Keith Law recently published his ranking of the farm systems of the 30 mlb teams. The Blue Jays ranking declined from 19th in 2015 to 25th in 2016. Not surprisingly, given that the top six prospects from 2015 have all been traded or promoted.
But what does this mean for the future of the Jays? Is this a crisis, or are the existing resources sufficient to project a bright future?
To answer this question, I prepared the following chart, which gives my best guesstimate of the Jays’ 25-man over the next three years. Note that the years in the far right column are the years that the player becomes a free agent
To be conservative, this analysis assumes that the Jays are unable to re-sign either of Edwin or Jose.