Thank you, Carrie

She must've ready my blog last night.

Today's feature piece from Carrie Muskat was on the kids - starting with Tyler Colvin. Thanks Carrie, but it was still too fluffy for this grumpy stathead. A couple quotes about eating McDonalds and killing time on a plane. Meh.

He does want to play for the Cubs now

"I have to come in here and try to earn a job," Colvin said. "I'm not going to be content with, 'Oh, I'll just go back to the Minor Leagues and play there and wait for the phone call.' I want to contribute now to the Cubs."

Soto is dangerous, be careful - Micah Hoffpauir wishes he had

"[Geovany] Soto hit a double into the gap, and I was at second, and I was going to walk home. I came around third base and didn't take a bad step or anything but felt a pop in my knee. It was kind of a freak accident."

Please note, Geo's double to the gap is not a freak occurrence.

Pinella keeps mentioning Jeff Samardzija as a 2nd half call-up.

".... I wouldn't be surprised if sometime this summer, he'll be ready for the big leagues."

In other news, yes, Derrek grew a beard.



He hit with Fukudome today, liked what he saw.

He was a .300 hitter in Japan, so I don't see why that's going to change.

I'll be back with more on last night's curveball post and possibly a new one on fastballs.