Pre-arb Excellence: a Chicago Cubs podcast

6-1 to 6-5 and other stuff --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It sounds like owners might want to eliminate short season games entirely. And writers are going to avoid telling us about it until it's too late. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What might happen isn't necessarily what will happen. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A ST win, and roster activity. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Christopher Morel and Brennen Davis play late --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Zack Bryant, a reliever, goes to Boston in the Josh Osich trade as a PTBNL. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

As the exhibition season revs, the Cubs make some roster adds. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

College games, oh how I missed them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs lose an outfielder, and a Mariners official says the quet part out loud. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One player clears waivers as another prepares to get waived. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Nail the draft and player development, and everything else should work out. Botch the draft, and it doesn't matter. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Or, in the latter half of camp, play all nine. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which begs projections and extension talks --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Alcantara DFAd. Alzolay has a fourth option season. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Sometimes, decisions make less sense after the fact. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Two players signed. One signing is official. One roster spot created. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Arrieta signs, and the Reds do something different --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Cubs add an outfielder of the day before 75 player lists are to be submitted. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If you follow mock drafts, Mason Albright will be on your list. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Best of luck in Flushing Meadows. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Diamondbacks DFAd Taylor Guilbeau overnight. The Cubs should pounce. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Getting DFAd is now getting Schrockd --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

While I watch college baseball, the Cubs add a player. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Cubs sign a lefty reliever. When info is meaningless. Who's on DFA watch? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A glance at the five players bound to the Rockies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Quite by accident, I coin a phrase regarding my stance on Cubs success in 2021. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs are spending more, and have hired a scout. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

...signing with the Cubs was announced. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What's amusing is dissecting a trade in finality that hasn't had the players announced yet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Ballesteros, Kohl Stewart, option seasons, strike talk --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Cubs add an outfielder, and the media gets it wrong, again. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Perhaps the Cubs prefer younger pitchers with cost control to veterans. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not all college games will be rewarding, but a few minutes of prep work increases the value when they are useful. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The third-leading HBP recipient in Cubs history has had injury troubles the last few seasons. Which complicates things. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I have three names to know, which is the goal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

....... and gotten a prospect for their efforts? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Red Sox bailed out the Yankees today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

3 of the 24 committed or signed players from the current IFA class have a chance to jump two levels. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What does Baez do that other Cubs stars don't? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If there's trade chatter, who might make sense. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs bypassed two players on waivers this week that a better team (Atlanta) wanted. What is the goal? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

....on how to make more MLB teams more competitive every season. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What sort of Cubs trades do you want if payroll is going down either way? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The big winner here may be PJ Higgins. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A mock gives the Cubs the same as in the last mock, and a prep is bringing it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Marquez (63), Davis (78), Howard (88), and Amaya (89) with some music chat, as well. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Whose opinion would you value on that question, and why? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

MiLB squads can apparently add another coach. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What Washington prospects make sense in a trade with the Cubs? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The former Dodgers outfielder was DFAd by Philadelphia. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Drafted before Mike Trout, Miller has struggled to stay healthy recently --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Mason McRae gives us some reading material. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Ballesteros, Carlos Ramos, and Carlos Cabrera are the Cubs Venezuelan early signings --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who have the Cubs signed internationally so far? It depends on what the definition of 'signed' is. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

With Oferman Hernandez signed, that makes three signings today, with two being named Hernandez. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Cubs sign Curacao outfielder Rain Coran --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In an anticipated signing, the Cubs add Hernandez for $3 million. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Here's a bit on a pair of podcasts on Cubs pitching prospect Joe Nahas. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which ones? Which one gets dismissed as unworthy? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs and Marlins don't match well in a Willson Contreras swap. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Are owners hypocrites if the minor league teams were whacked for any ther reason the 'expenses' and 'field conditions? Perhaps. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If Bryant or other goes to Toronto, who might make sense in return? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Signing bonuses and draft round are factors in assessing how much a player was valued on his signing. What else does that mushroom into? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If KB goes to Flushing Meadows, what sort of return makes sense, and why? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A mishmash episode that talks about rumor-credibility, planning, and a cause of pitch counts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I discuss a faux trade idea with the Mariners, in light of the current trade landscape. Will I endorse it or not? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Does today's Mets/Cleveland trade signal a few more Cubs trades? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What might be a potential return? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I loathe the gutting of minor league baseball. With the changes that I don't like come a better opportunity to assess pipelines one through thirty. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why do hurlers so often return from Japan or Korea so improved? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How will MiLB differ in 2021 and beyond from 2019 and before? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A switch-hitting outfielder that can CF or RF makes sense for a cost-conscioua team with four vacancies on the 40 man roster. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How does a switch-hitting SS/3B that has Brennen Davis upside move the needle for you? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A RF/CF with speed to stick in center, Mena has enthused the two people I respect that have seen him play. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Padres second rounder in 2020 is now a Cubs prospect. And apparently a good dude. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Glove-first shortstop that hit well in his intro to MiLB in the USA in 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Will the Yu Darvish return serve as a hint what the Cubs seek in trade this winter? What role will Davies serve in 2021? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In February of 1968, Walter Cronkite spoke out against the Vietnam War on the national news. Overnight, Cubs fans who grasp prospect value, ridiculed the Yu Darvish trade. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In a Festivus Miracle, the Cubs signed Dermody today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs added Samford University outfielder Phil Ervin on waivers today. Non-terrible defensive OF that might hit, and won't be a free agent until 2025. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs aim to keep their 4 top affiliates, and some Rule 5 Draft prep work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs weren't the only team cutting loose talent today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When an executive gets a five year deal, which years are the most important for getting an extension? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When I talk about what sort of trade return makes sense, the goal is proximity. Here is a realistic trade return, if Bryant goes to the Nationals or anywhere. He's a rental. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs added three players to their 40 man roster on Friday, and haven't added anyone since. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs add Abiatal Avelino to the Teiple-A Iowa roster in advance of the deadline. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs have recently signed six minor league free agents. Which 2012-2014 trades should they try to mimic? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Saddle it up, Jed Hoyer. A few things need upgrades. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What, specifically,, is the other team looking for if trading a key piece? If you aren't properly answering that, your faux trade premise is likely flawed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

