Put down the cool-aid everyone. Vitters has no chance of making it on this Cubs team.
Let’s face it, for someone who was drafted with the #3 overall pick 5 years ago he will never achieve what people thought he was capable of doing. When you look at his old scouting reports, the thing scouts kept talking about was how good his eye and power numbers were. Neither of those have ever shown up at the minor league level in any eye-popping fashion. He appears to be more of a gap hitter who NEVER walks. Last season he walked 22 times, but 8 of those times he was hit by a pitch. So that means 14 walks during an entire season. The other thing to be concerned with is his strikeout rate is going in the wrong direction. Throw in the fact that his defense is questionable at best and I can promise you he will drop out of the top ten of any organizational prospect list before next season rolls around (he’s all ready long gone from any national prospect rankings).
He simply does not fit the mold of what this organization wants to be going forward. Starlin Castro is an exception (so far) to this new philosophy (impatient hitter who does not work the count), and Vitters is no where near as talented. He should be traded away along with one of the veterans on the big league roster in an attempt to get more prospects back who fit what the Cubs are looking for because I think his value will continue to trend down. Mine as well get something for him now while you still can. Either way, Josh Vitters will never be a valuable player on the big league roster.

Put down the cool-aid everyone. Vitters has no chance of making it on this Cubs team.
Let’s face it, for someone who was drafted with the #3 overall pick 5 years ago he will never achieve what people thought he was capable of doing. When you look at his old scouting reports, the thing scouts kept talking about was how good his eye and power numbers were. Neither of those have ever shown up at the minor league level in any eye-popping fashion. He appears to be more of a gap hitter who NEVER walks. Last season he walked 22 times, but 8 of those times he was hit by a pitch. So that means 14 walks during an entire season. The other thing to be concerned with is his strikeout rate is going in the wrong direction. Throw in the fact that his defense is questionable at best and I can promise you he will drop out of the top ten of any organizational prospect list before next season rolls around (he’s all ready long gone from any national prospect rankings).
He simply does not fit the mold of what this organization wants to be going forward. Starlin Castro is an exception (so far) to this new philosophy (impatient hitter who does not work the count), and Vitters is no where near as talented. He should be traded away along with one of the veterans on the big league roster in an attempt to get more prospects back who fit what the Cubs are looking for because I think his value will continue to trend down. Mine as well get something for him now while you still can. Either way, Josh Vitters will never be a valuable player on the big league roster.

Since May 1st, Vitters has had the same numbers in AAA as Edwin Encarnacion this year in MLB. Obviously he's not going to be worthy of the 5th? pick in the draft, but he does always steadily improve at each level and hopefully can be a .800-.850ish OPS player at some point.

Levine reporting that Rizzo will be with the big club this weekend. Saturday marks the point in which the Cubs have control for another year.

With all the breathless anticipation one has heard about him, one hopes this Rizzo character isn't the next Ty Griffin, Gary Scott, Mike Harkey, etc.

With all the breathless anticipation one has heard about him, one hopes this Rizzo character isn't the next Ty Griffin, Gary Scott, Mike Harkey, etc.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Levine reporting that Rizzo will be with the big club this weekend. Saturday marks the point in which the Cubs have control for another year.

rpb is wrong. Phil McCracken is useful.

RPB is right. You suck.

This can't be the first time this has ever happened...right?

This can't be the first time this has ever happened...right?

Ok,so the Cubs own him one more year by doing this half-season call up.
BUT,if they had him from day 1, maybe the ballpark is at capacity about 10 more times because the Cubs actually won about 6 or 7 more games thanks to a quality bat in the lineup to compliment LaHair and Soriano. How many millions were lost there?

Ok,so the Cubs own him one more year by doing this half-season call up.
BUT,if they had him from day 1, maybe the ballpark is at capacity about 10 more times because the Cubs actually won about 6 or 7 more games thanks to a quality bat in the lineup to compliment LaHair and Soriano. How many millions were lost there?

BUT,if they had him from day 1, maybe the ballpark is at capacity about 10 more times because the Cubs actually won about 6 or 7 more games thanks to a quality bat in the lineup to compliment LaHair and Soriano. How many millions were lost there?

They're saying tonight or tomorrow...

With all the breathless anticipation one has heard about him, one hopes this Rizzo character isn't the next Ty Griffin, Gary Scott, Mike Harkey, etc.

Everyone on Twitter is stating tomorrow is the day for sure now.

Good.

No, he hasn't.