When your top prospect is also your biggest disappointment, that doesn’t say a lot for an organization’s minor league system.  But that is where we are with the Toronto Blue Jays. I will say that the system is deeper after the moves they made at the trade deadline, but it’s still a very weak system.  […]

The Rays have the deepest minor league system, and I’m not sure it’s close.  The top of the system takes a hit with Junior Caminero’s promotion, but Carson Williams is no slouch.  I worry about how much he’ll hit, but he has fantasy-friendly tools and can pick it at shortstop.  I loved the Rays’ selection […]

I live in New Jersey in the summer and see a lot of New York Yankees minor league games. Perhaps I’m suffering from recency bias, but the development of the Yankees minor league players did not go well. I know the Yankees, fans, and fantasy managers love Spencer Jones. I saw him play a lot […]

The Red Sox are set up.  They have hit on several young players and now have four Top 50 prospects in the game – Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, Kristian Campbell, and Kyle Teel.  All four are in Triple-A and can see Boston in 2025. The situation is reminiscent of the 2022 Orioles when Gunnar Henderson, […]

It was bound to happen.  The Orioles’ outstanding minor league system has taken a hit.  Granted, much of the depth is now playing in the Major Leagues.  As the team has improved, they are picking in the back of the first round of late instead of the top.  Plus, they haven’t developed the pipeline from […]

The Washington Nationals’ system is strong.  They have strength at the top in positional players with Dylan Crews and Brady House and pitching with Travis Sykora and Jarlin Susana.  All four are considered elite talent.  It doesn’t stop there, as the depth is there with players who are close to helping in Washington and others […]

The Phillies system is better than I thought before I started researching.  Aidan Miller is an exciting player and might have an All-Star upside.  If Andrew Painter can return to form, he could pitch at the top of the rotation in a couple of years.  Remember, he hasn’t pitched in two seasons, so he needs […]

I’m still trying to decide if I like the Mets’ system. They have a lot of famous prospects, some of whom are good and some of whom are overrated.  They don’t have that “guy.”  A player that could emerge as a significant impact player. Jett Williams has the best shot but spent most of 2024 […]

The Marlins remain an imbalanced team at the Major League level and in their farm system.  They struggled to develop positional players, but their pitching continues to be one of the best in the league. The top two prospects are pitchers Thomas White and Noble Meyer. While Meyer was taken ahead of White in the […]

Over the past few years, the Braves have focused their player acquisition strategy on pitchers.  It’s worked, as they’ve created a nice pipeline of pitchers moving quickly through the minor leagues and onto Atlanta. This strategy has come at the expense of positional players.  In short, they have few positional players that will help them […]