This would be accepted by Cleveland in 45 seconds. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Is Tom Ricketts willing to toss cash in to increase trade return? How important is "my awareness" in a trade acquisition? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Jeff Luhnow is suing the Houston Astros to get his money back. I wonder if Rob Manfred can get placed on the witness stand. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Baseball, and other sports, have a pacing problem. Sometimes this gets tossed in the "launch angle" basket. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

While the Sox knew about TLR's second DUI citing before his hire, the Cubs mock draft names are getting more consistent. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Overton window isn't typically used in discussing baseball, but it can be useful. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which teams are prioritizing the present over the future? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why do teams choose college pitching coaches to spots of importance in pro organizations? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs PTBNL for Andrew Chafin is named. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Do you like velocity from a reliever, paired with a useful slider? Consider following the Buckeyes from Columbus. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I enjoy rumors of trades regarding NL Central teams (other than the Cubs) wanting to trade for one season of Francisco Lindor. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When someone is disrespectful from a baseball perspective, turnabout is strongly recommended. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Listening to non-Cubs announcers can be enlightening. If enlightenment is your goal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Assessing which team is seeking what is the first step in fake trades. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Chase Strumpf homered in a fake game, and six potential free agents decided to hang around for another season in the pipeline. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

An executive promotion this off-season will go quite a distance to representing long-term success or failure. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The players might as well accept. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

While the Cubs lost a few Instruct games to COVID, it sounds due to the opposition. After successfully navigating the 2020 season with no positives, or benefits from that, what's next? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

:Cost controlled and with multiple option seasons remaining" seems to be more important than "experienced and reliable". --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Despite an instructs loss, good things happened. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Cubs claim a Cardinals infielder on waivers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Was the La Russa hire based on baseball improvement reasons? Or was something more devious taking over? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

MLB sides have upcoming deadlines for decisions, from bonuses accepted or declined, or people added to the 40 man roster or not. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs pursue the former Cardinals second baseman? Or, should they await to see if his presence on his availability until January? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The primary for the Wolverines, does he make sense for the Cubs? And when? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Some Cubs stuff, tied in with other news across MLB --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Would a Yu Darvish 1-for-1 trade proposal make sense? In any instance? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A big-splash signing from Cuba, Martinez hasn't advanced well in the pipeline. He's crushing the Mexican Winter League. Is that enough for a roster spot? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A Cubs prospect since 2015, he's a reasonably logical 40 man roster addition in November. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

An ex-Cub won a World Series ring tonight. Are there lessons to be learned from Floro's time with the Cubs? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Jerrick Suiter earned a save in Instructional Ball today. How did he end up with the Cubs? It's a much more forward-looking tale than ripping on a MLB manager for bullpen usage. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Also, Ethan Hearn and Kevin Made. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It's tough to impress without any games. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Convincing Cubs fans to be on Cubs Team 2023, or trading talent based on 2021 hinge on the same question. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Information and data points. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A Cubs draft pick out of high school, he's the top Illini catcher. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A bit of a nomenclatural deeper dive. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Coaching, like music, is very personal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

4 players have been added to the Cubs instructs roster. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The SS by way of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela is representing in Instructs --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Kevin Made and Jordan Nwogu show up on both highlights boards. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When a team makes a mistake, the GM often gets the blame. When a fan makes the same mistake repeatedly, should they learn from it? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Whether Theo Epstein thought the core would be good enough to "repeat" or "form a dynasty", you were if you thought it would work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

For a uninym and a hyphenated name. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Lefty hitting college guy with a fun story. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

