Szcz the Day!"Who is Matt Szczur? He chose football before he chose baseball.In 2007
Aaron Altherr Jersey , after the Dodgers drafted him in the 38th round, he decided to play football at Villanova University.Thumbing his nose at the Dodgers is a plus in my book.He played wide receiver, running back, quarterback and was a punt return specialist.He earned several football honors including MVP and All-American.In his spare time he played baseball.What position?Center field!Those two words are important to the D-backs!He saved a girls’ life.Szczur had a 1 in 80,000 chance of being a match.A 15-month-old Ukrainian girl named Anastasia was battling leukemia.Her leukemia was life threatening and she needed a donor that matched.Szczur was a match.In 2009, Szczur donated his bone marrow to save her life.(Sources:Duane Pesice, SB Nation, and Adam Green, Knoxville News Sentinel).Giving bone marrow was a risk for Szczur.“That was my junior season, when you really have to play your best so you can show the scouts what you can do.So you can get the most money you can. But there was no way I wouldn’t do it [donate]. It was well worth it.”— Matt Szczur It required him to take a drug called Neupogen to help his body produce more white blood cells. Neupogen enlarged his spleen and caused multiple body aches.”If I made a quick movement it felt like my muscles were going to tear. It cramped me up and gave me a lot of bone pain.”— Matt SzczurHis marriage proposal was memorable.In November of 2013, Matt Szczur arranged a backstage pass for him and his girlfriend at the Ambassador Theater in New York.The show was Chicago: The Musical. “I proposed to her on the stage before the show with the cast members there....we went back at intermission and took pictures with the cast members.”— Matt Szczur Her name is Natalie Cooper, and they are now married. (Source: Carrie Muskat, MLB.com)His mental attitudes are awesome.A scout said his greatest strength was his desire to succeed and he is known for having an outstanding makeup. (Source Marc Hulet, FanGraphs) A video interview by VC Star in February of 2017 provided the following quotes: “Embrace failure because it is part of the process.”— Matt Szczur“Failure is part of the everyday process; it’s part of the progress; by embracing the self you need to find a way to get better.” — Matt Szczur“You don’t need to do that [meet the president of the United States] to be successful; and all you need to do is be happy every day and love to go to your job, and that’s what I do.”— Matt SzczurWhen Matt is at home, he does ball drills. “That’s how much I want to get better.” “鈥se it [your passion] to get better every day.”— Matt SzczurHe played baseball before the D-backs acquired him.In 2010, the Cubs drafted him in the fifth round.He was considered a Cubs top-15 prospect. From 2014 to 2017, he played in 202 games for the Cubs.In May 2017, the Padres acquired Matt Szczur in a trade with the Cubs.“He’s an outfielder that we think is very strong from a defense standpoint.He hasn’t performed offensively as well as the Cubs would’ve liked, but he’s a high character guy.” —Ron Fowler, Padres Chairman, May 10, 2017Matt Szczur performed near replacement level for both offense and defense.In 2018, April and May were good (OPS .569), but in June his OPS fell 32% to .388.In those three months, his strikeout percentage spiked from his prior range (16.7%-19.5%) to a career high (28.6%).Statcast showed the problem was off-speed pitches - 62.5% strikeouts with zero percent walks.On 1 July 2018
Clay Buchholz Jersey , the Padres released him from the 40 man roster, and he accepted assignment to the minors.At the end of the season, because he remained off the 40-man roster, he was entitled to become a free agent, which he did.His future is bright as a D-back.The D-backs signed him to a minor league contract.He was assigned to AAA Reno.He has the right stuff to play for the D-backs.He is athletic.He has “plus-plus speed.” —Marc Hulet, FanGraphs.His mental attitudes are positive.Let’s conclude with four points:Szczur could play in center field.In the last three seasons his UZR/150 in center field was positive (+20.6, +1.3, +49.1).(Source: FanGraphs) Szczur can defend well in center field! A scout said he expects Szczur to become an everyday player in center field or possibly left field. (Source Mark Hulet, FanGraphs)Szczur will likely improve his hitting.His 2018 strikeout rate was based on a small sample size (84 plate appearances).I’m very confident that Darnell Coles, the new D-back hitting coach, will help him with off-speed pitches and he will restore his strikeout rate of 16.7% to 19.5%.His splits show that he hit better when he starts a game than when he subs (OPS .596 vs .497). (Source: Baseball Reference) His splits show that he hit better as the lead-off hitter of an inning (OPS .613 vs .498). (Source: Baseball Reference) The Cubs won two today, and Nico Hoerner is a really good baseball player."