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I don't think it's quite as simple as saying Soler is playing slightly worse than the #10 prospect so he'll be fringe top-10 next year.

Sano was 10th going into the season, but it's not like he's...

Unless he didn't sign (and it would've been tough to meet his demands with the 6th pick bonus pool), in which case we'd be looking at maybe Appel/Gray and someone like Clint Frazier or Colin Moran...

24 teams passed on Mike Trout because of the competition he faced.

That's not as interesting, I don't think. Appel easily.

I think the most interesting scenario will be if the Astros take Gray for signability. That's when you'll really see how the FO's draft philosophy comes into play.

"He has outhomered 228 of the 296 teams in Division I."

Ridonkulous.

I'm not sure that I wouldn't still rank them 1) Appel 2) Gray 3) Bryant in a vacuum, but that's irrelevant. Appel is the...

MAYBE the Pirates first rounders this year and next, so you'd have picks 9 and 14 this year plus two first rounders again next year. But even then, only under the reasoning that adding four high(ish)...

All the way back when guys were named Hippo.

He's the first Cubs LHP to do that in like 500 years, right?

So are there still any ESPN comment section type fans angry about the Marshall trade?

Doubles all over the place today.

I just don't see what leverage he really has to demand wildly overslot at #2. He can go independent league and try again next year with, hey, the Astros and Cubs picking in the top three. A team that...

It's one thing to not sign after falling as far as he did last year. What would be the incentive to do so again if he goes #2 overall? Give the Astros a *third straight opportunity* to pass on him...

I think Kyle's leaning a bit too heavily on the "K-rate stabilizes quickly" line, regardless. The fact the it stabilizes quickly only allows us to say, "yup, this guy is striking out too much." 130...

It's just nice having a guy who's exciting for doing precisely the things Cubs top prospects have seemingly never been able to do.

That's going to cost him a few TWTW points, I'm afraid. What's he going to do as a pro? Come up to bat with men on second and third down by one in the bottom of the ninth and intentionally strike out...

I love those Vogelbach quotes. Kid carries himself like a pro and you can tell he's great leadership material.

I think you guys are using a different definition of meat thermometer than I'm accustomed to. Either that or you're all doing very sick things to your steaks.

True, Ransom makes him expendable.

He's on-pace for 78 home runs in 700 plate appearances. Extend him for 10 years, 250 million!

Am I mistaken, or does Anthony Rizzo now lead the team in stolen bases?

What's crazy is being among the leaders in HRs and simultaneously having the worst team BABIP in the majors. Home runs are good medicine for BABIP, so they've got to be absurdly unlucky to rank so...

We're already seeing it start to rise as his BABIP evens out. As far as batting average goes, I'm mainly encouraged by the fact that he's hitting .303 (with a 1.062 OPS!) against LHP.

Rizzo stole third?

I think you should get an extra fantasy point for stealing third.

That's the thing I keep telling myself. Wherever you fall on the "organizational philosophy" debate regarding this front office, the one thing they undoubtedly bring to the table is a phenomenal...