At this point in the rebuild, it’s hard to argue that General Manager Ben Cherington hasn’t done a great job in buffing up the system and added plenty of prospect depth in the organization.
No matter which outlet you go to, the Pittsburgh Pirates have one of the top-rated farm systems in baseball, and most of that has to do with the work Cherington has done.
A side effect of doing so, however, is that playing time is starting to get harder to find, where a lot of players are going to be in a situation where they are competing for playing time.