The Orioles have so many problems that it's exhausting to think about. But, if you want to keep things simple, you can group them into two main categories (without even getting into anything coach or front office related). First, the major league team is in shambles. At 19-47, the Orioles have three fewer wins than any other team. Only one other team, the Royals, has been outscored by more runs (-114 vs. -112). The Orioles are a very bad baseball team that struggles across the board. It's hard to watch.
For reference, the 1988 Orioles (final record: 54-107) earned their 19th win on game 69 (to make them 19-50). They won their 20th game on game 72. This year's Orioles got their 19th win on game 60 (to make them 19-41). Through game 65, they're still sitting on 19 wins.
That leads to the second main issue: the future. The Orioles are not without promising talent in their farm system; however, many of their interesting prospects are not close to ready for the majors. The system also lacks high-end talent. In February, Austin Hays, Chance Sisco, and Ryan Mountcastle all landed somewhere on the notable national prospect lists. Hays was the only one of the three to be named on all five (MLB.com, Baseball America, Keith Law, Baseball Prospectus, and FanGraphs).
Since then, Sisco has graduated to the majors, and while he's held his own in semi-regular work, it would be a stretch to say he looks like anything more than a decent player. He doesn't look like a star. That's not bad, of course; it's just not great.
On Monday, FanGraphs released their updated top 131 prospect list. In February, Hays placed 90th on the list, and that was it for the Orioles. There is not a single O's prospect on this new version. Hays has dropped off entirely because he's struggling this year at Double-A Bowie, with a batting line of .224/.259/.374 (72 wRC+).
Now, the FanGraphs list isn't everything. No prospect list is the end-all, be-all. Mountcastle and maybe another prospect could still land on one or more of the national lists (he was on three last time). But Hays falling back to earth is disappointing and untimely, yet it shows just how much more talent the Orioles need in their farm system. No single player is going to solve this mess. Some things that are happening in the lower levels of the O's system are encouraging -- with, for example, Ryan McKenna, Michael Baumann, Zac Lowther, and others -- but it's not enough.
Almost everyone on this current O's roster should be a trade chip. The Orioles need to do whatever they can to add youth and talent nearly everywhere in the minors. Players that are close to major league ready would be preferred, but teams aren't just giving those prospects away. The O's need high-ceiling talent. They should be able to get a couple of those types by dealing away Manny Machado, Zach Britton, and others. Every possibility should be explored.
In the meantime, enjoy everything Machado, Britton, Adam Jones, and others do in an Orioles uniform before they're gone. And don't take a competitive game, home run, or solid defensive game for granted. One day things will get better for the O's, but it might be a while. Settle in.
Showing posts with label Chance Sisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chance Sisco. Show all posts
13 June 2018
21 May 2018
Chance Sisco: Anatomy of a Thrown Out Runner
When Chance Sisco was drafted, he was noted as being a rather novice when it came to the defensive responsibilities of being a catcher. His skills were uniformly seen as below average, but the potential for him to make those skills adequate was a divisive question among scouts. Our own research found that poor defensive catchers generally do not make it to the majors, primarily because they are unable to acquire adequate defensive skill. As Sisco rose through the minors, the common refrain was that he was improving, but he was not adequate. More specifically, it was considered that his framing and blocking was adequate, but his movement from behind the plate was not ideal.
Last Wednesday, Sisco was challenged and this is what happened:
That marked the 18th time someone ran on Sisco and the ninth time he was able to contribute to a caught stealing. For players with 150 IP, here are the leaders in % Caught Stealing (as of 5/17):
So what are the parts of attempting to throw out a baserunner: lead control, hand break to plate, location, pop time, throw, and catch and tag. Of those parts, the pitcher is in control of the lead and hand break to plate. The middle infield is responsible for the catch and tag. The catch is responsible for his pop and throw.
When it comes to lead control, there are a mix of opinions. Many pitching coaches despise the pickoff throw. They think it increases pitch count, messes with mechanics, can indicate when a pitcher is actually pitching more easily, and simply does not work. This perspective usually involves a long staredown (a la Mike Mussina) or simply never really looking over and letting the catcher call a pickoff move. The other view is the concept on continual disruption to get the runner out of their rhythm. The Orioles appear to be a team that does not pick off much, and even if they did, it does not appear to help catchers all that much.
