Fish Stripes managing editor Thomas Bennett calls it “Christmas all over again for baseball nerds.” Leading up to every new baseball season, the industry’s leading talent evaluators release their overall rankings of prospects with the brightest futures at the MLB level.
Unfortunately, Miami Marlins fans have had no reason to celebrate this particular holiday in recent years. The farm system previously lacked both depth and upside, prompting new ownership to flip the club’s established stars for minor leaguers this winter. Their youngsters have been consistently snubbed from this pre-spring training exercise...until now.
Entering 2018, Atlanta Braves fan Adam Herbert is curating “Composite Prospect Rankings,” converting players’ placements on each of the top prospect lists into point values.