Before new Joe Maddon, Miguel Montero and Jon Lester were acquired by Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, the Chicago Cubs relied on the likes of their young guns such as Tsuyoshi Wada, Kyle Hendricks, Jorge Soler, Javier Baez, and Arismendy Alcantara.
Sure, the Cubs had first baseman Anthony Rizzo in the mix, but he’s more of the veteran of the group even though he’s still young.