In the dregs of an offseason of few moves, the reinvigorated Cubs farm system has continued to provide hope for the organization. Baseball America’s list contained three Cubs prospects, triple what they’d been placing in recent years, and MLB Pipeline’s top 100 upped that number to four when it dropped Saturday afternoon. While not quite the heyday of 2015, when seven Cubs made the roster, but it’s a start.
For most of 2017 or ‘18, it was either Oscar De La Cruz, Aramis Ademan, Miguel Amaya, or Adbert Alzolay taking turns, but only one of them is named now.