It's hard to remember now, but a little over three years ago, Matt Mervis and Alexander Canario were the talk of all of Minor League Baseball.
The two top Chicago Cubs prospects were locked into a home run race for the ages (as far as MiLB goes), as Canario finished one ahead of Mervis with 37 home runs for the 2022 season. It was the most exciting thing to follow as a Cubs fan at the time, and it was easy to dream big about both slugging talents.
Of course, those dreams never materialized into reality, as "Mash" Mervis never found his footing with the Cubs and was subsequently traded for Vidal Bruján last offseason (talk about a lose-lose trade).