When can we evaluate the decision to draft Mark Appel over Kris Bryant?
There's this week's Starting Nine question. If you choose to do so now, then yes, the Chicago Cubs have gotten the better end of the draw. In the 2013 MLB Draft, Houston selected the right-hander from Stanford, Appel, with the first overall pick. The Cubs took Bryant, a slugger from the University of San Diego, at No. 2.
In 2014, while Appel struggled to get healthy, and then also get batters out at High-A Lancaster, Bryant mashed.