More , 12. With a high-octane fastball-curveball combination, The decision to sign veterans Trey Mancini and Eric Hosmer creates a road block for, With Shea Langeliers set to take over as the starting catcher in the majors and, The Rangers have had a tough time developing pitching prospects over the years, but they have an impressive collection of high-ceiling arms right now in, The Rays develop pitching as well as any organization in baseball, and right-hander, The Nationals completely transformed their farm system with the Juan Soto blockbuster, acquiring, Since the start of last offseason, the Reds have added. 65), Atlantas current rank can be attributed to the graduations of talented players making up the core of its 2021 World Series-winning roster and the acquisition of Matt Olson this offseason, which cost the team Shea Langeliers, Cristian Pache, Ryan Cusick and Joey Estes. Readers have a couple of different options in this area. OF Oscar Cols (Tier 1)3. RHP Jacob Miller (Tier 3)8. 81)Top 2021 rookie: Corbin Martin, RHP, The D-backs hold steady at No. 50), Taj Bradley (No. The Rays, who until last year were on a run of being in the No. 2B/SS Joey Ortiz (Tier 2)10. Houston Astros2021 midseason rank: 292021 preseason rank: 292020 midseason rank: 272020 preseason rank: 28Top 100 Prospects: none, The Astros place in the bottom three for the fifth straight time, yet that hasn't kept them from appearing in five consecutive American League Championship Series. Now it's time to rank farm systems adding their 2022 draft picks, assuming most end up signing on the dotted line. LHP Ken Waldichuk (Tier 1)3. LHP Jake Bennett (Tier 3)10. Not bad shape for a system that just graduated the NL Rookie of the Year, Jonathan India. OF Gabriel Gonzalez (Tier 2)6. Thirteen of the club's Top 30 prospects were selected in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Drafts, including Veen, catcher Drew Romo, outfielder Benny Montgomery and righty Jaden Hill. RHP Wilmer Flores (Tier 1)3. 66), Edward Cabrera (No. OF Garrett Mitchell (Tier 1)5. OF Johan Rojas (Tier 3)7. LHP Ky Bush (Tier 2)5. First and most importantly, here is a primer to remind you of the features of the rankings and here is Craig Edwards research on prospect valuation that helped inform our rankings methodology. 85), Shane Baz (No. Left-handers Aaron Ashby and Ethan Small are knocking on the door. 1. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, 27), Ronny Mauricio (No. 1 overall spot. 60), Brennen Davis (No. SS/3B Junior Caminero (Tier 2)7. Los Angeles Dodgers2021 midseason rank: 162021 preseason rank: 142020 midseason rank: 112020 preseason rank: 3Top 100 Prospects: Diego Cartaya (No. Id consider some of the teams who have among the most listed prospects and who also have a strong developmental track record such as the Dodgers, Red Sox and Guardians to reinsert themselves into that top tier within the next year, just through the sheer volume of opportunities they have to make players better. SS Nick Loftin (Tier 3)8. One of the best pure hitters in the minor leagues, The Guardians have done a great job developing pitching talent over the past decade, and they have two of the game's top pitching prospects headlining their system right now in. 1B/OF Heriberto Hernandez (Tier 3)8. RHP Ryan Pepiot (Tier 1)8. The recent additions will take time to develop, but are supported by long-tenured members of the system. 1B Matt Mervis (Tier 2)5. IF Ji Hwan Bae (Tier 3), 1. More . "The Blue Jays feature a young prospect group," BA's blurb said . RHP Ben Brown (Tier 2)8. Teams were initially ranked based on the number of Tier 1 and Tier 2. 25)Top 2021 rookie: Tarik Skubal, LHP, Led by two of the past three No. 65 is much closer to 60 than 70. 67), Andy Pages (No. Washington Nationals2020 midseason rank: 302020 preseason rank: 29Top 100 Prospects: Cade Cavalli (No. Friday, February 18, 2022. RHP Matt Canterino (Tier 2)9. 9), Nick Gonzales (No. First, there are the live farm system rankings, viewable through the 2022 Updated drop down. think Nick Gordon of the Twins or Kevn Maitan. 