Cubs prospect Christian Donahue and why he matters

I catch heat for plenty of things. Nonetheless, I still keep writing about the same topics. Christian Donahue is a player you’re likely unfamiliar with. You will be a bit less unfamiliar with him soon. However, Donahue isn’t the story here. He’s more emblematic of a story. It’s a story I was slow to realize, much as others since have been slow to realize. Or unwilling to realize. Donahue shows the incredible amount of baseball talent available on the college scene.

Donahue was on a very good Oregon State team in 2017. He had been a starter in his early career with the Beavers, but as the team in Corvallis kept adding talent, the middle infielder was pushed aside a bit.

This isn’t a case of a…