What a difference a year makes. It’s difficult to overstate just how thoroughly the M’s full-season affiliates struggled in 2015, and while the new front office talked a good game regarding player development, they had an awful lot of work to do. Last year, every single M’s affiliate made the playoffs, from AAA down to the DSL. The M’s led all of baseball in minor league winning percentage, and while that’s not at all the same thing as having a deep/talented system, it was a sign that the coaches they brought in got much, much more out of many of the same players that were around for the abysmal year of 2015.
2017 M’s Minor League Preview
