Remember back before the season started, when we dreamed of Mike Olt locking down the hot corner and pushing Kris Bryant out to what might eventually be a more natural position in left field? Ah, the halcyon days of wishful thinking…sorry, got a little swoony there. Okay, so maybe I was hoping for that scenario a little more than most of you, but the idea was there.
The goal with stockpiling prospects, particularly multiples who play the same position, is that one of them will eventually excel and wrest control of his future from the rest of the pack.