In the 1980s, a revolution was afoot. Dick Bosman, former Orioles pitching coach, was trying to figure out how to limit damage inflicted on his team by the running game. In the 1980s, running was a major element of the game with several seasons where someone would steal over a hundred bases. Bosman realized that as pitching coach, he had trouble encouraging catchers to get off their throws and began tinkering with a pitchers time to plate. What he realized is that a pitcher could use a quick side step and not lose all that much velocity. He was able to reduce the time a pitcher got the ball to the plate from his hand break from over two seconds to well under two seconds. From all appearances, it seems the Orioles still retain that perspective. It is a concept that is loudly preached in the organization. This helps a catcher quite a bit.
Another thing that can help a catcher is where pitches are thrown. Dick Bosman has another story regarding the great Ivan Rodriguez who was known as a dominant force against baserunners. He noted that IRod would call pitches high and outside to put himself in better position to throw runners out regardless of the impact on the at bat. Eventually, hitters wised up and began expecting those kinds of pitches. For years, the Orioles have done this. Pitch maps are all over the place, but when a runner is alone at first, the pitches rise with greater frequency. From what I can tell on Sisco's successes, he often gets these pitches when runners run.
This brings us to pop time, the time it takes to receive the ball and deliver it to your middle infielder. Here is a smattering of pop times with ranks (using Baseball Savant).
When we look at positioning, Sisco is better. Whereas his arm strength is 38th out of 41, his positioning into a throw was 23rd out of 41. That is below the mean, but not off by much. Getting the ball out of his glove and into the air? That is 34th out of 41. All of that is below average and paints a terrible picture for what he has control over.
One thing is not being measured though: the placement of his throws. I do not have the data, but Joseph does an excellent job with his accuracy and delivers the ball well for the middle infielder to use. I am unsure where it is on purpose, but he seems to hit the lip of the infield grass so that it is delivered right for a tag. That is what we see in the graphic above.
That leads us to the catch and tag, which is something either the Orioles make a point to find in a player or teach in a player. JJ Hardy, Manny Machado, Jonathan Schoop, and Ryan Flaherty. They all were excellent at receiving a ball and putting a tag down. I am not familiar enough with the others yet to deliver anything near decisive.
So what does this all mean?
Regardless, there are good reasons to doubt Sisco as being effective long term against baserunners similar to how Joseph was initially incredible at throwing out runners his first year, too, and is now fairly unimpressive. My guess is that we will eventually see teams be slightly more selective running against Sisco and perform much better.
Last Wednesday, Sisco was challenged and this is what happened:
That marked the 18th time someone ran on Sisco and the ninth time he was able to contribute to a caught stealing. For players with 150 IP, here are the leaders in % Caught Stealing (as of 5/17):
That looks fairly impressive and I think it is good to break down what happened in the video above.
Name Team % CS Salvador Perez KCR 63 Jett Bandy MIL 57 Matt Wieters WSN 50 Chance Sisco BAL Mike Zunino SEA 43 J.T. Realmuto MIA 42 Luke Maile TOR 40 Jason Castro MIN Pedro Severino WSN 39 Francisco Cervelli PIT 39
So what are the parts of attempting to throw out a baserunner: lead control, hand break to plate, location, pop time, throw, and catch and tag. Of those parts, the pitcher is in control of the lead and hand break to plate. The middle infield is responsible for the catch and tag. The catch is responsible for his pop and throw.
When it comes to lead control, there are a mix of opinions. Many pitching coaches despise the pickoff throw. They think it increases pitch count, messes with mechanics, can indicate when a pitcher is actually pitching more easily, and simply does not work. This perspective usually involves a long staredown (a la Mike Mussina) or simply never really looking over and letting the catcher call a pickoff move. The other view is the concept on continual disruption to get the runner out of their rhythm. The Orioles appear to be a team that does not pick off much, and even if they did, it does not appear to help catchers all that much.
In the 1980s, a revolution was afoot. Dick Bosman, former Orioles pitching coach, was trying to figure out how to limit damage inflicted on his team by the running game. In the 1980s, running was a major element of the game with several seasons where someone would steal over a hundred bases. Bosman realized that as pitching coach, he had trouble encouraging catchers to get off their throws and began tinkering with a pitchers time to plate. What he realized is that a pitcher could use a quick side step and not lose all that much velocity. He was able to reduce the time a pitcher got the ball to the plate from his hand break from over two seconds to well under two seconds. From all appearances, it seems the Orioles still retain that perspective. It is a concept that is loudly preached in the organization. This helps a catcher quite a bit.
