Barney Wins April Rookie of the Month

[Jntg4]

LOS ANGELES -- Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney was named the April recipient of the Gillette presents National League Rookie of the Month Award.

Barney, 25, batted .326 in April with one home run and 14 RBIs, which ranked second among Major League rookies. He had four doubles, two triples, 15 runs scored and one stolen base to go along with a .351 on-base percentage and a .449 slugging percentage.

Selected by the Cubs in the fourth round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft, Barney recorded 11 multi-hit games in the first month, including a three-hit game on April 23 against the Dodgers. In that game, a 10-8 Cubs victory, he drove in a season-high three RBIs with a double and scored two runs.



Barney's two-run shot
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4/25/11: Darwin Barney blasts his first Major League homer to left to give the Cubs an early 2-0 lead
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In the three games against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field, Barney went 6-for-15 (.400) with five RBIs. The Portland, Ore., native hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, on April 25 against the Rockies.

Barney's 29 hits in April were the most by a Cubs rookie since 2008 when Kosuke Fukudome had 32 hits. Additionally, he hit safely in 17 of his 20 starts during April, and batted .500 (10-for-20) with runners in scoring position.

It's the second honor this year for a Cubs player. Shortstop Starlin Castro was named National League Player of the Week after the first week of the season.

:clap:

You earned it Barney!

 

[X]

Congrats Barney. Hope it wears off on the rest of the team.

 

[EnjoyYourTiger]

Congrats Barney. Hope he rubs off on the rest of the team.

ftfy.

 

[X]

ftfy.

thanks. that's what I meant.

 

[Captain Obvious]

Beachy didn't get it? Wow... oh well, maybe it'll be a spark or something good... I doubt it, though.

 

[EnjoyYourTiger]

But in all seriousness, I told my roommate who hates Barney that he won rookie of the month and he's like, "WTF WHY?!"

I lol'd.

 

[Jntg4]

But in all seriousness, I told my roommate who hates Barney that he won rookie of the month and he's like, "WTF WHY?!"

I lol'd.

Is your roommate Captain Obvious?






P.S. Not insulting CO, just saying that it sounds like him. Except CO probably threw his computer out the window when he saw this.

 

[DewsSox79]

he has to continue to do what he is doing. good to see so far.

 

[daddies3angels]

Barney nice surprise so far...hope he can keep it up.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Exactly what we need from 2B this year.

Gee I'm happy we didn't play DeWitt..

 

[AddisonStation]

Exactly what we need from 2B this year.

Gee I'm happy we didn't play DeWitt..

He's

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

He's

exactly

 

[Jntg4]

He's

:yep:

Which is exactly what a few posters were saying about Barney.

:facepalm: You know who you are...

 

[AddisonStation]

:yep:

Which is exactly what a few posters were saying about Barney.

:facepalm: You know who you are...

I'm not going to deny that I was one of those folks but there is no garauntee that he will have another month like that in his career. I still say he has a low ceiling.... Hope I'm wrong.

 

[Derkach77]

Barney has been great. We are looking good lately.