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Around this time last year, we were all feeling the collective shame about our farm system. We all knew it wasn’t great by any means, but then Keith Law had to go and release his annual farm system rankings. The Angels got lambasted. He not only ranked the Halos dead last, but he also called it the worst farm system he’s ever seen. Yesterday, Law began his farm system countdown for 2017, and guess what?!THE ANGELS AREN’T THE WORST EVER ANYMORE! In fact, they jumped up all the way to the #27 spot! We’ve paid a lot of attention to the work Billy Eppler has put in this past year or so, and it was apparent that he has injected the organization with a slew of new, young talent, but now we have Keith Law basically affirming that notion. Here’s what Law had to say about the Angels’ farm system: I think many of us are in total agreement with Law here, and there’s nothing we don’t really know already, but it’s good to have that “worst I’ve ever seen” monkey off our backs. Law gives a pretty legit assessment, too. We’ve been rolling out our Top 25 Prospects pieces for the past couple weeks, and the more we’ve been studying these guys, the more we’ve grown to like what Eppler’s farm system has cooking (and I’m also in agreement about Taylor Ward, meh). So rest easy, Angels faithful. Our favorite team is slowly, but surely, coming out of the self-inflicted muck, and we’re going to have some exciting players to keep tabs on in the near future. Also, WE’RE NOT THE WORST ANY MORE!