Pre-arb Excellence: a Chicago Cubs podcast
1,052 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★ - 5 ratingsPre-arb excellence looks at the Chicago Cubs "bottoms-up" perspective. The minor leagues, the June draft, player development, and anything else that leads to pre-arbitration excellence. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
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Episodes
I've got a new grip
March 07, 2022 22:09 - 14 minutes - 6.91 MBSigns of spring training --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Let's talk Chelsea
March 07, 2022 11:19 - 36 minutes - 17.6 MBCubs owner Tom Ricketts wants to branch out. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
And the blood boils
March 06, 2022 17:02 - 21 minutes - 10.3 MBTwo cases of misrepresenting the truth --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
An ominous sense of foreboding
March 05, 2022 09:26 - 16 minutes - 8.11 MBCutting off increased spending, or eliminating the Rule 5 Draft --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Take 5: the prospect version
February 23, 2022 15:12 - 16 minutes - 8.23 MBFangraphs has 2 Cubs in their top 100, and 3 in their next 14. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Chicago coaches and Cubs prospects
February 23, 2022 06:39 - 14 minutes - 7.07 MBSpring training _has_ started. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
College Week 1 in review
February 23, 2022 06:20 - 32 minutes - 16 MBNothing of crucial importance. Yet --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Hurray. More bad news.
February 15, 2022 04:56 - 15 minutes - 7.35 MBPeople averaging an increase of nine figures a year in net worth want to take away more low-paying jobs. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
I have my standards. On audio
February 14, 2022 20:42 - 10 minutes - 5.18 MBBefore the MLB model is legitimate to me, two changes would have to happen. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
What is eisk?
February 14, 2022 00:51 - 37 minutes - 18.3 MBOr integrity? Why would it matter? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tim-huwe/support
What is risk?
February 14, 2022 00:51 - 37 minutes - 18.3 MBOr integrity? Why would it matter? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Why Dylan Lesko could fall to 7th
February 13, 2022 06:41 - 33 minutes - 16.4 MBAnd still be the first arm taken --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Why Jason Heyward wasn't getting released.
February 13, 2022 00:28 - 12 minutes - 5.97 MBBecause money. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
All that for this? The counter-proposal
February 12, 2022 23:36 - 6 minutes - 3.32 MB130 pages of wasted time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Low-hanging fruit. Please, MLB, NO!!
February 12, 2022 06:31 - 13 minutes - 6.86 MBThe push is on to stop paying prospects in spring training. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Rob Manfred and the Saturday "Pick 3" numbers
February 11, 2022 23:42 - 19 minutes - 9.57 MBWe will hear three numbers on Saturday. And punishments teams will face for trying that hard. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
6 distinct classes of players, and how they could soon collide
February 11, 2022 23:14 - 35 minutes - 17.3 MBNot in a good way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
A primer on Rob Manfred's lottery
February 10, 2022 23:40 - 17 minutes - 8.61 MBRob Manfred's lottery idea wouldn't limit bad baseball. What would limit bad baseball isn't what Rob Manfred wants --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Rob Manfred speaks
February 10, 2022 19:50 - 15 minutes - 7.46 MBAnd eliminates some things. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
What is the job of a Commissione
February 09, 2022 22:27 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MBNot a tough question to answer honestly. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
More English Premier League soccer model content
February 09, 2022 17:39 - 29 minutes - 14.2 MBAnd why an "all the benefits to the payers" angle isn't ideal, either. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Why I don't talk much about Anthony Rizzo
February 09, 2022 04:52 - 29 minutes - 14.4 MBAnd I do a movie drop from the 1980s. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Keith Law's top 20 Cubs prospect list
February 09, 2022 04:09 - 15 minutes - 7.39 MB. ..and why prospect lists now do little for me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
The European ⚽️ model
February 09, 2022 03:28 - 30 minutes - 15 MBHow would baseball look if it followed the European football model? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
An idea: a night on campus
February 08, 2022 02:24 - 19 minutes - 9.46 MBWhat I might be doing next weekend --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Mythbusters: ticket prices
February 06, 2022 21:03 - 29 minutes - 14.6 MBWhy do you pay what you pat for Cubs tickets or Snickers bars? And how much does Jason Heyward determine that? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Monopoly: Wishes and the ultimate evil.
