With the call-up of Arismendy Alcantara the future is now. The first step toward the inevitable World Series victory of 2017 has been taken. My dear friend THE INQUISITOR has been very busy monitoring the failed draft choices of Kenny Williams and posting White Sox facts in his patented non-passive aggressive manner, so he has asked your humble correspondent, JORR, to prepare this thread on his behalf.

Alcantara: 0-4
Bryant: TBD
Baez: TBD
Almora: TBD
Soler: TBD
Schwarber: TBD

Stay tuned for updates!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

You forgot Russell. Hendricks the centerpiece of the Dempster trade is debuting on the bump today as well.

I just checked with THE INQUISITOR. Feel free to contribute.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

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Proud to be UNVERIFIED.

Are you watching just Theo prospects...cause Baez isn't one

I think for fairness sake, Rizzo and Lake should both be on the list. Rizzo has been with this management group his entire career, even if he is not a Cub draftee. Lake, while not being one of the primary guys, was still a Cub prospect. I think this thread will be fairly dormant for another year if they are not included.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Good job on the list Joe ...looks like you may have used BP's Mid Season Top 50 but left off Addison Russel....

I will leave the heavy lifting to you as you follow these guys and I will gladly help out by following the Sox that made BP's list.

Tim Anderson: TBD
Rodon: TINSTAAPP

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Is Kyle Hendriks a prospect?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

#TINSTAAPP

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Alcantara-3 rbi's and a opposite field double.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I feel like people just reflexively post TINSTAAPP whenever minor league pitching is discussed. Where do you think all the great pitchers came from? But by all means, continue believing pitching is not important at all.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

you realize Mike Olt was #22 MLB prospect just a year ago.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

correction

TINSTAAP...ITCFS

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Just scored game-tying run after advancing to 3rd on a bad throw to 2nd.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

they copme from the same place as every player on every MLB roster today was a prospect at one point ...yes even HOFers like Jeter and Big Papi and even this years HOF Thomas, Maddux and Glavine were all prospects.... and back ups like John Baker and even Ronald Belisario were once prospects.

It seems some posters on this board believe ALL prospects FAIL.... when in fact 750 prosepcts are currently wearing MLB unis.

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Right. In other words, the Cubs are kinda fucked when it comes to pitching.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

But they can trade for it...and sign it in free agency...

#ThePlan

Ho-hum.

Triple in the 10th.

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Can he be named to the 2014 All Star Team before Tuesday?

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Darwin who?

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Hawaii (fuck) You

The market inefficiency is offense is down and the Scott Carrolls of the world can shut out defending WS champs so fuck drafting pitching and bum-armed Brady Aikens of the world. #planningahead

I don't understand why people cannot comprehend this. When an Annibal Sanchez or Tanaka pop up on the market, the Cubs will be able to swoop right in on them.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

On a scale from Tommy Herr to Joe Morgan where does Alcantara rank? I'm leaning more towards Morgan.

Please don't speak highly of Joe Morgan around here.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

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Ok, we'll go with Alomar then.

Tommy Herr used to rock in some rotisserie style baseball game played with real baseball cards that my friend used to have back in my youth.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I've played that game. Did your friend's game come with a replica Herr thumb protector or the spiritual batting gloves of a Gary Gaetti?

Infield single.

4th hit today, 7 total bases.

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So a game winning homer gives him the cycle?

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