Another thing that can help a catcher is where pitches are thrown. Dick Bosman has another story regarding the great Ivan Rodriguez who was known as a dominant force against baserunners. He noted that IRod would call pitches high and outside to put himself in better position to throw runners out regardless of the impact on the at bat. Eventually, hitters wised up and began expecting those kinds of pitches. For years, the Orioles have done this. Pitch maps are all over the place, but when a runner is alone at first, the pitches rise with greater frequency. From what I can tell on Sisco's successes, he often gets these pitches when runners run.
This brings us to pop time, the time it takes to receive the ball and deliver it to your middle infielder. Here is a smattering of pop times with ranks (using Baseball Savant).
Sisco has one of the weaker arms in baseball behind the plate. Of those 41 catchers, only AJ Ellis, Brian McCann, and Tony Wolters get less velocity on their balls. What is the difference between a Chance Sisco soft-tossed 78 mph pitch and a Jorge Alfaro 91 mph burner? About 0.07 seconds. In other words, about 16-21% of the pop time has to do with getting the ball in the air to second. The rest is getting into position to throw and exchanging the ball from glove to hand.
Name Team Pop Time Rank (41) MPH JT Realmuto MIA 1.85 1 88 Gary Sanchez NYY 1.95 4 87 Welington Castillo CHW 1.96 6 80 Matt Wieters WAS 1.99 15 79 Buster Posey SFG 2.01 21 83 Caleb Joseph BAL 2.03 24 78 Omar Narvaez CHW 2.06 31 80 Chance Sisco BAL 2.08 36 78 Kurt Suzuki ATL 2.15 42 81
When we look at positioning, Sisco is better. Whereas his arm strength is 38th out of 41, his positioning into a throw was 23rd out of 41. That is below the mean, but not off by much. Getting the ball out of his glove and into the air? That is 34th out of 41. All of that is below average and paints a terrible picture for what he has control over.
One thing is not being measured though: the placement of his throws. I do not have the data, but Joseph does an excellent job with his accuracy and delivers the ball well for the middle infielder to use. I am unsure where it is on purpose, but he seems to hit the lip of the infield grass so that it is delivered right for a tag. That is what we see in the graphic above.
That leads us to the catch and tag, which is something either the Orioles make a point to find in a player or teach in a player. JJ Hardy, Manny Machado, Jonathan Schoop, and Ryan Flaherty. They all were excellent at receiving a ball and putting a tag down. I am not familiar enough with the others yet to deliver anything near decisive.
So what does this all mean?
Above you see the top ten catchers for whom the most stolen base attempts are made (at least 150 innings played this season). For whatever reason, teams are running on Chance Sisco. It may be that teams see the problems he has and are willing to send runners who have no business being sent to second. It may be that Sisco indeed places his thrown balls well and that value of that is underrated. It may be that his %CS will catch up to him.
Name Team % CS SB/9 Att/9 Russell Martin TOR 23 0.91 1.19 Matt Wieters WSN 50 0.51 1.02 Jonathan Lucroy OAK 31 0.69 1.00 Jorge Alfaro PHI 29 0.68 0.96 Chance Sisco BAL 50 0.47 0.94 Tony Wolters COL 33 0.58 0.88 Luke Maile TOR 40 0.51 0.85 Caleb Joseph BAL 21 0.67 0.84 Pedro Severino WSN 39 0.50 0.81 Robinson Chirinos TEX 8 0.74 0.81
Regardless, there are good reasons to doubt Sisco as being effective long term against baserunners similar to how Joseph was initially incredible at throwing out runners his first year, too, and is now fairly unimpressive. My guess is that we will eventually see teams be slightly more selective running against Sisco and perform much better.
09 February 2018
How Did The Orioles Fare In 2018 Top 100 Prospect Lists?
While fans continue to wait for free agents to sign, many have focused more on the various 2018 prospect rankings released over the last few weeks. After not rating well for a couple years, the Orioles' farm system is on the rise.
Austin Hays, Ryan Mountcastle, and Chance Sisco all appeared on at least one of the major lists (including top 100/101 lists for MLB.com, Baseball America, Keith Law, Baseball Prospectus, and FanGraphs).
