Are We *Finally* Seeing a Wave of Impactful, Entirely Homegrown Pitching Emerge with the Cubs?
A couple tweets recently got me stepping back for a moment just to appreciate how the Cubs really are on the cusp of entering a very different organizational phase. One where they might finally see multiple entirely homegrown pitching prospects coming up to contribute meaningful innings again, and again, and again over the coming years. We know that the Epstein Era front office focused heavily on positional prospects at the top of the draft and in the most expensive part of international free agency, and also had a system in place that prioritized finding lower-risk, lower-upside pitching i...