The Royals’ farm system continues to improve, but is still ranked in the middle, according to organizational rankings by top talent evaluators. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel ranks the Royals 17th in baseball, Keith Law of The Athletic ranks them 15th, and Baseball America ranks them 14th in lists that came out this month. The rankings are based mostly on evaluations done last year since there was no minor league season, with additions and graduations factored in.
McDaniel used a dollar value to correspond to prospect rankings, adding up each system’s value to come up with his rankings.