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This is a direct follow-up to Rob's most recent posts, and some relevant information for a discussion that is going on all over the Cub blogosphere these days: how old are these Cubs players really?Let me list them for you, starting with the youngest player (guess who):
Starlin Castro is 21.
DJ LeMahieu is 22.
Tony Campana, James Russell, Tyler Colvin, Blake DeWitt, and Darwin Barney are 25.
Scott Maine and Jeff Samardzija are 26.
Now remember: age 27 is typically considered a professional ball player's peak year for performance, so if you want the Cubs to take on this "youth movement" thing you should really only be concerning yourself with the guys I've already mentioned.
Geovany Soto, Randy Wells, Sean Marshall and Carlos Marmol are 28.
Brad Snyder and Lou Montanez are 29.
Carlos Zambrano just turned 30.
Everyone else is older.
With all that having been said, what's a fair lineup that gives players that are actually young a chance to show what they've got? How about:
Fukudome - RF
Barney - 2B
Castro - SS
Pena - 1B
Soto - C
Colvin - CF
DeWitt - LF
LeMahieu - 3B
Lastly, when Aramis comes back: move DJ to 2B and sit Barney. Darwin hit .296/.316/.343 in May, which, based on his skill set and minor league numbers, is 1) what you can realistically expect from him for the rest of his baseball career, and 2) fine enough, but in reality, not really all that good.
03 Jun, 2011--
Source: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/grota-cubs/2011/06/for-the-record-how-old-are-these-guys.html
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