Archive - Jun 7, 2005 - story

GAME 57 PREVIEW TORONTO BLUE JAYS (30-28) at CHICAGO CUBS (30-26) Wrigley Field, 7.05pm CT, TV: CSN, RSN

SP *Glendon Rusch	SP Josh Towers
LF Reed Johnson	SS #Neifi Perez
RF Alex Rios	2B *Todd Walker
CF Vernon Wells	1B Derrek Lee
1B Shea Hillenbrand	RF *Jeromy Burnitz
3B Aaron Hill	3B Aramis Ramirez
2B Frank Menechino

Part 1: History of the Cubs draft Part 2: Trades & GMís Part 3: The Couldaí Been Cubs Weíve strolled through the tortured history of the Cubs draft, which perfectly leads us up to draft day 2005. A number of excellent articles exploring the history of the draft have come out in recent days and I recommend checking these out. Alan Schwarz The Magic of #5 Alan Schwarz Best, Worst Draft Picks Peter Gammons A Draft Unlike Any Other As for the Cubbies, theyíre slotted to pick 20th and scouting director, John Stockstill has only one philosophy when it comes to the draft,

We take the best available talent. To me, the only way to [draft] is to stack up the players, take the best ones, and that's it."

Here are some of the names being rumored to possibly be the Cubs first round pick.