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The Chicago Cubs still have some beasts in their minor league system and so far during spring training Eloy Jimenez and Ian Happ are crushing it, hitting the ball hard and over the fence. It’s just not fair for the rest of MLB and I love it.
Kyle Schwarber misses the entire year? No problem. Cubs win 103 games and get to the World Series. Schwarber is literally not human, comes back from two major surgeries and rakes in the World Series. Cubs win. So what happens next? Aroldis Chapman gets a billion dollars from the New York Yankees, leaving Joe Maddon without an elite closer. No problem. Jorge Soler gets traded to the Kansas City Royals for Wade Davis, who has been the best reliever in the last three years. Dexter Fowler leaves in free agency? No problem. Cubs sign Jon Jay and already have Albert Almora Jr. getting ready to be the future full-time center fielder. But wait, the Cubs lost Soler. Losing a little depth in the outfield?
Hey there, Eloy.
Jimenez, the No. 1 Cubs prospect, hit his second home run of the spring on Saturday and has been killing it in Arizona. Yeah, I know, it’s only spring training, but that and his monster year in 2016 is all we have to judge him on. Plus, at 20-years-old, he still has time to grow his game and right now his floor is a guy who hits 30 home runs a year. Not bad.
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Anyway, on the off chance that Jimenez kinda flames out and doesn’t amount to much (which I highly doubt) there’s this other guy the Cubs have, who is also destroying baseballs in the Cactus League.
Sup, Ian Happ.
That was also Happ’s second homer of spring training. Happ is hitting .400 in 25 at-bats and out of his 10 hits, the 2015 first-round pick, has five extra base hits.
By the way, Schwarber hit his first dinger on Saturday, and it might have actually landed on the moon.
Can’t wait for Opening Day.
