Castro simply fantastic

Starlin Castro, you are ridiculous.

Seriously.

You're hitting .397 with a .415 OBP and a slugging percentage that's out of this hemisphere (.556).

On Saturday in Colorado you went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double and 3 RBI to lead the Cubs to an easy 8-3 win over the hottest team in baseball.

It was the fourth 4-hit game in your short career. And you're now hitting .536 from the leadoff spot.

You even managed to silence, for one night at least, all the talk about Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and his blazing hot bat.

Not that there isn't some work to do; that groundout to shortstop in the eighth? Unacceptable.

But seriously, if this is going to be a Cubs season where good seats are available on a regular or semi-regular basis, and the team is fair to middling, watching Castro is reason enough to plop down some cash.

Because what you'll see is amazing.

“He's put together a string of at-bats to start the season unlike any 21-year-old I've ever seen,” gushed Cubs analyst Bob Brenly after yet another Castro hit Saturday.

And perhaps the most amazing aspect is Castro is doing it all despite being the youngest player in the major leagues.

Castro's performance overshadowed another solid outing by starting pitcher Casey Coleman (5 innings, 1 earned run). Coleman left the game in the sixth inning after being hit by a line drive off the bat of Chris Iannetta.

Also overshadowed by Castro was some sterling defense by the right side of the infield by second baseman Darwin Barney and Carlos Pena. The pair also did it with their bats, each finishing with 2 hits.

Castro wasn't the only bat in the Cubs lineup that was popping Saturday. Alfonso Soriano added 3 hits, including a double and his fifth home run of the season.

The loss ended the Rockies' 7-game winning streak and snapped the Cubs' 6-game losing streak at Coors Field.

The Cubs, for the seventh time this season, moved to the .500 mark (7-7) .