It has been a fantastic first half of the season for the Chicago Cubs, and the team is going to be focused on trying to accomplish big things in October. After

Kaleb Wing and Reed Moring, both from Santa Cruz County, were selected in the MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins, respectively.

The Cubs selected three players with Alabama ties, including Crimson Tide pitcher Kade Snell and Troy pitcher Noah Edders.

There is no exact science on how to succeed in the MLB Draft, but the Chicago Cubs have done a great job in recent years cracking the code and finding value. In

Dan Kantrovitz, the Cubs’ vice president of scouting, saw an uptick in text messages from scouts when Chicago was facing Houston last month at Daikin Park. For one night, the collective work of the Cubs’ scouting department was in the spotlight.