by Frankie PiliereFiled under: Cubs, Rays, Prospects, Minor Leagues, MLB Hot Stove, Advanced Scouting
When you graduate quite a few quality big league players out of your system the way the Rays have, and you lose the opportunity to pick early in the first round of the draft by having success, it gets more difficult to maintain a talent-rich crop of minor leaguers. One option they had was dealing off one of their desirable young starters like Matt Garza.
On Friday, they pulled off such a deal by dealing Garza to the Cubs for a highly desirable and impressive package of young players from the top tier of the Chicago farm system. From a major league personnel standpoint, it's disappointing to see Tampa lose another key player, but the Rays have to be happy with the haul of prospects they received in return. We'll take a look at what type of impact the three best prospects in the deal could have:
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