This trade idea was fun for a reasonably obscure reason. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A bit of a mystery, Altuve still rates Cubs Team 2023. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Would 3 or 4 years of Jack Flaherty be better than 1 or 2 of Willson Contreras? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It took Jensen awhile to thrive at the Mountain West Conference level. Not all hard-throwers do. He did. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Strumpf and Wetzel homer. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Tom Ricketts starts an aggressive rebrand as a corporate raider. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Aside from cut-rate superstars, what are teams really looking for in trades? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A hard-throwing recently-drafted reliever from Louisville that's hit 100 in game action. That gets him on Team 2023. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A beginning of looks at players who might still be pre-arbitration after the potential lockout. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which teams develop talent the best? How would one hypothesize an experiment? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What makes a good hitting coach? Are they immune from criticism? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

From a baseball perspective, there aren't many more important. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs tie the Giants 7-7, per Arizona Phil. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

And Chris Rusin? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Offense-first catcher. Does he remain there. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Good baseball program bringing a leverage reliever to the weekend rotation. Seems worth assessing when he might go, once the spring arrives. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Free agency is a two-way street. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Ronnier Quintero and Kevin Made are back in Boca Chica. Brayan Altuve? Not so much. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which of the 11 new guys are your top picks for future success? I'm going with Sandy and Torres. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Sometimes, bunts help teams win. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A tweet turns to a full podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Don't take the bait. Direct discussion topics in the fashion of the three valid questions for all owners this off-season. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If waiver wire homework is your thing, here is a player from last off-season. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Started as a way to spread innings among pitchers, the opener has become a Rosetta Stone for the Rays developing talent. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A reliever/midweek guy before, Fitts's velo is ticking up. Auburn is a good follow --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs aren'tbthe only team swinging at bad pitches. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Fixing the bullpen isn't accomplished by randomly adding one or two veterans. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why would the Royals want Kyle Schwarber? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Demon Deacons benefited from a 2020 draft as much as anyone, and would be a fun 2021 follow. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

His punch out numbers are as sickening as his slider --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not only a game, but a non-loss. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

He's a traditional lead-off man in center field. Does that work for you? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If the willingness of owners to spend is up in the air, why is anything more clear than mud? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Drafted from a junior college, Little's adjustment to pro ball has been rocky. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A bit reminiscent of another J Baez you might be familiar with. Vandy commit. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

While McLain is unlikely to slip to anywhere near the Cubs at 1.21, following UCLA Bruins baseball would be a useful venture for a west-coast baseball fan. If your squad is drafting 6-11, follow McLain --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It's coming to Boca Chica next week. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Being respectful of people with opposing views is a key part of being persuasive. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Tennessee Volunteers would be a solid college follow. Max Ferguson is their top draft prospect. Check out Baseball America's interview with HC Tony Vitello. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Yes, I went a bit crazy over the name Miller School Of Albemarle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The series concludes with two recent draft choices, including the Cubs most recent draft choice. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Following Eric Cerantola is advisable. Following Mississippi State's baseball team is advisable. Yes, I expect you to homework. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not all discussions on Twitter are frustrating. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I start with how to pronounce Hajjar. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Did they have the depth to replicate? Were they vulnerable to start with? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How many relievers are needed, now? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

He's a bat-first catcher, but the bat is somewhere between legit and lethal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A Fueled By Sports mock draft assigns a Smyrna, Georgia shortstop to the Cubs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Would the Cubs be interested in a pitcher out of the SEC that can 98? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A college pitcher from California, and a college infielder from upstate Pennsylvania. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I've heard one time too many "the Cubs should trade Kyle Schwarber". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A power guy who should be useful in left. How well will he reach base? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A brief look at a likely very early draft selection in July. He's good. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Rafael Morel is Christopher's brother, and is off to a quicker pro start. Americaan reached full-season ball in 2019. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Third baseman. Mashes. Might not stick at third. Mashes. Could be a LF/RF guy that's bat first. Mashes. Won't last until 21. Mashes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

An outfielder that should be able to hack RF, and might even CF, and has power. He night be worth a look at 21. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

This not only assesses two prospects, but an international signing class. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs consider trading a potential future piece for a middle leverage reliever with 3 years of team control? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Can lesson jump sports genres? Can fans learn baseball lessons from Jimmy Butler? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One Duke 2-way player, and a prep that walked away from a Mississippi State commitment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What will ownership allow Theo Epstein to spend in payroll? Does that include the $11 million in buyouts? By the way, which teams are offering quality for the Cubs players with lapsing contracts? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Two players from colleges worth committing an off-season of familiarization to their baseball programs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

With new data reports come new opportunities to differently assess said data reports. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In what round should the Cubs have drafted Mike Brousseau? Would it have mattered? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Do you support the DH in the NL in 2021 and beyond? Why or why not? Here's to the weakest reason to (support/not support) the DH in the NL. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One went to a junior college in Maryland. The other is from Northern Venezuela. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One prospect from Colombia, and one from Alton, Illinois. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

There's a better way to be successful than trading one of your two pitchers that are "post-season starter" good. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

