Collins seems to be the only notable prospect performing well right now. A lot of these future "cornerstone" players aren't exactly tearing it up in the minors:
Chicago Tribune wrote:
No. 1 Yoan Moncada, Triple-A Charlotte: 8-for-20, HR, 2 RBIs, 3 R, BB, 6 Ks, 1 SB in four games.
No. 2 Lucas Giolito, Triple-A Charlotte: 4 1/3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 HB, 2 BB, 4 Ks in one start.
No. 3 Michael Kopech, Double-A Birmingham: 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, HR, HB, 2 BB, 10 Ks in one start.
No. 4 Reynaldo Lopez, Triple-A Charlotte: 3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 5 Ks in one start.
No. 5 Carson Fulmer, Triple-A Charlotte: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 5 Ks in one start.
No. 6 Zack Collins, Class-A Winston-Salem: 4-for-11, 2 2B, HR, 3 R, RBI, 6 BB, 3 Ks in four games.
No. 7 Zack Burdi, Triple-A Charlotte: 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 HB, 2 BB, 5 Ks in two appearances.
No. 8 Luis Alexander Basabe, Class-A Winston-Salem: 1-for-13, 1 3B, R, 2 RBIs, 1 BB, 5 Ks in three games.
No. 9 Alec Hansen, Class-A Kannapolis: 3 2/3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 Ks in one start.
No. 10 Dane Dunning, Class-A Kannapolis: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 Ks in one start.
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Antonio Gramsci wrote:
The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.