Farm System

[Destined]

 

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<div>Almora has been hitting well as of late.  Looks like he went through the struggles this FO likes and may have overcome them.
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TheCCO_Minors: Kyler Schwarber went 2-4 Wed w/ HR and a stolen base. Schwarber is 8-19 with 2 2B, 2HR in 6 games with Kane County ... .421/.500/.842/1.342

 

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Speaking of Kyler...what ever happened to him?

[Andy]

Best I can tell, he's out of baseball.

[Destined]

That's a shame.

[Andy]

Kid would disagree.

[Mikey]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/...-new-team/

 

"I'm just hanging out, doing some yard work -- killing time and waiting on the phone to ring," he said

 

[Mikey]

He is on twitter!  https://twitter.com/burke2312

[vitaminB]

And repairing iPhones and iPads.

[Dirk]

Kris Bryant actually got a hit that stayed in the ballpark.

[hansman]

Have I told anyone lately that I love you...Kyle Schwarber.

[funkster]

Javy 3-4 so far in the second game.

[chshdsck]

I'm liking Alcantara more and more with each day. He seems to be having his best year since signing as a free agent in '08. In the double header he had three more hits (2 doubles and a HR). He's now hitting .441 over the past 10 games, and is .293 on the year.

 

However, like most Cubs prospects, he does K more than I'm comfortable with...especially for being a top-of-the-order type of player.

[Auz]

For the first time in his pro career, Schwarber failed to get a hit in a game.

 

He did get 2 walks though...

[hansman]

I'm liking Alcantara more and more with each day. He seems to be having his best year since signing as a free agent in '08. In the double header he had three more hits (2 doubles and a HR). He's now hitting .441 over the past 10 games, and is .293 on the year.

 

However, like most Cubs prospects, he does K more than I'm comfortable with...especially for being a top-of-the-order type of player.

 

He's not a top of the order hitter.  He does not, nor will he ever walk enough to have the high OBP needed.  He should be a fantastic CF that slots into the 7-8 slot very nicely

[rok]

He could develop into a Kenny Lofton type, which I would gladly take as a #2 type or #7/8 as a worst case scenario. His walk rate was solid in 2013 and has been around 10% since May. Hopefully he keeps it up.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

He just jacked a three-run homer (his 10th) as part of a 4-6 night with 3 runs and 4 RBIs. As of right now, he's hitting .301.