ADDISON RUSSELL CALLED UP TO THE CUBS

[Jaypers]

Yessss! The next member of the youth movement has arrived!

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS
cubs now calling up addison russell to the majors.

http://cbsprt.co/1IA1uFQ

 

[Pine Tar]

Holy smokes. The future is now

 

[WCTYSON]

Did not see this coming yet! Looks like he will be placed at 2nd base for the time being.

 

[Jaypers]

Did not see this coming yet! Looks like he will be placed at 2nd base for the time being.

Correct. Waste of his talents, though. Theo needs to either move or trade Castro.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: Russell will play second base for #Cubs . Team still views shortstop as his best position. Promotion first reported by @JonHeymanCBS.

 

[ballerskrip]

Very surprised to hear it, but even more reason to watch the cubs! The big 3 are here Bryant, Soler, and Russell! Love it

 

[Jaypers]

Time to re-watch Back to the Future 2.

 

[Jaypers]

Prices are already on the rise.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADDISON-RUS...827?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b0ff55f0b

 

[selah150pslm]

Just in time for the Iowa Cubs home opener tomorrow, not quite the roster they were expecting to see.

 

[rob167]

Home opener for the I-Cubs was last Friday...

Just in time for the Iowa Cubs home opener tomorrow, not quite the roster they were expecting to see.

Sent from my SCH-R970 using Freedom Card Board mobile app

 

[selah150pslm]

Home opener for the I-Cubs was last Friday...

My mistake, I was paying attention to the colors of the schedule and messed up.

 

[scotty216brs]

Isn't he better defensively at SS [over Castro] though?

I'm a fan of Addison so I hope he does well in Chicago. Good to see the Cubs bring up all of their young talent.

 

[ballerskrip]

Isn't he better defensively at SS [over Castro] though?

I'm a fan of Addison so I hope he does well in Chicago. Good to see the Cubs bring up all of their young talent.

I am going to say, we will see about that. Castro has looked really good defensively so far this year. Seems to have a new attitude towards defense. He played a phenomenal game game yesterday. Russell looks very good defensively, and has a quick release, but in my opinion leaves something to be desired with his arm strength.

 

[selah150pslm]

Isn't he better defensively at SS [over Castro] though?

He's probably also better than Castro defensively at 2B as well.

That was the question I had too, is it better to move the more athletic guy or move the lesser defensive talent?

 

[Russ S.]

Just crushed his first Big League HR off of Peralta.