There's virtually nothing left of any value as far as trades go. Michael Chavis is the only upper minors player who has met or exceeded expectations in the past year, so any other prospect included in a deal is being bought as pure potential/a lotto ticket.
Jay Groome is probably still the top prospect the organization has left, but his injury trouble and lack of performance on the field tanks his value, at least for now.
Bryan Mata has made himself very intriguing, but he was in Greenville all year.
Sam Travis shot his value in the foot with a howitzer.
Josh Ockimey had a solid but not an eye-opening year. Still waiting for him to get to that power in games consistently.
Bobby Dalbec couldn't make contact with a beach ball.
Roniel Raudes took a step back.
So it's 2017 draftees and IFA signings, Mata, Chavis and a bunch of pieces that lost value on the year, or at best, stagnated.
Where does this system rank in the winter org rankings that the major publications do? I'm going to guess in the 26-30 range. And that's not a complaint. I agree with Dombrowski's approach of converting what was left on the farm after graduating the new core into useful major league parts, and I think he made good trades for the most part. I'm just commenting on where that left us.
I'm actually kind of high on the draft and IFA classes from this past summer, too. I think there's a pretty good chance we end up with a couple of stud prospects out of Houck, Flores, Brannen, Scherff, Diaz, Netzer and Thompson (Scherff and Flores especially). But in the meantime, this farm system is going to see some ugly rankings.
Jay Groome is probably still the top prospect the organization has left, but his injury trouble and lack of performance on the field tanks his value, at least for now.
Bryan Mata has made himself very intriguing, but he was in Greenville all year.
Sam Travis shot his value in the foot with a howitzer.
Josh Ockimey had a solid but not an eye-opening year. Still waiting for him to get to that power in games consistently.
Bobby Dalbec couldn't make contact with a beach ball.
Roniel Raudes took a step back.
So it's 2017 draftees and IFA signings, Mata, Chavis and a bunch of pieces that lost value on the year, or at best, stagnated.
Where does this system rank in the winter org rankings that the major publications do? I'm going to guess in the 26-30 range. And that's not a complaint. I agree with Dombrowski's approach of converting what was left on the farm after graduating the new core into useful major league parts, and I think he made good trades for the most part. I'm just commenting on where that left us.
I'm actually kind of high on the draft and IFA classes from this past summer, too. I think there's a pretty good chance we end up with a couple of stud prospects out of Houck, Flores, Brannen, Scherff, Diaz, Netzer and Thompson (Scherff and Flores especially). But in the meantime, this farm system is going to see some ugly rankings.