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Let's do a Baseball Prospectus like review of everyone's farms and pick out the best of the best!
My picks..
FIRST TIER
Dodgers :LAD: - M.J.'s team will be ridiculous in a few years
SECOND TIER
Cardinals :STL: - Plenty of redbirds, Rangers, Orioles, and a Rondon in this
Reds :CIN: - A load of CI and Tyler Matzek
A's :OAK: - Maybin, Smoak, Powell, Cecil, Doolittle
White Sox :CHW: Feliz, Wood, Minor, Dominguez
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No Brewers huh Colby?
My take:
1. Brewers: Scary talent, good thing they are not in my division.
2. Dodgers: I am not sure what happened last year, but were there no one else paying attention to the minor leagues?
3. Rangers: I like the pitchers they grabbed this year
4. Rays: Besides Colome, seemed to have inherited all the good prospects of the Rays system
5. A's/Pirates/Reds....can't pick one, you guys all win
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1. Dodgers - Morrison, Brown, Fredrich, Wallace, Stanton, Niese, Tillman, Arrieta
2. Royals - Moose tacos, Myers, Santana, Hosmer, Parker, Crow, Montgomery
3. Braves - Heyward, Freeman, Alonso, Bourjos, Stubbs
4. Brewers - Still has a lot of high ceiling talent left
5. Reds - Ike Davis, Chisenhall, Matzek, Oliver, Britton and a million CIs
6. Rays - Jennings, Davis, Hellickson, Moore
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Dodgers: I am not sure what happened last year, but were there no one else paying attention to the minor leagues?
I hadn't joined the league yet :)
I'll agree with the consensus here that LA has an absolutely loaded farm system. Here are my rankings based on total talent (not just the high-ceiling guys, and omitting the Brewers since I'm obviously high on the guys I've acquired):
LAD
KC
PIT
STL
TB
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I hadn't joined the league yet :)
I'll agree with the consensus here that LA has an absolutely loaded farm system. Here are my rankings based on total talent (not just the high-ceiling guys, and omitting the Brewers since I'm obviously high on the guys I've acquired):
LAD
KC
PIT
STL
TB
The Brewers should be in my 2nd tier as well. Last year, the league wasn't as active when it first started, so some teams got off to a head start. M.J. went farm crazy for a while there.
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April Farm Rankings
1) :LAD: - [ A] - M.J.'s persistance to spend on the farm in 2009 will pay off.
2) :MIL: - [ A] -
3) :TEX: - [ A] - The Rangers system wasn't this good when Roy inherited it.
4) :KC: - [ A] - Freddy is playing it like a KC GM should.
5) :TB: - [ A-] - Michael had a gift of a farm handed to him in Tampa.
6) :CIN: - [ A-] -
7) :WAS: - [ A-] - Recent dumps of Zimmerman and Dunn surround Strasburg with quality prospects.
8) :COL: - [ B+] -
9) :CHC: - [ B] - This team is a farm with very few major leaguers. Something will pan out for sure.
10) :OAK: - [ B] - One of the many NL teams in a good spot at all levels.
10) :SEA: - [ B] -
12) :STL: - [ B] -
12) :TOR: - [ B] -
12) :NYM: - [ B] -
15) :PIT: - [ B-] - Solid farm system takes a big hit with Tabata and company gone in Z-man deal.
15) :ATL: - [ B-] -
17) :CLE: - [ C+] -
17) :SF: - [ C+] -
17) :CHW: - [ C+] -
20) :BOS: - [ C] -
21) :PHI: - [ C] - Phillies lack MLB-ready prospects.
21) :HOU: - [ C] -
21) :SD: - [ C] -
24) :ARZ: - [ D] -
24) :FL: - [ D] -
26) :NYY: - [ D] -
26) :LAA: - [ D] - Once a highly touted farm headed by Jake, this has become a mine field.
26) :BAL: - [ D] - Orioles will surely shoot up these rankings in the coming months.
26) :DET: - [ D] -
30) :MIN: - [ F] - With nearly everyone at the majors these days, who is left?
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#3 in the Power-Rankings, #2 on the Farm, starting with a mid-market MLB team that finished sub .500 last year... just sayin 8-)
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I am liking the rankings, a while ago I started a farm system check and I think im going to finish it. I use a trusted source that I have that Ranks players with grades of A-C. I believe that the rankings and how the researchers came upon them are very smart as they compare them to past players as well as many other circumstances. Ill try to finish it up and give my findings.
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I am going to calm down with all of my moves... hopefully you guys can't blame a girl for trying. Hopefully, my farm rankings improve next time around!
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I think my farm should be under some reconsideration. I have added several guys they have yet to break into the show, along with multiple guys on prospect contracts w/o a contract year in my starting lineup.
~MTK
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1) :LAD: - [ A] -
2) :KC: - [ A] -
3) :ATL: - [ A-] - Rebuilding plans always make the farm look good, we'll see how it pans out though
4) :TEX: - [ A-] -
5) :TB: - [ A-] -
6) :WAS: - [ B+] -
7) :COL: - [ B] -
8) :MIL: - [ B] - Brew Crew recently had some graduates of the farm
9) :PIT: - [ B] - Gold prospects are dwindling but team has a great base after trading away depth/
10) :OAK: - [ B] - Oakland lost the luster it had in its farm a while ago but is still loaded
11) :STL: - [ B] -
11) :CIN: - [ B] - Losing Cecil and Flowers brings farm down a notch
13) :TOR: - [ B-] -
14) :CHC: - [ B-] - Loss of Sanchez and Vitters hits farm hard.
15) :SEA: - [ B-] -
16) :BAL: - [ B-] - As expected, and needed for the O's, farm system receives booster shot after many trades and pick-ups.
17) :NYM: - [ B-] -
18) :SF: - [ C+] -
19) :CHW: - [ C] -
20) :CLE: - [ C] - Indians lose top prospects in Baltimore OF deal.
20) :BOS: - [ C] -
22) :FL: - [ C] -
23) :SD: - [ D] -
24) :HOU: - [ D] -
25) :ARZ: - [ D] -
26) :DET: - [ D] -
27) :NYY: - [ D] - I'm sure the Yankees don't care about this ranking at all.
28) :PHI: - [ F] - Phillies are the Yankees of the NL
29) :MIN: - [ F] - New Twins GM has some work to do.
30) :LAA: - [ F] - It didn't take long for the new GM to stink up the farm.
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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!
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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)
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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
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:bump: (for someone else to update)
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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.
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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.
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im going to turn around both the la angels and the orem owlz (angels farm)!
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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...
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My new top 5
1. :LAD:
2. :BAL: - A total re-vamp of the team by a new GM. Added some arms and bats.
3. :NYM: - With a new GM, I honestly think this bunch could have the #1 farm system with a little work
4. :WAS: - So many top tier pitchers you cant just over look that
5. :MIL: - 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.
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I agree with that Top 5. I know I have decent depth in my farm, but it lacks a lot of household names with Mesoraco being my top spect now that Aroldis and Conger are in the bigs.
~MTK
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Im gona swap mine.
1. Nats - Chiss, Machado Rizzo Oddorizzi Duffy plus 4 more top 100
2. O's - Myers leads the way but lots of top 150's
3. Mariners - Franklin Dominguez Erlin to name a few
4. NYM - Real young with Sano Harper and Profar, but some good ones.
I took out LA and Mil because most of there young ones are in the majors.