An MLB farm system is just like any other land of crops, the more nutrients and fertilizing the land receives, the greater the product. The more players Ben Cherington continues to add to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, the greater chance of a better future for October nights at PNC Park.
The system has been rebuilt from a middle-of-the-pack disappointment to a legitimate top-three ranking since organizational turnover shifted to Cherington in November 2019.
MLB Pipeline’s Jonathan Mayo is one of many farm system analysts to take note of the Pirates’ recent transactions, adding four of the draft’s top prospects with their first four picks to an already talented group of Minor Leaguers.