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With five rounds of the draft completed, here are some takeaways for the Chicago Cubs. And how these picks will affect the future of the team?
Going into the draft, the Chicago Cubs had specific needs and particular wants. The needs included bullpen help, offensive power, and efficiency in case someone is traded or lost in free agency. Looking into this year’s draft before it happened, the main thing the Cubs needed was the bullpen help because the Cubs last year offensively was great, but without the bullpen power, it is hard to win games late in the season.