2012 Baseball Farm System Rankings

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http://tinyurl.com/6mjpyvc 1) Toronto Blue Jays: Eight B+ prospects with ridiculous depth behind them. 2) San Diego Padres: Incredible depth after the winter trades pushes this system almost to the top. 3) Texas Rangers: Continues to churn out talent, with much more percolating at the lower levels. I do not give the Rangers farm system credit for Yu Darvish. They would rank number one if I gave them credit for Darvish, but in my mind that is unfair to the other teams: I see him as a major league free agent, not a prospect. 4) Seattle Mariners: Jesus Montero plus three elite pitching prospects and others who can improve. 5) St. Louis Cardinals: They don't get talked about as much as other teams, but they have a Grade A prospect in Shelby Miller and a lot of pitching depth behind him. I think this system is underrated. 6) Kansas City Royals: They slipped from last year's top spot, showing the volatility of pitching prospects, but heavy investments in draft and foreign players should continue to show dividends. 7) Tampa Bay Rays: Impact depth behind Matt Moore has slipped but this is still a robust organization. 8) Atlanta Braves: Lots of pitching at the top, but they need more hitters. 9) Arizona Diamondbacks: Another system with lots of pitching but not much hitting, even more extreme than Atlanta. 10) Oakland Athletics: Trades helped this system a lot, would have ranked much lower otherwise. 11) Boston Red Sox: Large group of B- types who can improve. Hitting stronger than pitching at this point. 12) Pittsburgh Pirates: Heavy draft investments slowly-but-steadily raising the talent level in this system. 13) Colorado Rockies: Middle of the pack at this stage, two definite impact talents and a large group of C+ types who can improve. 14) Washington Nationals: The big trade with Oakland tore the top off this farm system. You still have Bryce Harper and some interesting players in the B- range. Would have ranked much higher without the trade. 15) New York Mets: Solid depth in pitching, especially at the top with Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, and Jeurys Familia. 16) New York Yankees: You can make a case to rank them as high as 12 or 13. Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances are strong Grade B prospects for me and there is a nice balance between hitting and pitching. 17) Minnesota Twins: Another middle of the pack organization, fairly balanced between hitting and pitching, some potential regulars with several solid role players. 18) Los Angeles Angels: Not terrible, there is some depth behind Mike Trout but a lot of questions, too, and most of the tool-heavy bets in recent drafts haven't paid off as well as Trout has. 19) Baltimore Orioles: You have Machado and Bundy at the top but it falls off quickly after that. 20) Chicago Cubs: Another middle-of-the-pack system with a lot of B-/C+ type prospects. Could rank much higher next year if some of the lower-level guys pan out. 21) Cincinnati Reds: Heart of this system torn out by Mat Latos trade but there is enough at the lower levels that I think they can recharge quickly. 22) Los Angeles Dodgers: Some intriguing pitching depth, much of it fairly close to the majors, but not much hitting. 23) Detroit Tigers: Thins out very quickly after Jacob Turner and Nick Castellanos. 24) Philadelphia Phillies: There is some interesting pitching but tools guys not developing as hoped. 25) Houston Astros: Gradually improving, and there are several players at the lower levels with a chance to develop. Could rank much higher a year from now. 26) San Francisco Giants: This system has thinned out but is not hopeless. Pitching needs a recharge. 27) Cleveland Indians: Of all the teams ranked low, the Indians have the greatest chance to improve in the coming years. There is a lot of talent at the lower levels, but most of it is in the C+ or "Grade C with higher potential" category right now because it is so far away. It would not surprise me to see the Indians in the Top 10 by 2014. 28) Milwaukee Brewers: There is some talent on the pitching side but hitting looks thin. 29) Miami Marlins: Relatively even balance between hitting and pitching, but not a lot of impact coming up. 30) Chicago White Sox: You have two B+ pitching prospects in Addison Reed and Nestor Molina and some other raw materials for a decent bullpen. Hitting is a disaster. I like Tyler Saladino but I have huge doubts about their other hitting prospects. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.25.133