Curious to see how much play he gets. Candelario apparently tweaked his back a bit, so my initial thought was that Bellinger plays first and Tauchman and PCA platoon in center - but they're both lefties, and having your top prospect play only with the platoon disadvantage seems suboptimal.

Woohoo

I think this means that Timothy Busfield is Crow-Armstrong's stepfather, since he falls for PC-A's mom in the movie?

or maybe that's just a field of dreams.....

Huh. I thought his parents were Sheryl Crow and Billie Joe Armstrong.

It's a shame because the data -- and my dumb eyeballs -- both seem to say that Cody is still a plus CF glove... but I'm really not sure I see any reason why he shouldn't just be the full-time 1B down the stretch.

First of all, to whatever extent playing 1B reduces the possibility of anything getting pulled or strained, the Cubs might as well just piss away a WC if he goes down. Second, the data says he's a damn fine 1B defensively too.

But beyond that?

Tauchman has come back down to earth - he's now... well, back to what he was; a scrappy, well-liked 4th or 5th OF who is capable of a couple hot weeks. Madrigal likewise - after a brief spirt of offensive value - sucks again. You could dust the rust off Wisdom, I guess, and hope he puts in a couple weeks of launching some moonshots and being a poor man's Cory Snyder. Jeimer himself is scuffling mightily since his post-trade burst.

PCA is a better CF prospect (and, of course, a better prospect overall) than Canario - but as mentioned as the other place, Canario is going down, PCA is coming up... If you missed the fact that Canario was up - you wouldn't be alone, since he spent about 10 days on the roster, got to pinch-run, and get 1 PA in a blowout.

I get that Rossy is trying to secure the playoff spot.... but I have to admit, I'm getting a mighty strong whiff of F Troop: Rebooted. Whatever Jose Macias is up to nowadays, I hope he *wouldn't* pick up the phone if called.

I totally thought it was a joke that his mom is the mom from the 1994 classic Little Big League.

She - Anna Crow - is also the wife of the guy who is having an affair and her husband is arrested by the precrime Tom Cruise and company in Minority Report.

She - Anna Crow - is also the wife of the guy who is having an affair and her husband is arrested by the precrime Tom Cruise and company in Minority Report.

Her real life husband (and Pete's dad) was the radiation guy on "Heroes" - she is 13 years his senior!

PCA is starting tonight and batting 8th.

O-4, though he did drive in a run on a groundout - but made a couple real gem catches in CF. His glove alone looks like it should pencil him as next year's FT CF (and I'm increasingly pro-resign Cody to play 1B).

Huh. I thought his parents were Sheryl Crow and Billie Joe Armstrong.

Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong was my guess, seeing as they were actually engaged. Felt more plausible.

plus Lance is a ball-er.

He looks like he will be an elite defensive CF. Can he hit ?

He looks like he will be an elite defensive CF. Can he hit ?

Not if he's asked to lay down a bunt every time.

Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong was my guess, seeing as they were actually engaged. Felt more plausible.

Nah, if that was the case he’d have so many steroids in his genes that he would have gotten a lifetime ban before he reached Double A.

Her real life husband (and Pete's dad) was the radiation guy on "Heroes" - she is 13 years his senior!

Wow, and I also see that she was 41 when Pete (her first and only child) was born.