ba organizational rankings

[Mephistopheles]

didnt see this posted.

 

it's hard to imagine worse systems, but they exist

 

1. Texas Rangers

2. Florida Marlins

3. Oakland Athletics

4. Tampa Bay Rays

5. San Francisco Giants

6. Atlanta Braves

7. Cleveland Indians

8. St. Louis Cardinals

9. Baltimore Orioles

10. Milwaukee Brewers

11. Kansas City Royals

12. Philadelphia Phillies

13. Boston Red Sox

14. Cincinnati Reds

15. New York Yankees

16. Chicago White Sox

17. New York Mets

18. Pittsburgh Pirates

19. Toronto Blue Jays

20. Colorado Rockies

21. Washington Nationals

22. Minnesota Twins

23. Los Angeles Dodgers

24. Seattle Mariners

25. Los Angeles Angels

26. Arizona Diamonbacks

27. Chicago Cubs

28. Detroit Tigers

29. San Diego Padres

30. Houston Astros

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-talent-rankings/2009/267865.html

[TruffleShuffle]

i would've thought porcello would put the tigers ahead of the cubs.

 

the astros system has been awful for a few years. the padres are a mess at all levels.

[Derwood]

wow, the shine's off the Angels, eh? I thought they were "stacked for years"

[illiniguy]

Didn't the Astros not sign any of their top 5 picks from a draft a couple of years ago? Seems pretty scary to be a fan of that team, once the group there gets older they are done.

[SouthSideRyan]

Didn't the Astros not sign any of their top 5 picks from a draft a couple of years ago? Seems pretty scary to be a fan of that team, once the group there gets older they are done.

 

And then they traded the rest for Miguel Tejada.

[RedFlash]

wow, the shine's off the Angels, eh? I thought they were "stacked for years"

 

To be fair they've had some really good players graduate to the majors last half decade or so. Guys like FRod, Weaver, Santana, Saunders, Kendrick, Figgins, Mathis, Napoli, etc, etc. The major disappointments have been Aybar, Callaspo, WOOD (ESPECIALLY), Morales. Their farm system has been pretty good since 2000.

[biittner77]

It seems like the Cards really shot up the charts. Wasn't their system pretty bad a couple years ago?

[sneakypower]

The major disappointments have been Aybar, Callaspo, WOOD (ESPECIALLY), Morales. Their farm system has been pretty good since 2000.

how are Wood & Morales disappointments??

[Outshined_One]

It seems like the Cards really shot up the charts. Wasn't their system pretty bad a couple years ago?

 

Yes. They managed to pick up some potential impact players (Rasmus and Wallace), some pretty good potential future roleplayers (Motte, Perez, Jones, etc.), and a ton of guys who currently are decent, but could break out and do really well for themselves.

 

They've also done a pretty good job in the draft, although it bears noting that they've kept themselves occupied in Latin America in recent years.