Welcome to day 2 of my countdown of the top 20 prospects in the Cubs minor league system. Today I’ll take a look at my 16th- through 20th-best prospects in the Cubs system.
As I wrote in yesterday’s preview, the Cubs system is pretty down right now. There is some talent there, but the system of 2014 and 2015 that was the best in baseball has been gutted by promotions, trades and flame outs. This is a good thing — there was a World Series championship in there somewhere — but the Cubs have failed to adequately replace that talent over the past two seasons.