The Phillies boasted one of the best farm systems in baseball just a year ago, but that is no longer the case. Thanks to a myriad of reasons, their system has now fallen to the bottom third of the league.
Baseball America released its latest organizational talent rankings Thursday. Philadelphia ranked No. 23 overall, their worst ranking in the last six seasons. They were in the top ten in each of the last three years, ranking as high as No. 6 in 2017.
BA’s Ben Badler said Philadelphia had a mid-tier farm system before trading Sixto Sanchez to the Marlins as part of the deal to acquire J.