Re: 2015 MLB Season - Can the Cubs FINALLY win the World Series? (No.)
With Bryant, yes, because he had been ready for the majors since last summer, and it was patently obvious that they wanted the extra year of control on him, otherwise he would have broken camp with the team and if the Cubs truly believed it was legal to stash guys in the minors for service time reasons, they wouldn't have invented bullshit reasons about him needing work in the outfield (and then not having him play in the outfield at all). I'm still of the opinion there's a good chance that a grievance has already been filed in that matter.
Russell is a different case. He's not the guy projecting to be a moon-monster hitter for the next fifteen years who will get paid accordingly. And in any event I would not be surprised if he only spends a few weeks in the majors and they do some more gamesmanship to avoid the Super Two timeline.
Edit: Beyond that, Theo's too far good at optics to call up two top prospects on the precise day that adding them to the 40 would grant the extra year of control. Staggering them like this makes a lot more sense.
Wow, you didn't even mention how it'll effect Russell's Super Two status.
I wonder why. Maybe because it doesn't fit your earlier narrative?
If you want to go on pretending for another three pages that the playing time of guys like Tommy La Stella in the 2015 season matters at all in the grand scheme of things, and that the Cubs are making prospect promotions as panicked reactions to the Oppression of Injuries and not due to their internal promotion timetables combined with earliest opportunity, be my guest.
But I thought you said they were artificially holding back people purely for financial reasons? And whatever injuries that came up (Olt, La Stella) that spurred the Bryant call-up were constructs that Cubs were using as excuses to gain the financial upper-hand 6-7 years from now? You basically called it borderline illegal.
With Bryant, yes, because he had been ready for the majors since last summer, and it was patently obvious that they wanted the extra year of control on him, otherwise he would have broken camp with the team and if the Cubs truly believed it was legal to stash guys in the minors for service time reasons, they wouldn't have invented bullshit reasons about him needing work in the outfield (and then not having him play in the outfield at all). I'm still of the opinion there's a good chance that a grievance has already been filed in that matter.
Russell is a different case. He's not the guy projecting to be a moon-monster hitter for the next fifteen years who will get paid accordingly. And in any event I would not be surprised if he only spends a few weeks in the majors and they do some more gamesmanship to avoid the Super Two timeline.
Edit: Beyond that, Theo's too far good at optics to call up two top prospects on the precise day that adding them to the 40 would grant the extra year of control. Staggering them like this makes a lot more sense.
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