The Wake Forest outfielder could have been a top pick in the draft if not for a shortened season.
With their first-round selection of Wake Forest outfielder Ethan Conrad, the Chicago Cubs bet on a full recovery from season-ending shoulder surgery and placed their hopes in what has been almost universally lauded as an elite set of skills for a potential impact bat at the big-league level.
The Cubs have found success drafting college position players in recent years and, if you ask Baseball America's Ben Badler, he expects that to be the case with Conrad, as well.