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Edwin Jackson last 7 starts: 41 2/3 IP, 16 R, 16 ER, 35 H, 11 BB, 31 K, 3.46 ERA, 1.10 WHIP.
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Edwin Jackson last 7 starts: 41 2/3 IP, 16 R, 16 ER, 35 H, 11 BB, 31 K, 3.46 ERA, 1.10 WHIP.

 

Closing in on the Erik Bedard replacement level :wink:

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Matheny pissed over pitches which were correctly called strikes.
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Matheny pissed over pitches which were correctly called strikes.

He inherited his former skipper's ability to always be right, especially when he's dead [expletive] wrong.

 

Nice to get one off these pains in the ass.

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Matheny pissed over pitches which were correctly called strikes.

 

Shocking to see some Cardinal have uncalled for red ass over nothing. :roll:

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Cards hitting 49 points higher than any other team this year with RISP and 70 points higher than any other NL team.

 

Not only that, I think they're hitting better than the all time record for average with RISP.

 

Assuming I searched correctly on B-R, it's 26 points better than any team in history has ever done. They're at .338 coming into today and the second best is the 1950 Red Sox at .312.

 

That sounds like what I heard on the radio down here the other day. As poorly as they hit in the first month of the season, they've had that ridiculous RISP number from day 1.

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Cub insider they had in the booth said he thinks Bryant will make it to Chicago in 2016. Couldn't he be up next September if everything works out?

 

Who is this Cub insider?

 

Mooney?

 

Anyway, like others have said, 2016 would be late. 2014 would be crazy quick.

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Cub insider they had in the booth said he thinks Bryant will make it to Chicago in 2016. Couldn't he be up next September if everything works out?

 

Who is this Cub insider?

 

Mooney?

 

Anyway, like others have said, 2016 would be late. 2014 would be crazy quick.

 

I don't think opening day 3B or RF in 2016 would be late at all, considering best case scenario is the middle of 2015. Unless they think he's capable of starting next year in Tenn, which would shock me.

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Cub insider they had in the booth said he thinks Bryant will make it to Chicago in 2016. Couldn't he be up next September if everything works out?

 

September 2014 seems ridiculously optimistic. If all goes well, he'll probably start at Daytona next season, go to Tennesse mid-summer and then start 2015 at Tennessee with a chance to make it to Chicago in 2015.

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2016 probably means something has gone very wrong. i'd be pissed if he didn't hit the majors until age 24.
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Again, why do you think something would have to go wrong? Unless you think he's way more advanced than I do.

 

I know you weren't talking to me directly, but I do.

 

I expect him to move pretty quickly. He's an advanced college bat who went #2 overall and just made a mockery of college pitching using BBCOR bats.

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Looking at top 5 college hitter picks over the last several drafts:

 

2005

Alex Gordon (601 PA's in 2007)

Jeff Clement (19 PA's in 2007, 224 in 2008)

Ryan Zimmerman (62 PA's in 2005, 682 in 2006)

Ryan Braun (492 PA's in 2007)

 

2006

Evan Longoria (508 PA's in 2008)

 

2007

Matt Wieters (385 PA's in 2009)

 

2008

Pedro Alvarez (386 PA's in 2010)

Buster Posey (17 PA's in 2009, 443 in 2010)

 

2009

Dustin Ackley (376 PA's in 2011)

Tony Sanchez (8 PA's in 2013, not top 100 this year)

 

2010

Bryce Harper (597 PA's in 2012)

Christian Colon (no major league time, not top 100 this year)

 

2011

none selected

 

2012

Mike Zunino (208 PA's in AAA this year)

 

Looks like the vast majority of them had a large amount of time in the majors two years after they were drafted (for better or worse), and none of the ones who took longer have panned out as yet, although there are is still time for them. In the Cubs organization he might not be here until 2016, but it appears in most organizations Bryant would be up by the middle of 2015 unless something went wrong.

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Wow, that's way more compelling info than I would've guessed.

 

Maybe the best way to say it is that it would be disappointing if he wasn't ready until 2016, but there's a distinct possibility he doesn't actually make it there until 2016 based on several factors(MLB 3B/OF play, desire to manipulate his service time, Theo/Jed's dedication to 500 PA at AAA, etc).

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