Where Are They Now? 2010 Pro Debut Part 8

This is the eighth and final post of this running series where I take a look back at the future Cubs represented in the 2010 Pro Debut. You can view previous posts here:

Part One - Ryan Flaherty and Brett Jackson 

Part Two - DJ LeMahieu and Brooks Raley

Part Three - Chris Archer and Hak-Ju Lee

Part Four - Rebel Ridling and Trey McNutt

Part Five - Welington Castillo and Jay Jackson

Part Six - David Cales and Casey Coleman

Part Seven - Josh Vitters and James Leverton

Su-Min Jung was signed as a free agent by the Cubs out of Korea in 2008. On this card, Jung is shown with the Arizona League Cubs for which he pitched 3 innings over two appearances. He gave up two hits and two walks but held the other team scoreless and struck out three. He moved up to low A Boise Hawks where he made seven starts in eight appearances with no record to show for it.

2010 saw Jung make another move, playing the entire season with the Single-A Peoria Chiefs. He pitched in 22 games and his 7 Wins was good enough for second on the team.

He threw in another 22 games in 2011 but split it between Peoria and Boise with a combined 2-3 record and a 4.96 record. Jung reverted further in 2012, pitching for the Arizona League Cubs and Boise Hawks again. He went 1-1 with Boise and had no record with the AZL Cubs.

Jung was released by the Cubs during Spring Training this year and I couldn't find any statistics for him for 2013.

Last but not least, and also shown with the AZL Cubs, is Justin Bour. The Cubs drafted Bour in the 25th round of the 2009 draft. Also like Jung, Bour split 2009 between the AZL Cubs and the Boise Hawks, although as a position player (first base), Bour got much more playing time.

In 2010, he moved up to Peoria and hit .291 with 12 home runs and 87 RBIs. This got him another call up for 2011 where he spent the entire season in High-A Daytona. His batting average dipped a little to .277 but he hit 23 home runs and 85 RBIs. 

Bour has spent the past two seasons with Double-A Tennessee Smokies where in 2012 he had 110 RBIs. He was recovering from an injury this season and played in only 83 games, but his 18 home runs was second on the team only to Javier Baez. And his 64 RBIs was second only to Arismendy Alcantara.

He's a local guy so despite being blocked at first base, I'm pulling for him to do really well. Justin's older brother, Jason was drafted by the Reds and later went through the White Sox organization, but topped out at Double A.

I had fun catching up with this set so I hope to do it again next season for the 2011 set. Maybe when the 2014 Pro Debut set comes out.

Pseudo-Surprise from 2 by 3 Heroes

Jeff from 2 by 3 Heroes sent me an email about a month ago dangling a fantastic bit of trade bait in front of me. Unfortunately, I had nothing in return at the time but was going to look at that card show that I never made it to earlier this month. I have something cooking but nothing just yet.

Fast forward to this past weekend and I pulled out a yellow padded envelope that I assumed was an eBay pickup I had forgotten about. Nope, it was even better. While I was expecting it to come eventually, I didn't know it was already on the way, hence the pseudo-surprise.

 I'll start oldest to newest, since the newest card in the package was the original piece of bait offered. The rest is all bonus!



1989 Cap'n Crunch Andre Dawson



If you had asked me if I had this, I would have said yes. But I couldn't find it and this one is in incredible shape. Not even for its age. Incredible shape. Period.

 

1994 Collector's Choice Ryne Sandberg (Team Checklist)

I had this card in my Ryne Sandberg PC but it's nice to have one for my Cubs team sets I'm putting together too. Great horizontal card.

A pair of young aces in the form of 2002 Donruss Originals. Oh what could have been. I didn't have either of these, nice!

2010 Bowman Chrome Prospects Green X-Fractors Justin Bour

Jeff probably didn't think twice about this "throw in" card but I'm pretty excited to have it. Justin Bour is a local guy (along with current Cub Shawn Camp) so it has a little bit of sentimental value to it. Justin is currently in Double-A with the Tennessee Smokies.

2012 Opening Day Geovany Soto (Walmart Blue Parallel)

This Geovany Soto card is serial numbered out of 2012. I've got to get a master list of all these parallels together so I can figure out which ones I still need/want.

2012 Topps Archives Keystone Connection Ryne Sandberg & Starlin Castro

To be honest, when I saw this card I thought it was a bit of a stretch. Ryno would have been better paired with Darwin Barney (although to be fair, nobody could have predicted Barney's Gold Glove season) and Castro probably would have been better paired with another Shortstop like Ernie Banks. But after reading the back, I guess I can kind of, sort of, see the "connection" that Topps made:

And last, but definitely not least:

2013 Heritage Clubhouse Collection Starlin Castro

The prices on Castro items have cooled a little now that Anthony Rizzo is the hot commodity but are still not always quite to where I'd be comfortable picking them up. So to be able to trade for one is a no-brainer. I believe Matt Garza is the only other Cub in this set so aside from that and maybe picking up some of the autographs, 201 Heritage is pretty much in the books for me!

Thanks for the cards, Jeff!