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[snoogans8056]

2 hours ago, mudbutt said:

What are you looking at for that? That’s rather odd considering Brewers were ranked number one overall midseason and also given an A+ grade in September by BA.

Edit: Ah I could see Miz graduating impacting the ranking enough

Prospect Handbook. I was kind of being a turd (there are 3 NL Central teams in the top 5).

[SF70]

Imo. the Brewers have the deepest system and the youngest system in the game, which will lead to a future #1 ranking a year from now. 

The Miz graduation dings the system ranking currently, but as BA pointed out in their recent podcast, with the Pirates graduating a couple of their top prospects throughout this season and the Cardinals doing the same with Wetherholt, the Brewers, with Made as the likely #1 prospect in baseball should shoot to the top, and imo, stay there for quite some time thanks to their incredible depth of young prospects, especially on the pitching side.

[Jim Goulart]

 

[snoogans8056]

5 hours ago, SF70 said:

Imo. the Brewers have the deepest system and the youngest system in the game, which will lead to a future #1 ranking a year from now. 

The Miz graduation dings the system ranking currently, but as BA pointed out in their recent podcast, with the Pirates graduating a couple of their top prospects throughout this season and the Cardinals doing the same with Wetherholt, the Brewers, with Made as the likely #1 prospect in baseball should shoot to the top, and imo, stay there for quite some time thanks to their incredible depth of young prospects, especially on the pitching side.

We have a lot of similarities to the pre-2025 Mets system (which is also top 5 at BA), except our guys are younger and at higher levels. But the breakouts for them all happened at age 21-22.

Would be like if we had the entire AA group destroying A+ at the start of this coming year, and then moving up to AA rather than being at AA all last year.

[Jim Goulart]

Thanks T-Rats Media Team!

 

[wibadgers23]

MLB Pipeline Executive poll has Jesus Made as one of the best overall prospects in baseball (of course), but also ranked him as one of the best defensive prospects.  Luis Lara, Luis Pena, and Cooper Pratt also received votes in this category.  Lara also received votes for breakout prospect of the year (I'm assuming they mean for this upcoming year). 

[Jim Goulart]

A very Brewers-centric read. Enjoy!

 

[snoogans8056]

BA released their top 30’s for all teams today.

Not sure all 45’s and 50’s are created equal… I’d take ours over everyone else’s.

Especially Blake Burke when compared to someone like a Ryan Clifford from the Mets. Only one of them is pushing top 100’s. Same 40 hit tool when one is carrying a .300 career average?

[Joseph Zarr]

Always nice to see Baseball America re-up their RHP Ethan Dorchies love:

 

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Jim Goulart]

 

[biedergb]

16 hours ago, Jim Goulart said:

 

In this poll of the categories I would rate as most important (best system, best use of draft, best international, best developing pitchers, best developing hitters, finding sleepers) and ignoring the 2 that I don't value as much (obtaining prospects in trades and hoarding prospects), the Brewers rank in all of the former categories (4th, 3rd, 1st, tied 5th, tied 3rd, 1st) and a few of the better known clubs join them in several categories (LA, Sea, Det, TB). They don't rank as high in the most underrated system but that is by default I think, although Pittsburgh is both top 5 system and under-rated probably by different people.

But that is impressive that the organization is highly regarded in drafting, international market, developing pitchers and hitters both, and obviously 1st in finding sleepers. Not a surprise to anyone here. Now we are not the best at obtaining prospects in trades mostly because they do so well at the other things they try to get more MLB ready talent in trades and rarely looks to add future talent as often.

Only can hope that this can continue for a few more years. Great times to be a Brewers fan (says the guy who has been a fan since 1987)

[snoogans8056]

1 hour ago, biedergb said:

In this poll of the categories I would rate as most important (best system, best use of draft, best international, best developing pitchers, best developing hitters, finding sleepers) and ignoring the 2 that I don't value as much (obtaining prospects in trades and hoarding prospects), the Brewers rank in all of the former categories (4th, 3rd, 1st, tied 5th, tied 3rd, 1st) and a few of the better known clubs join them in several categories (LA, Sea, Det, TB). They don't rank as high in the most underrated system but that is by default I think, although Pittsburgh is both top 5 system and under-rated probably by different people.

But that is impressive that the organization is highly regarded in drafting, international market, developing pitchers and hitters both, and obviously 1st in finding sleepers. Not a surprise to anyone here. Now we are not the best at obtaining prospects in trades mostly because they do so well at the other things they try to get more MLB ready talent in trades and rarely looks to add future talent as often.

