It happened just as we thought it would. As soon as South Bend was eliminated (or nearly eliminated), Gleyber Torres was promoted to Myrtle Beach. Word began to leak last night and it became official this afternoon.
The Cubs’ number one prospect is following the pattern set by other top Cub prospects who were promoted late in the season to experience some playoff baseball. It happened for Albert Almora in 2012 and Kris Bryant was moved to experience the playoffs in Daytona in 2013. Last year, Mark Zagunis showed up in Kane County with Chesny Young to help the Cougars down the stretch in August and on to a Midwest League Championship.