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Last fall, I wrote a piece on starting pitching prospect Cory Abbott floating the notion about the possibility of finding his way into the starting rotation in 2021. A bold projection, to say the least, as Abbott has yet to pitch above Double-A and is 25 years old. However, since the Cubs drafted Abbott in the second round of the 2017 MLB Draft, the right-hander has been a rock.
Recently, Dan Szymborski published the ZiPS 2021 top 100 prospect report over at FanGraphs. As I’ve mentioned in the past, prospects are fun and an enjoyable trajectory of a career-arc to track to see their success.