Context matters.
Baseball America is a vital resource if you’re interested in following minor league baseball and it’s provided me with a wealth of information about the Oakland A’s prospects, both developed from within and acquired through trade. I am not writing this to bash BA or to argue against their rankings, but rather to explain why having the 29th-ranked farm system isn’t cause for AN to get upset. Baseball America (BA) is correct when it states that the system could use an infusion of talent, but let’s focus on talent already there and how it can help the A’s in 2021.