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Is Lake’s star rising?

The Cubs went into 2010 with quite a few shortstop prospects vying for four minor-league spots. Hak-Ju Lee was the frontrunner at Peoria, ahead of Logan Watkins. At Daytona, Junior Lake held a slight edge over LeMahieu. Castro started the season at Tennessee, with Flaherty forced over to second or third. Barney was the incumbent [...]

Posted 30 July 2010 † Phil § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

First do no harm

So far, Josh Vitters looks like a beta version of the player he will become. By contrast, Starlin Castro, Hak-Ju Lee, Brett Jackson and D.J. LeMahieu have shown polished two-way skills that may propel them to the majors while Vitters is working on his glove, his plate discipline, his power stroke. Either way–whoever gets there [...]

Posted 05 November 2009 † Phil § Hendry § bradley § prospect § trade ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Deadline trade

Harrison is the player Tony Thomas was supposed to be. He hits for average and has extra-base power: 20 doubles, 8 triples, 5 HR–plus he has 26 stolen bases at the end of July.
The problem was the competitive environment he found himself in around second base. At 5′8″, he was not going to get much [...]

Posted 31 July 2009 † Phil § Hendry § prospect § trade ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,