92), Taylor Trammell (No. Texas Rangers2020 midseason rank: 242020 preseason rank: 21Top 100 Prospects: Josh Jung (No. RHP Bed Kudrna (Tier 2)3. RHP Sam Bachman (Tier 3)6. 31), Luis Matos (No. RHP Cole Phillips (Tier 3) 6. The plus designations help account for this some. 40), No other system has two prospects in the Top 5. 2 in 2007. More , 2. 11), George Kirby, RHP (No. 4. SS Michael Arroyo (Tier 3)10. Thanks to Kevin Goldstein, Brendan Gawlowski, and Tess Taruskin for their help, to Sean Dolinar for building the tools that allow me to produce these lists with such detail by removing a huge part of the technological burden, and to managing enabler editor Meg Rowley, who edited every word of every list and with whom Im lucky to share enough pathological traits to make this all possible. When Wander Franco graduates, they will still have a $100 million gap between them and where the next tier starts, though if some of their other recently added prospects stick on the big league roster for the rest of the year, their system will fall back to the pack. OF Sal Frelick (Tier 1)3. 3B Josh Jung (Tier 1)3. Keep that in mind while scrolling through MLB Pipeline's 2022 preseason edition of the Farm System Rankings. More , 20. The testing set is simply not the same as the training data. Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2023 7:42 AM ET, Park Factors One day after ranking the top 100 individual prospects in baseball heading into the 2021 MLB season, it's time to turn our attention to each team's farm system as a whole. C Yainer Daz, (Tier 1)3. the dollar values are based on a study by FanGraphs that took the expected big league output on average by each tier of prospect . Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images, Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images, Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images, Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images. The big league club may also get substantial contributions from the newly acquired Brandon Williamson, while the likes of Elly De La Cruz, Matt McClain and Chase Petty (the get in the Sonny Gray trade) will intrigue in the Minors. LHP Robby Snelling (Tier 2)6. IF Spencer Steer (Tier 2)7. 1 farm system in baseball thanks to a top 10 list made up entirely of players they either drafted or signed as international free agents. Matt Allan remains the groups best pitching prospect. SS Denzer Guzman (Tier 3)7. 1. Especially since those 99 guys include people like Ozzie Albies and Paul DeJong who got to 10 wins much faster and may still be on the list in 5 years because they are young. 70), Joey Wiemer (No. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, 2B Michael Busch (Tier 1)5. Just as with the player rankings within each org, the farm system order is live, updating instantly in the event of a trade, signing, Rule 5 pick return, or other transaction. RHP Beck Way (Tier 3)9. 15), JJ Bleday (No. J.P. Arencibia / C. 71), Austin Hendrick (No. RHP Victor Lizarraga (Tier 3)7. Youre almost never going to draft one of those past the first 10-15 picks.. SS Marcelo Mayer (Tier 1)2. 2B Tyler Black (Tier 3)8. He spent four years working for the Phillies Triple-A affiliate, two with Baseball Info Solutions and two contributing to prospect coverage at ESPN.com. RHP Jonathan Cannon (Tier 3), 1. Right-handers Bobby Miller and Ryan Pepiot are the next farmhands poised to make an impact in Los Angeles. The Brewers (mid-2016) and Braves (pre-2017) have made three straight playoff appearances, including a trip each to the National League Championship Series. The Rays snowballed a ton of talent and have an elite prospect at the very top of their system. 