Cubs Prospect Profile: Thomas Hatch Could Turn Spring Training Invite into Big 2018 at AA

Thomas Hatch - Photo by Larry Kave/Myrtle Beach PelicansIncluded among the 19 non-roster players the Cubs invited to major league spring training was a 23-year-old pitcher with only one full season of pro ball under his belt. A season that was only played at the high-A level. But Thomas Hatch flashed the kind of potential during his time at Myrtle Beach that have some hoping he can help set a new trend for the organization’s pitching development.

Taken in the third round of the 2016 MLB Draft, Hatch did not pitch that first season because he had thrown over 130+ inning at Oklahoma State after missing all of 2015 with an elbow injury. His first professional campaign was as inconsistent as one…