It has become almost a fixture in the semiregular updates Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias gives on the state of the organization to note where the team’s farm system is ranked among the 30 major league clubs. Of late, he’s noted how high it’s climbed.
He also notes that these rankings are largely subjective and not the end-all, be-all of an organization. But, they’re still a fair snapshot of where the organization’s players stack up to one another.
This year’s ranking of the top 10 Orioles prospects at Baseball America is out now, and I was fortunate to be asked back for another year of breaking down the future of the Orioles.