I Stabbed A Man In The Heart

And so did Wellington Castillo apparently. I guess that's one way to guarantee a spot on the roster. First Colvin, now Soto is having season ending shoulder surgery, jezz this guy wont stop. But seriously, a very scary situation in yesterday's 13-3 Cubs win over the Fish as Castillo's bat shattered on a double down the line, hurling the fat part of the bat like a giant dart. Of course the pointed end of the dart hits the board, and so did the pointed end of the broken bat into a unsuspecting Colvin standing at 3rd. 2 inches away from his heart the bat actually pierced his thoracic cavity. Little blood came out, as most of the vasculature transverses the neck, but he did rip a hole in his pleural space creating a pneumothorax. The pleural space has negative pressure relative to the atmosphere such that it allows the lungs to inflate like a balloon. Allowing atmospheric air into the space equilibrates the pressures making breathing kinda impossible on that side of the lung. He was taken to the Miami hospital and stabilized overnight. Colvin is apparently recovering nicely, though his baseball season is certainly over.

This marks the first time I have seen a player hit with the pointed edge of the bat. Bats shatter multiple times a game, and often go flying into the stands where people are either drunk or not playing attention. It's really scary to think what would have happened if the bat flew a couple inches higher. The neck has no ribs to protect it, such that the vascular and neurological damage it would have caused makes me nauseous at the thought alone

It reminds of me another freakish injury. Yes, the injury is epic, but not as epic as the analysis

Jim Hendry Has A History Of Sucking

The Cubs farm system has been an embarrassment over the entire decade. It’s shocking how horrible Jim Hendry is at drafting players considering he was in charge of the draft/minor leagues for the Cubs before becoming the GM. His top draft picks have simply been horrible to say the least. Just look at Vitters and Tyler Colvin. Two players who have less plate discipline than Corey Patterson. What about the lefty power arms he drafted from high school like Mark Pawelek, Andy Sisco, Luke Hagerdy, and Carmen Pignatiello. Where are they now?

And the most egregious thing he ever did, which deserved him to get fired on the spot, was draft 2 high school hitters who could hit 500 foot homers in batting practice, but had zero baseball skills including the ability to hit a breaking ball. And here is the kicker, both of them were from Dunedin high school in Florida. I’ll give you guys one guess where Jim Hendry went to high school. Yup! You guessed it. For those of you who are confused as to whom i’m referring to. Brian Dopirak was a Cubs power hitting first basemen with crazy strength but flamed out after one good season, and the other is our former 3rd overall pick Ryan Harvey, who too flamed out after one good postseason run in the minors.

My favorite howere was when Hendry drafted Luis Montanez 3rd overall. Montanez was a high school shortstop from Miami. One would expect him to be compared to another Miami native Alex Rodriguez, but his projection coming out of the draft was that of Alex Gonzalez. Yep, that Alex Gonzalez who ruined the 6th game of the NLCS in 2003 against the Marlins. That’s who Hendry drafted as the 3rd overall pick. An Alex Gonzalez wannabe.

Even when the Cubs to draft a decent player, you would never know it because the minor league system hasnt developed a decent position player in 10 years. And dont tell me about Soto or Fox cause they dont even count. I’d like to see the Cubs bring up a good rookie player who is younger than 27 years old, cause thats when the Cubs prospects are finally ready for the big show.