tyler colvin's struggles

[SouthSideRyan]

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=6553288

 

Cubs considering sending Colvin down.

 

With the Cubs lacking speed off the bench, one possible option to replace Colvin on the roster is outfielder Tony Campana, who is batting .339 with two triples and seven steals for the Iowa Cubs. Campana, 24, has been with the Cubs organization since 2008 when he was drafted in the 13th round of the First-Year Player Draft.

 

 

This could explain the need to remove Diamond from the 40 man.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I never realized that "lacking speed off the bench" was such a big problem. I would be more concerned with lacking guys who can hit.

[BCVM22]

Muskat just tweeted that Colvin's officially been demoted to Iowa. No word of a corresponding move yet.

[Cubswin11]

Wouldn't Fernando Perez make more sense? He's already on the 40-man and he is speedy.

[Guest]

Wouldn't Fernando Perez make more sense? He's already on the 40-man and he is speedy.

 

The quote reads like it was just speculation on Sharma's part, but I agree. Perez makes more sense from a macro perspective. On the other hand, Perez is hitting .212/.339/.293 at Iowa to Campana's .342/.383/.442, and there's no shortage of 40 man roster spots.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Wouldn't Fernando Perez make more sense? He's already on the 40-man and he is speedy.

 

The quote reads like it was just speculation on Sharma's part, but I agree. Perez makes more sense from a macro perspective. On the other hand, Perez is hitting .212/.339/.293 at Iowa to Campana's .342/.383/.442, and there's no shortage of 40 man roster spots.

 

We dont need an extra set of legs. I say just go with one of the power bats like Montanez, LaHair, Snyder, or Moore and see if they can bring us some Jake Fox lightning in a bottle and then try to get something out of them in trade when we no longer have use for them. All we really need is a bat. We have 4 outfielders, and if needed, apparently Baker and DeWitt can play there every now and then as well. No point in wasting the roster spot on an 8th inning defensive replacement for Soriano.

[TruffleShuffle]

nobody is going to trade anything for a 28 or 29 year old player who isn't even on the cubs' 40 man roster. come on.

[jersey cubs fan]

Wouldn't Fernando Perez make more sense? He's already on the 40-man and he is speedy.

 

The quote reads like it was just speculation on Sharma's part, but I agree. Perez makes more sense from a macro perspective. On the other hand, Perez is hitting .212/.339/.293 at Iowa to Campana's .342/.383/.442, and there's no shortage of 40 man roster spots.

 

We dont need an extra set of legs. I say just go with one of the power bats like Montanez, LaHair, Snyder, or Moore and see if they can bring us some Jake Fox lightning in a bottle and then try to get something out of them in trade when we no longer have use for them. All we really need is a bat. We have 4 outfielders, and if needed, apparently Baker and DeWitt can play there every now and then as well. No point in wasting the roster spot on an 8th inning defensive replacement for Soriano.

 

Montanez is 29 years old and has a 320 SLG in the majors. How is he a power bat? 5 HR in the extremely hitter friendly PCL his 5th time through AAA is pretty much meaningless. I'm not a speed fan, but if you are going to fret about getting it on the team, I'm fine with putting it on the bench. Those other guys are all pretty old, while the youngest one (Moore - 27) has a .394 SLG right now. It's the 25th man, not going to come close to making or breaking your team.

[Illini Iceman]

With Byrd likely to go on the DL I wonder if they will bring back Colvin. He hasn't had much of a chance to work anything out yet in AAA and since I assume Johnson will take most of Byrd's stars in CF it is not like they can get him a ton of AB's. The only other position player on the 40 man roster that is not already on the active roster is Fernando Perez. That 40 man roster is very pitcher heavy. Possibly they can put Schlitter through waivers and bring up Snyder.