. As are previous conclusions.
In the meantime, I shared some thoughts on Twitter this morning that have been swirling around in my head for a while, but it is a good indication of my feelings about how prospects, especially around the trade deadline (“they didn’t even get a Top 10 guy), are covered by people like me, and consumed as commodities by readers.
Which helped trigger these thoughts:
AAA
Iowa SUSP
AA
Top Performers
- Brandon Hughes: 3 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (2.42)
- Brennen Davis: 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI (.272)
- Nelson Maldonado: 2-5, 3B, R (.311)
- Levi Jordan: 2-4, RBI (.270)
- Darius Hill: 2-5, R (.274)
High-A
Top Performers
- Yonathan Perlaza: 1-3, R, 2 BB (.248)
- Edmond Americaan: 1-3, 2 RBI, HBP (.211)
- Josue Huma: 2-4, BB, SB (5) (.247)
- Jake Slaughter: 1-5, 2B, R, 3 RBI (.257)
- Harrison Wenson: 1-4, R, RBI, BB, SB (2) (.123)
- Joe Nahas: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 4 K (4.18)
Low-A
Top Performers
- Jordan Nwogu: 2-4, HR (8), R, RBI (.218)
- Matt Warkentin: 1-3, HR (3), R, RBI, BB (.209)
- Luis Verdugo: 1-3, 3B, R (.179)
- Ezequiel Pagan: 1-3, RBI, SF (.295)
- Fabian Pertuz: 1-3 (.237)
- Jake Reindl: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K (6.10)
AZL
Top Performers
- Rafael Morel: 2-3, 2B, HR (1), R, 4 RBI, 2 SB (3, 4) (.118)
- Ismael Mena: 2-4, HR (1), 2 R, 2 RBI, HBP (.186)
- Malcom Quintero: 1-1, 2B, R, 3 BB, SB (2) (.355)
- Yeison Santana: 1-3, 2B, R, BB, HBP, SB (2) (.321)
- Owen Caissie: 0-1, 2 R, 3 BB (.362)
- Reggie Preciado: 0-3, R, BB, 2 SB (6, 7) (.361)
- Luis A. Rodriguez: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K (1.46)
- Dawel Rodriguez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 K (W, 1-0, 2.57)
DSL
Cubs Red CAN
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