And a bit of Grand Prize Game and Tom Brady forgetfulness talk. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A bit of a primer on where as stand as the 2020/2021 off-season commences. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I hope Commissioners are monitoring how the NFL treats breaches of specified protocols. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One is from Venezuela by way of the Dominican. One is from Coastal Carolina --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What are the posting rules? Should the Cubs be interested? What about the Biblical losses? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

This also mentions the minor league Rule 5 Draft. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not all free agents will receive qualifying offers. Not all will lead to extra draft choices. Here is a requested podcast episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

No, really!!! What changes are the Cubs going to make? Even the ticket prices will be about the same. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Brennen Davis, Brailyn Marquez, and others noted by Jim Callis --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The international signing period concludes soon, to re-open in January. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

My wishes on Jon Lester for 2021 were crystallized overnight. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A mock drafts a lefty hotting right fielder from Florida State. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I checked out a team from the last 40 years to see who their 4 best hitters were every year for a decade. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What do I mean "rushing players", and how do Kris Bryant, Corey Patterson, and recent early White Sox pitchers play into the discussion? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A look at two Cubs drat choices, one from 2017 and one from 2020. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

On entirely different sides of the June selection process, Bailey Reid and Ed Howard finally get to face opposition this month. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Two pitchers, one of which has pitched in MLB spring training games. The other hasn't had a stateside game with a box score. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Venezuelan catcher with a possible future. Mexican arm that falls in the lottery ticket range. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

2 power high school programs, and Gerber baby food? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Learn a bit about Cartegena. Learn another college team to consider paying attention to. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Baseball has a problem other than a wage disagreement. Fans amongst the same team's rooters can be disagreeable, as well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One is a middle infielder. One pitched in college before and after the Cubs drafted him. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Two pitchers. One undrafted in the 2020 draft. One sought after in July of 2018. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why the list of Instructs participants might not be complete. Also a look at the DR. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One is a second-round pick. One has never played a game off of the compound league level. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A look at two more Instructionsl League prospects, and a bit on why I've cooled on Theo Epstein. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A Cuban outfielder and a Colombian pitcher get the treatment today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

You ought to listen to this to learn Pablo Aliendo's home town. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

22 pitchers. 25 hitters. 4 of the 2020 draft selections. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Former MLB pitcher and Cubs Double-A pitching coach is wanted in connection with a murder. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I wish I knew. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs tender a contract to Jose Martinez? Do you buy his time with the Cubs? Or his "the rest of his career"? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If Theo wants to leave, trade him, and let Hoyer leave, as well. Shop Tampa. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Is a handoff to Hoyer inevitable? Are other options available? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

With Jeremy Jeffress going free agent, again, who is the second most trusted reliever, after Craig Kimbrel? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Yes to Contreras and Underwood. Almora is a bit tougher. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Yeah, the Cubs should tender a contract to Victor Caratini. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Baez and Kimbrel should be retained for 2021. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Yes, the Cubs ought to offer contracts to all three in 2021. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Yes. The Cubs should offer Bryant a 2021 contract. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs tender or non-tender Alec Mills and Nico Hoerner? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

MLB in 2021 and 2022 might be as turbulent as in 2020. While the Cubs may be as good as anyone in the division in either year, I'm setting my sights on 2023. By then, the depth may be valid. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A hodge-podge episode talking about an executive, a catcher, and a completed trade. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

My update on what the heck I think is going on out there. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When did the White Sox screw up regarding Garrett Crochet? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Was it managing skill? Or pitching depth? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Will the names you know get traded away this off-season? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A pair of injuries, a rain delay, and s 13 inning gamem --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not enough offensive depth. Not enough pitching depth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Third catcher added; spare relever goes away --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

An ex-Cubs prospect, a key to his success, and an outing when Sandy Alcantara pitched with Pat Hoberg behind the plate. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

3 of 4 road teams win. The Cubs series umpiring crew is named. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

One is declared a free-agent. Not Marquez. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Winning quickly can be useful. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Hendricks versus Alcantara, with Marte playing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Some vintage. Many current. A few in-between. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Involves an ownership group the Cubs play this week. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Also, why articles and headlines might not align --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Two Marlins have Sunday incurred injury concerns --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs look to be drafting in the 21 spot. Which helps to determine which specific players make sense early. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who leads the team in post-season pitching stats? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When assessing if the Cubs should or shouldn't acquire a player, don't base it on your preconceived notions. Nor should ignorance be a guide. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It was shaky. Were there lessons to be learned? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Would the Cubs top executive be available for trade? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Don't be fooled by small sample sizes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs get the Marlins, starting on Wednesday night. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs consider Jeff Samardzija for 2021? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A reason to tune in for a split-squad line-up afternoon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It isn't why you think. Go Brewers and Yankees. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Wins aren't all that matters. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which is the bigger problem? Intent? Or pitching dangerously? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Jimmy Cordero (three games) and Ricky Renteria (one game) have been suspended. Will White Sox pitchers toss inside today? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I really doubt St. Louis wants to play a double-header on Monday, the day before games start to matter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

