The Colorado Rockies deal Ian Stewart to the Chicago Cubs

The Rockies have dealt 26-year old lefty swinging 3B Ian Stewart and 26-year old righty reliever Casey Weathers to the Cubs for 23-year old righty swinging 2B/3B D.J. LeMahieu and 26-year old lefty swinging outfielder Tyler Colvin. D.J. LeMahieu came into last season as the Cubs’ #13 prospect according to Baseball America. He played in 37 games in his first taste of the majors for the Cubs last year and he was 15 for 60 (.250 avg, .546 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 0 homers and 4 RBIs. He also played in 108 games in AAA-ball last year in which he was 132 of 414 (.319 avg, .777 OPS) with 55 runs scored, 5 homers, 50 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. LeMahieu will have a good shot of winning the starting 2B job for the Rockies next spring. Tyler Colvin was almost as bad as Ian Stewart was last season. He played in 80 games for the Cubs last year and he was 31 for 206 (.150 avg, .509 OPS) with 17 runs scored, 6 homers and 20 RBIs. Colvin has now played in 221 games in his first three ye...