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 […]
Tag: Gleyber Torres
Choosing and Developing Young Players: The Mental Side of the Game
In a piece for the main site last week, I mused about how a relatively new test used by the NFL might serve as a blueprint for psychological testing in baseball. Many teams already test prospects before drafting them, but each test is different, making the process as a whole a little bit all over the map. If Major […]
In Torres, a New Development Challenge
The BP Annual’s blurb on Gleyber Torres includes a cautionary aside: “When you’re scouting [Torres’s] stat line, remember the following key considerations: age relative to level, position, and the fact that you really shouldn’t be scouting his stat line.” While cute, it’s salient advice nonetheless: low-level minors stat lines are almost never useful in scouting players […]
Found in Translation: Gleyber Torres
Gleyber Torres has come a long way in just the two years that he’s been in the organization, and the Cubs’ top prospect is still just 19 years old. That should tell you something about the Venezuelan shortstop, and help explain why so many Cubs fans are excited about his future. When he was 16, he […]
Torres and Jimenez Ascend Together Through Ascendant System
Halfway through the summer of 2013, the big-league Cubs were in full-blown rebuild mode, stumbling through a summer schedule that contributed mightily to the team’s 96 losses that season. It wasn’t a pretty time in Chicago, and it was stuck smack dab in the middle of a series of seasons that, at least at Wrigley, featured little to get excited […]
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 […]
Joe Maddon on Winter Ball: Go Play
For the past few seasons, the end of the regular season mean the end of Cubs baseball for the year as well. Though the postseason is great and shows the game’s stars in the biggest of moments, I couldn’t help but feel detached by the lack of Cubs. Usually, that would lead to excitement for winter […]
The Cubs’ Trade Pieces
A Different Theme This would have been a different article in years past. The Cubs have been perpetual sellers for the entirety of Theo Epstein and his regime’s tenure up until this season, which has seen them grow into a legitimate contender for a playoff spot. The Cubs still have long-term plans in mind, but […]
Turning the Spotlight on Chicago Cubs Shortstop Prospect Gleyber Torres
The bright spotlight rigged up to shine on the Chicago Cubs’ farm system in recent years has made it virtually impossible to miss any of the big names or big performances. When an exciting front office comes into a major market with a plan to revamp the minor leagues in a very visible way, attention […]