He proved he can hit at the ML level, and his defense has been far better than the “notch above horrific” we were led to believe it was.

Second place to Sam Fuld, whose energy shows every time he’s on the field. I’d like to see him get more playing time.

I’d have to say Jake Fox and Randy Wells are tied. Both have make excellent contributions to this team. It’s hard to pick a clear cut favorite. Bobby Scales gets an honorable mention for his story.

he has been a big part of the rotation

But playing wise, would have to be Wells.

because it’s nice to have a real shortstop on the team, even if he mostly rides the bench and plays second.

I think that’s the cool part. Not sure how much many of you read about our minor league system but we really don’t have many players who are considered future all stars by any means. The only one who has a realistic shot is obviously Vitters. I find it amazing though that there isn’t a player who has been called up who has deserved to be sent down. It’s a shame that we can’t keep them all up here because they all have contributed something to games this year.

That being said, if I were to pick the best, I’d say Wells as the pitcher and Fuld as a hitter. Fuld has stepped in and hit leadoff for this team, and has done the job. Seeing pitchers for the first time and producing quality at bats against them, most of the time resulting in hits, has been incredible to watch (something I can’t recall a Cubs leadoff hitter doing). Wells…I don’t think I need to elaborate. His numbers (minus the record) speak for themselves

For me it’s kind of a tie between Jake Fox (the Bat) and Andres Blanco (the Glove). Scales was a nice story, and he did a decent job during his callup, but (sad as this might be to say) I think his time with the team has passed. We’ve kinda got the infield covered now.

Initially, I had doubts as to whether he would be effective coming in for Zambrano when he got injured. But he showed his great stuff and has been consistent ever since. If it weren’t for our hitting, he might already have, say, 7 to 9 wins that would put us right up there along with the Cards for the top of the division. There would be more talk about Wells being a candidate for NL Rookie of the Year too.

But in reality, all of the Cubs call-ups have been pretty good. Which kinda saved us. :D

But I like all of the guys on the list. They’ve all made contributions to the team this year. Nice to be able to say that, considering the Kelton’s, Dubois’s, Mateo’s, etc. of recent memory.