Cubs 2015 #4 Prospect

[Tim]

Make your choice for the Cubs 2015 #4 prospect.

 

Later on, we'll move to a system of multiple votes, but I think it makes sense at the top to just vote for a single player.

 

If you want to have a player added to the list, please say so.

 

#1 Kris Bryant

#2 Addison Russell

#3 Jorge Soler

[treebird]

there are arguments for what to do with 1-3 and there will be nothing but arguments hereafter, but this is probably the easiest vote in the whole thing.

[toonsterwu]

I would like to make a case against Schwarber's bat upside, but I simply can't. Almora and Edwards are closest, but I need a full season from Edwards to really leap him over Schwarber. Almora ... you know, perhaps there's a case here. It's not as if his offensive/defensive upside is poor - I mean, if he reaches his ceiling of being a plus defensive CF with 15-20 HR power and Schwarber moves off catcher, Schwarber would really need to mash to overtake him. Still, I just have those lingering doubts on Almora, although I think he'll likely end up walking more as he adjusts his approach.

 

The others are too far (Underwood/Torres), don't have enough ceiling (Pierce Johnson/Dan Vogelbach), or have questionable projections for my tastes (McKinney).

 

I expect this to be a Schwarber runaway, and I am curious how things fall after that for folks.

[Tryptamine]

Schwarber is one of maybe a handful of prospects around the league that I am absolutely sure will hit at the big league level, it's just a matter of where he's going to play defense at.

[Guest]

A year from now, Schwarber could be a better prospect than Bryant, Soler or Russell are today. Pretty much all he'd have to do is convince people he could be above average behind the plate. That offensive profile at that position would be amazing.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

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[Hairyducked Idiot]

A year from now, Schwarber could be a better prospect than Bryant, Soler or Russell are today. Pretty much all he'd have to do is convince people he could be above average behind the plate. That offensive profile at that position would be amazing.

 

He isn't going from very few people outside of the Cubs organization thinking he has a chance to even be fringe acceptable in the majors to possibly above-average.

[Guest]

A year from now, Schwarber could be a better prospect than Bryant, Soler or Russell are today. Pretty much all he'd have to do is convince people he could be above average behind the plate. That offensive profile at that position would be amazing.

 

He isn't going from very few people outside of the Cubs organization thinking he has a chance to even be fringe acceptable in the majors to possibly above-average.

I never said it was likely, just that it is possible. And he doesn't have to make all the progress this year. He just has to make enough progress to show that he can get there.

 

Still not that likely, though.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Frankly, I think we can close this one down and move on to #5.

[bukie]

After this I might suggest adding some players to the poll, like the rest of publications' org top 10/15 guys, if anyone's missing.