Pre-Draft Farm System Rankings Are Now Live

The FanGraphs Newsletter, July 12, 2022 [READ IN BROWSER]( July 12, 2022 Hi there! All 30 Top Prospect lists are now in the books. They spanned roughly 260,000 words of analysis and opinion regarding roughly 1,500 prospects and the systems they occupy, plus the tool grade components on [The Board](. Thanks to Kevin Goldstein, Brendan Gawlowski, and Tess Taruskin for their help, to Sean Dolinar for building the tools that allow us to produce these lists with such detail by removing a huge part of the technological burden, and to managing enabler editor Meg Rowley, who edited every word of every list and with whom I’m lucky to share enough pathological traits to make this all possible. That brings us to the Farm System Rankings, which are now live on the site. Readers have a couple of different options in this area. First, there are the [live farm system rankings]( viewable through the 2022 Updated drop down. These will fluctuate and change shortly after players are drafted, traded, or graduate, or move as they around the org lists. For instance, the Rays are currently ranked first, but they’ll drop to seventh as soon as [Shane Baz]( graduates, which could be after his next start. This contradiction exists in farm rankings: a young player is good enough to get significant playing time at the big league level, and the result of this is the team falls in the system rankings. Folks who can feel the dissonance there should look at the [farm rankings from the 2022 Report]( page, which includes [Julio Rodríguez]( [Adley Rutschman]( [Bobby Witt Jr.]( and other recent graduates in the math that generates the rankings. READ MORE: Farm System Rankings Are Now Live, by Eric Longenhagen [A Rare All-Star Brother Act for Willson and William Contreras]( The power-hitting siblings will both be in the lineup for the NL All-Star team. | by Jay Jaffe [Orioles Co-Hitting Coach Ryan Fuller Meets Players Where They Are]( The 32-year-old UConn product is playing a key role in an improved Baltimore offense. | by David Laurila [The Dodgers' Aproach to Hitting Is Unlike Any Other]( A great team is scoring runs through an unconventional manner. | by Justin Choi [Atlanta Acquires 35th Overall Draft Pick From Royals for Upper-Level Prospects]( Drew Waters headlines the prospects headed to Kansas City. | by Eric Longenhagen [The Rays Lose More Top Talent to Injury]( Wander Franco, Kevin Kiermaier, and Jeffrey Springs all hit the IL this weekend. | by Dan Szymborski [FanGraphs Power Rankings: July 4–10]( The Dodgers and Mariners surge, the Rays and Jays are falling apart, and the Orioles (!) are suddenly in the AL playoff mix. | by Jake Mailhot [Sandy Alcantara Is the Game's Hardest-Working Starter – and One of Its Best]( With high velocity and a deep arsenal, the Marlins righty is pitching deeper into games than any other starter while preventing runs at an exceptional rate. | by Jay Jaffe [Player's View: Who Has Been Your Most Influential Teammate?]( Ten big leaguers cite the teammates who most helped to shape their careers. | by David Laurila [New York Mets Top 30 Prospects]( Headlined by impact bats, the strength of the Mets system is its pitching depth. | by Eric Longenhagen [New FanGraphs & Effectively Wild Merch Is Now Available at BreakingT!]( [ORDER HERE]( [Why the Braves could ignite Aaron Judge’s New York, New York bidding war]( by Andy McCullough, The Athletic ($) [What the return of Sale means for Sox's momentum]( by Mike Lupica, MLB [Midseason Top 100 Prospects Risers And Fallers]( via Baseball America ($) [The Logistical Side of the Nico Hoerner Breakout]( by Randy Holt, Pitcher List [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2022 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 1200 N Hartford St. Apt 312Arlington, Va 22201 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](