The Chicago Cubs brain trust of Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod continued with what works, taking a positional player for the fourth straight year with their first-round pick. Ian Happ was considered one of the top three hitters available in this draft, and with the best arms already off the board, this was a smart pick. Happ has been one of the best performers over the past two seasons, and one of the biggest questions remains to be where he will play in the field.
Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good, or vice versa in this case.