All Entries Tagged With: "Alfonso Soriano"
Castro on fast track to Wrigley
Close your eyes, Cubs fans, and dream of a young Alfonso Soriano.
Not the current model, with the balky knee and untradable contract. Dream of the Soriano of a decade ago, the lithe, speedy infielder. Now open your eyes and look west to the Arizona Fall League, where 6-foot-1-inch, 160-pound Starlin Castro is prompting such comparisons — the sinewy athleticism, the leg kick, even the high socks. At 19, he’s the youngest player in the league, yet he ranks second with a .419 batting average after going 1-for-3 Thursday in Mesa’s 3-2 loss to the Peoria Javelinas.
“He has put himself on the fast track to Wrigley Field,” Oneri Fleita, the Cubs’ vice president of personnel, said by phone from Chicago.
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Cubs to hire Jaramillo
The Cubs will announce Wednesday that former Texas Rangers hitting instructor Rudy Jaramillo has signed a three-year, $2.42 million contract to become Chicago’s next hitting coach, player sources told ESPNChicago.com on Tuesday.
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Cubs looking at available Jaramillo?
If the Cubs are really interested in Rudy Jaramillo, the Rangers hitting coach is now available.
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Lou looking for lead off man, Miles: Keep Bradley
Lou Piniella says the Cubs may be able to use a lead off man that can steel some bases.
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Marmol’s job to lose, Soriano seeing the light?
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Soriano out for year?
Paul Sullivan reports Alfonso Soriano will have arthroscopic surgery on his left knee later this month after manager Lou Piniella shut him down Friday.
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Mc Donough added money and years to Soriano deal
Gordon Wittenmyer points out that former Cubs President John Mc Donough was partly responsible for the bloated Alfonso Soriano deal.
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Bradley adjusting to day games
Milton Bradley says he was having a hard time adjusting to playing at Wrigley Field in the day games.
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MRI for Soriano?
Whispers have the Cubs trying to push Alfonso Soriano through the season with an injured knee. Soriano could be sent to get an MRI on the knee if he misses another start this week.
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Girardi didn’t want Soriano?
Dave Kaplan posts today that Joe Girardi wanted the Cubs job, but not Alfonso Soriano.
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Players want Lou back
Gordon Wittenmyer’s latest has some quotes regarding Lou Piniella and his desire to manage in 2010, while Alfonso Soriano basicly admits this season is over.
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Hendry frustrated
Jim Hendry takes the blame for some of the Cubs season gone wrong..sort of. Hendry believes that Milton Bradley is just suffering from a 1st season slump that other Cubs have experienced like Moises Alou. Was Bradley the right choice with his problematic past, mixed with the Cubs impatient and sometimes prickly fan base?
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