Crossing the Future

I don't like to cross-post stuff from message boards, but Andy Dolan had a first hand account of Angel Guzman's rehab start from last night and this page obsesses over the future because the present isn't worth too much thought. Here's what Andy saw:

(Guzman) had good stuff. We sat in a spot where I couldn't get a good look at the guys with the radar guns, but I saw one reading on a fastball at 94. His curve was pretty good at times. The Chiefs made three errors behind him, but he proved his MLB readiness in the fourth when he forgot to cover first base on a ball between the first and second baseman. The second baseman made a nice play and would have had the runner by 10 feet if Angel had gotten over there. He arrived, late, and the runner was safe. He gave up three earned runs in four and a third, and hit his pitch count (I think it was 75) in the fourth and was immediately taken out.

Oneri Fleita was at the game and I had a nice "chat" with him from my seat about how nice it is to see the guys learn to not cover first way down in Class A. Oneri pretended to not hear, which was tough considering there were a couple hundred of us at the game.

Ryan Harvey struck out three times and looked bad every time.

Guzman should be considered prime trade bait now that he's "healthy."

You also gotta love the lack of fundamentals shown by a guy who's been in the Cubs minors seemingly since the Ford Administration. Yeah, that's not a theme we see with the Andy MacPhail / Jim Hendry era.