Take a peak at the latest MLB.com Chicago Cubs prospect rankings

Chicago Cubs: Many deadline acquisitions fall just outside the team’s top 10

Alexander Canario, who is currently in South Bend (High-A) just missed the top-10 cut and is ranked 12th in the Cubs system by MLB.com. Canario started his Cubs organization tenure smoking hot his first week or so with South Bend. The 21-year old is hit .282/.320/.507 with four home runs and 122 wRC+ in his first 17 games.

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Kevin Alcantara, who came over in the Rizzo trade, is ranked 16th in the system and has had himself a good start. He sports a 130 wRC+ in 12 games so far with the Cubs organization (Rookie ball). Worth noting Alcantara is the second-ranked prospect in the system by FanGraphs and the 116th prospect overall at 19 years old.

Justin Steele, who has 3.22 ERA, 10.9 K/9 and 4.4 BB/9 in 22 1/3 innings as both a reliever and starter for the Cubs is still considered a prospect and ranked 19th in the system.

Spots 22 and 23 are made up of Christian Franklin, an outfielder who was taken in the fourth round of this year’s draft, and Greg Deichmann. Again, it is nice to see more of the most recent picks make the top-30 list, as the righthanded outfielder from the University of Arkansas has just begun his ACL tenure. Franklin in NCAA hit .288/.402/.499 with 22 homers and 27 doubles in 141 games.

Christopher Morel (21st), Chase Strumpf (24th), Jordan Nwogu (27th) and Manny Rodriguez (currently playing in the majors) are all in the top-30 as well.

Keeping an eye on the farm will be interesting over the next few weeks. With the MiLB season winding down, we can soon get a better idea of what these guys will be doing in the Fall and Winter and where they can potentially start in 2022. Embrace the rebuild, folks.