The term is “a picture tells a thousand words.” Sometimes, the axiom gets either flipped on its head, or personified. Either or. I saw this picture on a recent Sunday of Jhonny Pereda, and one word was screamed at me, but in a pleasant way. “Joy.” I turned to four of my favorite people in the pipeline to find out which Cubs prospects personify “Baseball And Joy” the most, be it in moments, or every day.
Pereda was supposed to be a fringe back-up this season. Perhaps in South Bend, or maybe in Myrtle Beach. Myrtle Beach Pelicans manager Buddy Bailey just about insisted on having Pereda in Myrtle Beach, and turned him into an everyday player.