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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Jan 29, 2016 18:16:28 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Jan 30, 2016 1:42:08 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Jan 30, 2016 1:50:16 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 3, 2016 1:01:40 GMT -5
just an FYI...
Baseball America's list will be out on 2/12. KLaw will be out sometime next week as well.
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 3, 2016 1:13:40 GMT -5
btw, i'm retarded or something...can't get the MLB link to work. won't copy/paste correctly for me. if anyone can fix, please feel free.
also, since KLaw's list will be on Insider, can someone copy/paste his list over here? grazie!
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 5, 2016 2:00:06 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 10, 2016 18:21:27 GMT -5
broke down and got Insider...
Let's get to the rankings.
1. Atlanta Braves
2015 rank: 6
Players in top 100 (2016): 7
This system was among the bottom five just two years ago after several bad drafts and questionable player development, but a series of trades -- including several fleecings of the Diamondbacks -- has stocked the system with pitching depth that is the envy of the industry. They tied for the most players in my top 100 and had a couple of other players who could make cases for inclusion, and their 11th- to 20th-ranked prospects still include a lot of prospective major league value. It has been a remarkable turnaround for general manager John Coppolella and his front office, and the future is even brighter with the team having the third overall pick in June's draft. The team's agreement to sign Venezuelan prospect Kevin Maitan on July 2 is the worst-kept secret in the industry.
2. Los Angeles Dodgers
2015 rank: 10
Players in top 100 (2016): 7
You can say that they bought this farm-system ranking, and you'd be right, and I don't think they'd particularly care. However, that doesn't do justice to the successful draft picks in 2013 and 2014 that line their top 10 around the various high-dollar Cuban signings (and that one Mexican lefty named Julio Urias).
3. Minnesota Twins
2015 rank: 2
Players in top 100 (2016): 7
If you'd asked me to guess wildly at these rankings before I started the research process that goes into them, I might have pegged Minnesota 10 spots too low, but this system is stacked. The Twins have high ceilings, they have probability, they have starters, they have relievers, they have lots of position players -- I guess they don't really have catching, if you want to pick nits. But for a team that runs low payrolls, they're in damn good shape.
4. Chicago Cubs
2015 rank: 1
Players in top 100 (2016): 6
They graduated Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and Addison Russell but are still loaded with talent, albeit most of it unlikely to help before 2017. The system has long been light on arms, but there's some pitching coming if you squint hard enough into the distance.
5. Milwaukee Brewers
2015 rank: 28
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
They've gone from having the majors' worst farm system just two years ago to a top-five system resulting from a series of shrewd trades, starting with former GM Doug Melvin's work last summer to begin the rebuilding process, as well as one of the strongest draft classes in 2015.
6. Philadelphia Phillies
2015 rank: 25
Players in top 100 (2016): 5
The Cole Hamels trade might turn out to be the Phillies' Herschel Walker moment, trading their best asset for a huge package of prospects who look like they'll boost the major league club for years to come. The next step is maximizing their output from this year's draft, in which they hold the first overall pick.
7. Colorado Rockies
2015 rank: 8
Players in top 100 (2016): 5
This is a system full of athletes, with lots of high-upside position players and a significant contingent of hard-throwing starter prospects behind them. But there's some reliever risk on all of those starters. If any club were to value reliever prospects a bit higher, though, it probably should be the Rockies.
8. Pittsburgh Pirates
2015 rank: 7
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
For the Pirates to maintain this strong of a system with a low payroll and a highly competitive major league team is one of the more under-the-radar stories in the game over the past few years. They landed four players in the top 100 and could easily land six or seven next winter.
9. Texas Rangers
2015 rank: 11
Players in top 100 (2016): 5
Formerly a system dominated by big international signings, the Rangers have since become a more focused team in the draft, going for ceiling and hitting on an impressive fraction of their high picks, including the Lewis Brinson/Joey Gallo parlay from the 2012 draft.
10. Boston Red Sox
2015 rank: 5
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
Decimated by promotions the past two years and the recent trade for Craig Kimbrel, which cost them two top-100 prospects and two others of some value, yet big international spending and some productive drafts still have the Red Sox a top-10 system overall. Drafting Andrew Benintendi, who showed in pro ball that his huge spring for the University of Arkansas wasn't just a four-month fluke, also helped.
11. Cleveland Indians
2015 rank: 16
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
This is a system full of projectable, young, high-ceiling arms and topped off with a couple of very promising bats but somewhat light on potential impact for 2016. I liked their 2015 draft, which focused on those projection high school pitchers over guys who throw hard now but might not have the same athleticism or repeatable deliveries.
12. Cincinnati Reds
2015 rank: 17
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
I haven't been a huge fan of the returns on the Reds' recent trades other than the Johnny Cueto deal (which yielded just one prospect for these rankings), but the aggregate result is a big influx of talent on top of a system with a couple of first-round and supplemental-round picks that are looking very promising.
