Prior to the season, Baseball America ranked the Dodgers’ farm system as twenty-third overall, citing the McCourt ownership fiasco as the main culprit. And over the past several weeks the Dodgers traded a significant amount of their farm system, dealing away Nathan Eovaldi, Ethan Martin, Scott McGough, and Leon Landryamong others. Taking a mediocre – […]
The Royals announced Tuesday afternoon that Christian Colon, the team’s 2010 first round pick, fourth overall, was being promoted to the Triple-A. Colon’s prospect stock has taken quite a hit since the beginning of 2011 – Baseball America had him ranked as the fifty-first best prospect – and now profiles as more as an average […]
Cleveland Indians pitching prospect Giovanni Soto made some ever so subtle waves – even locally – July 15, throwing a no-hitter against the Altoona Curve, allowing one unearned while striking out six and walking three. During one of the precious few spare minutes in my day I shot out a tweet to prospect guru Kevin […]
he Texas Rangers, by and large, have one of the best farm systems in baseball. Led by shortstop wunderkind Jurickson Profar and third baseman (for now) Mike Olt, both of whom made Keith Law’s midseason Top 50 prospects list, as well as some very promising young arms – Martin Perez, who’s struggled this season, Neil […]
With the promotions of Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall and the trades of Drew Pomeranz and Alex White, the Indians were widely recognized as having one of the weakest farm systems coming into the season. Baseball America and ESPN’s Keith Law ranked them at 29. Over at minorleagueball.com, John Sickel’s had them two spots higher, […]
Prior to the start of the season – and before the Gio Gonzalez trade to the Nationals – Baseball America ranked the Oakland A’s farm system among the worst in baseball, at 26. At that point they were pretty thin once you got past Jarrod Parker, Sonny Gray, and Michael Choice. So it’s a bit […]
The Pirates’ farm system has had a tremendous infusion of talent within the past few years. First rounders Jameson Taillon (2010), Gerrit Cole (2011), and Mark Appel (2012) all have front end rotation potential, the latter two could end up in big leagues as soon as next year. Throw in Luis Heredia, a 17-year-old, hard-throwing, […]
Coming into the season, Houston minor league first baseman Jonathan Singleton was one of the more celebrated power-hitting prospects in baseball. Ranked as the thirty-fourth best prospect – and tops in the Astros’ weak system – by Baseball America, Singleton’s continued to show a polished approach at the plate this season in Double-A, his first […]
It’s not often that high school players drafted in the late, late rounds of the draft pan out, or even make immediate waves. But Miami Marlins scout John Hughes deserves credit for unearthing Noah Perio, whose at bat against Stephen Strasburg can be found here, in the 2009 draft. Perio, 20, was nabbed in the 39th […]
While Giants General Manager Brian Sabean takes his fair share of criticism – and deservedly so – about the lack of value he places on prospects, he has, in fact, been quite successful drafting amateur players. Whether it’s hitting on first round picks – Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, or Buster Posey, his picks from 2006 […]
