I distinctly remember sitting at the Cubs Convention last January listening to Jason McLeod talk about the brilliant pitching staff from Kane County. Jen-Ho Tseng, Duane Underwood, Paul Blackburn, Daury Torrez, and Johnathan Martinez stifled the Midwest League with 98 wins in 2014.
However, McLeod said something that morning I found very interesting: “We are hoping that 1-2 of them make it to the major leagues.” It was quite stunning statement, but once I began to think about it, it made perfect sense: dominance at low-A Kane County was not a ticket to the majors.
Fast forward to 2015 and Jen-Ho Tseng is struggling at high-A Myrtle Beach.