I GUARANTEE WITH JOE MADDEN...

[ChicagoIrish]

Soler's ranked a little worse Felix Pie was ranked in his prospect days (Pie peaked as a #27 prospect, whereas Soler was 34th and 41st in his two years).

Jake Fox was never a top prospect, so I don't know where he got that from.

One he did forget was Juan Cruz, who was #6 and #17 in very good prospect years in 2001 and 2002 (2002 wen he was ranked 6th had Prior, Beckett, Mauer, Teixeira, Morneau, Jose Reyes, Cabrera, Wainwright).

I don't think it's just the Cubs..as we all know, many prospects on the whole don't pan out. Looking at 2006, you can argue that more than 25 of the top 40 ranked prospects were busts. Looking at 2007, only 4 of the top 10 ranked turned out to be 'good' players (and the best one of that bunch was Longoria). One can point to the Angels where they had prospects 'oozing out of their asses,' and many turned out busts.

Yeah Pie was looking like a really good prospect at one time.

Let me re-word my point. The Cubs have had years where they had an individual prospect that looked good. Right now, they have a handful of prospects that look promising. And you have to imagine that out of those 5 or 6 prospects, 1 or 2 of them are going to work out. Which will add them to an already good Rizzo and Castro.

 

[OutlawImmortal]

The Cubs have a lot of young and talented players, not sure if I'm willing to crown them WS Champions just yet but they are definitely on the right track.

 

[clemtheslowson]

And as I just said, the Cubs aren't just laying everything onto one prospect.

We have highly touted prospects oozing from our ass.

You might want to get that looked at.

 

[broncosmitty]

I watched Patterson a ton in A ball. (Giambi, BigZ and HeSop Choi were all teammates on that Lansing Lugnutz team.). He looked like he was on a whole other level from his competition. He didn't become a perennial All-Star or an MVP type player, but he was a good major league ball player. Servicable mighg be the word im looking for. With speed and power pontential that never panned out. Prospect status skews things like that.

Im interested in seeing which FA starting pitchers the Cubbies target. Not gonna win shit without a massive upgrade in the rotation. Lester? Scherzer? Shields? Trade for Price?

 

[Jim Rome is Flaming]

What is with the Maddon hate? I admittedly haven't paid much attention to AL baseball over the last 3-4 years, but it always seemed like he was a well respected guy.

 

[Sportsguy9695]

Cubs will play in the World Series within 3 years. BOOK IT!!!!!!!!!!


Madden made the WS with the Rays whose payroll is one of the lowest in the MLB so I am pretty sure he will make it with the Cubs.

I would love to see the Cubs to be competitive and not the laughing stock of the mlb

 

[Mondo Jay]

What is with the Maddon hate? I admittedly haven't paid much attention to AL baseball over the last 3-4 years, but it always seemed like he was a well respected guy.

Seems like it is mainly Red Sox fans that hate him.

 

[tducey]

The Cubs are a team on the rise for sure, Maddon makes them better, don't know if it's World Series in 3 years better though.

 

[StanMarsh51]

Somehow ended up in this thread while looking for an old post of mine.....lots of crow to be eaten on here.

 

[Kevin12773]

The Cubs will not see a World Series in your lifetime with or without this guy.

 

[SJ76]

What is baseball?

 

[JohnU]

It was pretty easy to dismiss Cubs fans' bragging all the way up to the time Rizzo stuck the ball in his pocket.

 

[navamind]

And we all know guarantee threads never come back to haunt anyone. Nope. Not at all.

Guess these threads can haunt someone other than the OP.

 

[GNG]