5 underrated prospects - Jefferson Rojas
Although it's a small sample size, Jefferson Rojas' slash line of .306/.375/.449 in Myrtle Beach through 14 games has been an impressive stretch. Currently listed as Myrtle Beach's other shortstop, alongside Cristian Hernandez, the 18-year-old owns a 135 wRC+ thus far. An international signing in January of last year, Rojas slashed a promising .303/.391/.407 in 45 games and 169 plate appearances last year in the Dominican Summer League and has only continued to shine this year in Low A Myrtle Beach.
Jefferson is a prospect who has quite a way to go before he reaches the upper levels of the Cubs farm System and, hopefully, MLB. Nevertheless, he's off to a promising start, and Jed Hoyer and crew must be happy with their decision to pick him up last year. It will likely be a few years before he makes it to the Cubs, but the talent and there will be fun to watch his career unfold. Hopefully, he continues producing enough to make it to High-A this season.