Prospect Profiles & News
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Cubs Prospect Profile: Could Zack Short Be a Dude in 2019?
If some of his more zealous supporters had their way, Zack Short would be the starting second baseman for the…
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Cubs System Position-by-Position, Pt 10 – Relievers Close Out the Series
This coming season should see a few pitchers break through at the major league level, so we’re closing out our…
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Cubs System Position-by-Position, Pt. 9 – Lefty Starters Gaining Strength
Last year’s edition of this breakdown, I wrote, “Brailyn Marquez would be No. 1 if this list was based purely…
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Cubs System Position-by-Position, Pt 8: Righty Starters Aplenty in Lower Levels
The Cubs’ right-handed starting pitching depth is quite considerable, to the extent that I had to break this review into…
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Cubs System Position-by-Position, Pt 7: Lots of Righty Starter Depth at Upper Levels
Fourteen. That’s how many right-handed starting pitchers the Cubs have in MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 prospects. Seven years ago, the Cubs…
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Cubs Prospect Profile: Chris Singleton’s Strong August Offers Glimpse of Future
Chris Singleton the human being has gone through things most of us can only imagine. His mother was gunned down…
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Cubs System Position-by-Position, Pt 6: Two Big Names to Watch in 2019
The outfield positions in Chicago could change a great deal over the next month. It all depends on whether the…
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Cubs Position-by-Position, Pt 5 – Cubs Getting All the Shortstops Again
Can we find a way to clone Javy Baez? Like, quickly? Ideally, that would be the Cubs’ best option for…
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Baseball America’s Top 10 Cubs Prospect List Features New No. 1
Late Monday morning, Baseball America published the second major list of Cubs prospects (subscription required) this offseason. FanGraphs was first last week…
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Cubs System Position-by-Position, Pt 4: Changing of the Guard at 3B
Kris Bryant has third base nailed down in Chicago for the foreseeable future and David Bote will still be around…
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