Minor League Report: April 5-15, 2012
This post is the first in a series of top prospect trackers where the success and failures of our beloved future Cubs will be posted. Iowa Cubs – The Big Three Led by the Center Fielder Brett Jackson,...
View Article2012 Draft Preview and Pre-Draft Top 13 Prospects List
With the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft just four days away and mock drafts varying greatly, it is time for the World Series Dreaming 2012 Chicago Cubs Draft Preview. Before...
View ArticleCubs Sign Jorge Soler
The Cubs were long considered favorites for Cuban phenom Jorge Soler, with reports circulating in February that they had gone as far as to have already agreed to a contract, but today was the day in...
View ArticleWSD Post-Deadline Top 13 Prospects List
First a quick recap of moves that went down the past two days: LHP Paul Maholm (Chicago) + OF Reed Johnson (Chicago) + Cash to Atlanta for RHP Arodys Vizcaino (Unassigned) + RHP Jaye Chapman (AAA...
View ArticleFall and Instructional League Report and Post-season Top Prospects: October...
The Arizona Instructional League, an informal league similar to extended spring training, has ended, and some Cubs prospects are impressing on a very talented Mesa Solar Sox team that features some of...
View ArticleWeekly Minor League Report: April 4-15, 2013
Welcome to the first weekly minor league report on WSD of the 2013 season! For those of you unfamiliar with this weekly feature, it focuses specifically on the actual prospects in the minor leagues –...
View ArticleMinor League Report: May 21-June 3, 2013
For this edition of the Minor League Report, the last before the draft that begins on Thursday, WSD will revise its Top 13 Prospects List without any new additions, simply re-ordering, based on success...
View ArticleCubs Select 3B/OF Kris Bryant Second Overall: Updated With Full Draft Results
The Cubs added another huge piece to the farm on Thursday, drafting third baseman Kris Bryant out of the University of San Diego after the Houston Astros selected right hander Mark Appel out of...
View ArticleBuilding a Consensus On Cubs Prospects
When individual prospect listings come out from the different ranking services, often times we talk about those rankings without putting them into any context. The reality is, different scouts value...
View Article2014 WSD Preseason Top 13 Prospects List
It is officially season three of the Theo Epstein regime’s rebuilding process, and the Cubs enter 2014 with yet another great group of prospects to go along with a less than great major league roster....
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