About a year ago, much of the Cubs offseason ado revolved around Jake Arrieta and Wade Davis. Both had successful stints as Cubs, and were on the open market as free agents. The front office went another way in both cases, and Arrieta/Davis went to Philadelphia/Colorado for the 2018 season. As compensation, the Cubs received two draft picks at the end of the second round. This is a look at Cole Roederer and Paul Richan, the players the Cubs selected in June with those compensation picks.
The unlikely thing about the two is that they both attended the same high school, Roederer, selected 77th, was a senior at Hart High School in Santa Clarita, California a year ago.