Best Farm Systems

[Colby]

1) - [ A] -
2) - [ A] -
3) - [ A-] - Rebuilding plans always make the farm look good, we'll see how it pans out though
4) - [ A-] -
5) - [ A-] -
6) - [ B+] -
7) - [ B] -
8) - [ B] - Brew Crew recently had some graduates of the farm
9) - [ B] - Gold prospects are dwindling but team has a great base after trading away depth/
10) - [ B] - Oakland lost the luster it had in its farm a while ago but is still loaded
11) - [ B] -
11) - [ B] - Losing Cecil and Flowers brings farm down a notch
13) - [ B-] -
14) - [ B-] - Loss of Sanchez and Vitters hits farm hard.
15) - [ B-] -
16) - [ B-] - As expected, and needed for the O's, farm system receives booster shot after many trades and pick-ups.
17) - [ B-] -
18) - [ C+] -
19) - [ C] -
20) - [ C] - Indians lose top prospects in Baltimore OF deal.
20) - [ C] -
22) - [ C] -
23) - [ D] -
24) - [ D] -
25) - [ D] -
26) - [ D] -
27) - [ D] - I'm sure the Yankees don't care about this ranking at all.
28) - [ F] - Phillies are the Yankees of the NL
29) - [ F] - New Twins GM has some work to do.
30) - [ F] - It didn't take long for the new GM to stink up the farm.

[bridgestone]

The fall in the rankings is just after my trade with the Braves.  That was probably the only deal I needed to do that would expose my farm a bit.  Wait till the next one though!

[h4cheng]

3 months later...(my thoughts only)

1) LA: best collection of offensive prospects. Some potential on pitching side too. Curiously, no new prospects have being added this year.
2) KC: Parker & Kelly are disappointing, but a lot of the Royal prospects IRL are exploding big time (Lamb). Also they got this guy named Santana.
3) COL: Best collection of young arms. Offense is very thin besides Taylor & Beltre.
4) ATL: ranking carried by Heyward. Best collection of catching prospects around. Pitching could use some work especially in light of how Chapman has performed.
5) WAS: ranking carried by Strasburg. Meija and Darnell have failed to progress. Chatwood could turn out to be a major steal.
6) TEX: a lot of explosive arms on this team (Delgado, Castro, Cosart, Martinez).  Offensively, the collection isn't as impressive.
7) TB: More of a testament of how good the Rays system is in real life.
8) MIL: System not as impressive as before, Crosby & Mitchell both fighting injuries. In Flores, Lawrie and Beckham, the talent up the middle is outstanding.
9) SD: A lot of big names having down years (Perez, Tate, Gamel, Rondon). Padres need these guys to bounce back and the continuing development of Cumerland, Decker & Sampson.
10) A's: A's system IRL is having a down year no doubt affecting the franchise's EDR. Lots of potential offensively (Sanchez, Arcia, Laird)

[Mr.TradeKing]

Aroldis has actually been putting up strong numbers in AAA lately. I also added Matt Hobgood, Trevor May, and Robinson Lopez to my pitching prospects.

~MTK

[Colby]

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[joeshmoe]

The influx of youth into my team next year should pay-off.  I'm so excited that even with a gigantic payroll offered, I can't take the job in SF.  I see the Padres as a factor next year.  The young pitchers are studs. 

[OriolesGirl]

I feel that the O's farm system is very good with a lot of AAA talent starting to come through.  My pitching staff is full of young pitchers with promise.

[itsmb8]

im going to turn around both the la angels and the orem owlz (angels farm)!

[Canada8999]

Key additions to the Brewers farm system since the season ended:

CI Hosmer, Eric, $0.5m (P-n/a)
CI Alonso, Yonder, $1m (2012)
OF Weglarz, Nick, $0.5m (P-n/a)
CI Castellanos, Nick, $0.5m (P-n/a)
OF Choice, Michael, $0.5m (P-n/a)
P Lamb, John, $0.5m (P-n/a)
P White, Alex, $0.5m (P-n/a)
P Biddle, Jesse, $0.5m (P-n/a)

very happy with the future of the team...

[bravesfan4]

My new top 5

1.
2. - A total re-vamp of the team by a new GM. Added some arms and bats.
3. - With a new GM, I honestly think this bunch could have the #1 farm system with a little work
4. - So many top tier pitchers you cant just over look that
5. - simply because I think Hosmer and Lawrie are the real deal


Im sorry if I miss someone but I do believe those are the clear cut top 5

After that a lot of teams imo have some good specs, but the overall farm of those 5 is pretty dang good.