February 06, 2022 20:16 - 56 minutes - 27.6 MBWhat wishes are reasonable regarding prospects? Why those, as opposed to others? Are better asks available? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Friday the 18th and games of interest
February 06, 2022 07:30 - 27 minutes - 13.3 MBLooking at the opening day college games of ranked teams. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Legitimancy and consistency
February 06, 2022 06:46 - 26 minutes - 12.8 MBAssessing the 2022 MLB season in advance. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
John Hicks; spoken into existence
February 06, 2022 05:26 - 22 minutes - 11.1 MBAfter mentioning what sorts of layers the Cubs should sign, the Cubs sign a player. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Lockout and what's next
February 05, 2022 17:20 - 45 minutes - 22 MBWhat decisions make sense next? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Support and the lockout
February 05, 2022 06:47 - 34 minutes - 17 MBWhat is support? Are you willingly supportive of others? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
A question of which or whether?
February 05, 2022 06:07 - 55 minutes - 27.2 MBWhich sorts of players ought the Cubs to be prioritizing before the lockout ends? Or even after? And why them? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
More ICubs games, and an ownership concession
February 03, 2022 21:04 - 24 minutes - 11.9 MB6 more ICubs games, and the owners might not get everything they want. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
An Eric Hosmer trade I'd endorse.
February 03, 2022 18:01 - 46 minutes - 22.5 MBThese are rare, but here's an Eric,Hosmer trade I'd like. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Players v. Owners on a draft lottery.
February 03, 2022 04:29 - 10 minutes - 4.95 MBOne side seems interested in competition. Wanna guess which one? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Progress?, Giants, Draft
February 01, 2022 21:05 - 25 minutes - 13.3 MBMore lack of progress. Giants slip below the Cubs on Fangraphs. Coming up with a Top 7. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Gambling, baseball, and the MLB Draft.
January 30, 2022 10:12 - 53 minutes - 26.2 MBWhy craps and the baseball have little in common. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Prospects and labor negotiations
January 30, 2022 08:58 - 18 minutes - 9.25 MBSo you have a hard time with people being considered property? So do I. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Extended Prospect Camp
January 25, 2022 20:15 - 11 minutes - 5.63 MBThe Cubs have expanded off-season prospect camp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Pigeonholing prospects
January 21, 2022 22:40 - 24 minutes - 11.7 MBA capital T helps provide a basis for expecting return value from prospects. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Roto-Umps. Prospects, Pallette
January 21, 2022 05:57 - 35 minutes - 17.3 MBA bit of a tangent about helmet stickers, as well. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Mock Drafts and Trades
January 19, 2022 06:27 - 38 minutes - 19 MBSome trades are easier than others --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Nicky 2 strikes for Eloy
January 19, 2022 04:38 - 14 minutes - 7.24 MBProjecting either accurately is tough. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Don't count your Quintanas before they Cease.
January 19, 2022 02:34 - 30 minutes - 15.8 MBThe Jose Quintana trade looks less one-sided now than it once did. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
The English Premier League financed versus MLB finance
January 16, 2022 09:06 - 30 minutes - 15.9 MBNot all leagues are similarly organized financially. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
IFA Day, and Yankees
January 16, 2022 04:53 - 25 minutes - 12.4 MBA dozen new players are Cubs, and Fangraphs ranks the Cubs system higher than the Yankees. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
The Draft Lottery is unnecessary
January 14, 2022 07:19 - 36 minutes - 17.9 MBRewarding bad baseball encourages bad baseball. Which shouldn't be the goal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Cubs pipeline 1/7
January 12, 2022 16:11 - 23 minutes - 11.3 MBThrough 7 teams in the Fangraphs survey, the Cubs have the best pipeline value. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support
Let's talk Expansion Draft
January 12, 2022 05:56 - 35 minutes - 17.4 MBIf one happens in the next 5 years, when on the calendar would it happen? Why would the month and day of the month matter? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-huwe/support