Here's where they ended up:
Hays appears on all of the lists, while Mountcastle is a new addition (except on BP's midseason list, surprisingly at No. 41). Sisco, meanwhile, fell off of the lists of MLB.com, Baseball Prospectus, and FanGraphs after making it last year. He was 57th on BA's list last February and then jumped to 29th in July. Now, at No. 68, he's fallen back a bit. Only on Keith Law's list, where Sisco went from 69th in 2017 to 53rd in 2018, did he improve.
Other O's prospects like Hunter Harvey, D.L. Hall, and Tanner Scott also received praise by FanGraphs and, in Harvey's case, Law. Plus, if you're interested in the 2018 KATOH top 100 rankings on FanGraphs, D.J. Stewart, Scott, Hays, Zac Lowther, and Sisco all appear in the bottom half of the list. Even the Orioles shared the list, which maybe shows that they're desperate for good news.
As always, Jon would like to inject some nuance into this topic. As Matt Perez demonstrated in his Death to TINSTAAPP (there is no such thing as a pitching prospect) posts (found here and here), top position player prospects are still more valuable than pitching prospects, but the gap isn't as large anymore. Position players are more dependable in reaching a successful wins above replacement level, but the baseline for a pitching prospect may be a useful reliever who, under WAR calculations, has a more difficult time accumulating WAR.
Besides Harvey, who despite a slew of injuries and not pitching above A-ball hasn't slowed the O's expectations for him this season -- with the possibility of pitching in the majors in 2018 -- the O's don't have another starting pitching prospect who's near the majors to get excited about yet. Much of the team's current hope is on position players panning out and making up for soon-to-be departing talent.
Austin Hays, Ryan Mountcastle, and Chance Sisco all appeared on at least one of the major lists (including top 100/101 lists for MLB.com, Baseball America, Keith Law, Baseball Prospectus, and FanGraphs).
Here's where they ended up:
| Player | MLB | BA | Law | BP | FG |
| Hays | 23 | 21 | 79 | 72 | 90 |
| Mountcastle | 98 | 71 | n/a | 65 | n/a |
| Sisco | n/a | 68 | 53 | n/a | n/a |
Hays appears on all of the lists, while Mountcastle is a new addition (except on BP's midseason list, surprisingly at No. 41). Sisco, meanwhile, fell off of the lists of MLB.com, Baseball Prospectus, and FanGraphs after making it last year. He was 57th on BA's list last February and then jumped to 29th in July. Now, at No. 68, he's fallen back a bit. Only on Keith Law's list, where Sisco went from 69th in 2017 to 53rd in 2018, did he improve.
Other O's prospects like Hunter Harvey, D.L. Hall, and Tanner Scott also received praise by FanGraphs and, in Harvey's case, Law. Plus, if you're interested in the 2018 KATOH top 100 rankings on FanGraphs, D.J. Stewart, Scott, Hays, Zac Lowther, and Sisco all appear in the bottom half of the list. Even the Orioles shared the list, which maybe shows that they're desperate for good news.
As always, Jon would like to inject some nuance into this topic. As Matt Perez demonstrated in his Death to TINSTAAPP (there is no such thing as a pitching prospect) posts (found here and here), top position player prospects are still more valuable than pitching prospects, but the gap isn't as large anymore. Position players are more dependable in reaching a successful wins above replacement level, but the baseline for a pitching prospect may be a useful reliever who, under WAR calculations, has a more difficult time accumulating WAR.
Besides Harvey, who despite a slew of injuries and not pitching above A-ball hasn't slowed the O's expectations for him this season -- with the possibility of pitching in the majors in 2018 -- the O's don't have another starting pitching prospect who's near the majors to get excited about yet. Much of the team's current hope is on position players panning out and making up for soon-to-be departing talent.
10 November 2017
Caleb Joseph Is The Favorite To Start Now, And That's More Than Fine
It's clear by now that the biggest concern for the Orioles roster is the lack of starting pitching options. If the O's don't do anything significant to fix the rotation, then maybe none of the rest of the roster issues really matter that much. Still, the O's could use a defensive outfielder and an upgrade at utility infielder, with maybe one or both hopefully being decent left-handed bats. They could also try to part ways with Mark Trumbo to create some lineup flexibility, but that won't be easy.
