With the 9th pick in the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Chicago Cubs select…
It’s perhaps the most anticipated selection in the draft this year, of course other than perhaps the first two or three. With the promotions of Cubs phenoms, Kris Bryant and Addison Russell, although Russell was an 11th overall selection by the Oakland Athletics in 2012, all eyes are on who could be the next star on the Cubs assembly line.
Since Theo Epstein took over as General Manager in October of 2011, the Cubs have transformed their farm system into the most prolific in the entire major-leagues, perhaps with the exception of the Los Angeles Dodgers’.