The panels at Cubs convention are focused primarily on current and former players, with prospects reserved for the auxiliary stages. That doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t much information about what’s going on in the minors, only that you have to be a little more intentional about finding it. Sticking around for the Down on the Farm panel that concludes the convention helps in that regard.
Heading into the weekend, I was curious about several different topics related to individual players and details on how the Cubs are changing their development process. Specifically, I wanted to know whether Marquee would be covering the draft and broadcasting games from minor league affiliates; how new hitting and pitching directors Justin Stone and Craig Breslow were changing the team’s processes; and whether they’d reveal any prospect assignments for 2020
I also wanted to know how Dan Kantrovitz (VP of scouting) and Bobby Basham (director of player development) would be approaching their roles as part of this new wave of personnel and philosophy.