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 […]

The more I researched the Twins system, the more I liked it.  It’s strong at the top with Walker Jenkins, Emmanuel Rodriguez, Zebby Matthews, and Luke Keaschall with depth.  The depth is not just young players, but plenty of back-end starters and relievers can help the Major League club as soon as 2024. Jenkins has […]

When an organization drafts and develops a player like Bobby Witt Jr., it’s easy to overlook some of their mistakes—and the Royals have had many of them over the years. However, the Major League team is good. Besides Witt, other young players are contributing significantly: Makiel Garcia, Vinnie P., Kyle Isbel, and Cole Ragans, to […]

The Tigers have arguably the best Top 10 prospects in baseball.  The system falls off after that, but if you believe that stars make an organization run, you’ll like what they are doing. At the top are Max Clark and Jackson Jobe—two potential impact players at the highest level. Jobe should see Detroit in 2025, […]

The Guardians have a plan and have effectively executed it over the past several years. They stress pitching and hitters who can make contact and control the strike zone.  The plan led to a 100-win season in the Major Leagues and plenty of young talent that could help in the next year or two. Travis […]

The White Sox had a historically bad season in 2024, and while their minor league system has improved, it’s filled with many up-and-down and complementary players. In other words, they have a long way to go before they will be competitive. As with all systems, there are some potentially elite prospects.  If Noah Schultz can […]

I’ve been critical of the Cardinals organization for several years. I question many of their decisions, including those of Adolis Garcia, Randy Arozarena, Dylan Carlson, and Jordan Walker. I liked taking JJ Wetherholt with their first pick last July.  Granted, he was the best player on the board when it was their turn, but they […]

The pitching is starting to translate at the Major League level, as Paul Skenes and Jared Jones were terrific in 2024.  Next in line are Bubba Chandler and Braxton Ashcraft.  Both should see time in Pittsburgh in 2024. The bats have been the problem.  Nick Yorke and Billy Cook should help next season in a […]

I really like the Brewers system.  While the top of the system did not perform as well as I had hoped (I’m looking at you, Tyler Black), there’s still a ton of talent in Black, Jacob Misiorowski, and Jeferson Quero.  The excitement in the system stems from the crop of Latin signees – Yophery Rodriguez, […]

The Reds are absorbing their latest round of promotions, including Noelvi Marte, Edwin Encarnacion-Strand, Rhett Lowder, and Julian Aguiar.  I think it’s safe to say that Marte has been a disappointment.  First, the 80-game suspension, and then he didn’t hit when he returned.  Hopefully, Encarnacion-Strand returns healthy next season. Because of the promotion, the Reds […]