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    NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL

    Jul 01, 2020 3 minutes

    CHICAGO CUBS

    The pairing of Ed Howard, the best prep shortstop in the class, and his hometown Cubs is a seemingly perfect match. Howard is arguably the top defender at the position in this class and has a strong, athletic frame that should continue to fill out.

    Chicago took a pair of live-armed lefthanders who could impact the bullpen. is the more polished of the two and was the top-ranked reliever in the class. His control comes and has even scarier strike-throwing questions but a fastball that regularly gets to triple-digits.

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