In just about three weeks, the Cubs’ four fall season affiliates will play for the first time since September of 2019. The CI team will be previewing each of the individual affiliates during that first week of the season, but there are some big-picture items to look at when it comes to the system as a whole this year. A lot of that has to do with what’s going on at the major league level.
As you are surely aware, the Cubs have very few position players signed beyond the end of the 2021 season. If extensions cannot be reached with several of those players, does the organization have a group of prospects who will be ready to step in and help on day one in 2022?