TCR Friday Notes

- Joe Posnanski writes about the case for Andre Dawson and the Hall of Fame. 3. The idea that a lack of walks is the ONLY reason Dawson has not been elected to the Hall of Fame does not ring true for me. If Dawson had 3,000 hits, he would be in the Hall of Fame. He does not. If Dawson had 500 homers, he would be in the Hall of Fame. He does not. If Dawson had managed to stay in center field for more than seven years — that is if his knees had not gone out on him — he would be in the Hall of Fame. His knees did go out (and I think he won four pretty suspect Gold Gloves in right field). If Dawson had hit .300 instead of .279 for his career, he would be in the Hall of Fame, and probably if he hit .290. If Dawson had driven in 100 RBIs 10 times instead of four, score 100 runs 10 times instead of two … on and on. - Fangraphs takes a quick tour of the Cubs prospects and Alex Eisenberg finishes his top 15 list. - Spot the current Cub coach in this clip....