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| In the latest edition of Ask BA (http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/columnists/askba.html) a reader ranked the organizations by to points based on the top 100 prospects to determine which organizations had the biggest 'impact' farm system. Here's what they got.
1. Angels 374 11. Mariners 196 21. Royals 120 2. Brewers 371 12. Indians 189 22. Cardinals 106 3. Dodgers 319 13. Orioles 188 23. Red Sox 85 4. Blue Jays 292 14. Phillies 162 24. Expos 84 5. Mets 291 15. Diamondbacks 149 25. Giants 71 6. Twins 252 16. Rockies 136 26. Rangers 70 7. Braves 237 17. Pirates 131 27. Tigers 68 8. Marlins 214 18. Athletics 127 28. Yankees 60 9. Cubs 205 19. White Sox 122 29. Reds 55 10. Devil Rays 203 20. Padres 121 30. Astros 52 I thought it sounded interesting so i figured I'd do the same thing for the IBC. The results were interesting. Total Players Avg Team Div Total Players Avg Team Div 580 9 64.4 NYY ALE 559 10 55.9 TOR ALE 429 8 53.6 SD NLW 420 5 84.0 KC ALC 377 6 62.8 LA NLW 367 6 61.2 BOS ALE 262 4 65.5 CIN NLC 235 4 58.8 PHI NLE 196 6 32.7 ATL NLE 46 2 23.0 ANA ALW 190 4 47.5 STL NLC 44 2 22.0 MON NLE 181 4 45.3 SF NLW 36 2 18.0 TB ALE 158 2 79.0 MIL NLC 4 1 4.0 CLE ALC 135 3 45.0 HOU NLC 0 0 0.0 CHN NLC 126 3 42.0 PIT NLC 0 0 0.0 NYM NLE 120 2 60.0 MIN ALC 0 0 0.0 COL NLW 120 3 40.0 AZ NLW 114 2 57.0 SEA ALW 75 2 37.5 BAL ALE 63 4 15.8 DET ALC 62 1 62.0 CHA ALC 55 2 27.5 FLA NLE 53 1 53.0 OAK ALW 47 2 23.5 TEX ALW 10 points were given for the #1 prospect, 99 for the #2 prospect, 98 for the #3 and so on until the #100 who got 1 point. Interesting observations.... -Three teams had none in the top 100, including two contenders. -While most of the teams with the best scores were contendes, there was a surprising mix at the top, including San Diego, LA and Atlanta. -While NYY and Toronto topped the list in points, they also topped in # of players on the list adn were 4th and 11th respectively in average player score. Tops was KC with an average of 84. 4 prospects in the top 10 will do that to a team. - Josh's score was 420. If you don't find that slightly creepy and/or hilarious then you probably haven't talked to Josh enough. -The AL East is stacked. While Tampa was near the bottom of the list and Baltimore was in the bottom of the middle third, Toronto, NY and Boston made up half of the top 6 making it easily the most prospect heavy Division. -The AL West and NL East were both pretty weak, especially the AL West. -The Divisions totalled out as follows... NLW 1107 total 221/team 52.71/player NLE 530 total 106/team 37.86/player NLC 871 total 145/team 54.438/player ALW 260 total 65/team 37.14/player ALE 1617 total 323/team 55.76/player ALC 669 total 134/team 51.46/player |