With a potential star at the top in the Dominican outfielder Julio Rodriguez, the Seattle Mariners have the No. 1 farm system in Baseball America. That’s a sea change from Seattle State’s minor league pipeline four years ago, when its agricultural system ranked last in baseball.
Of course, the talent in the Mariners organization extends beyond Rodriguez, with five prospects in the Top 100, including four in the top 50 and three among the top 25 prospects in the game:
The BA Organizational Talent Rankings, which began in 1984, assess each organization’s farming system as a whole. Among other clubs, the Boston Red Sox is 11th and the New York Yankees are 13th.
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These rankings emphasize the top prospects who generate the most value for their clubs while combining the depth of prospects within each organization. BA has already been doing these things for 37 years.
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MLB: Mariners, with the best farm system for the first time in 37 years, according to Baseball America