3B/OF Justyn-Henry Malloy (Tier 2)7. On the other side, the Astros not long ago underwent one of the biggest farm-based rebuilds in recent memory, an effort that brought them key 2021 contributors Carlos Correa, Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve and Kyle Tucker, to name a few. 86), Tyler Stephenson (No. 8), Luis Campusano (No. Outfielder Drew Waters, shortstops Braden Shewmake and Vaughn Grissom and pitchers Kyle Muller, Bryce Elder, Tucker Davidson and Freddy Tarnok provide young talent that could help support a championship-caliber roster. Yes they have variance. If you recall, we debuted this method for ranking farm systems last year the original post can be found here but Ill provide a quick refresher. 80 ), DL Hall, LHP ( No. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. 86), Trades have thinned the Padres farm system over the past couple seasons, but there still are exciting prospects worth keeping an eye on. Six of Toronto's top 10 prospects on MLB Pipeline are currently 21 or younger, with rising infielder Manuel Beltre just 17 years old. OF Lazaro Montes (Tier 3)8. 65), Brice Turang (No. OF Vaun Brown (Tier 3), 1. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. RHP Calvin Ziegler (Tier 2)9. 94)Top 2021 rookie: Khalil Lee, OF, The Mets lost six of their Top 30 prospects from this time last year due to trades, hurting the overall depth of the system. RHP Luis Ortiz (Tier 2)6. 23), Blake Walston (No. Ben Cherington and company have quickly taken this farm system from an average one to one of the best in Baseball. 92) This is the third straight time the Orioles have landed in the top spot and it's now five rankings in a row Baltimore has a top 10 farm system. 14), Triston Casas (No. -Far and away the best prospect in the Astros system, right-hander Hunter Brown is quickly emerging as one of the best pitching prospects in baseball. 1. RHP Chase Petty (Tier 3)10. As such, Im more likely to prefer a system that has players like that, and am also more likely to grade those players highly as individuals prospects. 17), Alex Kirilloff (No. All 30 Top Prospect lists are now in the books. 9), Robert Hassell III (No. While the organization's top four prospects are position players, the next six are pitchers. 38)Top 2021 rookie: Dylan Carlson, OF, While Dylan Carlson will likely graduate early in the 2021 season, Matthew Liberatore and Nolan Gorman are legitimate, big-time prospects. As always, the Rays are known for their considerable depth -- more so now when they dont claim the top overall prospect in the game -- and while their Top 30 is already high-quality, theres a decent chance a popup name will emerge from outside that group in 2022, as Curtis Mead did last year. A backfield wunderkind who stood out immediately because of his rare combination of size and athleticism, Alcantara has been a top 100 prospect at FanGraphs for a couple of years now. 37), Luis Campusano (No. 39), Nick Madrigal (No. 12), Josh Lowe (No. assessment is a thing we need to nail down. Those comments are included with each ranking on this list. More , 5. RHP Michael McGreevy (Tier 2)9. The following factors helped determine the placement of players and teams: A tier system was used to help differentiate the varying levels of individual talent: Teams were initially ranked based on the average tier ranking of their top 10 prospects, and the rankings were then subjectively tweaked from there. The organization has keyed in on top Draft picks, like Adley Rutschman and Heston Kjerstad, while also re-establishing a presence in Latin America. While Toronto landed star power in George Springer and Marcus Semien via free agency, it did so without touching their top-end prospects. This makes Erics decision for borderline grade players significant for valuation purposes. RHP Darius Vines (Tier 3)7. The dynamic outfield duo of Jarred Kelenic and Julio Rodriguez is the highest-ranked pair of prospects in the game. Liberatore and No. That brings me to the Farm System Rankings, which are now live on the site. A year ago, the Rays Top 100 contingent boasted Wander Franco, Luis Patio, Randy Arozarena and Shane McClanahan. 