13. New York Yankees
2015 rank: 20
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
The Aroldis Chapman deal didn't make much of a dent in the system; the Yankees bought the troubled reliever with quantity rather than quality, and a strong draft in 2015 helped make up for some recent promotions.
14. Tampa Bay Rays
2015 rank: 23
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
A quietly deep system, light on potential stars but full of potential regulars and back-end starters. These are the types of players the Rays will never be able to afford in free agency in their current market.
15. Washington Nationals
2015 rank: 9
Players in top 100 (2016): 3
A top-heavy system with a couple of potential stars, some depth in position players up the middle but a somewhat quick falloff after the first eight to 10 names. It doesn't set them up well for many trades, but you have to be a potential star to crack the lineup or rotation in D.C., and they do have a few of those prospects.
16. New York Mets
2015 rank: 4
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
Still well-stocked with position players, but most of the pitching is gone in trades for Tyler Clippard and Yoenis Cespedes, leaving them very dependent on the health of the five young stars in the big league rotation. With a little luck, the next wave of hitters will hit Citi Field just as there are openings in the right spots in the lineup, helping them continue to compete behind their phenomenal young rotation.
17. Houston Astros
2015 rank: 3
Players in top 100 (2016): 4
With all the trades and promotions, the system has finally dropped out of the top 10, but it's far from barren thanks to a huge draft haul last year and big steps forward by several prospects in the system. There just isn't another Carlos Correa coming -- yet.
18. Oakland Athletics
2015 rank: 26
Players in top 100 (2016): 2
A couple of big trades brought back four of their top-10 prospects in a system that is back on the upswing after a few fallow years. They have a bunch of guys in the 101-150 range of prospects, players who could still have real major league value but have a little less probability because of issues like contact rates.
19. St. Louis Cardinals
2015 rank: 13
Players in top 100 (2016): 3
This is surprisingly low for a team that has been so productive over the past decade, but they've promoted much of their top talent and are now buttressed by their international department rather than their domestic drafts.
20. San Diego Padres
2015 rank: 18
Players in top 100 (2016): 2
The Padres strip-mined their system last year in a series of trades to boost the big league club but then added their new top two prospects in the trade that sent Craig Kimbrel to Boston. This year's draft will be huge for them, as they have three picks in the first 27 and six in the first 85.
21. San Francisco Giants
2015 rank: 29
Players in top 100 (2016): 1
Just one top-100 prospect but a passel of intriguing arms -- both starters and relievers -- which should offer relief to the ailing major league rotation soon and help keep the bullpen rolling (a strength of all three World Series-winning Giants teams). They keep finding value in later rounds of the draft, too, and made a big splash internationally for the first time in several years.
22. Chicago White Sox
2015 rank: 12
Players in top 100 (2016): 1
Gradually improving thanks to some productive drafts, though they lost a little bit by trading three of their top 10 prospects for Todd Frazier (a good trade all the same). There's definitely a new emphasis on improving their player development, even if it's just to trade pieces for big league stars as was done in the Frazier deal.
23. Kansas City Royals
2015 rank: 15
Players in top 100 (2016): 2
No complaints here, as the Royals used the fruits of the system to win a World Series and another American League pennant, but they are very light on position players now, and many of their remaining pitching prospects are several years away.
24. Arizona Diamondbacks
2015 rank: 14
Players in top 100 (2016): 2
Two good pitching prospects, one or two decent hitting prospects, then a big drop-off, which is what happens when you keep sending away your top draft picks in trades. They took some middling college arms last year who could surprise this year and establish themselves as top-five prospects in the system -- or look like busted picks by next winter.
25. Toronto Blue Jays
2015 rank: 19
Players in top 100 (2016): 1
Badly thinned out by trades over the past 18 months but saved by the sudden emergence this year of their top two prospects, one a football player who finally chose to focus on baseball full-time, the other a projection high school arm who saw his velocity shoot up last summer.
26. Detroit Tigers
2015 rank: 30
Players in top 100 (2016): 1
They traded for prospects last summer, helping land their new No. 1 prospect and add a little depth to a system that had been depleted by trades in the other direction for years. It's still not a good system, but it's the first time in maybe a decade that it's trending upward, and I think the new emphasis on building from within will continue under GM Al Avila.
27. Baltimore Orioles
2015 rank: 22
Players in top 100 (2016): 2
Hunter Harvey has been out for a year and a half; Dylan Bundy can't stay healthy and could be done as a starter; and their best prospect is a catcher who might be a singles hitter. Their upside was almost entirely in short-season last summer, but they wouldn't be in this situation if the last wave of arms had panned out.
