Not so many moons ago you would look at the Tigers farm and wonder if it should, in agricultural terms, be plowed up and re-seeded. There wasn’t a lot growing there.
Times and conditions changed as bad seasons during a long rebuild led to better drafts. And, soon enough, Detroit’s farm system began to revive to a point it is now viewed by outside appraisers (MLB.com, Baseball America, etc.) to be one of the MLB’s top five talent hatcheries.