Junior Lake

Now that the 2014 non-waiver trade deadline has passed and the Chicago Cubs have made the trades to improve their farm system, Cub fans may begin to wonder when they will see all the top prospects they have heard so much about get their calls to the Majors and begin playing in Wrigley Field. Junior Lake got that call last year, and Arismendy…

It was supposed to last for two days only, but it may last the rest of the season and beyond. On Wednesday, July 9, the Chicago Cubs called up prospect Arismendy Alcantara to fill in at second base for two days while Darwin Barney took a paternity leave to watch his new baby enter the world. Alcantara, though, made such an impression on manager…