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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: craig Date: February 28, 2024, 4:22 pm
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Watched two half innings this afternoon, lefties Little and
Wieck. Cool for Wieck to be back pitching. Walked first guy,
got the next three, still has that huge curveball. At the
human-interest level, it would be so fun if Wieck bounced back
and ended up being useful, after his heart stuff (??) and his
surgery.
Little had a pitch or two that went way wild, but otherwise was
in or around the zone. I'm really optimistic that he's going to
be really good, sooner or later.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: Deeg Date: February 28, 2024, 5:18 pm
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Canario has an absolute rifle.
HTML https://x.com/cubs/status/1762937891452227979?s=61&t=KXtv2THs2nUXxUqCADsfww
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: guest424 Date: February 28, 2024, 5:48 pm
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Canario could change the gameplan a tad this year if he plays to
his potential.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: craig Date: February 28, 2024, 7:38 pm
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Thanks for posting that clip. Yeah, nice arm!
I've tried to watch several of his AB. I haven't seen him drive
anything, so haven't seen the power. (In minors, the only
swings I ever saw were the HR clips.).
But he's looked very disciplined, and like he's got a good sense
of the strike zone? Doesn't seem like nearly the sometimes wild
pitch-chaser that PCA is, or that I recall from Baez and Corey
Patterson days. Not sure he'll be great at hitting the strikes,
but he's going to take some walks.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: CurtOne Date: February 28, 2024, 7:48 pm
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There was another clip of Busch scoring on Canario's hit. I was
surprised. Busch is no gazelle, but he's not a draft horse
either.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: Deeg Date: February 28, 2024, 7:49 pm
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[quote author=craig link=topic=637.msg487933#msg487933
date=1709170725]
Thanks for posting that clip. Yeah, nice arm!
I've tried to watch several of his AB. I haven't seen him drive
anything, so haven't seen the power. (In minors, the only
swings I ever saw were the HR clips.).
But he's looked very disciplined, and like he's got a good sense
of the strike zone? Doesn't seem like nearly the sometimes wild
pitch-chaser that PCA is, or that I recall from Baez and Corey
Patterson days. Not sure he'll be great at hitting the strikes,
but he's going to take some walks.
[/quote]
His plate discipline has improved quite a lot, and I would say
it's above-average now. Bat speed is elite. He does have a lot
of swing and miss in his game, but that's hardly unusual for top
power prospects. I think Canario has the tools to be a weapon
both at the plate and in the outfield, but it's hard to see him
getting the chance with the Cubs.
One of the nice things about having Counsell in the organization
is that he’s a kind of catcher in the rye - an emergency brake
for dumb organizational decisions (like writing off Morel as a
3B without giving him a real trial). If Counsell sees real
breakout potential in Canario he’ll find a way to get him on the
field (and push against trading him).
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: craig Date: February 28, 2024, 7:56 pm
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I watched a Ballesteros AB in the 9th inning today. He whiffed
badly, chasing a low chase pitch that was nowhere close.
But I was mostly looking just to get a look at the physique. A
Cub source supposedly said that if he could lose 20 pounds, he
might be pretty good defensively. I've had the hope that just
like college football freshmen remodel their physiques by junior
year, that if he's got the same drive and motivation that
thousands of college footballs guys have, maybe he'd do likewis?
Not sure what he looked like last year, but in the brief AB my
impression was that he has exceptionally big (maybe strong?)
haunches. But didn't look like he had any noticable beer-belly.
Very unusual body shape, for sure, especially for a baseball
player. No clue whether a guy can possibly have the quickness
and mobility behind the plate to play big-league catcher with
that frame. But, it didn't really look like there's a lot of
"overweight" that could be shed, or beer-belly that could be
hardened.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: Dave23 Date: February 29, 2024, 3:22 pm
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Have a spring, Owen Caissie…
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: Reb Date: February 29, 2024, 3:49 pm
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[quote author=Dave23 link=topic=637.msg487970#msg487970
date=1709241760]
Have a spring, Owen Caissie…
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I wonder if Caissie is going to have the same high heat hole
that Mervis dealing with.
Caissie has been late on high fastballs. The double was on a
middle-in pitch that he could handle. That’s fine but would like
to see more on the high heat. Big league pitchers are merciless
when see a batting hole.
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Re: Today’s Game - 2024
By: Playtwo Date: March 1, 2024, 3:51 pm
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Caissie with a 3-run oppo to put the Cubs up 7-6 over the White
Sox.
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