Wednesday, March 24, 2004
FARM REPORT
Baseball America ranks our farm system third in minor league talent, easily the best ranking we've had in five years. Milwaukee and the Dodgers jumped past us this year; the Brew Crew I can understand, what with their excellent 2003 draft. I'm not sure I buy the Dodgers being ahead of us, though. These rankings tend to be mercurial, and more scout- than performance-based, so I take them with a grain of salt, but it's clear the Halos have a lot of talent in the pipeline, and with Arte's money there aren't really any excuses for not being very competitive every year for a long time.
Baseball America ranks our farm system third in minor league talent, easily the best ranking we've had in five years. Milwaukee and the Dodgers jumped past us this year; the Brew Crew I can understand, what with their excellent 2003 draft. I'm not sure I buy the Dodgers being ahead of us, though. These rankings tend to be mercurial, and more scout- than performance-based, so I take them with a grain of salt, but it's clear the Halos have a lot of talent in the pipeline, and with Arte's money there aren't really any excuses for not being very competitive every year for a long time.
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