Now that the draft is over, we can get to breaking down what they came away with—sure, it’s way too early to make any conclusions, but that doesn’t mean we can’t share some opinions. They didn’t come away with an Astros’ level of talent*, but they did come away with a pretty significant haul of […]
Author: Mauricio Rubio Jr.
Castro’s Bat Stuck in Neutral
Photo courtesy of Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Early in the season Castro was hitting .355, and for that brief moment it looked like the ghosts of 2013 might’ve been completely behind him. Castro’s production has cratered since that high water mark; he entered play on May 20 with a .646 OPS and a mysterious lack […]
Can He Pitch, Though?
Photo courtesy of Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Heading into the season, the Cubs pitching depth was a potential point of weakness for a team that was looking to compete in 2015. They did sign Jon Lester, but as the season has gone on it’s become clear that the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation […]
How Kris Bryant Has Proven Us Right-And Wrong-Early On
Photo courtesy of Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports At this point the saying is old hat, but we’ve been spoiled by tremendous debuts and perhaps we’ve been particularly spoiled by the greatness that is Mike Trout. Making the transition to the majors is a tough ride fraught with developmental hurdles, adjustments, re-adjustments, and re-adjustments to the […]
The Top 25-and-Under Cubs
With the season underway and the picture for some players and prospects becoming clearer than they were in November, let’s take a look back at the Cubs 25-and-under list with fuller, more in-depth write-ups for each player. Anthony Rizzo, 1B It seems like Rizzo has been tinkering with his swing forever. He’s adjusted his […]
The Cubs Top Prospects: 11-15
Baseball Prospectus Senior Prospect Writer Chris Crawford and our very own Mauricio Rubio (also a member of the BP Prospect Staff) team up to give us a deeper look at the Cubs minor-league system. Back in November, we released our Cubs top ten list, a system we rated as the top in all of baseball. […]