Tyler Colvin gets 2 hits and GW Grand Slam

by JonH on Jun 9, 2006 6:52 PM CDT

Cubs first round pick Tyler Colvin had quite a game today by hitting a Grand Slam in the bottom of the ninth to win vs Oral Roberts in the NCAA tourney to decide who goes to the college world series.

espn.com story The next game is on ESPNU ( not available in chicago on comcast) so hopefully they make the college world series so I can get a look at him.

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Grand Slam Video

For anyone interested, you can watch a video of Tyler Colvin's walk-off grand slam by going to espn.com, clicking on "More Videos" in the ESPN Motion window on the right (this shows it in a slightly bigger window), and choosing the Clemson vs. ORU game on the right scrolling list.

"As tempting as it is to bury these guys right now... I just can't do it."

by cubbieblue on Jun 9, 2006 10:04 PM CDT reply actions

Let's

call him up NOW!

by airweino on Jun 10, 2006 12:57 AM CDT reply actions

LOL!

Gotta SIGN him first!

by Al Yellon on Jun 10, 2006 4:10 AM CDT up reply actions

After that GW grand slam

Baseball America bumped him up to the 168th best prospect in the draft.

Here's hoping he's the next Grady Sizemore....

by yahoodi on Jun 10, 2006 8:47 AM CDT reply actions

Baseball America

has admitted that their "170th" ranking was way too low--a result of having to compile the lists months in advance. In fact, the day before the draft, they had him listed among twelve "others who could go" in the first round after their mock draft.

Not that anyone wants to hear that though.

by Josh Timmers on Jun 10, 2006 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions

The key to this choice was...

... that the Cubs didn't have another pick till the fifth round. Colvin might have been a guy they'd have wanted to pick second or third, but without a choice in that round, if Hendry and Wilken had their hearts set on him, they had no other choice but to take him first -- because he'd never have lasted till the fifth round.

by Al Yellon on Jun 10, 2006 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I agreed with the pick

I even like rolling the dice on good ol' #83 from Notre Dame. I just thought it was a funny line so I wrote it.

I really would like to see the Cubs farm system start turning out some real players. Wilken has a pretty good history so I'll leave it to him. but when the last all star positional player the Cubs produced was......who? Joe Carter?

The farm system simply has to improve and hopefully Colvin is the start of it.

by yahoodi on Jun 11, 2006 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions

The last Cub position player All-Star...

... produced by the system was Mark Grace.

Shawon Dunston also made the All-Star team.

I'm not going to count Joe Girardi's selection in 2000, as the only reason he went was because he happened to be the only catcher at home to receive the phone call when they were looking for an injury replacement.

by Al Yellon on Jun 11, 2006 7:42 AM CDT up reply actions