There really isn’t much on new Cubs vice president of scouting Dan Kantrovitz’s plate at all.
All he has to do is help boss Theo Epstein reverse a long, embarrassing trend with the Cubs of being unable to develop homegrown pitching.
Oh, and as long as Kantrovitz, 41, is mining for gold, he might as well find the next generation of great Cubs hitters. That’s a huge part of what Epstein’s offseason restructuring of the organization’s scouting and player development departments was all about.
And, let’s not forget, Kantrovitz had to prepare for his first Cubs draft — which starts Wednesday at 6 p.