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You have to consider most pitchers were striking out averaging 3 to 4 K's per 9 innings back then. Lower K's usually yields lower BABIP

Of the three, Fulmer was the least big league ready. Sale was asked to play a different role when he first came up, and one could argue that Rodon could have stayed down in the minors for another half season. In Fulmer's case, he simply wasn't big league ready based on his showing in the minors yet he was rushed up so he could work with Coop against big league hitting. I don't think there are many cases where staying longer in the minors have hurt the prospect's development, it's usually the other way around. We aren't talking about keeping a Kris Bryant or Ronald Acuna down in the minors here. I am fine with promoting young guys ahead of schedule, but only when they have past the tests in the minors.

This serves as a reminder to let young pitchers work on their mechanics and repeat-ability of it in the minors rather than rushing them up so they can "work with Coop". I can't remember the last young pitcher had success being called up early to work with Cooper, certainly not one who had mechanical issues. And alluding to Cooper's comment, the pressure to succeed right out of the gate by the fans and media is a lot for young pitchers to handle. Feel free to link to this thread next time when someone wants to rush Kopech, or Hansen or any of the young pitchers with susceptible mechanics up to the majors.

To be fair, September call up is OP's suggestion.

The all Garcia outfield last year already took the trophy.

All I ask for from the basketball god is to come thru once every 10 years on the ping pong machine.

That's what I am thinking as well. Players with that kind of k% usually see their BA fluctuate. Some years they could hit .200 other years they hit .260

I think he's somewhere between the player he was last year vs this year. So something like .240/.330/500 with 30-35 HR potential, who can handle DH and backup 1B, kind of like what Sox expected from Adam LaRoche.

I actually think he's getting luckier. Leaders in hard hit % last few seasons has been around 45% (Judge, Gallo, Ortiz). I don't think Davidson has power like those guys. His hard hit % last season was 38%. Let's say he regressed to somewhere between 38% and 45%, his HR total is going to come down. Also with that kind of hard hit %, it could also suggest he's selling out contact for more power, and if pitchers makes some adjustment with him, he'd likely to rack up more Ks and less hits and home runs.

Davidson makes a great story for prospects overcoming struggles and I am rooting for the guy, but I am still worried about his K%. He's still around 30% and I'd like to see it below 25% going forward. Players with that high of a K% has a higher propensity to struggle over a long period of time. Simply put, his 38% HR/FB (firmly 2nd in the league by a huge margin) is not sustainable.

Don't know what I would put up yet, but I bet if Parke has another strong start, he moves up to WS.

The look most quarterbacks get before they get tackled.

So if it was indeed Soto and their entire org was fine with it except for the owner.. then Lerner had just saved himself from having to fire Rizzo. Imagine the backlash of trade away Soto for an RP, 6 months after a trade that everyone in the media pegged them as being fleeced on.

I thought laid his balls on the table and asked for Robles. Note "would have been".

Juan Soto's season and his career BA is pretty much ridiculous. Where does he rank in the prospect list right now? Not sure if he was available during the Eaton trade, but would have been nice if we "settled" for Soto, Lopez, and Dunning.

But he has had the same K% rate from R to AA? That difference doesn't change the fact that they have similar profile as a hitter, obviously one is a better prospect than the other. If you want to look at the recent trends, Skoug is also sporting a 1.300 OPS since start of the month.

31% vs 26%? Obviously Skoug is more raw and doesn't have same 1st round pedigree, but he also profiles as a low average, high OBP and plus power type of hitter. Really nice to see that BB% go up this year, and the K% is down substantially in May.

Does Skoug's triple slash remind you of someone else in this org?

I would think opposite. If it's anything serious, he'd been DL right away and you'd about X-Ray results. Usually the ones who don't hear about are the minor ones that just takes a few days to heal.

Maybe it's good scouting, maybe it's good coaching, or maybe we've just been lucky, but this system is clicking on cylinders right now. Even the guys who are supposed to be bad... aren't bad right now. Thinking back 5 years earlier, guys like Trey M, Mendick, Rose, and Booker would probably all be in our top 10 list.

Burdi got hurt early July and had surgery late July. Not sure how fast he's recovering but I was expecting a 50/50 chance we see him in the minors regular season.

Will Burdi be back by then? I understand the service time concerns that others have, but I am all for bringing up Eloy and Kopech if they prove they're ready this year. We need both of those guys, along with Moncada, and some combination of Rodon, Gio, Lopez and Fulmer to be performing well to bring optimism to this rebuild, if we have any chance of landing a Machado or Pollock. Record wise, this team couldn't be any worse right now.

Moncada Anderson & Dickman sounds like a reputable law firm to me.

I don't think anyone would argue against that. Simply put, the current Quintana does not get you a top 2 prospect in baseball.

Da Besss is the besss. I like Q, but would have done that trade 100 times out of 100. I hope Eloy becomes a superstar and Cubs fans can be bitter about it for the next 15 years.