Again, another example of the cautionary tale of what top prospects mean in baseball.
The Rockies signed Josh Vitters to a minor league contract.
Who knew Vitters was out of the Cubs organization?
The 2007 No. 3 overall pick never amounted to anything in the Cubs
system despite placing in Baseball Prospectus' Top 50 prospects from
2008-10 (and in the Top 70 of Baseball America during that span).
Vitters is still only 25 (and won't turn 26 until August), but posted
just a .276/.322/.440 slash line in eight minor-league seasons with the
Cubs.
Vitters hit only .213 with a lowly .607 OPS in 112 games for Triple-A Iowa in 2014.
Vitters was such a prized prospect who never really got over the Triple-A talent hump. He was supposed to be a high average, good third baseman for a decade, an heir to Bill Madlock. But as is the case with most prospects, they fail. Vitters is one of the more recent Cubs casualties.
