The List according to prospect guru Kevin Goldstein, taken straight from the pages of the forthcoming Baseball Prospectus 2007.
The first Ten Pack of 2007 brings news of arm trouble and position changes.
Now that the team-by-team player rankings are over, Kevin tallies everything and ranks the organizations themselves.
In the last of his organizational top tens (your applause is noted), Kevin identifies two intriguing outfield prospects, a serviceable catcher and some useful arms.
The Rangers don’t have much growing on the farm, and the few potential impact hurlers took a step backward in 2006.
Perhaps the game’s best collection of young talent means the days of the Devil Rays as AL East bottom-feeders are numbered.
There’s no crown jewel in the Emerald City crop, but there is some star potential at the top, with more coming through the Latin American pipeline.
Useful regulars at most every position on the diamond? You bet. Impact bats with star potential? Wrong organization.
The once-fallow Bronx farm is primed to churn out some outstanding arms to supplement the Bombers.
Several impressive young arms are primed to join the bumper crop of franchise talents already residing in the Twin Cities.
There’s only one Angel in the outfield, but there’s good representation at the other positions, including a glut of middle infielders.
Three fantastic prospects occupy the 1-3 slots, but is there any depth in the Royals’ farm system?
A young Detroit Tiger is pretty much Kevin’s favorite animal. It’s like a tiger and a prospect mixed, bred for its skills in baseball.
With the young talent the Indians have on the big league roster, no wonder Kenny Williams is trying to restock his farm system.
With a No. 1 prospect that recently arrived via Arlington, the White Sox have an improved but still lacking mix of young players in their farm system.
After dealing away last year’s NL Rookie of the Year and a pitcher who threw a no-hitter, you can bet the Red Sox will be slower to part with the remaining jewels in their farm system.