Baseball Prospectus ranked four Cubs in its Top 101, noted here 10 days ago. Baseball America topped that with 5 Cubs, as posted here on Wednesday. Friday night, MLB Network aired a special on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects.

MLB Pipeline updated their "Top 100 Prospect List" on Friday and five Reds' prospects made the list. Chase Burns was the top-ranked Reds prospect at number 26. Rhett Lowder was next at number 35. Sal Stewart came in at number 84.

The Chicago Cubs still appear to be very much a work in progress as they look for the final touches to their 2025 major league roster. And, from a recent flurry of activity over the last few days, it looks like the front office is feeling the pressure to make a big pickup or two now,