Welcome to Cubs Insider’s yearly positional breakdown of the minor-league system. Over the next two months, each position will be analyzed and five prospects at those positions will be ranked and profiled.
A lot has changed in the last year. The Cubs traded away their top prospect, Gleyber Torres, along with Rashad Crawford to acquire closer Aroldis Chapman. First baseman Dan Vogelbach and pitcher Paul Blackburn were traded for a man who was arguably the Cubs’ best relief pitcher in the World Series, lefty Mike Montgomery.