28. Seattle Mariners
2015 rank: 21
Players in top 100 (2016): 1
Their best prospect took a big step back in 2015; their top pitching prospect has huge upside but hasn't performed and has major makeup questions; and their draft was my least favorite of all 30 in 2015. New GM Jerry Dipoto has the unenviable task of keeping the big league club competitive while trying to restock the fallen system.
29. Miami Marlins
2015 rank: 24
Players in top 100 (2016): 1
They barely placed one guy on the top 100, and their No. 2 prospect is probably a reliever when it's all said and done. They have some high-upside bats in the lowest levels, but they're low-probability prospects, and their pitching is light everywhere.
30. Los Angeles Angels
2015 rank: 27
Players in top 100 (2016): 0
I've been doing these rankings for eight years now, and this is by far the worst system I've ever seen. They traded their top two prospects in the Andrelton Simmons deal and had no one remotely close to top-100 status. They need a big draft this year to start to restock the system or we're going to start talking about whether it's time to trade Mike Trout.
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 11, 2016 15:29:06 GMT -5
copy/paste of Keith Law's Top 100 on ESPN
1 Corey Seager SS/3B 21 Los Angeles Dodgers 5
2 Byron Buxton CF 22 Minnesota Twins 2
3 Lucas Giolito RHP 21 Washington Nationals 8
4 J.P. Crawford SS 21 Philadelphia Phillies 7
5 Julio Urias LHP 19 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
6 Tyler Glasnow RHP 22 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
7 Rafael Devers 3B 19 Boston Red Sox 55
8 Alex Reyes RHP 21 St. Louis Cardinals 77
9 Nomar Mazara RF 20 Texas Rangers 31
10 Orlando Arcia SS 21 Milwaukee Brewers 54
11 Brendan Rodgers SS 19 Colorado Rockies NR
12 Joey Gallo 3B 22 Texas Rangers 11
13 Dansby Swanson SS 22 Atlanta Braves NR
14 Blake Snell LHP 23 Tampa Bay Rays NR
15 Gleyber Torres SS 19 Chicago Cubs NR
16 Austin Meadows OF 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 32
17 Yoan Moncada 2B 20 Boston Red Sox NR
18 Andrew Benintendi CF 21 Boston Red Sox NR
19 Alex Bregman SS/2B 21 Houston Astros NR
20 Ozhaino Albies SS 19 Atlanta Braves 66
21 Bradley Zimmer CF 23 Cleveland Indians 84
22 Franklin Barreto SS 19 Oakland Athletics 95
23 Kevin Newman SS 22 Pittsburgh Pirates NR
24 Braden Shipley RHP 23 Arizona Diamondbacks 19
25 Manuel Margot CF 22 San Diego Padres 70
26 Jose O. Berrios RHP 21 Minnesota Twins 97
27 Willson Contreras C 23 Chicago Cubs NR
28 Trea Turner SS 22 Washington Nationals 88
29 Dominic Smith 1B 20 New York Mets 65
30 Sean Newcomb LHP 22 Atlanta Braves 48
31 Robert Stephenson RHP 22 Cincinnati Reds 49
32 Lewis Brinson CF 21 Texas Rangers NR
33 Max Kepler CF 23 Minnesota Twins NR
34 Javier Guerra SS 20 San Diego Padres NR
35 Taylor Guerrieri RHP 23 Tampa Bay Rays NR
36 Aaron Judge OF 23 New York Yankees 23
37 Steven Matz LHP 24 New York Mets NR
38 Anderson Espinoza RHP 17 Boston Red Sox NR
39 Aaron Blair RHP 23 Atlanta Braves 37
40 Francis Martes RHP 20 Houston Astros NR
41 Jesse Winker OF 22 Cincinnati Reds 40
42 Amed Rosario SS 20 New York Mets 69
43 Kolby Allard LHP 18 Atlanta Braves NR
44 A.J. Reed 1B 22 Houston Astros NR
45 Tim Anderson SS 22 Chicago White Sox 67
46 Brett Phillips OF 21 Milwaukee Brewers 76
47 Ian Happ 2B 21 Chicago Cubs NR
48 Michael Fulmer RHP 22 Detroit Tigers NR
49 Victor Robles CF 18 Washington Nationals NR
50 Dillon Tate RHP 21 Texas Rangers
51 Alex Verdugo OF 19 Los Angeles Dodgers NR
52 Anthony Alford OF 21 Toronto Blue Jays NR
53 Kohl Stewart RHP 21 Minnesota Twins 53
54 Cody Reed LHP 22 Cincinnati Reds NR
55 Jorge Mateo SS 20 New York Yankees NR
56 Josh Bell 1B 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 60
57 Gary Sanchez C 23 New York Yankees NR
58 David Dahl CF 21 Colorado Rockies 27
59 Sean Manaea LHP 24 Oakland Athletics JM
60 Jose De Leon RHP 22 Los Angeles Dodgers NR
