In 2017, the Cubs placed four prospects on Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101 list: Eloy Jimenez, Ian Happ, Albert Almora Jr., and Trevor Clifton. A year later, they had none. Only Nico Hoerner made the list last year, and he was all the way down at No. 86. In spite what the last two years had shown, I was hopeful for a big change when this year’s top 101 dropped.
Baseball America’s top 100 put Brailyn Marquez at 37, Hoerner at 40 and Brennen Davis in the 90’s.