Post by Fish Troll on Mar 3, 2009 22:17:57 GMT -5
Farm system value rankings (Part 1)by Victor Wang
March 03, 2009
With spring training games beginning, almost all top prospect lists have been released. Prospect rankings and farm system rankings can be tough to judge and create plenty of debate online. In this series I'm going to try to provide an objective point of view when it comes to evaluating farm systems. To do this, I'm going to allocate the prospect values based on top-100 prospect rankings. More information is here and in my THT annual article.
Before I could allocate prospect values, I had to find a way to rate the top 100 prospects in baseball. To do this, I took prospect rankings from four sources: Baseball America, Kevin Goldstein, Keith Law and Deric McKamey. For each list, I took the No. 1-rated prospect and gave him 100 points, 99 points to No. 2, 98 points to No. 3 etc.
Finally, I added up all the points each player got and rated them from highest to lowest, creating a top 100 list. Here were the results:
March 03, 2009
With spring training games beginning, almost all top prospect lists have been released. Prospect rankings and farm system rankings can be tough to judge and create plenty of debate online. In this series I'm going to try to provide an objective point of view when it comes to evaluating farm systems. To do this, I'm going to allocate the prospect values based on top-100 prospect rankings. More information is here and in my THT annual article.
Before I could allocate prospect values, I had to find a way to rate the top 100 prospects in baseball. To do this, I took prospect rankings from four sources: Baseball America, Kevin Goldstein, Keith Law and Deric McKamey. For each list, I took the No. 1-rated prospect and gave him 100 points, 99 points to No. 2, 98 points to No. 3 etc.
Finally, I added up all the points each player got and rated them from highest to lowest, creating a top 100 list. Here were the results:
Rank First Name Last Name Team
1 Matt Wieters Baltimore
2 David Price Tampa Bay
3 Madison Bumgarner San Francisco
4 Jason Heyward Atlanta
5 Neftali Feliz Texas
6 Colby Rasmus St. Louis
7 Travis Snider Toronto
8 Rick Porcello Detroit
9 Tommy Hanson Atlanta
10 Buster Posey San Francisco
11 Cameron Maybin Florida
12 Pedro Alvarez Pittsburgh
13 Lars Anderson Boston
14 Tim Beckham Tampa Bay
15 Trevor Cahill Oakland
16 Brett Anderson Oakland
17 Dexter Fowler Colorado
18 Eric Hosmer Kansas City
19 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh
20 Justin Smoak Texas
21 Mike Moustakas Kansas City
22 Mike Stanton Florida
23 Brian Matusz Baltimore
24 Chris Tillman Baltimore
25 Carlos Santana Cleveland
26 Gordon Beckham Chicago (AL)
27 Matt Laporta Cleveland
28 Derek Holland Texas
29 Jarrod Parker Arizona
30 Brett Wallace St. Louis
31 Wade Davis Tampa Bay
32 Fernando Martinez New York (NL)
33 Jordan Zimmmerman Washington
34 Alcides Escobar Milwaukee
35 Michael Ynoa Oakland
36 Josh Vitters Chicago (NL)
37 Logan Morrison Florida
38 Austin Jackson New York (AL)
39 Aaron Hicks Minnesota
40 Tim Alderson San Francisco
41 Angel Villalona San Francisco
42 Jhoulys Chacin Colorado
43 Jordan Schafer Atlanta
44 Jesus Montero New York (AL)
45 Desmond Jennings Tampa Bay
46 Yonder Alonson Cincinatti
47 Wilmer Flores New York (NL)
48 Carlos Carrasco Philadelphia
49 Michael Bowden Boston
50 Ben Revere Minnesota
51 Carlos Triunfel Seattle
52 J.P. Arencibia Toronto
53 James McDonald Los Angeles (NL)
54 Mat Gamel Milwaukee
55 Jordan Walden Los Angeles (AL)
56 Aaron Poreda Chicago (NL)
57 Matt Dominguez Florida
58 Brett Cecil Toronto
59 Reid Brignac Tampa Bay
60 Jose Tabata Pittsburgh
61 Nick Adenhart Los Angeles (AL)
62 Jake Arrieta Baltimore
63 Taylor Teagarden Texas
64 Jeremy Jeffress Milwaukee
65 Adam Miller Cleveland
66 Michael Main Texas
67 Greg Halman Seattle
68 Chris Carter Oakland
69 Freddie Freeman Atlanta
70 Nick Weglarz Cleveland
71 Philippe Aumont Seattle
72 Jason Castro Houston
73 Kyle Blanks San Diego
74 Andrew Lambo Los Angeles (NL)
75 Gorkys Hernandez Atlanta
76 Martin Perez Texas
77 Jason Donald Philadelphia
78 Josh Reddick Boston
79 Jeremy Hellickson Tampa Bay
80 Tyler Flowers Chicago (AL)
81 Dominic Brown Philadelphia
82 Adrian Cardenas Oakland
83 Chris Perez St. Louis
84 Elvis Andrus Texas
85 Mat Latos San Diego
86 Brett Lawrie Milwaukee
87 Michael Saunders Seattle
88 Todd Frazier Cincinatti
89 Ethan Martin Los Angeles (NL)
90 Wilin Rosario Colorado
91 Dayan Viciedo Chicago (AL)
92 Wilson Ramos Minnesota
93 Kyle Skipworth Florida
94 Angel Salome Milwaukee
95 Darryl Jones St. Louis
96 Christian Friedrich Colorado
97 Michael Taylor Philadelphia
98 Aaron Cunningham Oakland
99 Gio Gonzalez Oakland
100 Junichi Tazawa Boston
www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/farm-system-value-rankings-part-one/
In the rest of the article show the bottom half ranking of the team farm system.