But even though Welington Castillo predictably declined his $7 million player option for 2018, catcher is not a position the O's really have to fret about. That's because they have Caleb Joseph.
Joseph doesn't have Castillo's prowess with the bat, but he's far from a disaster. Besides a disastrous, RBI-less 2016 campaign that included a painful injury that certain O's beat reporters were rarely hesitant to mention, Joseph has mostly been around the MLB average mark for catchers.
Caleb Joseph wRC+ (and MLB average wRC+ for catchers)
2014: 71 (93)
2015: 88 (85)
2016: 8 (87)
2017: 82 (89)
Data via FanGraphs
You might not be thrilled with that. But combined with what Joseph brings to the table defensively, a league average bat is more than acceptable.
By DRS data, Joseph has been a highly touted defender behind the plate in his four seasons (+32 from 2014-2017). He's been above average overall in terms of throwing out opposing baserunners, though he was below average last season (though, to be fair, he did have to catch nearly 30 more innings of Ubaldo Jimenez, who's notoriously slow to the plate and easier to steal off of). He's also been a strong pitch-caller and good at blocking pitches in the dirt.
FanGraphs does not use UZR to measure catcher defense and instead lists DRS data. And while DRS data does apparently factor in "handling of the pitching staff via things like pitch framing and pitch calling," it's not as well regarded as framing data at Baseball Prospectus. Here's how Joseph ranks in FRAA (framing runs above average):
Caleb Joseph framing runs above average
2014: 15.2 (7th)
2015: 10.8 (11th)
2016: 7.8 (13th)
2017: 13.1 (8th)
Data via Baseball Prospectus
He's not the best, but he's pretty good and is clearly above average when it comes to adding extra strikes for his battery mate.
Considering everything, it's not surprising that BP lists Joseph as being worth more in his four seasons (5.8 WARP) than Baseball-Reference (4.1 bWAR) and FanGraphs (1.7 fWAR). Even if pitch framing is becoming a skill that's more difficult to carry over from year to year, Joseph has stayed pretty consistent in his career. And if he's able to maintain that level of production the next few years, all the better.
In Joseph, the Orioles have a good pitch-framer with good enough throwing, blocking, and hitting skills who is under team control for three more seasons. He made $700,000 last season after losing to the O's in arbitration, and as a Super Two player, he still has three more arbitration years remaining.
The O's are likely to have a patchwork pitching staff next year and beyond, and it won't hurt to have someone behind the plate for 100 or so games to aid their hurlers a bit. And even if pitch framing is not something that's easy to teach, it couldn't hurt Chance Sisco's defensive development as the backup to hopefully learn something from Joseph. Maybe that's wishful thinking, and of course there's no way of knowing what exactly Sisco will offer in 2017 (surely more offensively than defensively), but a Joseph-Sisco tandem could be a good and interesting combination.
But even though Welington Castillo predictably declined his $7 million player option for 2018, catcher is not a position the O's really have to fret about. That's because they have Caleb Joseph.
Joseph doesn't have Castillo's prowess with the bat, but he's far from a disaster. Besides a disastrous, RBI-less 2016 campaign that included a painful injury that certain O's beat reporters were rarely hesitant to mention, Joseph has mostly been around the MLB average mark for catchers.
Caleb Joseph wRC+ (and MLB average wRC+ for catchers)
2014: 71 (93)
2015: 88 (85)
2016: 8 (87)
2017: 82 (89)
Data via FanGraphs
You might not be thrilled with that. But combined with what Joseph brings to the table defensively, a league average bat is more than acceptable.
By DRS data, Joseph has been a highly touted defender behind the plate in his four seasons (+32 from 2014-2017). He's been above average overall in terms of throwing out opposing baserunners, though he was below average last season (though, to be fair, he did have to catch nearly 30 more innings of Ubaldo Jimenez, who's notoriously slow to the plate and easier to steal off of). He's also been a strong pitch-caller and good at blocking pitches in the dirt.
FanGraphs does not use UZR to measure catcher defense and instead lists DRS data. And while DRS data does apparently factor in "handling of the pitching staff via things like pitch framing and pitch calling," it's not as well regarded as framing data at Baseball Prospectus. Here's how Joseph ranks in FRAA (framing runs above average):
Caleb Joseph framing runs above average
2014: 15.2 (7th)
2015: 10.8 (11th)
2016: 7.8 (13th)
2017: 13.1 (8th)
Data via Baseball Prospectus
He's not the best, but he's pretty good and is clearly above average when it comes to adding extra strikes for his battery mate.
