MESA, Ariz. — Living in the same apartment complex with your teammates. Access to high-performance technology and facilities. Athletic trainers, strength coaches and instructors working with you every day.
Premiere college baseball or Cubs offseason prospect camp?
“It was like the college we didn’t have,” said pitcher DJ Herz, whom the Cubs drafted out of high school in 2019.
The Cubs launched an offseason camp this winter, hosting about 30 prospects at their spring-training facilities in Mesa. It was a more robust program than anything the Cubs had typically held in the offseason, pushing the envelope on industry standards.