CubsPS+ Episode 66 — Listener Mailbag & More!

66 episodes in, and this one's for the listeners. In honor of Sammy Sosa's 66 home runs in that legendary 1998 summer, I'm swinging for the fences on your questions — and you didn't disappoint. CubsCon is in the rearview, I'm finally over the plague I brought home from Chicago, and it's time to talk baseball.

This episode:

• The Christopher Morel situation — where he plays, what his 2024 stat line looks like, and why his player comps (Stanton, Luis Robert, Nolan Jones) should make you very excited
• Would I trade Morel for Pete Alonso? No. Here's why — and it's not close
• The Michael Busch trade broken down — what the Cubs gave up, what they got, and why trading from a position of strength is exactly what a deep farm system is for
• Power vs. contact in a low-scoring game: Wisdom or Madrigal?
• My two favorite prospects in the system right now: Cade Horton and Kevin Alcantara
• Horton, Shaw, and Jefferson Rojas — who's "untouchable," what that actually means, and when we'll see them in Chicago
• Drew Gray: the sleeper prospect nobody's talking about yet
• The young arms: what to expect from Brown, Horn, Little, Palencia, Wesneski, and Wicks in 2024
• NL Central win total predictions for all five teams — and my five-year Cubs forecast, year by year