Chicago Cubs Top 100 Prospects Rankings Swell to Six Players
The Chicago Cubs now have six Top 100 prospects in one publication’s latest rankings, which had the franchise with four a month ago.
It took a month for Baseball America to increase the number of Top 100 prospects in the Chicago Cubs organization from four to six as the site released its September rankings on Tuesday.
The new top 100 prospects are catcher Moises Ballesteros, who is now ranked No. 66, and outfielder Kevin Alcantara, who is now No. 79. Like the other four Top 100 prospects, all six are playing at Triple-A Iowa.
Ballesteros, a 20-year-old prospect who was named the franchise’s top midseason prospect by Baseball America, is at his second affiliate this season. He participated in the MLB Futures Game’s inaugural skills competition.
In 100 minor-league games he’s slashed .291/.362/.490/.852 with 19 home runs and 71 RBI. He’s putting up career numbers across the board and putting himself in line for a potential Major League promotion if the Cubs don’t address the catching position in the offseason.
Alcantara is a 22-year-old who, liked by Ballesteros, was an international signee. He’s been in professional baseball since 2019 and this season he has put together his third consistent productive offensive season.
