The Tigers’ major league team continues to rack up the losses, enabling their farm system to continue getting stronger. Some experts – Keith Law of The Athletic springs to mind – are unimpressed withe the progress the team has made, citing the overly top-heavy and pitching-relient nature that the group has adopted. MLB Pipeline is significantly less bearish.
The experts at MLB Pipeline ranked the Tigers’ collection of prospects as the fifth-best in the minor leagues in their first-ever raking of all 30 farm systems. It’s the third consecutive ranking that has seen Detroit improve on their previous ranking – jumping onto the final spot of 2019’s preseason top 10 list and climbing to the sixth spot on the midseason update.