It’s been a busy week in prospect news since last week’s post on the prospect lists. To lead things off, Willson Contreras was rated as the top catching prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline (Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo). Ian Happ came in at number three for second baseman before even playing the position yet. On Tuesday, Jeimer Candelario was ranked the seventh-best third baseman in the minors and on Wednesday, Gleyber Torres — the Cubs’ consensus number-one prospect — came in at number nine for shortstops.
Earlier this week, Baseball Prospectus released its top 101 prospects and the Cubs did OK, but not great.