On Wednesday, the CCO’s very own Tom U gave the fourth of a five-week series of interviews talking minor league prospects with South Bend Cubs play-by-play man Darin Pritchett and Rick Carter on WSBT in South Bend’s Sportsbeat program. This past Wednesday’s program addressed the pitching prospects in the Cubs’ system. Here are excerpts from that interview.
Darin Pritchett: I’m looking forward to this conversation, because, a lot of people have been saying for some time “when is the pitching coming, now, in the Cubs’ organization. We’ve seen all the hitters, what about the pitching?” Well, I think you’re about to find out that there are really some interesting players that are starting to develop, and a couple of those probably will show up in South Bend this year, but Tom, let’s start with Pierce Johnson.