The Chicago Cubs are reaping the benefits of a stacked farm system. The fact that they have continued to graduate players to the big league club, or trade others, and still maintain a high ranking in just about all prospect ranking systems speaks volumes. Names like Ian Happ, Kyle Schwarber, Dylan Cease, Jorge Soler, Arismendy […]
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Eddy Julio Martinez: International Man of Mystery
When Baseball America released their Top Ten Prospects list for the Cubs organization back in November, Eddy Julio Martinez didn’t feature anywhere. When Fangraphs followed up with their list in January, he didn’t show up in the top ten there, either. John Sickels over at Minor League Ball kept the shutout going when he released his top twenty list in January, and MLB.com put […]
Prospect Day: The Chicago Cubs’ Top 10 Prospects for 2016
Earlier today, the BP Prospect Team released the Cubs’ top 10 prospect list, and BP Wrigleyville’s Editor-in-Chief Rian Watt ranked the Cubs’ top talent under the age of 25. The full writeup can be found on the main site, but we thought you’d enjoy a short preview here. The State of the System: This is […]
The Still-Exciting BP 101: Cubs Place Six
On the last day of the 2014 season, the Cubs won a meaningless game against the Brewers in Milwaukee, and all of Cubsdom quickly turned its thoughts to free agency and the waves of top prospects that were sure to finally grace the friendly confines come spring. The 2015 BP Top 101 Prospects list, then, was a […]