In case you weren’t already aware, I’m a huge Albert Almora Jr. honk. Whether it was the passion I saw from him in A-ball at Daytona or the way he came back to sign more autographs for kids prior a AA game in Tennessee, he’s impossible not to like. And with his recent appearance on the Spiegel & Parkins show, Almora reinforced exactly what this Cubs front office saw in him when they made him their first draft choice.
“I’ve gone through my stages where I thought I was the best in the world growing up, but I got humbled quick.