70), Ryan Mountcastle (No. Lacy struggled with control and health in his first full season, and 2021 Draft picks Frank Mozzicato and Ben Kudrna are years away from Kauffman Stadium, though they do have solid ceilings. More , 7. Theres a lot of pitching depth, even after they traded two arms to the Reds for Jesse Winker and Eugenio Surez, and Seattle keeps filling in high-end talent with the aggressive pursuit of talent on the international market. 28), Bobby Miller (No. 39), Brady House (No. Deep, well-rounded farm systems help Major League clubs win ballgames. 74)Top 2021 rookie: Brandon Marsh, OF, We still believe in Jo Adell, and Brandon Marsh, once 100 percent, isnt far behind him, with a bunch of intriguing, albeit far away, up-the-middle type talents throughout the system. SS Adael Amador (Tier 1)4. 41), Sixto Snchez (No. 3B Jacob Berry (Tier 1)4. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. RHP Gabriel Hughes (Tier 2)7. Chicago Cubs2021 midseason rank: 182021 preseason rank: 222020 midseason rank: 262020 preseason rank: 23Top 100 Prospects: Brennen Davis (No. More , 28. 36), The Rockies' group of prospects is making its way up our rankings thanks to an influx of talent from recent Draft classes. Kiley McDaniel and I felt that using Craig Edwards research on the monetary value of prospects in the various Future Value tiers which, if I can digress, underscores just how underpaid many hundreds of prospects are to derive our rankings skimmed away a layer of subjective preference that would otherwise inform the system rankings. The Carlos Correa signing complicated Royce Lewis' plans to break camp in the bigs, but doesn't make him any less intriguing. New York Mets2020 midseason rank: 202020 preseason rank: 20Top 100 Prospects: Francisco Alvarez (No. OF Chase DeLauter (Tier 3)9. 67), Matt Allan (No. 68)Top 2021 rookie: Sixto Sanchez, RHP, The Marlins rallied last year for their first winning record in a decade and first playoff appearance in 16 seasons. More , 26. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Boston Red Sox2020 midseason rank: 242020 preseason rank: 25Top 100 Prospects: Triston Casas (No. OF Mason Auer (Tier 3), 1. More , 25. LHP Cooper Hjerpe (Tier 2)10. For instance, the White Sox were a middle-of-the-pack farm system entering the year, but because Andrew Vaughn, Michael Kopech, Garrett Crochet and Nick Madrigal have all graduated from rookie status, the org now ranks dead last. The best 55 and the worst 50 would have a huge difference. The first three teams to sit atop our rankings -- the Cubs (pre-2015), Red Sox (mid-2015) and Dodgers (pre-2016) -- have won World Series championships. If you wanted an across the board adjustment, I would think age (or a proxy for age minor league level?) 3B Coby Mayo (Tier 2)9. 1 prospect here for the first time in five years, there are a few new names courtesy of the Nolan Arenado deal and theres some young talent several years away thanks to the Rockies long-standing presence in Latin America. OF Alec Burleson (Tier 1)5. SS Noelvi Marte (Tier 1)3. The Orioles already have the best farm system in baseball. This year, Houston could get a boost from its top three prospects, all of whom narrowly missed the Top 100: shortstop Jeremy Pea, catcher Korey Lee and right-hander Hunter Brown. 21), The Angels have seemingly had fleeting Minor League depth for years but have produced high-ceiling players in Jared Walsh, Jo Adell, Brandon Marsh and Shohei Ohtani, the 2021 AL MVP. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. 35), Eury Perez (No. 01:09:36. Spoiler alert: You'll notice the same teams that . More , 6. SS Ezequiel Tovar (Tier 1)2. More , 13. 83)Top 2021 rookie: Joey Bart, C, Now that theyve embraced rebuilding, the Giants have assembled their best group of prospect talent since Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner and Co. were about to start winning World Series titles. Jobe will have a longer road as a high-school pitcher, but the arsenal is there for him to become an ace. More , 9. OF Gabriel Martinez (Tier 3)8. SS Carson Williams (Tier 1)4. Craigs values tend to favor top-heavy systems rather than those with depth based in the lower FV tiers. 2B Jace Jung (Tier 1)4.