Wisch: A Look At The Cubs’ Draft Busts

" (CBS)The 2012 MLB Draft is over and done with.

And with the 2012 Cubs pretty much done, too – even with more than 100 games left on their schedule – expect a good deal of focus over the next few weeks to be on whether Theo Epstein & Co. can convince their top pick, prep outfielder Albert Almora, to sign with Chicago rather than take his talents to South Beach.

By playing baseball for the University of Miami.

It’s the Cubs’ hope that Almora will ultimately become a superstar in center at Wrigley Field. But as any longtime Cubs observer knows, the hope that accompanies the franchise’s high draft picks is often exceeded only by their hype.

And then, unfortunately, reality crashes the party.

The same can be said, of course, for some White Sox draft picks, which have included first-round disappointments such as Joe Borchard and Kris Honel. But in all of baseball, perhaps no organization has quite the history of draft failures as Chicago’s North Side team, which could just about field an entire team with them "

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