Cardinals farm system rankings
Keith Law ranked the farm systems on an Insider article on ESPN.com recently!
...and to say the least, ours is still ranked as hurting pretty bad.
If you have Insider, here's a link:
The overall lowdown of the article: Tampa Bay is #1, having a crapload of talent, even though most of the really high ceilinged players are in A or AA ball. Milwaukee is the best in the NL Central, ranked 9th, the Cubs 19th, with only Felix Pie as a piece that's anywhere near major league ready, and then the good news:
We're better than Philadelphia and San Diego.
The Cardinals farm system ranks at 28th out of the 30 major league teams in Law's analysis. He does however say Rasmus, with a good year in AA would likely be a top 10 to 15 prospect across the board.
In about two weeks, Baseball America also has a write-up on the Cardinals farm system, where they rate the top 10 prospects in their system. That article is set to debut on February 9th.
Keith Law has been historically harsh on the Cardinals in his analysis of them on ESPN.com, but there's probably still some truth to this. Beyond Rasmus, the Cardinals have Chris Narveson and Blake Hawksworth as probably their two most likely future big league pitchers. Narveson probably has the ceiling of being at best about a #4 starter, and Hawksworth was derailed by surgery after being a top 100 prospect in 2004(#47 overall by Baseball America). The cupboard probably isn't as bare as Law states, but we're certainly no better than 20th even if you're REALLY optimistic.
For more on this topic, there are plenty of diaries on the site Viva El Birdos.
Now, time to work on a second post for today, my week's picks for my challenge!
...and to say the least, ours is still ranked as hurting pretty bad.
If you have Insider, here's a link:
The overall lowdown of the article: Tampa Bay is #1, having a crapload of talent, even though most of the really high ceilinged players are in A or AA ball. Milwaukee is the best in the NL Central, ranked 9th, the Cubs 19th, with only Felix Pie as a piece that's anywhere near major league ready, and then the good news:
We're better than Philadelphia and San Diego.
The Cardinals farm system ranks at 28th out of the 30 major league teams in Law's analysis. He does however say Rasmus, with a good year in AA would likely be a top 10 to 15 prospect across the board.
In about two weeks, Baseball America also has a write-up on the Cardinals farm system, where they rate the top 10 prospects in their system. That article is set to debut on February 9th.
Keith Law has been historically harsh on the Cardinals in his analysis of them on ESPN.com, but there's probably still some truth to this. Beyond Rasmus, the Cardinals have Chris Narveson and Blake Hawksworth as probably their two most likely future big league pitchers. Narveson probably has the ceiling of being at best about a #4 starter, and Hawksworth was derailed by surgery after being a top 100 prospect in 2004(#47 overall by Baseball America). The cupboard probably isn't as bare as Law states, but we're certainly no better than 20th even if you're REALLY optimistic.
For more on this topic, there are plenty of diaries on the site Viva El Birdos.
Now, time to work on a second post for today, my week's picks for my challenge!
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