One of the great things about having the Eugene Emeralds in the Cubs system is that they’ve got MiLB.tv capability and play all their games out west. Thus, prospect-hounds are able to get early looks at scores of players who are still in the earliest stages of their respective professional careers.
Right-hander Kohl Franklin, the nephew of former big leaguer Ryan Franklin and son of baseball agent Jay Franklin, is one such prospect this summer. A pretty dominant campaign for the Ems has garnered him a lot of attention and boosted him to No. 15 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Cubs prospects.