tomorrow's starting pitcher. Contreras homers twice. Baez doubles hitting left-handed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Patrick Wisdom is on the 28 man roster. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Movable object meets stoppable force. Try to enjoy it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If the wrong questions are being asked, getting the correct answer is borderline useless. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Marquez. Wisdom. Higgins. Who they? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How I see the MiLB debate devolving. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What's the safest way to MLB depth? Creating a specific strength in the pipeline. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Instead of marinating in frustration, here are 7 hitters that might intrigue you from the 2021 draft. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If the game sucks, have a Plan B ready. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Don't be like them. I'm glad you're not. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs have gotten to the bullpen early in all three games. It's only paid one time of three. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Inconsequential game. I'm already over it --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Simple question. Has he earned a bullpen spot for the postseason? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I just had a terrible daydream. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Players on the 40 man roster won't be allowed in the post-season training camps. Should that alter the handling of Brailyn Marquez? Will it? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

4 innings. 7 strikeouts. Respect earned. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Find your baseball sub-genre. Do it as well as you can. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Alzolay rocks. Milwaukee beats Cincinnati. Life is fine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Some KB, some Bote, and a dive on a recent Pirates addition. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I'm a bit love/loathe with comps. Nonetheless, I have a later-career comp for Kris Bryant. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Are you hung up on magic numbers? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If I better know why I'm podcasting, you'll better know my target audience. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Managing people is hard. Playing MLB is hard. Managing people playing MLB can be hard, as well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs have few options regarding Bryant in October or 2021. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When do managers use higher-leverage relievers, and why? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who goes away? A valid deeper dive question. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Split, be happy, and get a few bats working. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I'll have an eye on the game in Cincinnati, and when do executives matter the most? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How likely are owners in the NL Central to increase spending amid a pandemi? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Would it make sense to call up a prepared college June draft choice that September? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs made a roster move on Sunday. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Sometimes, reading #Cubs is more enjoyable than closely following a four-hit shutout loss --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The bullpen isn't ready yet. Should it be? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Sometimes you lose. Try to learn the proper lessons when it happens. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Wick likely done for the season. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What works in baseball player development? What is less likely to work? Let's try to not get bogged down with jersey colors when assessing which strategies work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How can you prioritize owners on being overly cheap? I have two specific data columns I want to see. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What qualifies a person as a deeper dive Cubs fan? They realize money spent in one place precludes money from being spent in another place. They want to come up with free agent price points for Jeremy Jeffress in 2021. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

He has demands. He's good. Should the Cubs seek him out? Will they? Is 2021 the best year to do so? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Magic numbers to 6 and 4, but 45 was important in Cincinnati. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs dodge one of their better pitchers. Winning two about salts away the division. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The White Sox continue to be aggressive in calling up young pitchers. How has it worked? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

There isn't a window. There wasn't a window. If there was, it was expanded by the playoff pool being eight teams per league per year --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It will be one of six teams. Three of them, you know rather well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Another Cardinals loss. Another Cardinals pitching injury. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs bring back either? Should other questions be answered first? Which ones? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs should file a waiver claim on the recently designated lefty Cardinals reliever. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Thanks for the six years, whather that was his last Wrigley Field start or not. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A Baez walk-off after a drone delay. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who is being "as dumb as a box of doorknobs"? Why? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In case you didn't know. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The future has shifted, with 16 playoff teams likely into the future. How should the Cubs adjust now? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

16 team playoffs as far as the eye can see. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Cubs win on a walk-off hit batter. The Cardinals lose, and may lose two hitters. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Could Pedro Strop be next? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

And a possible bullpen dilemma in Milwaukee. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

No travel days, for the win. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Darvish/Carrasco Lester/Civale Bullpens rested --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Brewers and Cardinals split. Yelich fans swinging 3 times in the nightcap. John Gant, with a sore groin, is on the Cardinals roster. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why aren't Carraway, Marquez, or Steele in Chicago? Specific reasons. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The former walk-on remembers his roots in his moment of success. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Also a bit of Miguel Amaya and cheap owners --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs backup catcher seems more than competent at calling no-hitters. Seems useful. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Eyeing a game from the opponent's standpoint can be illuminating. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

With double headers for the other teams, numbers will drop today, regardless. Also, another sign of owners not spending money on a quality product. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Depth has recently been a Cubs strength. Who is getting booted out with a 40 man roster addition? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What is the Cubs don't re-sign or trade all of their key free agents? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

My idea if Mills hadn't tossed a no-hittet still applies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Extra stuff from Mills' gem. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Too much for one podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Is it better to have 5 entirely valid draft choices, or two with more upside and three with less? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Carraway's selection is how a team upgrades a bullpen by the book. Rushing him to MLB likely clogs the 40 man roster with a player unlikely to help the team. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Unlikely to get a look in 2020, by 2022, Morel may be a part of the solution to replacing departing veterans. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs approach in 2020 hasn't been exciting, but it's worked. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In the rubber match, the Brewers have no more than 5 pitchers they want to use. Do that "patience" thing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Avoiding the usual stereotypes, Higgins is worth a 40 man roster spot in November. If the Cubs pass, someone else might pounce. I doubt he plays in 2020 with the Cubs, but if he gets the chance, he'd compete. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

