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Cubs to recall Schwarber tomorrow. Montero to go on DL and see hand specialist and expected to be out more than 15 days.
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As a Cubs fan this is exciting news. As a Schwarber owner who is rebuilding I would rather he not get enough ABs to wreck his rookie status. A free Schwarber going into next years auction is just too good to lose. -
According to MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo, Miguel Montero (thumb) could be out for as long as six weeks.
Montero's injury is only being called a jammed left thumb, but it's apparently a pretty severe one. He'll officially be placed on the disabled list Friday, with top prospect Kyle Schwarber coming up from Triple-A Iowa in a corresponding roster move. Word is the Cubs plan to use a committee behind the plate in Montero's absence, but Schwarber is the guy to own for fantasy purposes.
Source: Cubs.mlb.comJul 16 - 3:41 PMComment
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What do you think the chances are that Schwarber gets to 130 AB this season? I have him in two leagues and can activate him, but the opportunity cost of doing it if he doesn't make it to 130 AB is pretty significant - in both leagues he'd be a free keeper next year if he's under rookie limits and I never activated him, but if I activate him at all he's $13/yr 2 in one league and $7/yr 1 in the other, which isn't so bad but we only get six keepers in that league and I'm a bit squeezed already.In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.Comment
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Even if he falls short of 130 at-bats, if he stays up for the remainder of the year, he will accumulate more than 45 days on the active roster during the period of 25-player limitOriginally posted by mjl View PostComment
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As far as I can tell, neither of these leagues use the actual rookie qualification rules, just the AB minimum. Actually, now that I just checked, the league where he'd go to 13/2 inexplicably has a 150 AB threshold, not 130.In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.Comment
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My league rounds up the ABs too. It gives folks an extra cushion, so there is less whining about a guy who got 131 abs, and is easy to remember.Originally posted by mjl View PostComment
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Maddon says Schwarber won't catch Lester or Arrieta, but could be behind the plate for others
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man, I guess I should activate him.In the best of times, our days are numbered, anyway. And it would be a crime against Nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were presumably designed in the first place, and which the gravest statesmen and the hoarsest politicians hope to make available to all men in the end: I mean the opportunity to do good work, to fall in love, to enjoy friends, to sit under trees, to read, to hit a ball and bounce the baby.Comment
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I sold short on him...thought I got a lot, but obviously, not enough. Enjoy Andy!"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
"Your shitty future continues to offend me."
-Warren EllisComment
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