On Monday June 8th the Cubs as well as the other 29 MLB teams will participate in the 2015 amateur draft. Today the draft is quite a production…it is televised, analyzed and scrutinized. The draft itself has evolved as well as scouting and the technology involved. Early returns on Cubs’ drafts under Theo are encouraging…but let’s go back to 1965…the very first MLB draft ever.
Rick James. Have you ever heard of him? No, not the much-lampooned late funk master of the 80’s…the baseball player. C’mon, you know him; the former Cubs’ pitcher!