15, 11, and 11 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs forced the Brewers to use as much of their bullpen as possible. It worked. Eventually. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Brewers have made a change in their Saturday starting pitcher --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Days off are useful. For you. For your kids. For your parents. Even for Anthony Rizzo. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Do any pitchers on the 40 man roster have no present or future value? If so? Move on. Only three arms make sense to be added. Marquez is one of them. (45 Day IL stays also qualify.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Davis isn't currently a better hitter than the guys currently getting 12 or more at bats per week in the Cubs lineup. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the one really good reliever pitch the ninth in a tie game? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs made a wise call not bringing back Pedro Strop last off-season. Are there lessons? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

With a hat tip to Robrrt Stack's series Unsolved Mysteries --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Also, Alzolay, Kipnis, and a side order of Jose Martinez. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who are the Brewers tossing? What are their season pitch counts? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

By winning 2 of 3, the Cubs pushed the Reds into moves that.......... deserve discussion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Skip is a bad influence. Don't be like Skip. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Hoerner makes a great base-running play, then is later pinch-run for. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Alzolay Approach Adam Adjustments --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How does a struggling MLB pitcher get over the hump? Is Theo Epstein the guy to get that to happen? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How does former Cubs prospect Pedro Martinez stack up in the Rays' pipeline? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why I'm a bit cool on calling up prospects to Wrigley from off the 40 this September. And what changes my mind. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs shop the Constellation Energy League again for a pitcher. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When a team can't develop their own talent adequately, they pay a surcharge to those that do at the deadline. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs sign Bauer as a free agent? Will they? Could the answers be different? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

An MLB team considered Rucker worth a 40 man roster spot this off-season. That seems a reason to let him practice every day --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In a bit of a pitcher's duel, the Cubs come up short. Dermody clears waivers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Here's a Roberto Clemente tribute I endorse 100 percent. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Also Javy, Victor Caratini, Matt Dermody, and a Hall Of Famer --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A system upgrade I'd support. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, or anyone else, gets traded, with what sort of return should they decide to agree to the terms? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Sometimes, thry're your best trades. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Adbert Alzolay has been the 29th man twice this season. He hasn't required a move going the other way. On Thursday, he will. Who draws the short straw? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Friend of the show, what gets the LMU right-hander a look in 2020? (A bit more than it will take in 2021.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It's taken awhile, but the possibilities seem more likely than "then". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs 2019/2020 off-season was...... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Start with six innings of quality work from Alec Mills, add three nice one-inning relief stints, and a heaping helping of competitiveness from Kara Lawson, and it was a good day. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who is better? Andrew Benintendi or Ian Happ? Why? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Roster shuffle on both sides as numbers fall. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Learning lessons from the Cardinals, and saving the double-header until Alzolayday. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

MLB dot com votes the Cubs catching prospect back into the Top 100. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Ivy Leaguer gets to practice more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not fret over the lefty's DFA on Monday. It was inescapable. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A 2-3 loss that seems a 3-2 win. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In a mash-up of moves before Monday's game, the Cubs added Ildemaro Vargas to the roster, claimed Billy Hamilton on waivers, and DFAd Matt Dermody. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A Rule 5 add in the off-season, Megill was retained despite a trip through the waiver wire --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Nothing new, likely, if you've been doing your homework today --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The former Michigan State Spartan continues to push for a roster spot --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why is the former top Cardinals pick in South Bend? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If the Cubs are going to get where they want to go, developing pitching internally is part of it. Developing your own leads to uneven results, on occasion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What does an emergency catcher have to do with a music podcast? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why is he in the player pool, but unlikely to play for the 2020 Cubs? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why do the Cubs have so few hitters in the 60 man player pool? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What's the story with the Cubs' top catching prospect? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It's not just Cubs hitters. Christian Yelich has slumped. So has Peter Alonzo. Why, though? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why is a pitcher with 1 college inning pitched and no full-season level MiLB games in the states on the Cubs 60 man player pool? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Are the gloom and doom forecasts for the future accurate? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

When a better team kicks you butt, play better, or it will happen again --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

