The Padres no longer possess the consensus #1 farm system in baseball.
Before the 2019 season began, sites like Baseball America, Bleacher Report, and MLB.com were united in heaping laurels upon the San Diego farm system, with each site placing the Padres org as second-to-none within the developmental ranks.
Talent at every level. Sky-high ceilings. By now, you are probably familiar with the plaudits surrounding San Diego’s system.
However, by midseason, Baseball America, for one, had downgraded the Padres farm to #2.
Two developments were central to this demotion: First, the big-league promotions of Fernando Tatis Jr.