Not sure if there is a thread for this guy, but there should be.

Today's HR makes it 13 on the year and he certainly looks like a keeper.

Thanks Oakland!!

Did yuo forget the rules...

ALL Cubs prospects FAIL ...ALL the time...

He is bust ... Alexei and Brooks FAR Superior.

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What I really like is how calm, cool and collected he is.

And just 21 years old.

I also think it is no coincidence that when he took over at SS, the team when on it's run.

And yet, Alexei had a better weekend. But i guess when youre whacking your weepee to dreams of future performance by Cub prospects that doesn't matter. #Starlin #Olt #Baez

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

So JORR you would rather have Alexei as your SS than Russell?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

#Tank, #Beckham, #Davidson

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Sometimes, after I climax, my thoughts turn to Jim Bullinger.

Go Cubs Go!

Well, unlike many modern fans I don't view the game as if I'm a GM. I don't care about anything but the current season. If I'm trying to win this year I have to take Alexei. And if I'm a Cub fan and I can lock Russell's next five seasons at Alexei's best five, I'd do it. And I'm biased because I don't particularly like Alexei.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Based on what?

It is not like Alexei is tearing it up right now. He has a little better average. Addison has more HRs, higher OPS and OPS+

Their fielding % is the same. Alexei has way more errors

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Not counting today but since the ALL STAR break

Alexei 68 TB
Russell 72 TB

and we know that TB is a key stat.... so You should take another look JORR and go with the Addi.

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He's a future star, Any retard who thinks Alexi is better needs their head examined and a helmet.

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You wouldnt know a "future star" if one helped you slap your girlfriend. You thought Patterson, Pie, Castro etc. were all "future stars".

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Damn...

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312player is a starry-eyed bully!

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Castro yes.... Never the rest.

BTW - Castro could still be a star, he's young n talented..it just won't be here.

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That was a courtesy laugh...terry is salty I make fun of his ford Edsel message board.

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Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 2m2 minutes ago

Addison Russell: seven homers in 108 at-bats since the start of August. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits/_/ ... on-russell …

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Russell has way more range..its not even close.

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All things being equal, I'm always going with the guy who has done it over time. That isn't some anti-Cub statement. I don't like prospects. Most of them don't turn out. I can remember a Cub fan friend arguing that Bobby Hill would be better than Delino DeShields. I thought that was ridiculous too.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Just watch and enjoy. The team is a lot of fun.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

But as you said this isn't about over time, it is about right now this season. Right now this season it looks like Addison is the better SS.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I definitely like the improvement in approach I've seen at the plate from him since the break. He seems to be getting more and more comfortable. He's also above average in the field.

I don't see him as a superstar. But, I like his chances of being a solid SS going forward and that's just alright with me.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

I find it hard to take Ramirez over Russell when Russell already beat out a better version of Ramirez to get the Cubs shortstop job.

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Everyone STOP.... the clear eyed leader of "The Illuminati" has spoken and as we all have learned over the last 3 years THEY are never WRONG ..please move on to the next topic this is OVER

Alexei> Addison

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They sure are.

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+ 1

Oh come on Dennis. Cubs are destroying the Cards on Labor Day. Let's set this bitch on fire.

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That's the great thing about baseball. Looking at the pitching matchup, one would figure Haren would get lit up and Lynn would mow down The Cub.