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Cubs 40-man roster coin-flips: Trent Giambrone

Al asked me to do a 40-man coin flip on Trent Giambrone. To be honest, it’s somewhat difficult to make a compelling case for keeping him on the 40-man roster all winter. Nonetheless, Giambrone has enough backstory to justify a column, so here’s my offseason look at Giambrone. And whether he belongs on the 40-man roster.

Giambrone, a 2016 25th rouunder from Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, played his first pro games in a level that no longer exists. In 51 games in the Northwest League for the champion Emeralds, Giambrone had an OPS of .