Considering everything, it's not surprising that BP lists Joseph as being worth more in his four seasons (5.8 WARP) than Baseball-Reference (4.1 bWAR) and FanGraphs (1.7 fWAR). Even if pitch framing is becoming a skill that's more difficult to carry over from year to year, Joseph has stayed pretty consistent in his career. And if he's able to maintain that level of production the next few years, all the better.
In Joseph, the Orioles have a good pitch-framer with good enough throwing, blocking, and hitting skills who is under team control for three more seasons. He made $700,000 last season after losing to the O's in arbitration, and as a Super Two player, he still has three more arbitration years remaining.
The O's are likely to have a patchwork pitching staff next year and beyond, and it won't hurt to have someone behind the plate for 100 or so games to aid their hurlers a bit. And even if pitch framing is not something that's easy to teach, it couldn't hurt Chance Sisco's defensive development as the backup to hopefully learn something from Joseph. Maybe that's wishful thinking, and of course there's no way of knowing what exactly Sisco will offer in 2017 (surely more offensively than defensively), but a Joseph-Sisco tandem could be a good and interesting combination.
29 May 2017
Everyone's Available: Going for It in 2017
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| Photo Credit: Keith Allison |
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| Orioles Starting Rotation Rank (2017) |
It’s been a generally accepted notion that things are likely to get bad for the Orioles after the 2018 season. Adam Jones, Manny Machado, Zach Britton, and Brad Brach are all free agents. This is on top of the potential losses of Chris Tillman, Seth Smith, and Wade Miley (if his option is declined) after this season. Additionally, the contracts of Dan Duquette and Buck Showalter end after 2018. Even if the Orioles can bring back Jones, Machado, and Britton, they likely won’t have the payroll flexibility to add the needed role players, and there currently doesn’t look like there will be enough impact talent coming up from the minor leagues to fill the void. It may be a while until the Orioles are as good (or better) as they are right now, so now is the time to push whatever chips they have remaining to the center of the table.
It’s important to remember that when considering trades, quantity does not get you quality, but pairing any of those “untouchable” players (or a couple of them) with Mancini could potentially bring back a starting pitcher of higher value than Kendall Graveman. I agree with Jon that the focus should be on someone who has team control, at least through the 2018 season, as the Orioles plan to (and should) be competitive next year as well. At the moment I’m not sure who that starter might be, and it’s entirely possible that the inclusion of Sisco, Mountcastle, etc. to a Mancini deal may only bring back someone marginally better than Graveman. But they should not be automatically excluded from trade discussions.
Additionally, the potential loss of any of those “untouchable” prospects doesn’t have any bearing on 2018 other than the possibility that they become slightly more valuable as a trade chip next year. All of these players have question marks and in my opinion are better used to help the current MLB club than as foundations for the future.
- Hunter Harvey – High ceiling; has been injured more than he’s played
- Chance Sisco – Great hitter; questions on power and defense
- Cody Sedlock – Mid-rotation ceiling; struggling in High-A Frederick
- Ryan Mountcastle – Good hitter; probably needs to play LF (putting more pressure on his bat)
- Jomar Reyes – Good hitter; probably needs to move to 1B (putting more pressure on his bat)
Sisco is the one guy who could arguably contribute next year, as Welington Castillo’s player option doesn’t necessarily mean that he’ll be back after the 2017 season. Having said that, Sisco’s not off to a great start in AAA either, and he may not be quite ready for the big league club at the start of next season. If the post-2018 landscape continues to look bleak, no one in the minor league system (or Trey Mancini) should be untouchable. And in fact, they should be aggressively shopped to help the 2017 team, preferably for starting pitching.
Obviously, a lot can change in the next two months before the trade deadline. The Orioles could fall completely out of contention and look to sell some pieces in an attempt to re-load for 2018. However, if they stay in contention (and by taking care of business within the AL East so far, they’re in a good spot to do that…despite the recent 7 game losing streak), they should go all in on the 2017 season, and do whatever they need to do to make the major league cub as strong as possible. There appear to be dark times coming after 2018, and those “untouchable” minor league players aren’t likely to prevent that.
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