Thought this was pretty interesting

http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/h ... 3_25212826

Here are the Cubs and Sox:

16. White Sox

Top Five Pos WAR Source Year Rd (Pick)
Frank Thomas* 1B 68.2 Auburn 1989 1 (7)
Mark Buehrle^ LHP 49 Jefferson (Mo.) JC 1998 38 D/F
Robin Ventura 3B 39.3 Oklahoma State 1988 1 (10)
Harold Baines RF 24.5 HS—St. Michael’s, Md. 1977 1 (1)
Jack McDowell RHP 21.7 Stanford 1987 1 (5)

The White Sox hit on four straight first-rounders from 1987 to 1990 in Jack McDowell, Robin Ventura, Frank Thomas and righty Alex Fernandez (20.5 WAR, 1990, fourth overall), and that quartet powered Chicago to an AL West division title in 1993. (They led the newly-formed Central at the time of the ’94 strike, too.) Mark Buehrle was one of the few homegrown stars to grace the postseason roster of the 2005 World Series champs.

21. Cubs

Top Five Pos WAR Source Year Rd (Pick)
Rick Reuschel RHP 48.3 Western Illinois 1970 3
Mark Grace 1B 43.9 San Diego State 1985 24
Greg Maddux* RHP 33.8 HS—Las Vegas 1984 2
Kerry Wood RHP 25.5 HS— Grand Prairie, Texas 1995 1 (4)
Mark Prior RHP 15.7 Southern California 2001 1 (2)

Hall of Famer Greg Maddux produced twice as much WAR for the Braves (66.0) than he did the Cubs, but he did spend the first seven seasons of his storied career with Chicago, leading the club to the 1989 NL East division title (along with Mark Grace). A different pair of young starters—Mark Prior and Kerry Wood—propelled the 2003 Cubs to within a game of the World Series.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Unbelievable that Mark Prior, who made about 3 seasons worth of starts is in the top 5

He just beat out Ty Griffin.

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Yeah no doubt. He was pretty good during that run.

Sigh.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Ray Lankford is 3rd for the Cardinals... ...I mean, that's what their state of choice says, but damn...never would have guessed taht.