organizational prospect rankings

Do you know what 98 losses will get you? A No. 1 overall draft pick. And do you know what a No. 1 overall draft pick will get you? The future ace of your pitching staff. Okay, I know all of that varies year to year, but that's how the last 12 months have gone for the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers didn't really need to go with another right-hander with their top overall pick and could've easily bulked up the offensive side of things with a player like Joey Bart, Alec Bohm, Jonathan India, etc., but there sat Casey Mize staring…

This is one of my favorite systems in all of baseball. Between the top-notch talent at the top, high-risk/high-reward players, and safer high-floor guys, this system has a little bit of everything. Let's run with the top two here for a second. The top two Twins prospects on this list have an incredibly high upside and a high floor as well. Both project to be among the best overall hitters in the game and both have a strong chance at making the top-10 in my overall prospects list later this offseason. SPOILER ALERT.If…

This Philadelphia Phillies system has long been one I've considered overrated. Call it hindsight, 20/20 vision, or whatever you will, but guys like Maikel Franco, J.P Crawford, and other just didn't excite me much. At least, not at the level they were getting hyped at. Crawford as one of the top five prospects in all of baseball? Give me a break. Give me a break. Break me off a piece of that no freaking way bar. I know it's not as catchy as the actual Kit Kat jungle, but again, no way. I'm not saying these two and other…

The Cardinals are one of the best organizations at developing talent and that remains the case in Eric Cross' updated top-25 St. Louis Cardinals prospects.

Over the last several years, not many organizations have churned out more hitting talent from their own system than the Chicago Cubs. It's actually astonishing when you look at all the former Cubs prospects making an impact in the Majors right now. You have 2016 NL MVP Kris Bryant at the hot corner, 2018 MVP finalist Javier Baez, and others like Ian Happ, Willson Contreras, and Kyle Schwarber.Pitching has been another story, but that's an impressive list of hitters to all come up within a few years of each other. I'm…