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Cubs prospect Manuel Rodriguez and player development

I alternately catch grief and appreciation for minding the Cubs pipeline over the parent club. I doubt I could add much knowledge on a day-to-day role regarding the parent club. By listening to or watching the pipeline, sometimes I learn about baseball, and myself. Baseball is, for me, a vignette cauldron. If you want to intrigue me in regards to a player, stories are more useful, often, than numbers. Here's a memory of mine from a player recently added to the 40-man roster.

What were you doing in early August, 2018? The South Bend Cubs were trying for an elusive playoff bid they wouldn't earn.