Hoffpauir undoubtedly has a future with the Cubs, and will certainly be up again when the rosters expand, but this call-up (barring further injuries or a setback to Soriano’s rehab) is likely a brief one, and doesn’t indicate much more than the Cubs’ desire to use Hoffpauir as the first guy they look to call up when filling a need for their outfield bench. With their big swap for Rich Harden already finished, there aren’t any more big trades likely down the pike for Chicago.
Kosuke Fukudome
18 July 2008
well in the outfield, and Alfonso Soriano is still about a week away from returning, at best, while Kosuke Fukudome is 7-42 in July, and could use a rest now and again.
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11 June 2008
And one of the biggest names coming into MLB this season is Kosuke Fukudome, the right fielder who's at the heart of the Cubs' impressive lineup this year, and one of the leading candidates for Rookie of the Year. If he receives this award, he'd follow in the footsteps of countrymen Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and Kaz Sasaki (Hideki Matsui was edged out by Angel Berroa, a laughable omission in hindsight). And like all of them, Fukudome isn't "really" a rookie.
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19 February 2008
DER
Lance Berkman
MVP
Matt Holiday or Lance Berkman
CY YOUNG WINNER
Roy Oswalt
TOP FLOPSKosuke FukudomeMiguel TejadaJohan Santana?
COMEBACK SPECIAL
Mark Prior will regain
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