St. Louis valued and utilized Bock better and more successfully than the Cubs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The recently-added reliever moves up the ladder in "importance of appearances" as he might be worth tendering for next season. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Very glad to hear the lifelong Cubs fan gets a look --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I'm a fan, but South Bend is where he belongs now. Not Chicago. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs have very few SP options. That isn't likely to change in 2020. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs lost two to St. Louis, and that should be as unimportant as being third at a stoplight as second. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Players develop. At their rates. Not ours. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Tyson Miller will start Game 2 after all. Steven Souza gets the DFA --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not all starts go as planned. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I want Ildemaro Vargas to play for the Cubs so I can say Ildemaro Vargas again. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Cubs add an infielder, release a pitcher, and St. Louis places Sunday's starter on the IL. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Atop the list of 'potential rotation pieces for the future', what would stir Abbott or Marquez to a likelihood instead of a possibility in 2020? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Would Pedro Strop make for a good pitching coach option? Why or why not? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why is he in the player pool? Why is he not on the 28 man roster? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why would a 40 man rodter player not be in the 60 man playrr pool? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why is a former second overall pick unlikely to get a look? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Nice, easy game. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Welcome back to the team's all-time leader in post-season pitching appearances --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Do you like 98-101 from the left side with a degree of command? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

5 games begin Friday night. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Hit refresh. Will Ian Happ play tonight? Hit refresh. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why is Thompson in the player pool? Why is he not with the Chicago Cubs? First in a series. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

This is designed as a promotional podcast episode. Do you have a friend you want to shoot an episode to get them interested? This is for them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs post-season magic number might not be what you think it is --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Since I doubt the Cubs are picking up Jon Lester's 2021 contract, what's that mean? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I have two concerns regarding MiLB into the future. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Frustrating? Yeah. Happ sounds okay. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Bases loaded. Platoon lefty against a lefty reliever? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

To do the deeper dive better, attempt to get better at asseessing the value of the roster spot. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who are the options in the rotation? Who is best after that? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What qualifies a reliever as a middle leverage reliever? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How should headhunting in baseball be punished? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

But starting Tyson Miller is absurd? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Darvish is Pitcher Of The Month. Musgrove starts for the Pirates tonight. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If the Cubs lose Wednesday, it's my fault. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

My idea for expanding baseball to other countries would likely work. If I'm right, it would work well enough that Rob Manfred doesn't want it to happen. So it won't. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

My idea for baseball expansion requires this look at how the Dominican Summer League presently works. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Teams will be 'permitted' to develp talent this fall. How much will be permitted? Will 'we' know how much will be permitted? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

StL 27 Mil 21 Cin 20 Pgh 17 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Was the Josh Osich trade better than I credit it for? Maybe the Cameron Maybin one. Or the Andrew Chafin one? Maybe none will be very helpful. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Also a bit of player drvelopment stuff. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

He was released today by the Reds. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

After the Monday moves, somebody had to go. We know who it is, now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I have 2 nicknames for Jose Martinez. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If Almora's career with the Cubs is about over, it's been largely successful --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Here's my first series preview. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

And why did the Cubs 'get rid of' Nick Castellanos? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How did the Brewers, Pirates, and Cardinals do at the deadline? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How did the Reds do at the trade deadline. They were the most active division rival on August 31st. Will it pay off? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

In July. 20 rounds. The most importantv3 days of the year for most of the teams in MLB. Pick a college team. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Csardinals defeated the Reds. The Brewers and Pirates are tied late. Any team losing of the four helps the Cubs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Instead of Rex Brothers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Another foolish trade with the Tigers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

And may end up trading actual talent for them. Pukes on shoes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Should the Cubs take looks at young pitchers if September games become less essential? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Ian Happ is crushing it. Martinez has, before, as well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What's next --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

AJ Ramos is added, and Jose Martinez is better than Josh Phegley. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I love love love love this trade for 2020 and 2021. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not a topic I dig, but if you want answers, I have a few steps toward them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It should be quiet, as most teams in the division aren't valuing 2020 more than 2022. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Three of the four NLC games were amusing today, and the Cubs won the fourth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The first game is Darvish versus Bauer. If it's 'crucial' to either team, it isn't the Cubs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Every business has a budget, even a baseball team. Knowing that budget number keeps you grounded in reality regarding improving that team. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Not the Cubs. After a forgettable game, I revisit the five minute rule. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It has nothing to do with Pedro Strop. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If the Cubs bring in Pedro Strop, and he potches for the parent club, do you think he will be of assistance? If so, why? I would be good with him getting a minor league deal, and possibly another look in Wrigley. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why use 3 catchers? Especially if one can't hit very well? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Is Strop returning to the Cubs? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Also, will the Cubs face Trevor Bauer in Cincinnati? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The sports world became interesting on Wednesday night. The Cubs game was incedental. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Baseball isn't of promary importance, now. The Cubs bullpen had a bad inning. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs are firing non-player personnel, per Sahadev Sharma at The Athletic. Today is worse than it had been --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I have my first co-host in Alex Rogowski. It worked out okay --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What if the cost is Brailyn Marquez, Miguel Amaya, and Kohl Franklin? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Team stand pat? Make a major move? Which and why? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How does the general baseball industry assess relief outings for toxicity and futility? In my opinion, neither concept is accounted for very well --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Know when to listen to MLB owners, and when to ignore their tripe --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It's hard to assess relief pitchers in one-sided losses. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Jason Adam and Ian Miller are returned to South Bend. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

With Jose Quintana and Tyler Chatwood returning, two players need to go the other way. Who do you expect? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