Only can hope that this can continue for a few more years. Great times to be a Brewers fan (says the guy who has been a fan since 1987)

And I would argue “Most Underrated System” is the most deserved, but you don’t want to give that to a top 5 system.

We just have so much young talent hiding off our top 30’s.

[MattK]

2 hours ago, biedergb said:

In this poll of the categories I would rate as most important (best system, best use of draft, best international, best developing pitchers, best developing hitters, finding sleepers) and ignoring the 2 that I don't value as much (obtaining prospects in trades and hoarding prospects), the Brewers rank in all of the former categories (4th, 3rd, 1st, tied 5th, tied 3rd, 1st) and a few of the better known clubs join them in several categories (LA, Sea, Det, TB). They don't rank as high in the most underrated system but that is by default I think, although Pittsburgh is both top 5 system and under-rated probably by different people.

But that is impressive that the organization is highly regarded in drafting, international market, developing pitchers and hitters both, and obviously 1st in finding sleepers. Not a surprise to anyone here. Now we are not the best at obtaining prospects in trades mostly because they do so well at the other things they try to get more MLB ready talent in trades and rarely looks to add future talent as often.

Only can hope that this can continue for a few more years. Great times to be a Brewers fan (says the guy who has been a fan since 1987)

Echo this completely! The base for more and more talent getting to the majors is in place ...

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Playing Catch]

Looks like fewer batted ground balls were on the off-season menu.

 

[jay87shot]

I am just going off the top of my head but how many players in the current system could be in the top 100 by the end of the year? I think Henderson, Yoho, and Quero are the only 3 that will graduate unless there are big injuries. I am going to guess 7.

Likely=Made, Pena, Pratt

Decent chance= Adams, Fischer, Letson, Josh A. (maybe likely if he will make some top 100s preseason), Dinges

Possible=Payne, Burke, Lara, Ebel, Meccage, Knoth

unlikely but not crazy=Dorchies, Melvin H., ManRod, Dubaniwiecsz, Bitonti, Thompson, Renz, Tobias, Wilken

I am sure I am missing a few possibilities, anyone to add or take off?

[Joseph Zarr]

Baseball America must have watched Spencer and I discuss Andrew Fischer during our Timber Rattlers pod. 

Best 3B prospect in Minor League baseball? Well alright then!

 

[wallus]

Not sure how it's possible that Fischer is the number one 3rd base prospect in the minors. 

[snoogans8056]

1 hour ago, jay87shot said:

I am just going off the top of my head but how many players in the current system could be in the top 100 by the end of the year? I think Henderson, Yoho, and Quero are the only 3 that will graduate unless there are big injuries. I am going to guess 7.

Likely=Made, Pena, Pratt

Decent chance= Adams, Fischer, Letson, Josh A. (maybe likely if he will make some top 100s preseason), Dinges

Possible=Payne, Burke, Lara, Ebel, Meccage, Knoth

unlikely but not crazy=Dorchies, Melvin H., ManRod, Dubaniwiecsz, Bitonti, Thompson, Renz, Tobias, Wilken

I am sure I am missing a few possibilities, anyone to add or take off?

The biggest influence on making top 100’s is the original first impression and immediate success.

Outside of Made, Pena. Pratt, and Fischer it’s going to take a whole lot to really break that. Especially when we draft them so young and have their warts exposed immediately by pushing aggressively.

It’s pretty nuts that this upcoming draft would be the Knoth, Pratt, Bitonti, Letson, Adamczewski, Bjorn Johnson, and Hayden Robinson class. They only just finished their sophomore seasons.

Selfishly, I want Burke and Adams on one of these top 100s just for the potential draft pick. First base is going to be wide open for them when they want to take it.

 

[Soupy]

Fischer is ranked that high because he can hit. With power. Defense is a work in progress. 

[snoogans8056]

1 hour ago, wallus said:

Not sure how it's possible that Fischer is the number one 3rd base prospect in the minors. 

The 3rd basemen ahead of him are all currently on the SS list.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 hour ago, Soupy said:

Fischer is ranked that high because he can hit. With power. Defense is a work in progress. 

Defense is definitely a work in progress. But, his defense at the hot corner (at least in the small 2025 sample we witnessed) is already much better than advertised.

[Jim Goulart]

 

[Jim Goulart]