This trade deadline, the Cubs added to an already loaded system of young talent. Even though they’ve yet to add any elite pitching prospects to the system, the team continues to claim it can build the pitching staff through trades and free agency.
They better hope that plan works because almost every one of their top prospects is a hitter. It’s a good bet that most of those players will eventually see time in the major leagues while a few will be shipped away for pitching. Here is what the team’s top-10 prospect list looked like at the beginning of the 2014 season according to Baseball America.
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1. SS Javier Baez |
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2. 3B Kris Bryant |
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3. RHP C.J. Edwards |
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4. OF Albert Almora |
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5. OF Jorge Soler |
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6. RHP Pierce Johnson |
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7. 2B Arismendy Alcantara |
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8. 3B Jeimer Candelario |
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9. 1B Dan Vogelbach |
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10. RHP Arodys Vizcaino |