In covering the minor leagues, you can usually see a promotion coming. Sometimes it is an injury that creates an opening. At other times, a prospect’s performance is just too dominant for that level. However, there is the occasional surprise that usually happens at the beginning of the year. Last week, top-10 prospect Nelson Velasquez […]
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What Could Be the Top MiLB Storylines to Follow in 2018?
The top two storylines in 2017 for the Cubs’ minor league system were the trades of top prospects Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease to the White Sox and Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes to Detroit. As a result, there was a dramatic shift in the tenor of the Cubs’ farm system. Now, the top prospects […]
The Cubs Have a New Type of Farmhand Coming in 2018
With this summer’s trades, the Cubs’ farm system is no longer what it once was. Evaluators now rank it in the bottom five of MLB farm systems. The main reason for inclusion in the low end of the MLB rankings is that the Cubs lack a player in any top 100 prospect list. While I […]
Cubs Draft Loads Up with 27 Arms and Some Toolsy Position Players
Transparency has been an essential trait of Cubs management for the past five years. Director of Scouting Jason McLeod pronounced their strategy for this year’s draft last week when he said that the Cubs were going to target pitching throughout the draft. In addition, McLeod wanted his scouts to focus more on performance than upon physical […]