Six years ago Tuesday, the Cubs selected Javy Baez with the ninth overall pick in the MLB Draft and altered the course of the franchise forever.
That was the last draft class of general manager Jim Hendry, who gave way to Theo Epstein a few months after the 2011 Draft.
Baez was a 6-foot, 180 pound kid coming out of Arlington Country Day High School in Jacksonville, Fla. With the 2017 MLB Draft a week away, it's worth revisiting (call it "Throwback Tuesday") how simply amazing Baez was in high school.
During his senior year of high school, he hit a whopping .