Best farm system in baseball?

[ArtVanDelay]

Fangraphs has us at #1 after the graduation of Wander Franco. 
 

https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2021-in-season-prospect-list/farm-ranking?sort=-1,1&type=100&filter=&pos=&team=

[waroriole]

So Adley is a 70 FV, and the next closest guy is a 60? 

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, waroriole said:

So Adley is a 70 FV, and the next closest guy is a 60? 

That makes Grayson what, a 75? 

[seak05]

Per fangraphs, there isn't really such a thing as a 65, at that level you don't need the differentiation (because you have fewer players). So for a position player a 70 FV grade is someone they except to avg 5-7 WAR over their first six seasons, essentially a top 10 overall position player 

for a pitcher a 60 FV 

#3 starters, 3.30 FIP, volume approaching 200 innings

3.5 to 4.9

 

a 70 FV would be 

#2 starters, FIP under 3, about 200 IP

5.0 to 7.0

Edited August 12, 2021 by seak05

[Frobby]

42 minutes ago, seak05 said:

Per fangraphs, there isn't really such a thing as a 65, at that level you don't need the differentiation (because you have fewer players). So for a position player a 70 FV grade is someone they except to avg 5-7 WAR over their first six seasons, essentially a top 10 overall position player 

for a pitcher a 60 FV 

#3 starters, 3.30 FIP, volume approaching 200 innings

3.5 to 4.9

 

a 70 FV would be 

#2 starters, FIP under 3, about 200 IP

5.0 to 7.0

Fangraphs graded Adley a 65 at the beginning of the year before they moved him to 70.   Last year, Jo Adel was rated  a 65.   

[seak05]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Fangraphs graded Adley a 65 at the beginning of the year before they moved him to 70.   Last year, Jo Adel was rated  a 65.   

I'm quoting them , and they don't have a 65 on the FV chart, maybe they use it occasionally for ranking purposes  

[CompuCoach]

48 minutes ago, seak05 said:

I'm quoting them , and they don't have a 65 on the FV chart, maybe they use it occasionally for ranking purposes  

There is a 65 FV column in the rankings chart that the OP linked to. 

[seak05]

6 minutes ago, CompuCoach said:

There is a 65 FV column in the rankings chart that the OP linked to. 

yes, but not in the chart that explains and details FV

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-new-fangraphs-scouting-primer/

[El_Duderino]

1 seems high. I see two potential all stars and then….

[BohKnowsBmore]

1 hour ago, El_Duderino said:

1 seems high. I see two potential all stars and then….

You have a really strict definition of "potential"

[CompuCoach]

3 hours ago, El_Duderino said:

1 seems high. I see two potential all stars and then….

There's a difference between "projected" and "potential." There are a fair number of guys with All-Star potential, but only a select few come out of the minors with those kinds of projections already on them (like Rutschman).

Edited August 13, 2021 by CompuCoach

[sportsfan8703]

Idk about this ranking. The Kjerstad and Hall situations are huge blows right now. Unfortunately we may not find out a firm update on either of them until the start of ST 2022. 

[Frobby]

16 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Idk about this ranking. The Kjerstad and Hall situations are huge blows right now. Unfortunately we may not find out a firm update on either of them until the start of ST 2022. 

Yeah, I don’t make too much of it either.   I certainly think we have more interesting prospects now than we’ve had in a very long time.   But prospects often don’t pan out as expected, while others overperform, so I just don’t put too much stock in these rankings.   

[canonfaz]

The continued development and performance of the infield prospects is going to be key. 2023 could be a really fun year if everything pans out.

[El_Duderino]

15 hours ago, CompuCoach said:

There's a difference between "projected" and "potential." There are a fair number of guys with All-Star potential, but only a select few come out of the minors with those kinds of projections already on them (like Rutschman).

Fair point. This whole exercise is subjective, but I feel like our list of top guys isn’t as impressive as the Braves/Dodgers/Padres from recent years.