Skip to content

Tag Archives: matt camp

Running prospects 2010

The Cubs would score runs in more innings, and thus do better in low-scoring games, if they had hitters who were better adapted to the top of the order. Obviously, Byrd is not a leadoff hitter, nor does Baker belong anywhere other than six through eight. Can either of them bunt, or hit [...]

Posted 20 April 2010 † Phil § Running § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

LBFC prospect rankings

I fancy myself a bit of a scout–a scout of the armchair, box-score persuasion, one who never set eyes on any of the players mentioned in this post unless they happened to be on WGN on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in March.
The results of my scouting are tabulated, weekly during the season, in the [...]

Posted 12 March 2010 † Phil § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Bradley’s replacement

The Cubs’ second biggest problem with Milton Bradley was his personality. Larger even than the chip on Bradley’s shoulder was his inability to fulfill the role of run producer, the proper role of a right fielder. Bradley ended the season (via suspension on September 20) with forty runs batted in and a slugging percentage below [...]

Posted 08 February 2010 † Phil § Hendry § bradley § lineup § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

November prospect watch

Several Cubs have been performing well in the just-completed Arizona Fall League season and also in winter ball in Mexico and Venezuela. On the hitting side, I would single out Brad Snyder, Robinson Chirinos, Starlin Castro, Josh Vitters, Matt Camp and Andres Blanco.

player
team
g
ab
r
h
2b
3b
hr
rbi
bb
so
sb
cs
ba
obp
slg
ops

Robinson Chirinos
Magellanes (VEN)
26
78
15
30
5
0
6
20
7
16
0
1
.385
.437
.679
1.116

Brad Snyder
Mexicali (MEX)
34
131
25
48
8
1
6
32
21
25
12
2
.366
.455
.580
1.035

Starlin Castro
Mesa (AFL)
26
101
18
38
5
1
1
10
3
14
9
3
.376
.396
.475
.871

Josh Vitters
Mesa (AFL)
16
68
6
24
4
1
1
8
2
11
0
2
.353
.380
.485
.866

Matt Camp
Mexicali (MEX)
35
152
25
51
11
1
1
22
17
10
10
7
.336
.405
.441
.845

Andres Blanco
Magellanes (VEN)
30
126
21
39
11
2
1
23
8
16
13
2
.310
.371
.452
.823

[...]

Posted 20 November 2009 † Phil § prospect ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,