2021 Team

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

I mean, the second guy in the deal is no slouch either. This is an amazing return for what will likely be solely 2+ months of Chafin.

 

12. Daniel Palencia, SP


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Age

21.4

Height

5′ 10″

Weight

203

Bat / Thr

R / R

FV

40+



Tool Grades (Present/Future)















Fastball

Curveball

Command

Sits/Tops





60/60

50/55

30/45

96-98 / 99




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Palencia was signed in February of 2020, so it was technically the 2019 signing period, and of course we had no season in which to evaluate him. He came out in 2021 Extended throwing huge heat in just an outing or two before he was sent to Stockton not long before list publication. He was 97-99 in those outings. Palencia is a squat young man with a longer arm action, but he has feel for creating bat-missing breaking ball depth, and he obviously has a huge arm. There is less track record here than is typical for most 21-year-old prospects but Palencia has a long developmental runway because he only just signed. He’s an exciting prospect because of his arm strength and breaking ball, but the rest is still out of focus because industry exposure has been limited to just a few innings.

[funkster]

Yep.  Good deal.

[funkster]

It's not just Preciado.  Owen Caissie has also been very good.

[rok]

Yeah, we've acquired high-upside talent in all these deals. Just a question of how long it takes to develop most of these guys, really.

[funkster]

Someone tweeted that Rizzo's dad was walking around Wrigley thanking people last night, that seems pretty clear where things are headed.

[Butcher]

I wonder if he'll get vaccinated before joining the Red Sox.

[funkster]

Lol he's still looking at the data Butch, ok?

[rok]

Which data, the rising Delta cases? It would be funny/sad if his lack of vaccination was the deal breaker.

[mrfelina]

Bryant...just not to the Giants.



Please.

[Butcher]

Lol he's still looking at the data Butch, ok?

 

Good point. There's a general lack of data out there. Let's give him some time.

[funkster]

 

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Lol he's still looking at the data Butch, ok?

 

Good point. There's a general lack of data out there. Let's give him some time.

 

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He moonlights as an epidemiologist in his free time.

[jstraw]

It takes special magic beans for the owners that brought a WS trophy to Wrigley to be this hated five year later.

[Butcher]

Its incredible how quickly they pissed away that much goodwill. I didnt even think it would be possible. But here we are.

[1060Ivy]

Didn't expect that Bryant would be extended by the Cubs so not lamenting his eventual loss but am surprised that Rizzo appears to be departing Chicago. 

 

Rizzo has been the face of the franchise for some time. 

[mrfelina]

^^ They are both out of the lineup today.