Last time: Ryan Williams. We are rapidly approaching Spring Training, and that means we are rapidly approaching the end of the Prospects Progress series. Soon I'll transition into some higher level systemic summary pieces, and then into the spring edition...

If you like good stories, underdogs, and ground ball pitchers, then this is the Prospects Progress for you. Ranked twelfth in the mid-season Top 40, Ryan Williams came practically out of nowhere to finish 2015 as one of the best...

Ranked eleventh in the Top 40 and just the third pitcher this winter to receive this sort of write up, today we take a look at Duane Underwood. Underwood entered 2015 as one of the best pitching prospects in the...

[Previously: Mark Zagunis, Carl Edwards, Jr., Jeimer Candelario, Ian Happ, Albert Almora, Pierce Johnson, Gleyber Torres, Billy McKinney, Willson Contreras.] The next prospect up for scrutiny, the tenth we've looked at this winter (and number ten on the mid-season Top 40 list)...

[Previously: Carl Edwards, Jr., Jeimer Candelario, Ian Happ, Albert Almora, Pierce Johnson, Gleyber Torres, Billy McKinney, Willson Contreras.] Number nine is about as high as you are likely to see Mark Zagunis ranked on any of the Cubs' prospect lists, and...

[Previously: Jeimer Candelario, Ian Happ, Albert Almora, Pierce Johnson, Gleyber Torres, Billy McKinney, Willson Contreras.] The eighth player on the mid-season Top 40, and the eighth player to be written up in this winter's Prospects Progress, is pitcher Carl Edwards,...

I wonder how far the Bleacher Nation Top 40 Prospects List we will get before the Prospects' Progress series runs out of off season. About the start of spring training this series will have to wind down to make room...

The Cubs' first pick in the 2015 draft is Number Six on the latest Top 40 list, and thus the sixth to be written up in this winter's Prospects Progress. Ladies and Gentlemen, Ian Happ! (Previously: Albert Almora, Pierce Johnson,...

Whether you think he is the superstar center fielder of the future or a completely washed up bust (or, more likely, something in-between), Albert Almora is the next man up in this winter's Prospects Progress. Checking in at number five on...

Every winter we take a closer look at various prospects in the farm system, and this winter is no different. Most recently, we checked in on top shortstop prospect, Gleyber Torres. Next to receive the Prospects Progress treatment as we...

The third entry in this winter's round of Prospects Progress focuses on one of the most exciting prospects in the farm system, shortstop Gleyber Torres. Torres, currently the third ranked prospect on the Bleacher Nation Top 40, has as much...

Prospects Progress, the annual winter prospect scrutiny series, continues with the second player on the Bleacher Nation Top 40, outfielder Billy McKinney. If someone ever wrote a book about the prospecthood of McKinney, the title should should be "Yes, but"....

Prospects Progress is the annual offseason series that takes a very close look at various prospects in the Cubs' organization, one prospect at time. This year, though, rather than just write up those prospects that I happen to find interesting, I'm...

This will be the final Prospects Progress of the winter, but not the final minor league article. Not by a long shot. Now that we are into spring training, it is time to start looking at the farm system a...

With spring training right around the corner, it is almost time for me to wrap up the Prospects Progress series and transition into looking at the organization a little more broadly. Ultimately we are heading for the 2015 pre-season edition...

There are not many players in the history of major league baseball to be drafted any lower than C.J. Edwards and still reach the majors. With a good 2015 campaign, though, it is possible that Edwards could go from the...

The Double A Smokies are likely to have a very impressive outfield in 2015. And since I just profiled part of that outfield, part time outfielder and part time catcher Kyle Schwarber, in the last Prospects Progress, this seems like...

When the Cubs drafted Schwarber in June, they simultaneously took the best player on the board and addressed two positions of fairly serious need within in the organization. While many of the national writers assumed the Cubs would prioritize a...

The Cubs currently possess a near historic collection of incredibly good young hitters across the major and minor league levels, and a lot of words have been written about those guys already. This will not be one of those articles....

There was not much doubt who the first pitcher to undergo the Prospects Progress treatment this winter would be. Ever since I ranked him fifth in the organization in the mid-season update of the Bleacher Nation Top 40 Prospects list, Jen-Ho...