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#Post#: 213082--------------------------------------------------
Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: March 10, 2015, 8:52 pm
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--- Quote from: davep link ---
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> If Baez died of a heart attack tomorrow, it wouldn't change my
comments. I don't think that this front office will bring up
Russell this year (other than a possible September call up)
regardless of how Baez does.
>
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If Baez regresses like Jackson, he will likely NEVER again be
called up, and certainly not before Russell. And a September
2015 callup is before any time in 2016 or beyond.
--- Quote from: craig link ---
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> When and whether Russell becomes ready is independent of Baez;
when and whether Baez is ready is independent of Russell.
Whether Baez thrives or struggles won't determine if and when
Russell becomes big-league ready.
>
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While quite true, that is also not really what was being
discussed.
#Post#: 213092--------------------------------------------------
Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: March 10, 2015, 9:42 pm
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--- Quote from: shasson link ---
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> Late in the game Gleyber Torres hit a ground rule double and
was driven in by Schwarber. Today was a good day for fans of
Cubs prospects.
> But, at some point the team could feel free to win a spring
training game just for the hell of it.
>
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No way, gotta save those Ws for the regular season, man.
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Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: March 10, 2015, 11:40 pm
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My thoughts after watching the game
1) I don't like Wood. Soft throwing fly ball pitchers are a bad
idea.
2) Baez still has the leg kick, but the hand placement cut down
on a lot of movement in his swing. When he triggers it is much
quicker than last year.
3) Soler is a big, bad man.
4) Bryant is dreamy.
5) I don't know exactly what it is because of the camera angle,
but I don't like how his delivery finishes.
6) Ortiz kept the ball up and got hammered.
7) Black throws hard and when he keeps it near the zone he is
hard to hit. He has little idea where it is going.
8) Almora's leg kick was gone. He hit the ball hard to the
other way.
9) I really like Torres. If the Cubs trade him I will cry.
10) Schwarber is a stud.
#Post#: 213100--------------------------------------------------
Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: March 10, 2015, 11:46 pm
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Castillo was also receiving the ball better and wasn't stabbing
at as many balls.
#Post#: 213109--------------------------------------------------
Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: ticohans
Date: March 11, 2015, 6:14 am
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Bryant's power is effortless. Wow.
I didn't watch the game, but in the highlight reels of his
homer, I thoight Baez's entire swing looked quieter. Still a ton
going on, but the leg kick looked lower to me, and there was a
level of calm (if such a thing can be said about a Baez swing)
that I didn't really see last year.
#Post#: 213110--------------------------------------------------
Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: March 11, 2015, 6:41 am
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Baez also wasn't rolling his back ankle. Junior Lake reworked
his swing as well.
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Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: craig
Date: March 11, 2015, 7:22 am
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--- Quote from: CUBluejays link ---
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> My thoughts after watching the game
>
> ...4) Bryant is dreamy.
> 5) I don't know exactly what it is because of the camera
angle, but I don't like how his delivery finishes.....
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Bryant's delivery? Or somebody else? (Johnson?)
I only saw the one highlight-reel HR swing by Baez, but that
still looked shockingly wild. Didn't seem very encouraging to
me, but that was just one wild swing. You watch Soler swing,
Baez swing, Bryant swing, and one of those three is so much not
like the others.
#Post#: 213112--------------------------------------------------
Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: March 11, 2015, 7:55 am
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Johnson's sorry. If finishes high, it just stuck out to me.
The camera view was from CF, so it wasn't the greatest angle for
it.
Baez's swing still has a high leg kick, a lot of movement, and
his violent. It is just less so compared to last year. They
had a pretty good view of his swing from the side that made the
highlights. There is a YouTube video that has Baez swing
compared to Sheffield's s and you can see a lot of the changes.
#Post#: 213138--------------------------------------------------
Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: March 11, 2015, 12:11 pm
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Only got to see a tiny clip on the Indians broadcast, which
included a replay of the back-to-back-to-back HRs and their guys
said that Soler's swing was long.
They are wrong.
Soler's swing isn't long at all. It's a quick, powerful swing
with a lot of torque but it's not long.
Baez, on the other hand, does have a long swing. They pointed
that out. I didn't see it in real time, only a slow motion
replay.
They liked Bryant's swing the best.
Soler will be the best hitter of the three, methinks.
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Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: March 11, 2015, 1:21 pm
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Today's game against the Dodgers is on MLBN today but no Baez,
Bryant or Soler.
Alcantara, Castro and Rizzo are in there, though.
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