Tim

Yep, all these guys are flawed in some way. I'll be going with Happ-McKinney-Almora, but I can see those guys in any order. I can also see votes for Cease based on his upside, though I can't put him up there until we see some evidence of his being able to reach it.

Make your choice for the Cubs 2016 #3 prospect. Cast votes for the players you think would be deserving at #3. You can vote for one player at this point, but you can change your vote up to the closing date. If you want to have a player added to the list, please say so. #1: Gleyber Torres #2: Willson Contreras

Should we call this one and move on to #3?

Make your choice for the Cubs 2016 #2 prospect. Cast votes for the players you think would be deserving at #2. You can vote for one player at this point, but you can change your vote up to the closing date. If you want to have a player added to the list, please say so. #1: Gleyber Torres

uh, sure, maybe? Murton's Revenge will have to concede that.

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uh, crazy awesome.

Fine. Make Zobrist a LF, sacrifice IF defense and put Gurriel at 2B. I want the guy with the 19/1 BB/K ratio. With power.

My solution: 1) get Schwarbs ready to catch in 2017 2) get Bryant ready to play LF in 2017 3) sign Gurriel and put him at 3B Or, if Soler flops, just put Bryant in RF. Naturally, everyone can move around in Maddon's daily position blender.

The final stats on Gurriel for this season in Cuba: Thats...insane.

Actually, if we're finding out tomorrow, I'm going to be hopeful. There wouldn't be anything "definite" if he is holding out until the next signing period.

He'll be a nice fit culturally.

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nice i remember, for the longest time, nsbb.com going to another site. can't remember what it was. how long ago was it that you got the domain? or am i remembering wrong? I've had it for quite a while now. I want to say that I picked it up in the 2004-05 timeframe.

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Also, please list any guys that should be added to the poll for #2. I think EJM could be added as there is at least one "pro" guy out there who said he'd be 1-1 in the draft.

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Here's one way to make the case...by Fangraph's KATOH projection system, Torres ranks as the #11 prospect in all of baseball. There's not another Cub until Almora at 46.

Care to make the case?

Maybe I'm just spoiled at this point, but I feel like this system has a whole bunch of #3-5 prospects instead of a real #1 prospect. I know that is complete nonsense, but I guess I'm just trying to say that I'm not really excited about any of these guys, but I like a whole bunch of them. That doesn't really help me pick one at #1. Torres is a pretty safe pick, but I hate putting a guy who I view to be a really good bet to be a solid role player at #1 instead of someone who could make a real difference for the team. I'm tempted to put Contreras at #1 because you don't have to be that exceptional at catcher to be really valuable. I could see him matching some of Soto's good years back there and that would add a lot of value to the team. But there is still so much uncertainty about his value as a receiver and his ability to replicate his offensive performance from 2015. Happ could go #1 on the recent track record of the Cubs taking college bats at the top of the draft. He's another up the middle player, too. If he had only struck out a little less in A ball last year, I'd feel a lot better about him. If Almora had put together a whole year like he did in July and August, he'd be an easy pick. Jimenez is just so far away. The only pitcher without major warts at this point is the one we know the least about in De La Cruz. Again, so far away. I guess I'll go Torres for now. I may change my vote on this one before it's over, though.

Make your choice for the Cubs 2016 #1 prospect. Cast votes for the players you think would be deserving at #1. You can vote for one player at this point, but you can change your vote up to the closing date. If you want to have a player added to the list, please say so.

okay, time to get this kicked off. I'll start up the poll for #1 in a few minutes and keep the results here.