Baseball America unveiled their list of the Cubs top prospects for the 2009 season along with which players possess the best tools in the organization on Monday. Only three players remain in the top ten from a year ago. Names such as Ryan Flaherty, Hak-Ju Lee and Jay Jackson have replaced the likes of Sean Gallagher, Josh Donaldson, Jose Ceda and Donald Veal. The CCO will post Baseball America's complete top 30 list of the best prospects in the coming days but for now the best of the best is … [Read more...]
Another Look at the Cubs’ Top Prospects of 2009
Scout.com released their annual list of the Cubs' top prospects on Monday. The first of a two-part feature focused on the players they feel are the top 10 in the Cubs system. Scout.com is the third publication to release a list of the Cubs top prospects for 2009....Baseball America is scheduled to release their look at the Cubs' Farm System on January 12th. To no surprise Josh Vitters is the Cubs' Top Prospect according to Scout.com with Jeff Samardzija second and Jay Jackson listed as the … [Read more...]
Minor League Ball’s Top Cubs Prospects
A couple of weeks following the release Baseball Prospectus' top Cubs prospects list, John Sickels from MinorLeagueBall.com has unveiled his top 20 list of the Cubs' prospects, along with a few honorable mentions. Baseball America' top prospects in the Cubs system is due to be released on January 12th. Josh Vitters once again is tops in the system with Jeff Samardzija coming in at number two while Tyler Colvin has dropped to number seven and Donald Veal has fallen out of the top 10.... … [Read more...]