The Cubs lead baseball over the last 5 years I believe in the number of top 100 prospects that have come through the system. Including players he's traded away, his first and 2nd round picks have been excellent, all things considered. The IFA scene has been among the least productive, and the free agency market has been pretty solid, although disturbingly conservative. He finally swung a major trade and it looks like it could be the difference between winning the division and not. Where he is failing hard is the ability to develop power arms internally. They don't have guys that can command a power arsenal and Jed tries to taper over that issue by loading up on competent finesse vets... who subsequently lose their ability to throw strikes under our watch.