The Farm System

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Or perhaps the Brewers strategically traded the right guys. Using their lack of success to say the system is weak is a strawman argument.

 

Not a straw man argument at all. Of their top 10 prospects before the Yelic trade they swapped off #’s 1,3 5, 6 and 8. That’s 50% of their top ten. So even if they “strategically traded the right guys” it’s still says their farm system isn’t as good as it was hyped to be since Monte Harrison is the only minor leaguer out of the those in the top ten they’ve traded who has flourished.

 

Or that they traded those guys at the height of their value. I think that using the idea that a lot of these former prospects haven't panned out as a way to say the current group of prospects won't succeed is really weak. Plus, who is hyping the system? Pretty much everything I've seen placed the team's system in the middle of the pack (best case) to lower third or even mid 20s. That will probably go even lower now since Hiura is with the big club. But that in no way means that there isn't players in the system right now who will likely make a big impact at the ML level.

[harrydalton]

For what it's worth, except for Lopez and Harrison, the Brewers obtained those prospects in trades.

[adambr2]

It's definitely a bottom 3-5 system without Hiura IMO. The guys who were near the top with a chance to cement themselves as top prospects (Ray, Erceg, Brown, Lutz), just haven't done that. Guys like Grisham, Gatewood, Diplan and Taylor are basically just organizational fodder at this point.

 

Rasmussen has been exciting, and Turang is looking the part of a top pick so far, but those two are about the top of the good news. Supak has been solid but this isn't a future ace in the making by any means. It's a pretty weak system. It's not a great sign to see farm teams being carried by organizational depth guys like Saladino.

[Brew crew 92]

It's definitely a bottom 3-5 system without Hiura IMO. The guys who were near the top with a chance to cement themselves as top prospects (Ray, Erceg, Brown, Lutz), just haven't done that. Guys like Grisham, Gatewood, Diplan and Taylor are basically just organizational fodder at this point.

 

Rasmussen has been exciting, and Turang is looking the part of a top pick so far, but those two are about the top of the good news. Supak has been solid but this isn't a future ace in the making by any means. It's a pretty weak system. It's not a great sign to see farm teams being carried by organizational depth guys like Saladino.

 

Agree with your assessment, overwhelmingly weak in the position player ranks, but pitching a little stronger.