EDITOR’S NOTE: Though the big-league Cubs season has ended, there’s still Cubs-related baseball this year. Eight Cubs prospects will be playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. AFL games begin Tuesday, and Tim will be presenting profiles of all the Cubs players on the Solar Sox before game action begins.
As the 2018 draft process wore to the first day, the names I had been interested in climbed the board precipitously. I had been told it was a great year for the high school players. However, the college names kept outperforming the high school players on draft boards.