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Rabbi Goldmann
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Cheslor Late Than Never: Cuthbert Up for Injured Moustakas by Chris Mitchell - May 9, 2016 Due to a fractured thumb, the Royals will be without Mike Moustakas for at least the next few weeks. No doubt, Kansas City will miss their three-plus win, All-Star third baseman. But as is often the case in baseball, one man’s misfortune is another’s opportunity. In this instance, the beneficiary is Cheslor Cuthbert, whom the Royals recalled from the minors to replace Moustakas. Unless you’re a Royals fan or a prospect connoisseur, you might have no idea who Cheslor Cuthbert is, but my nerdily-sorted spreadsheets really like the Nicaraguan infielder. Last year, he hit .277/.339/.429 as a 22-year-old in Triple-A. He also struck out in an encouragingly low 14% of his trips to the plate. He already looks like a Royal. That performance, along with the fact that he plays primarily third base — a somewhat premium defensive position — landed Cuthbert at 74th on KATOH’s preseason top-100 list, placing him tops among Royals farmhands. That was before he opened this season by slashing .333/.402/.624 in 24 games. He was one of the very best hitters at Triple-A over the season’s first month, and was quite possibly the best prospect-age hitter in Triple-A. Not only does Cuthbert have the stat line of a legit prospect, but — unlike many of KATOH’s crushes — he also looks the part. In his preseason writeup, lead prospect analyst Dan Farnsworth observed that Cuthbert has “the physical tools to be an All-Star.” Dan projects nearly all of Cuthbert’s tools to be at least average, with his throwing arm standing out as plus. Given Cuthbert’s confluence of tools and performance, I find it somewhat surprising that he’s barely registered on the prospect radar. No major outlets ranked him among their top-100 prospects, and he received nary a mention on BP’s Royals list. Dan ranked him #22 in the Royals system..... http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/chesl...red-moustakas/ |
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#1232 |
Are you ready to Rumble?
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#1233 |
It Goes On
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Charles wasn't nearly as good at moving baserunners over.
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#1234 |
Wasted away again...
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He's being a ****ing moron. Alex makes that catch easily, and did until Moose crashed into him. There was nothing reckless about that play from Alex's perspective.
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#1235 |
Debunking your bullshit
Join Date: Aug 2002
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#1236 |
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I'm thinking we did ok when he was out with the thumb...
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#1237 |
Debunking your bullshit
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Frankly, Ned's specialty seems to be doing next to nothing. They always brag about how he never calls for bunts or steals and players are pretty free to do whatever they want.
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#1238 |
Are you ready to Rumble?
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#1239 |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Hadn't been able to check the news today. That's a real downer about Moose. He probably won't hit for as much power, but I feel pretty good that Cuthbert will fill in and produce. I think he's ready. We'll be okay there. I'm still more worried about the OF.
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#1240 |
World's Best Boss
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You know, it's been a while since I've felt excited to see how the young call ups perform in the majors. Never say die, Royals!
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#1241 |
I’m a Mahomo!
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Cuthbert at 3B
Eibner in LF Merrifield at 2B I'm interested to see how it goes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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#1242 |
You don't faze me, Gobble.
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#1243 |
Agree to Disagree
Join Date: Feb 2001
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If we can get back to the playoffs with contributions from these young guys, that would be an awfully fun summer. Young is probably the wrong word though, Whitt and Eibner are both Moose's age, 27. Eibner needs to make a name for himself ASAP if we wants to be major leaguer. This is his shot to impress.
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#1244 |
In Search of a Life
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Soooo, I just happened to cruise on over to Mets Refugees and they had a thread on the Moustakas injury. Um, if you want a reason to hope the Mets never win shit again, feel free to go browse it. But only if you don't have an anger problem. If so, your liable to beat the shit out of the next guy in a Mets hat you see.
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Agree to Disagree
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