The Detroit Tigers have significantly improved their farm system since general manager Al Avila took over in 2015. Though that has largely come at the expense of the Tigers’ active roster, they have gone from dead last in baseball to a system capable of producing viable MLB talent.
How much they have improved is up for debate, though. ESPN’s Keith Law is on the lower end of the spectrum, as he ranked the Tigers farm system 18th among Major League Baseball’s 30 teams. The Tigers are “getting better but not there yet,” as Law put it, a summary that most fans would agree with.