Baseball Prospectus's Kevin Goldstein spoke with some scouts who discussed a number of highly regarded (at least at one time) prospects. Two of the players they talked about are Cubs prospects SP Sean Gallagher and OF Ryan Harvey. Gallagher gets a good review. Harvey, not so much:

"I saw him in high school in Fort Lauderdale and teams just weren't on him," he said. "He was stocky and maybe 88 mph with a lot of effort and there wasn't much projection." Two years later, Gallagher projects for the scout as a potential No. 3 starter. "Give him credit, he's found a lot more on the fastball, which is 92-93 mph now and he just pounds the strike zone with it," said the scout. "The breaking ball is hard and sharp, the body is still a little square-ish, but he's strong and durable--it's a pretty nice overall package."

The NL scout was not nearly as excited about the future of Cubs outfielder Ryan Harvey, the sixth overall pick in the 2003 draft who is batting .211/.254/.335 at Daytona in 218 at-bats and now has 297 strikeouts in 243 career games. "He can crush fastballs, but look at the numbers and it's pretty obvious that he's not doing a whole lot at the plate beyond that," said the scout.

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The Cubs unable to develop a high school hitting prospect? Shocking.