![]() ![]() Jonathan likes Baez's chances, while I believe Bryant will outdo him and every other prospect this season.īryant might not match his truly dominant 2013 performance, when he combined for 46 homers between college, the Minors and the Arizona Fall League. Jonathan Mayo and I concur that Chicago will produce the Minor League home run champion in 2014, even if we don't agree on who that will be. Baez, Bryant, Soler and first baseman Dan Vogelbach give the Cubs a quartet of sluggers that's unrivaled in the Minor Leagues. No organization can match Chicago's collection of high-ceiling position talent, starting with shortstop Javier Baez, third baseman Kris Bryant and outfielders Albert Almora and Jorge Soler. The Cubs have built one of baseball's strongest and deepest farm systems, and that talent should spark a turnaround in the near future. Their combined 197 losses in 2012-13 are the most ever over a two-year period in a franchise history that dates to 1876.Īmid all that futility, there's legitimate cause for hope in Chicago. The Cubs haven't won a World Series in 106 years and they've gone 69 without appearing in a Fall Classic. They discuss their viewpoints regularly in a feature called Pipeline Perspectives. Even Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of don't always see eye to eye. With the evaluation of talent being in the eye of the beholder, finding consensus is often difficult. There's a good amount of subjectivity regarding baseball prospects. ![]()
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