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Chicago Cubs, Ed Howard and the lack of Minor League Baseball

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Chicago Cubs’ Ed Howard and all other minor league players need to find a way to continue getting reps.

The Chicago Cubs’ Ed Howard (according to ESPN) is the first position player from the state of Illinois drafted out of high school in the first round since the Washington National great, Jayson Worth. The “hometown kid” has already won the hearts of baseball fans in Chicago with his 2014 Little League World Series run and is being placed in decent company before he even sees his first professional baseball experience.