With this, I begin my off-season look at Cubs prospects. I have five or so between half-way done and "on simmer." However, I hadn't figured my angle for my article on Nico Hoerner. You know plenty about him, already. This article will be mild on back story and heavy on "what if?" Is Hoerner a valid leadoff man?
Before Hoerner, a mini-treatise on leadoff men in general. The Cubs have been horrible in the draft/development process with leadoff men. When Corey Patterson is near the top of home-grown lead-off hitters for a team over the last 50 years, that's a rather damnable offense.