With Spring Training approaching, and with rankings season having gone through its full swing, the Cubs prospect content really built up on me in the tabs.
The Cubs have a new top-30 prospect at MLB Pipeline following the Alfonsin Rosario trade, and I thought it was a bit of a fun one, because it’s the guy the Cubs drafted the very next round after Rosario in 2023!
Scan the Chicago Cubs’ Top 30 prospects list at MLB Pipeline and you won’t find Yahil Melendez. That could change soon. The 18-year-old Puerto Rico native was drafted in the seventh round of last year’s MLB draft out of B You Academy in Caguas, P.R.
MLB has been holding its annual draft since 1965. Over that period, many of the No. 1 overall selections have gone on to have illustrious careers, while others have been complete busts. How many of them can you name in six minutes?