GENEVA – Cubs farmhand Jorge Soler blasted a towering home run at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in September as a member of the Peoria Chiefs.

The Cougars signed a two-year player-development contract with the Cubs a few weeks later, prompting baseball fans throughout the region to wonder whether Soler would make Fifth Third his home launching pad in 2013.

Reporters leaned in Friday as Cubs vice president of scouting and player development Jason McLeod addressed the possible haul of prospects that would descend on Geneva in two months.