The Detroit Tigers' farm system long has been criticized at best, mocked at worst.
Well, times, they are a chagin'.
FanGraphs on Monday unveiled its team prospect rankings, and the Tigers checked in at — get this — eighth overall.
The FanGraphs rankings add up every prospect who grades between a 40 and 70, and assigns a team a cumulative score based on what that could equate to in present-day Wins Above Replacement and a monetary value.
The Tigers' present-day WAR is 27.8, for a value of $250 million. A single WAR is valued at nearly $9 million.