can we talk about Starlin Castro?

[imb]

It's stunning to see a player as good as him come from our farm system....how good would he have been if he had come up with better minor league instruction?

 

His redeeming grace was the fact that he is unteachable!

 

Hahahahahah,

[A New Era]

The most exciting thing about watching Castro is thinking about the changes being made to this team. We've got a really special young player here, and he will grow with the team as we finally start to build it the right way. The fact that he will be part of a winning team. Not just a lone star in a sky of lovable losers. That's exciting.

[bhogg]

Gotta believe he'll be firmly planted in the the 2 spot in the lineup this year --- assuming his power doesn't develop into something extraordinary, which would be fine with me!

[davell]

In his chat, Levine predicted 40 doubles, 20 homers, and 7-10 triples from Starlin this season.

[treebird]

In his chat, Levine predicted 40 doubles, 20 homers, and 7-10 triples from Starlin this season.

 

he basically did two of those things already last year (36 doubles, 9 triples). i'll be pretty surprised if he doubles his homers, though.

[seanimal]

yeah but how many times is he gonna steal home

 

buh-dum-bump tsss

[SouthSideRyan]

In his chat, Levine predicted 40 doubles, 20 homers, and 7-10 triples from Starlin this season.

 

he basically did two of those things already last year (36 doubles, 9 triples). i'll be pretty surprised if he doubles his homers, though.

 

I'll take the over on 20.

[pitchcs]

He did have 7 after July last year.

[treebird]

In his chat, Levine predicted 40 doubles, 20 homers, and 7-10 triples from Starlin this season.

 

he basically did two of those things already last year (36 doubles, 9 triples). i'll be pretty surprised if he doubles his homers, though.

 

I'll take the over on 20.

 

you can't even pitch in 10 dollars for a wedding gift, i'm really excited to hear about the 17 cents you win on this wager

[seanimal]

In his chat, Levine predicted 40 doubles, 20 homers, and 7-10 triples from Starlin this season.

 

he basically did two of those things already last year (36 doubles, 9 triples). i'll be pretty surprised if he doubles his homers, though.

 

I'll take the over on 20.

 

you can't even pitch in 10 dollars for a wedding gift, i'm really excited to hear about the 17 cents you win on this wager

 

yeah but you gotta feel for the guy, getting hosed on property tax for that condo in dade county

[hardcorecubfan]

Any news from the legal front on him? were charges dropped?

[tfarks]

No charges were filed.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Prediction: Castro improves his defense and adds some pop this year, becoming a more valuable player, but hits "only" .290 and becomes a scapegoat among fans and the media for some random defensive/baserunning "blunders" who try to run him out of town for not playing the new Cubs Way.

[mookie]

I hope he gets run out of town. Over-hyped and sucky player. Fallin' Starlin.

[Gmoney23]

I hope he gets run out of town. Over-hyped and sucky player. Fallin' Starlin.

 

Is my sarcasm detector not working?

[javy knows my name]

I hope he gets run out of town. Over-hyped and sucky player. Fallin' Starlin.

 

Is my sarcasm detector not working?

 

It is on life support

[Beer Kaese]

I'm just juiced to see what the kid can do now that he's out of diapers.

 

I'm thinking I'm going to be like :yahoo:

[Guest]

soooo add like 40 steals to my projections

[Shawon12]

I really wonder what Theo thinks of Starlin's D and future as SS. I've been very apologetic based on his age but even I'm getting concerned. Hopefully he figures out his arm angle when these games start meaning something.

[Guest]

When Ozzie Smith was Castro's age, he made 23 errors in 65 games at AAA.

[Soul]

Maybe Castro should have spent more time in AAA then.

[SouthSideRyan]

Umm What?

[Sosa21MVP]

When Ozzie Smith was Castro's age, he made 23 errors in 65 games at AAA.

 

Yeah, a talented young SS making a ton of errors. THAT NEVER HAPPENS! The kid is an amazing talent, he will reduce his errors over time.

[bcl412]

It's hard to find many young short stops who didn't make a crap ton of errors at Castro's age.

[El Duderino]

I heard Karros was ragging on him about not working hard enough on his defense on the national telecast today. [face_palm]