Cubs' Top 10 Prospects by Baseball America & Minor League Free Agents
Baseball America has listed their top 10 Cubs prospects....drumroll please...
- Starlin Castro
- Brett Jackson
- Josh Vitters
- Andrew Cashner
- Jay Jackson
- Hak-Ju Lee
- Logan Watkins
- Chris Carpenter
- Ryan Flaherty
- D.J. LeMehieu
I was expecting Kyler Burke to make the list, but apparently repeating A ball justifiably knocked him down. You can compare and contrast with Arizona Phil's Top 15 list from last week. You can see past Baseball America top 10 lists for the Cubs over at Wiklifield.
Keeping with the minor league news, Arizona Phil has been keeping track of the Cubs minor league free agents on the right sidebar and there now appears to be an official list.
Chicago Cubs (11)
Pitchers: LHP Casey Fossum, RHP Vince Perkins, RHP Jose Pina
Catchers: Mark Johnson
Infielders: Matt Craig, Luis Rivas, Bobby Scales, Nate Spears
Outfielders: Doug Deeds, John-Ford Griffin, Brad Snyder
The only differences from Phil's list are C Robinson Chirinos and RHP Austin-Bibens-Dirx, so I assume they've already resigned with the Cubs. The 11 that have filed aren't goners yet though and can still resign with the Cubs. According to Phil's sidebar note, Cubs have exclusive negotiating rights until the MLB free agency filing period ends, which I believe is this Saturday.
A bit of nostalgia on the full list are some ex-Cubs including(and I'm sure I missed a few): Bobby Brownlie (Atlanta), Federico Baez (Cincinnati), Mark Bellhorn (Colorado), Ryan Harvey (Colorado), Lincoln Holdzkom (Pittsburgh), Juan Mateo (Pittsburgh), Rocky Cherry (San Diego), Shingo Takatsu (San Francisco), Jackson Melian (San Francisco), Josh Kroeger (Chicago White Sox), Michael Restovich (Chicago White Sox), Jason Waddell (Detroit), RIchie Robnett (NY Yankees), Jerome Williams (Oakland), and Buck Coats (Toronto).
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