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At last viewing, the Iowa Cubs were in the middle of dropping the conference title series after winning their conference in the Pacific Coast League’s regular season. What we didn’t know then, of course, was that a novel coronavirus would begin to spread overseas a few months later, reaching the United States after the turn of the new year, and taking so much down with it, including the 2020 minor league season.
That Iowa Cubs playoff series was just over 600 days ago. The last Minor League Baseball we saw. Think about how long it’s been.
Minor League Baseball returns, finally, tomorrow. It looks considerably different than it did in those days, now with just four full-season affiliates per organization, no short-season Low-A, and everything kicking off much later than we’re used to. Fortunately for Cubs fans, the four full-season affiliates are familiar: the Triple-A Iowa Cubs (roster discussion here), the Double-A Tennessee Smokies (roster discussion), the High-A South Be
MLB Pipeline announces their Top 30 Cubs prospects
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Can you handle yet another Cubs prospects ranking? Because MLB Pipeline, the official prospect site of MLB.com, released their list of the Top 30 Cubs Prospects for 2021 (and every other team, for that matter).
Their list is as follows:
Brailyn Marquez LHP
Brendon Little LHP
Probably every name on that list should be familiar to you already if you’ve been following the previous prospect lists. MLB Pipeline included the recently-signed Cristian Hernandez out of the Dominican Republic in their top five. Also included are all four prospects the Cubs received in the Yu Darvish trade, with Preciado as the highest-ranked prospect at number eleven and Mena as the lowest ranked of the four at twenty-five.
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This is going to be a long one, so let’s jump right in. If you’re looking for an introduction, yesterday’s post was it.
On to the rankings of the Chicago Cubs farm system, here before the 2021 season begins. We’ll start with 40 to 21 (ages below are 2021 baseball age) …
40. Luke Little, LHP, 21, Myrtle Beach (JuCo Stats). Acquired: 4th round, 2020.
Skill set: You know, I know, Twitter knows: it’s the fastball. No, I don’t think Luke will ever touch 105 mph, or even 102, in a game (prove me wrong, kid). But even at 97, with a giant body, out of his arm slot, Little’s fastball plays. There were times in junior college where it was the only pitch he needed in an outing, and it’s going to undoubtedly eat A-ball hitters up.