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Chicago Cubs recapsChicago Cubs minor leaguesChicago Cubs essaysChicago Cubs game threadsWrigley Field renovationsFull archiveLibrary Bleed Cubbie Blue Community GuidelinesCurrent time in ChicagoBCB Specials & Site InfoWinter 2019 music threadsCubs StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Cubs newsYahoo Cubs team pageYahoo Cubs reportYahoo Cubs depth chartYahoo Cubs transactionsYahoo Cubs photosOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁旵hicago Cubs recapsChicago Cubs spring trainingCubs 11, Angels 4 and Cubs 8, Giants 0: Split-squad sweep!New,27commentsThe Cubs won two today, and Nico Hoerner is a really good baseball player.CSTShareTweetShareShareCubs 11, Angels 4 and Cubs 8, Giants 0: Split-squad sweep!Nico HoernerJoe Camporeale-USA TODAY SportsMESA, Arizona — The Cubs defeated the Angels 11-4 at Sloan Park Saturday afternoon and though it was only a split-squad spring training game against what seemed like the entire Angels farm system, I want to talk to you about Nico Hoerner.I wish I had video to show you of Hoerner, last year’s No. 1 Cubs pick. For lack of a better description, he just looks like a major-league player, much more so than any of the other minor leaguers who played in this game, and there were a lot of them. He made a couple of nice plays at shortstop, showing off good range and a strong arm, and he also homered, doubled
http://www.philliesfanproshop.com/authentic-pat-neshek-jersey , walked and reached base by being hit by a pitch.Now, before you accuse me of getting a bit ahead of myself, I am well aware that Hoerner had just 60 plate appearances in the Cubs system last year before being hurt and 94 more in the Arizona Fall League, far fewer than most 21-year-olds need in pro ball before going to the major leagues. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch, though, to say that Hoerner doesn’t need too much more time in the minors before being big-league ready. The fortunate thing for him is that the Cubs don’t need him to be in the big leagues in 2019. He can get a full season’s worth of playing time in the minors this year and then, perhaps, be ready to compete for a spot on the 25-man roster for 2020. He turns 22 in May, and I don’t see any reason he should start this season lower than Double-A.At 24th overall last June, the Cubs got themselves a keeper, I think. There have been some who have made comps between Nico and Ian Kinsler, at least as a hitter, and Kinsler has had a fine career. That would be Hoerner’s ceiling, I think, and if the Cubs get that... they’ve done very, very well.With his play Saturday afternoon, Hoerner is 5-for-6 with two HBP, a walk, a double, a triple, a home run and eight straight times reached base in big-league spring games.As for the rest of the Mesa game, Alec Mills was scratched from his start at the last minute due to a minor back issue and Duane Underwood Jr. took his place. Underwood threw one inning and allowed a solo homer to former Cubs farmhand Justin Bour, one of only a couple of Angels whose names I even recognized.The Cubs put three across in the second. Jim Adduci drove in one with a single and Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist drew bases-loaded walks. Hoerner’s two-run homer in the third produced a 5-2 Cubs lead and after that, it was minor leaguers for the rest of the game, including the first big-league spring game appearance for prospect Aramis Ademan, who played the last two innings at shortstop and struck out in his only at-bat.For the pitchers, Steve Cishek looked good in throwing a 1-2-3 inning with a pair of strikeouts
Richie Ashburn Jersey , and though George Kontos allowed two runs, both would likely not have scored with better defense. A triple got past Johnny Field, a ball that Albert Almora Jr. likely catches, and an RBI double grounded just out of reach of Daniel Descalso at third base.Attendance watch on a coolish (63 degrees) afternoon in Mesa: a sellout of 15,608 brings the season total to 117,160 for nine dates, or 13,018 per date.The Cubs sent Cole Hamels to pitch in Scottsdale against the Giants instead of throwing in a home game, and it occurred to me when seeing the Angels lineup that they likely wanted him to throw to Giants major leaguers, a bigger challenge than the minor-league lineup the Angels brought to Mesa. Hamels rose to the occasion, throwing 3鈪?shutout innings, allowing three singles and a pair of walks, with three strikeouts. Six Cubs pitchers combined on a seven-hit, 8-0 blanking of the Giants. Since I didn’t see any of that game, I can’t really tell you anything more about it beyond what I see in that boxscore link. Jared Young, a prospect who’s opened some eyes with his bat this spring, went 2-for-3 with a double. Here’s one of Hamels’ three K’s, with some reaction from the dugout:As you can see in that video, Joe Maddon and all the regular coaches were in Scottsdale. Among others, David Ross coached first base in Mesa and Iowa manager Marty Pevey was the third-base coach against the Angels, nice rewards for those guys.Sunday, the Cubs will travel to the stadium that’s been renamed “American Family Fields of Phoenix,” spring home of the Brewers. Kyle Hendricks will start for the Cubs and Corbin Burnes for Milwaukee. A reminder that while most of you change clocks and go on Daylight Saving time overnight tonight, Arizona doesn’t “spring forward,” and so beginning Sunday most Cubs spring games will begin in the 3 p.m. CT hour. Sunday’s game is at 3:05 p.m. CT. Radio coverage Sunday is on 670 The Score and it will be televised in Chicago via WGN-TV.
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