Starlin Castro is the 20-year-old phenom of the Chicago Cubs who made his debut for Chicago on Friday and what a debut it was.In his first at MLB at-bat, Castro belted a 3 run homer. Later in the game, Castro would clear the bases with a triple, accumulating 3 more RBIs, leaving him with 6 RBIs, a record for a player in his debut game.Castro had been tearing it up in Double-A, batting .376 this season, and despite only playing 26 games, the Cubs felt they had to have him in the majors now. This decision now makes Castro the starting shortstop for Chicago, and gives fans of the Cubs a little hope this season after a sub par start for the Cubbies.
Castro's call-up now moves Ryan Theriot from shortstop to second, and Fontenot to the bench. Still I love the decision by the Cubs to call Castro up, providing some youth and agility to the aging and injury-prone lineup consisting of Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, and Alfonso Soriano.
Is Castro the next Ernie Banks? Only time will tell, but he is certainly off to a great start.
Great start followed by dogging it last night (if you missed it there was a ball off his glove that rolled into short LF. He then walked to pick it up and the batter made it to second base). For the sake of Cubs fans let's hope he learns his lesson and doesn't take his promotion for granted.
ReplyDeleteBy the way - not in the same class as Heyward and Strasburg.