61 Tyler Jay LHP 21 Minnesota Twins NR
62 Ryan McMahon 3B 21 Colorado Rockies 50
63 Jake Thompson RHP 22 Philadelphia Phillies 52
64 Brent Honeywell RHP 20 Tampa Bay Rays NR
65 Christian Arroyo SS 20 San Francisco Giants NR
66 Jorge Polanco SS 22 Minnesota Twins NR
67 Kyle Tucker OF 19 Houston Astros NR
68 Mark Appel RHP 24 Philadelphia Phillies 44
69 Billy McKinney LF 21 Chicago Cubs NR
70 Trent Clark OF 19 Milwaukee Brewers NR
71 Grant Holmes RHP 19 Los Angeles Dodgers 79
72 Clint Frazier OF 21 Cleveland Indians 92
73 Raul Mondesi SS 20 Kansas City Royals 38
74 Nick Williams OF 22 Philadelphia Phillies NR
75 Jorge Lopez RHP 23 Milwaukee Brewers NR
76 Marco Gonzales LHP 23 St. Louis Cardinals 64
77 Yusniel Diaz OF 19 Los Angeles Dodgers NR
78 Raimel Tapia CF 22 Colorado Rockies 68
79 Luis Ortiz RHP 20 Texas Rangers 96
80 Touki Toussaint RHP 19 Atlanta Braves NR
81 Chance Sisco C 20 Baltimore Orioles NR
82 Jorge Alfaro C 22 Philadelphia Phillies 35
83 Jack Flaherty RHP 20 St. Louis Cardinals NR
84 Archie Bradley RHP 23 Arizona Diamondbacks 21
85 Daniel Robertson IF 21 Tampa Bay Rays 83
86 Amir Garrett LHP 23 Cincinnati Reds NR
87 James Kaprielian RHP 21 New York Yankees NR
88 Albert Almora OF 21 Chicago Cubs NR
89 Gavin Cecchini SS 22 New York Mets NR
90 Jeff Hoffman RHP 23 Colorado Rockies NR
91 Dylan Cease RHP 20 Chicago Cubs NR
92 Cody Bellinger 1B/OF 20 Los Angeles Dodgers NR
93 Bobby Bradley 1B 19 Cleveland Indians NR
94 Kyle Zimmer RHP 24 Kansas City Royals 25
95 Alex Jackson OF 20 Seattle Mariners 59
96 Max Fried LHP 22 Atlanta Braves 100
97 Tyler Kolek RHP 20 Miami Marlins 34
98 Nick Gordon SS 20 Minnesota Twins 43
99 Brady Aiken LHP 19 Cleveland Indians NR
100 Hunter Harvey RHP 21 Baltimore Orioles 16
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Post by Coffee's 4 Closers Only on Feb 12, 2016 0:48:12 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 12, 2016 22:31:14 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 12, 2016 22:32:13 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 13, 2016 1:11:27 GMT -5
copy/paste of Keith Law's "Just Missed" the Top 100 (#101-110) on ESPN
Eddy Julio Martinez, CF
Chicago Cubs
Age: 21 | Top level: Cuba
Tyler Stephenson, C
Cincinnati Reds
Age: 19 | Top level: Rookie
Michael Reed, CF
Milwaukee Brewers
Age: 23 | Top level: MLB
Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B
Pittsburgh Pirates
Age: 19 | Top level: Low-A
Conner Greene, RHP
Toronto Blue Jays
Age: 20 | Top level: Double-A
Carson Fulmer, RHP
Chicago White Sox
Age: 22 | Top level: High-A
Daz Cameron, OF
Houston Astros
Age: 19 | Top level: Rookie
Tyrell Jenkins, RHP
Atlanta Braves
Age: 23 | Top level: Triple-A
Reynaldo Lopez, RHP
Washington Nationals
Age: 22 | Top level: High-A
Junior Fernandez, RHP
St. Louis Cardinals
Age: 18 | Top level: High-A
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Post by fondybadger on Feb 13, 2016 11:53:09 GMT -5
Nah. I always used www.scoutingbook.com/ as they put all the lists into a from I could copy to excel easy. Haven't found anything that doesn't make me put in lists by hand. Had the list erstad posted bookmarked but hadn't been to it since last season. |
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Post by fondybadger on Feb 13, 2016 11:54:13 GMT -5
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 13, 2016 15:07:17 GMT -5
^^ didn't include it because it's for 2016 fantasy purposes. not as relevant as the others when it comes to looking beyond this season.
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Post by fondybadger on Feb 14, 2016 13:28:31 GMT -5
^^ didn't include it because it's for 2016 fantasy purposes. not as relevant as the others when it comes to looking beyond this season. That would be why I laughed at it so much. Missed that part. |
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Post by Yanks27Sox9 on Feb 16, 2016 1:48:07 GMT -5
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