There are not usually crucial games in MLB in August. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Javy takes advantage of second-tier relievers, and Alec Mills get credit for the win. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It's nice getting the starter out in the 4thbinning of the first game of a series. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why won't owners allow teams to have 70 or 80 players in the player pool? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

American League sides have had a development edge or two in the last few decades. They didn't need to sweat defense as much as their NL counterparts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Replacing Nico Hoerner on the prestigious list is the Cubs second rounder from 2018 Brennen Davis. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

At what point should a player be advanced in the minor league pipeline? At what point is it reasonable to think they'd be MLB-useful? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs gain ground on the third and fourth place Brewers and Reds this weekend. Life is good. And a friend of the show joins MLB' top 100 prospects. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which two teams should you most closely follow regarding DFA placements? Why them? Does Hunter Pence make sense for the Cubs? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which of the four available lanes were you in in July of 2017 when the Cubs traded for Jose Quintana? Have you changed lanes? Did you use your blinker? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why wasn't Bryant replaced on the roster on Saturday? A few logical reasons are possible. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which guy would you be more comfy throwing for the Cubs this season? A guy who shredded this season against pro baseball players? Or a guy who's never faced one in a game with a box score? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Jason Adam appears the lowest leverage reliever in the Cubs bullpen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Is it realistic to expect Kris Bryant to be 300 percent better than his MVP season because he received a pay raise? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Whether a season is going well or not, baseline expectations apply. Success allows a bit of leeway in said expectations --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Tha Mets and Yankees won't play this weekend, further discouraging valid MLB trades. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Faux trades can be fun, or a waste of time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The magic number in 2020 is different than usual --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs should sign the former Arizona Diamondback and Oregon Duck --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Yasser Puig? Dan Vogelbach? Someone else? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The statute of limitations of criticizing the call to DFA a player is "the length of the contract". Now, that rule is written down. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Bote helps the Cubs win, as owners don't want players like Bote in the league. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

That Adbert Alzolay represented was all I needed from that twinbill. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Do you dig the 7 inning double-headers yet? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs have their best available fill-in starting pitcher going in the nightcap tonight. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

I want the Cubs to bring up former Iowa Hawkeye Matt Dermody in the next two weeks. Here's why. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Part of the reason Cubs games are moving so slowly, and include so many strikeouts, is because of the team's selected approach. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Hernsn Perez is added to the 40 man roster, and Brad Wieck is moved to the 56 Day IL. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How would baseball fansvknow if a different method will be an upgrade if it isn't tried? Is the way it was done then better than now? How would that be known? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Who might be the next pitcher to debut for the Cubs, after Tyson Miller. Also, Fernando Tatis, Junior talk. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

With a side serving of "Is Kris Bryant a leadoff man?". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Why does TBD start so many double-header games? Also, ex #Cubs prospect Isaac Paredes gets called up. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Grasping what's going on isn't an endorsement of what's obviously happening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

What to expect when double-headers are 7 innings, and if one game is a venue change. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Sunday's game, and why I used Baseball Reference more than Fangraphs --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How much of the future are you willing to surrender to upgrade the Cubs' chances in 2020? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It wasn't a given that the Brewers closer would be successful when he was drafted. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

If you'd like to learn more about college baseball, pick a team to follow. Your future self will thank you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Which players from the pipeline might be added to the alternate training site? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Soon, teams will be able to add 15 players to their alternate training site. Which is about half of my suggestion the last month-plus. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Do you like Yu Darvish more now that 24 months ago? If so, why? The Cardinals have a prospect being added to their 40 man roster soon. Who is he? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Kyle Schwarber reported to the Daytona Cubs late in the 2014 campaign. Players in Daytona had something specific they often did. His story is amusing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs may or may not be cheap, but quite a few other teams are moreso, and 2020 provides some evidence of it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Don't use catchers as the DH very often. Having a reserve catcher worth using four times a week isn't normally a good justification to start them at DH twice a week or more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Suspensions don't deter recklessness in baseball. Maybeiquidating draft picks and international spending would. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

After awhile at the Cubs ATS, Dietrich requested a release. It was both granted, and logical. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs second rounder in 2020 ahouldn't be rushed to Wrigley. That's usually a foolish strategy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Mills, who was acquired in trade from the Royals, tossed seven scoreless against them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

It's here. Runners on second in extra innings. Love it, or don't. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

A 2014 5th round draft pick, Justin Steele gets MLB per diem today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Spotting runners in the correct spots can be really difficult when umpires miss a call creating a triple play. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

How severely should Rob Manfred punish the Marlins? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

At least Kimbrel earned a hold. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

Former Cubs prospect Robel Garcia is now with the Reds. What should his time with the Cubs have taught you? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

For the second straight day, the Cubs have signed a 2010 second rounder to a minor league deal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support

The Cubs sign Derek Dietrich. The Dodgers extend Mookie Betts. Thomas Hatch makes the Toronto Blue Jay's Opening Day roster --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support