Quote:He hasn't exactly lit the world on fire this season.  In 66 games at AA Tennessee he is slashing .281/.343/.406/.749.

 

It's not at all to say he can't be an excellent major leaguer, but I think he's still living off some hype from last year where he put up huge numbers in a handful of games each for Eugene and South Bend after being drafted, and then he went insane with a 1.609 OPS at spring training this year.

 

But with a .750-ish OPS at AA this year, he may be slotted to start 2020 there as well.  Even if he gets to start the season at Iowa, he would seemingly have to put up significantly better numbers to get called up that early.

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He hasn't exactly lit the world on fire this season.  In 66 games at AA Tennessee he is slashing .281/.343/.406/.749.

 

It's not at all to say he can't be an excellent major leaguer, but I think he's still living off some hype from last year where he put up huge numbers in a handful of games each for Eugene and South Bend after being drafted, and then he went insane with a 1.609 OPS at spring training this year.

 

But with a .750-ish OPS at AA this year, he may be slotted to start 2020 there as well.  Even if he gets to start the season at Iowa, he would seemingly have to put up significantly better numbers to get called up that early.

Quote:15 Cubs Declared Minor League Free-Agents

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:19am



CUBS 2019 MLB RULE 55 MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENTS:

Gioskar Amaya, INF

Yasiel Balaguert, 1B-OF (served as a coach with AZL Cubs #1 in 2019)

Trevor Clifton, RHP

Taylor Davis, C-1B

Enrique de los Rios, RHP

Phillip Evans, INF

Johnny Field, OF

Chih-Wei Hu, RHP

Erick Leal, RHP

Dixon Machado, INF

Chris Pieters, OF (served as a coach with AZL Cubs #2 in 2019)

Will Remillard, C (served as a coach with AA Tennessee in 2019)

Manuel Rondon, LHP

Allen Webster, RHP (was sent outright to AAA Iowa just prior to the 5 PM deadline)

Alex Wilson, RHP



RHP Corey Black (who spent the 2019 season on the AA Tennessee 60-day Injured List after undergoing TJS for the second time in his career in April), OF Charcer Burks, OF Roberto Caro, C Erick Castillo, RHP Oscar de la Cruz, LHP Luke Hagerty (who spent the 2019 season on the Myrtle Beach 60-day Injured List after undergoing surgery to repair a torn left flexor tendon in April), LHP Luis Lugo, and C Jhonny Pereda were eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league 6YFA, but each of them signed a 2020 minor league successor contract prior to being declared a 6YFA.

NOTE: All eight of these players will now be eligible for selection in next month's Rule 5 Draft, so it is possible that one or more could be added to the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) when minor league reserve lists are established on 11/20 in preparation for the Rule 5 Draft.



LHP Danny Hultzen and RHP Colin Rea were eligible to be Rule 55 minor league 6YFA post-2019, but Hultzen's contract was selected and he was added to the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) in September, and Rea had his contract selected and was added to the Cubs MLB 40-man roster Monday afternoon (just prior to the 5 PM Eastern deadline).

Quote:Beginning in the 2016 season Machín has not posted an OBP below .343. With the exception of the blip on the radar that was his 2018 season, he’s never had a batting average below .274.

Quote:Come the end of the 2020 MLB season the A’s will be happy with the trade they made while the Cubs will wonder how they

could ever of
left Machín unprotected.