Last week, Baseball America released their organizational rankings for 2018. The Giants weren’t last. It’s probably the best news about the farm system that we’ll get before the season starts, and you should be beaming with pride. They ranked 26th, which is about four spots higher than I would have guessed, considering we spent the entire offseason hearing about how awful the farm system was.
It’s still not good. And it hasn’t been good for a while. Here are the Baseball America organizational rankings from every team for the last five years:
Baseball America’s organizational rankings, 2014-2018
| Team | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 13 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 25 |
| Atlanta Braves | 26 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 12 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 17 |
| Boston Red Sox | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| Chicago Cubs | 4 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 28 |
| Chicago White Sox | 24 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 4 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Cleveland Indians | 17 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 22 |
| Colorado Rockies | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| Detroit Tigers | 28 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 21 |
| Houston Astros | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Kansas City Royals | 8 | 13 | 21 | 26 | 29 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 30 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 14 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Miami Marlins | 27 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 19 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Minnesota Twins | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 12 |
| New York Mets | 10 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 27 |
| New York Yankees | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Oakland A's | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 22 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| San Diego Padres | 6 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 3 |
| San Francisco Giants | 19 | 26 | 19 | 24 | 26 |
| Seattle Mariners | 25 | 24 | 28 | 23 | 30 |
| St. |