re: Kris Bryant Board: Boras still stumping for things that won't happen...

First off, I don't even bother with the BCB group. They are just atrocious. Al Yellon is literally the worst writer, analyst, and thinker in the Cubs blogosphere. I love the Desipio forum, but even they focus most of their content on hating on Al Yellon that they sometimes forget where they are. That's cool, though, because those guys are hilarious and Andy's writing is satirical and spot on.

I don't like to listen to most national reports on Cubs stuff because they usually just don't know enough and always paint with broad strokes. Like Intentional Talk...I feel like those guys are boneheads most of the time. Millar always talks about "grit" and "heart" and "ballplayer" and "grinding". That's great, Millar, but do you really want 25 Tony Campanas or Ryan Theriots?

Back to Barney. I think something similar might be brewing with Javy Baez. Gordon Wittenmeyer reported that Baez was told he was making the Opening Day roster. And that may be true, but Joe Maddon refuted that report and said nothing is final yet. And that brings me to this Bleacher Nation article.

I don't know what to think about this. (This is different than the Bryant thing because Baez is on the 40 man roster and already started his clock). On the one had, Baez strikes out way too much. On the other hand, he's very young and still has a lot of learning to do and the system and resources are there (Maddon, coaches, etc.) for him to adjust. He plays great defense, runs the bases very well and has a high baseball IQ. Those things are relevant and shouldn't keep him from being on the roster even if his bat is struggling.

For the record, I think Baez should definitely be on the Opening Day roster at 2B.