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Cubs Minors: Jeffrey Passantino is one of the team’s underrated prospects

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Entangled in the depth for the Cubs is an intriguing arm with lots of upside.

You never know what you will get when it comes to the MLB Draft. We’ve seen the Cubs strike it rich and swing and miss over the years. Encapsulated in 40 rounds year-to-year sans 2020, it is a crapshoot combining expectation, unheralded boom-or-bust talent and a chance at hitting that golden ticket of the next generational superstar.

It is not all about the first-round talent in this environment. It sometimes isn’t about fifth-round talent.