can we talk about Starlin Castro?

[imb]

He walked just 9 times in July and August, but counting the first three innings today, he has 6 walks in 13 september games (and counting) to just 3 strike outs.

[TruffleShuffle]

6 unintentional walks in the last 5 games... baller

[NCCubFan]

baller

I remember him well. :D

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/balleja01.shtml

[sneakypower]

since the start of August he's hit .318/.366/.473, and held a 25 HR, 50 BB, 36 SB (and 226 H) full season pace

[Sammy Sofa]

since the start of August he's hit .318/.366/.473, and held a 25 HR, 50 BB, 36 SB (and 226 H) full season pace

 

Gentlemen, hide your boners.

[Clem Fandango]

since the start of August he's hit .318/.366/.473, and held a 25 HR, 50 BB, 36 SB (and 226 H) full season pace

 

Gentlemen, hide your boners.

 

There are those Hanley Ramirez-esque numbers we were all praying for. I sure hope he can carry this pace into the next season

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

since the start of August he's hit .318/.366/.473, and held a 25 HR, 50 BB, 36 SB (and 226 H) full season pace

 

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Jeebus H. Chriast this guy is going to be a star.

[Cubswin11]

Castro got his 199th hit today. Safe to say he will get to 200. Overall a very good year for him as he has shown power and consistency (hasn't had any prolonged cold streaks or times where he has looked consistently bad/over matched at the plate) the only thing offensively that would have made it better would be to have seen a few more walks which has been addressed on here already. Hopefully the defense improves as it isn't a lack of skill or talent but more tuning his mechanics and maybe improving a bit mentally. :good:

[jersey cubs fan]

So is he going to be playing 3B next year?

[KingCubsFan]

So is he going to be playing 3B next year?

I think he gets another year. I can't see a new GM coming in and immediately moving the franchise player to a new position without having watched him for a full season and seeing whether he improves.

[mul21]

So is he going to be playing 3B next year?

 

Man, if he could be a legit 25 HR guy and Junior Lake or one of the other up the middle guys figures it out, that would be huge for being able to fill in some other holes after next year. Although if ARam gets signed, it won't matter much after next year.

[Pushfrog98]

It kind of ticked me off that the brewers walked Castro twice yesterday... not too much, just a little. I didn't see the pitches in the non-intentional walk, but it was nice that he was patient up there while being 1 hit shy of 200.

[mookie]

Per Rotoworld's Website of fun things and loose strings...

 

Highest Searched Players over the last 7 days

 

1 S. Castro MLB (2722)

2 A. Pujols MLB (2601)

3 D. Pedroia MLB (2299)

4 J. Jurrjens MLB (2170)

5 N. Markakis MLB (1861)

6 C. Wang MLB (1700)

7 R. Oswalt MLB (1690)

8 J. Thome MLB (1621)

9 M. Cuddyer MLB (1518)

10 Y. Cespedes MLB (1506)

 

 

He is SO money all the time, everywhere, and always.

[Shilzzz]

that's weird. for what reason? i like the cesepadas line at the bottom. haha. leg pressing the whole list

[Clem Fandango]

that's weird. for what reason? i like the cesepadas line at the bottom. haha. leg pressing the whole list

 

When there's organizational news they tend to attach it to the team's best player since they don't have pages for executives. Most of the Cubs news about Theo and managers and any front office decisions have generally been attached to Starlin's Rotoworld page

[Sammy Sofa]

That's a weird-ass list. I can only assume all of the Wang results were screwed up porn searches.

[Cubswin11]

Castro is probably that high because of all the Red Sox fans searching for info on their soon to be SS as compensation for Theo. :wink:

[Shilzzz]

while Washington re-signing Wang sounds like merely another nude pic scandal, it was recent baseball news, too

[Shilzzz]

that's weird. for what reason? i like the cesepadas line at the bottom. haha. leg pressing the whole list

 

When there's organizational news they tend to attach it to the team's best player since they don't have pages for executives. Most of the Cubs news about Theo and managers and any front office decisions have generally been attached to Starlin's Rotoworld page

 

that'd explain markakis' inclusion, then, too

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

I thought about looking for this thread the other day to post this...This is August of his age 21 season:

 

 

Pretty much everything about this guy says star to superstar in the future. :20 in he absolutely rips a 92 MPH fastball in on his hands...

[Shilzzz]

yeah, the one thing that i consistently was in awe of castro for was bat speed, and that he continually bettered his ability to stay back on the pitch as long as possible for the best result achievable; to me that self-awareness is so encourage-able of things to come as he fills out (which he was doing a good deal of in those last couple months).

[SABR Gamer]

Castro is going to be the best SS in baseball.

[SABR Gamer]

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?

[Bull]

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!

[Guest]

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!

I think having English as a second language my have helped him a lot.

 

Anyway, it's hard to screw up the natural gifts he has. It will be up to him as to how good he can become.