Keith Law’s annual pre-season review of minor league systems and the best young players in the game started last week. Law ranked the Cubs as having the No. 4 farm system in baseball with six players in his top 100 prospect list. Every year Law goes just a little deeper beyond the top 100 minor leaguers with a report focused on the players that just missed his pre-season ranking.
Law’s prospect list included six players from the Cubs’ system: SS Gleyber Torres (15), C Willson Contreras (27), 2B/OF Ian Happ (47), OF Billy McKinney (69), OF Albert Almora Jr.