2015 Chicago Cubs

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http://www.thecubreporter.com/daniel-bard/0

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So he was alive in June, good news lol. Good to know though that he is actually still around. I wonder why baseball reference doesn't have any stats.

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Does anybody have a good cap or ratings for Donnie Dewees? He was this year's second round pick after Ian Happ and is ranked by MLB.com as the Cubs #9 prospect

[D13]

2015 Chicago Cubs

Addison Russell stance ? Someone mentioned Bradley Jr but that's not even close. He doesn't have that much bat movement pre swing and his hands are lower.



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Vet stance 51 with style 2 as the stride is close.

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[D13]

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Is there a reason why the Harry Carey sign is gone from this years version ?

[gocubsgo]

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Addison Russell stance ? Someone mentioned Bradley Jr but that's not even close. He doesn't have that much bat movement pre swing and his hands are lower.



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Vet stance 51 with style 2 as the stride is close.

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Nice find for Russel !! Ne1 using a different motion for Hunter?

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So I have been looking in to what to do at center field in my franchise, and I wanted to run an idea across all the Cubs fans. Fowler is an obvious choice to keep; however, he will be very expensive to keep, so it may not be worth trying to keep him. Alcantara and Almora both need more time to improve in the Minors, so that rules them out, at least early in the year. What do you guys think of moving Kris Bryant to the everyday center field spot and utilizing the young infielders of Addison Russell, Starlin Castro, Javier Baez, and Tommy La Stella to fill the second base, third base, and short stop positions? Bryant has a 68 Speed with a 71 fielding rating, 67 arm strength, and 68 arm accuracy (Fowler has 63 SPD, 64 FLD, 78 AST, 59 AAC). What do you guys think of this as a solution?

[jmill]

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So I have been looking in to what to do at center field in my franchise, and I wanted to run an idea across all the Cubs fans. Fowler is an obvious choice to keep; however, he will be very expensive to keep, so it may not be worth trying to keep him. Alcantara and Almora both need more time to improve in the Minors, so that rules them out, at least early in the year. What do you guys think of moving Kris Bryant to the everyday center field spot and utilizing the young infielders of Addison Russell, Starlin Castro, Javier Baez, and Tommy La Stella to fill the second base, third base, and short stop positions? Bryant has a 68 Speed with a 71 fielding rating, 67 arm strength, and 68 arm accuracy (Fowler has 63 SPD, 64 FLD, 78 AST, 59 AAC). What do you guys think of this as a solution?

This is the problem that the Cubs are going to run into in real life. Bryant almost has be to kept at 3rd, unless there are a few trades made. Schwarber is most likely to split time at catcher and in left field, making Bryant to left a non-possibility (unless he splits time at 3rd and left). Either Castro or Baez are the most likely candidates to be dealt in the offseason, and I wouldn't be overly shocked to see both moved.

If it were me, I would keep Bryant at 3rd. Go ahead and call Almora up to let him learn on the job (much like Bryant and Russell this year). Alcantara can then be used as the 2B/SS/CF backup, or keep him in the minors for at least a couple months.

You'd be looking at a defensive alignment like this.

C - Schwarber/Montero/Ross
1B - Rizzo
2B - Baez/LaStella
SS - Russell
3B - Bryant
LF - Schwarber/Coghlan (assuming Coghlan is brought back)
CF - Almora
RF - Soler

I just don't see Castro as a possibility next year, as it seems that he'll be dealt (probably for a couple lower level prospects at this point)

[whodeycin85]

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Any ideas on Javier Baez New stance?

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[MrOldboy]

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Any ideas on Javier Baez New stance?

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I haven't looked a ton, but I've been using Tulo with stride 2. I'm really hoping that the devs can capture the faster/quick bat flicks that many players employ in their swings nowadays. The bat flicks/waggles they have in the game are just way too slow and the bat head drops too far.

Josh Hamilton's stance has an okay bat flick. Last year that stance had the bat higher and just a bit open. I used it for Baez just because the bat flick.

This year Bogaerts' bat flick isn't bad, bit Baez has closed his stance up a lot lately.

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So is Schwarber no longer gonna be the catcher of the future? No chance he gets sent back down and he was supposed to spend this season working on catching on the minors. With him getting pulled up before the Cubs wanted to, do you guys think they are probably done trying to "develop" him as a catcher going forward after the season and just keep him in the lineup however they can?


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So is Schwarber no longer gonna be the catcher of the future? No chance he gets sent back down and he was supposed to spend this season working on catching on the minors. With him getting pulled up before the Cubs wanted to, do you guys think they are probably done trying to "develop" him as a catcher going forward after the season and just keep him in the lineup however they can?


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Not sure but I kind of hope so because catcher's get beat up too much. Plus, with the emergence of Wilson Contreras this year in the minors there are other options behind the dish once Montero and Ross are gone.

[zippy2212]

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This is an off the wall question but here goes, is Alcantara's stance hidden for everyone? I'm playing a carryover save with an Alcantara's CAP and it drives me nuts that I have to use Donnie Murphy's stance for him. Thanks in advance.

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So I started my next season and I was wondering what everyone is doing with Kyle Schwarber? I kept him at LF and kept Miggy and Ross as my two catchers, though I rotate Schwarber in at catcher every so often still.

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What do you guys think the chances are that we sign both David Price and Jordan Zimmerman?