The fast ascension of this year's Chicago Cubs first round draft pick continues as they have promoted him once again.
have been able to build one of the top farm systems in all of baseball by waiving the white flag on their seasons the past few years when they traded away their established players to get prospects back in return.
Hopefully the fruits of that labor will be realized soon with many of those youngsters getting closer and closer to reaching the Majors.this year's first round pick Cam SmithSelected No. 14 overall out of Florida State, he has catapulted through the Cubs' farm system, moving up from Single-A to High Single-A after 15 games whenNow, according to Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline, Chicago has decided to promote him to Double-A to end his season.
first-rounder Cam Smith keeps climbing the ladder. I've learned the 3B is on his way to Double-A Tennessee. 1.048 OPS in A and A+ over 27 games.Coming into the draft, there were some evaluators who didn't think he would be able to hit with power in professional baseball because of his ground ball rate, projecting him to be capped out around 20 home runs per season.After dominating in Single-A, the third baseman was able to do the same thing after his first promotion, slashing .333/.421/.
Smith currently ranks the Cubs' No. 8 overall prospect, something that could quickly change heading into next year if he's able to finish out the season strong in Double-A.Brad Wakai graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Journalism. While an undergrad, he did work at the student radio station covering different Penn State athletic programs like football, basketball, volleyball, soccer and other sports.
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