Which team do YOU think had the best Top 30 of the last 20 years?

[Chuck]

Red, Marlins or another team?

 

Reds

Marlins 

[Angelsjunky]

Fah. This is it:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/1000/los-angeles-angels/organizational/?year=2005&type=P

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Fah. This is it:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/1000/los-angeles-angels/organizational/?year=2005&type=P

Paywall had a great top 30.

[Lhalo]

29 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Paywall had a great top 30.

Go be poor somewhere else. 

[failos]

Zack Cozart

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Paywall had a great top 30.

2005 Angels. Included Kotchman, McPherson, Aybar, Mathis, Morales, Wood, Santana, Kendrick, Callaspo, Trumbo, Saunders, Sean Rodriguez, Izturis, Adenhart, Jepsen, Willits, Ralston Schmidt, Napoli.

[Docwaukee]

It's actually a good reminder at how volatile a farm system is.  Even in this case where we're considering the best ever and neither team has much outside of the top 10 and even the top 10 isn't like all super stars.    

[Angelsjunky]

All joking aside, in 2005 the Angels had a bunch on the BA top 100: 6, 12, 39, 67, 76, 83.

[Angelsjunky]

And in 2006 it went up to seven: 3, 12, 46, 57, 60, 78, 90.

[East Coast Bias]

So much prospect talent in those years.  I remember thinking the Angels would have an infield of Kotchman, Kendrick, Wood, and McPherson for the next decade.   Didn't quite work out that way, did it?

 

[Chuck]

8 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

All joking aside, in 2005 the Angels had a bunch on the BA top 100: 6, 12, 39, 67, 76, 83.

Yep! 

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yep! 

From this group in Mesa, AZ at the once then minor league spring facility the director of player development gave us his office to interview Warner Madrigal, Baltazar Lopez, Sean Rodriguez & Mark Trumbo. 

@Deek & @ScottT were with me back in spring of 2006.

Good times! 

[Blarg]

The Angels have Mike Trout and he's worth more than anyone in the last twenty years. 

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The Angels have Mike Trout and he's worth more than anyone in the last twenty years. 

I mean, we're blessed to have the best player in baseball on the team we root for...but let's face it, we tune in to root the entire team on for a W. 

Give me a balanced roster of talent on the field, on the hill and at the plate over one guy that's the best player in baseball with a few other contributors. 

[Vlad27Trout27]

This one! One of the most feared list I've seen!

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2013/

 

[Chuck]

2 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

This one! One of the most feared list I've seen!

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2013/

 

? This is for teams, not prospect class overall. 

[Second Base]

The best farm system I've ever seen were probably the 2019/2020 Padres.  Legitimately, 25 of the top 30 are major leaguers. Of those 25, 15 figure to be average or better major leaguers. Off the 15 that will be at least average, 8 will be absolute studs.

[Chuck]

16 minutes ago, Second Base said:

The best farm system I've ever seen were probably the 2019/2020 Padres.  Legitimately, 25 of the top 30 are major leaguers. Of those 25, 15 figure to be average or better major leaguers. Off the 15 that will be at least average, 8 will be absolute studs.

TBD on the Padres farm system. I'd take our 2005 right now over their 2019/2020 top 30 prospects. 

Let's see if they develop into productive big leaguers. 

[Chuck]

13 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Fah. This is it:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/teams/1000/los-angeles-angels/organizational/?year=2005&type=P

 

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yep! 

What's most impressive about this group is that 20 of the first 21 prospects all made it to the big leagues. That's pretty remarkable. 

Baltazar Lopez broke what would have been an impressive 21/21 prospects. Cassevah & Willits had a solid, but short career and Napoli was pretty damn good for the 29th of 30 prospects. 

[Lazorko Saves]

That 2008 Reds one, though, wow.  So many impact players.

And yeah, that #29 Justin Turner is the Justin Turner you think it is.

Hmm, ya'll convinced me though.  That 2005 Angels top 30 is indeed better, even with the Wood and MacPherson busts.  And the unfortunate Adenhart.

Edited February 4, 2021 by Lazorko Saves

[Angelsjunky]

4 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

What's most impressive about this group is that 20 of the first 21 prospects all made it to the big leagues. That's pretty remarkable. 

Baltazar Lopez broke what would have been an impressive 21/21 prospects. Cassevah & Willits had a solid, but short career and Napoli was pretty damn good for the 29th of 30 prospects. 

It does include a lot of guys who had pretty good major league careers. That crop will forever be slightly disappointing, though, in that it didn't produce any bonafide stars.