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Top 20 MLB Draft prospects: Who will Cubs take with No. 16 pick?

Stick with what works or keep trying to fix what’s broken?

That’s what faces the Cubs in the first round of next week’s MLB Draft.

The Cubs have had an incredible stretch of selecting position players with their first-round picks since Theo Epstein & Co. took over: Albert Almora, Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner. But with the farm system failing to produce much in the way of impact pitching at the big league level, they’ve stocked up on pitching recently, with three first-round picks in the last three drafts spent on pitchers: Brendon Little, Alex Lange and Ryan Jensen.