Chicago, IL- Tyler Colvin is a familiar player all Cubs fans should remember. He was once a first-round draft pick when Jim Hendry was the general manager of the Chicago Cubs in 2006. While in Chicago, Colvin never truly got to prove himself in a Cubs uniform. Before the 2012 season, he was shipped off with DJ LeMahieu to Colorado for Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers. Now at the age of twenty-eight, Colvin finds himself in a Giants uniform.
Coming up for the Cubs, Tyler Colvin was suppose to be the next great thing in the heart of the Cubs lineup. He made his debut on September 21, 2009, and went one for three with a single and sacrifice fly. He went on to play in 2010 in 395 plate appearances, but was derailed by a broken bat injury that punctured his lung. After missing the rest of the 2010 season, Colvin came back to play in 2011. He struggled in 222 plate appearances, as he slashed .150/.204/.306/.509 with 6 HR and 20 RBI.
After the poor numbers on the North Side, Colvin found a resurgence in Colorado. In his first year he appeared at the plate 452 times, as he hit .290/.327/.531/.828 with 18 HR home runs and 72 RBI. However, Colvin fell to earth again in 2013, as he hit .160/.192/.280/.472 with 3 HR and 10 RBI in only seventy-eight plate appearances. He was outrighted off the Rockies on September 4, 2013, which lead to him becoming a free agent on October 1.
Recently, the Giants gave Colvin another chance to make a name for himself at the Major League level. They signed him on February 22, 2014 to a minor-league deal, and he was sent to AAA Fresno. There he slashed .267/.315/.408/.724 with 2 HR and 16 RBI, which earned him a call-up on May 11, 2014. In his first game with the Giants in San Francisco, he hit a home run which ended up in the Cove, and hit a two-run triple. Now, Colvin is batting .295 with 1 HR and 7 RBI in a span of fifteen games. Playing for the first-place Giants, Colvin might be finally able to find some success. Only time will tell, but the spark could light at any second for any ball player. That spark might finally come for Tyler Colvin, as he is in the prime of his career.
-Daniel (DanielDoreCTC)
(All stats courtesy of baseball-reference.com)
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