One of these years, the Cubs will win a World Series, and with Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, and Co. in the Windy City, that scenario just became a lot more likely. That will at least give Cubs fans hope because little at the major league or minor league levels was going to do it. No prospect of note was brought up besides Chris Carpenter, who didn’t spend long in the MLB before suffering an injury.
Down in the minors, things went equally bad. Brett Jackson had another excellent season, but his contact issues remain worrisome as he continues to move up. Otherwise, the good news was relegated to a solid campaign from Welington Castillo and a strong draft that included Javier Baez, Dan Vogelbach, and Dillon Maples among others. When you have several of your recent draftees as top prospects, it can be a sign of an unusually strong draft, or it can mean there wasn’t much in the system. This seems to be the latter.
Pitching was hit particularly hard. Trey McNutt was the top pitching prosp...
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Theo let's gets some talented players
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December 28, 2011
