blueNorange wrote:the mets terrible system now has 3 prospects in ba’s latest top 100
gimenez #68
alonso #77
kelenic #81
First of all, I don't want to turn this into a ____ waving session. I may be a Yankees fan but I also like the Mets. I root for all NY teams except for the Brooklyn Nets because they still have the stink of New Jersey on them. But there are a couple points here. Firstly, when you're talking about a top 100 list of prospects out of a the minor leagues of 30 MLB teams its very likely a team will have at least one prospect. Some teams are bound to have more than one. For instance, the Yankees also have three players in the top 100 and for the most part they are significantly higher than the Mets players. Estevan Florial #37, Justis Sheffield #39 and Albert Abreu #60. Also, there are a couple prospects who the Yankees traded this time last year that still appear on the top 100 list (#71 Jorge Mateo and #80 Blake Rutherford). So we're talking about 5 guys who came up through the Yankees system in the top 100. The final point on the top 100 rankings to consider is that the rankings were updated to reflect current player status. As such two guys (Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres) who were ranked in the top 100 of the preseason list are no longer qualified to be listed as prospects. With that being said, having a bunch of guys in the top 100 doesn't qualify you as having a great minor league system. It might just mean your system is very top heavy. A quality farm system doesn't just have top tier talent it has depth throughout the system. One way to measure a teams depth is the Rule 5 draft. If you have a deep system you're going to struggle to protect talent from the annual rule 5 draft. In this draft all 30 teams minor league systems were vulnerable to being poached by one of the other teams. Last year 43 players were selected in the Major league portion of the Rule 5 draft and of those 43 players 4 of them came out of the Yankees system.
7. Braves: RHP Anyelo Gomez (Yankees)
9. Orioles: LHP Nestor Cortes (Yankees)
11. Mariners: IF Mike Ford (Yankees)
18. Orioles: RHP Jose Mesa (Yankees)
Another 2 Yankees were selected in the Triple A portion of the Rule 5.
18. Twins: RHP Yancarlos Baez (Yankees)
32. Marlins: C Sharif Othman (Yankees)
Conversely the Mets had one player selected and it was in the Triple A portion of the draft. (Jose Medina who went to the Padres).
Why rely on nuance, facts and logic when you can bludgeon the other side with mindless repetition of "Duuur McDaniel's has potential
and still be treated as if you were reasonable.