The Rundown: Top 100 Lists, Top 5 Lists, and Various Notes and Rumors

Top Of The First

We are a week away from pitchers and catchers reporting. I know this because of all of the Cubs memes on Twitter that show the jersey backs of players like Arismendy Alcantara, Jody Davis and Rick Monday. My guess is that Cubs By The Numbers gets an awful lot of hits this time of year through Opening Day. I am not a big fan of these types of memes. That being said, how could you use Alcantera and not Bruce Kimm instead? C’mon!

Top 100 Lists

There has been a lot of fuss about Top 100 Prospect lists lately. February is always the go-to month for these types of exercises and Cubs prospects have littered a number of lists as we approach Spring Training. I have read most of them…