Starlin Castro is the kind of baseball player that inspires introspection.
At just 6'1", 160 pounds, his wiry frame doesn't belay the fleet footed fielding he's renowned for or the quick and powerful wrists that have made him a force at all levels of his professional career.
He could be you or me.
Yet, Castro is anything but. At the green age of 19, he's one of 2009 Minor League Baseball's biggest and brightest breakout stars. There's murmurs among the Bleacher Bums that it's he, not heralded prospect Josh Vitters, who should sit atop the Chicago Cub's organizational rankings.
And with such an underdeveloped ...
After the 2011 season, the Chicago Cubs will have to make a choice: keep third baseman Aramis Ramirez and purchase his club option for $16 million, or let him hit the market and buy the remainder of the contract for $2 million.
Josh Vitters, the Cub’s 2007 first-round draft pick and indisputable No. 1 prospect, might be making that decision a little easier.
In his first bout with full-season baseball in 2009, 19-year-old Vitters paced the low Class A Midwest League, compiling 15 home runs and 46 RBI along with a .316 batting average in 70 games.
His dominant handling of the ...
