Who is the Cubs #4 Prospect?

[Bilbo161]

Soler still gets a legacy grade from me. If he doesn't light it up the first two months, while we continue to get excellence from Edwards, I'll change my mind.

I think Soler will be just fine. His performance in the AFL made it pretty clear that the injury was not debilitating. Spring training will tell all. Edwards is my pick at 5 though.

[jersey cubs fan]

Spring training will tell all.

 

It never has and it never will.

[A New Era]

Spring training will tell all.

 

It never has and it never will.

 

Yes it will. The Bilbo has spoken.

[Bilbo161]

Spring training will tell all.

 

It never has and it never will.

 

Yes it will. The Bilbo has spoken.

 

Ha. Don't think anyone should listen to me any more than others, but thanks for the mention. Always did like the underdog short guy. Baginses are big on Bruno too but not here. :-)

[Bilbo161]

Spring training will tell all.

 

It never has and it never will.

 

That is also true depending on the context. I was just saying that after Spring training I might have a different opinion of Soler/CJ.

[craig]

I voted Edwards, but it's a coin flip for me. (Soler was #1 on my list last winter, ahead of Baez.) The fun thing is to have one of these two prospects coming out #5 on our list.

 

I'm not sure you need to be a big guy to be a good pitcher. So I think there's a chance that Edwards will end up doing fine physically as a starter. His value may depend less on his body configuration than on his pitching ability, which may be quite good. Excellent control goes a long way. I also think he's pretty close; when a very good pitcher with good control starts at AA, (not sure but Edwards might), he's not far from the majors. I also justify ranking him high in that I value good relievers a lot, such that his value doesn't vanish if the decision is that he is not durable enough for rotation.

 

Soler seems to have the power potential and the hitting/discipline profile to perhaps become a great all-around offensive player. But that's still pretty much projection, at this point. So I'm going with the close-to-ready-great-performance Edwards a slight bit ahead of not-very-close-yet-with-no-great-performance-shown-yet Soler. An .810 OPS at age 21 in A-ball isn't really that great. It's not bad, so it doesn't undermine the projection, but it's not like he's actually shown the great offense or power that his ranking is based upon. My question with him, I think, is whether or not he'll have the knack, or learn it, for getting enough lift on the ball to hit HR's. He may just be something of a ground ball guy? Last year was small sample size, and we don't know how much was healthy. Would be fun to see him healthy, hustling, and hitting HR's consistently this season.

[Guest]

went with cj, but soler will jump back ahead of him with like 1 good month