Good article. I'm a big Brewers fan - a small town franchise that CONSISTENTLY outperforms bigger money teams - and it's more than just Pat Murphy. If going after prep guys instead of org guys will produce a few legit prospects, let's do it.
A.A likes to make a big splash Internationally, giving out contracts from $2.5 million to $5 million. None of these have worked out. Although Diego Tornes (2025) looks really good this year. $2.5 million.
Leaving little money to fill in other prospects internationally.
As Baseball America pointed out that contributes to why our system is so thin.
It feels like the farm system is consistently better in reality than on paper. Maybe because they are so aggressive? The top guys end up in the bigs before the they have a chance to spend time on top 100 lists? Or maybe I am putting too much stock in a small sample, but I've come to expect that, for whatever reason, the Braves farm will outperform projections.
Fangraphs is too low on Caminiti, everyone else too low on Fuentes, Tornes has big upside. If two or three names skyrocket, as seems to happen every year, I think we're in decent shape. Hopefully the lottery is kind, too.
I do think the aggressiveness is part of it too, yeah - moving guys across multiple levels in one season and even debuting them means that the prospect apparatus can't keep up. Good call out.
Good article. I'm a big Brewers fan - a small town franchise that CONSISTENTLY outperforms bigger money teams - and it's more than just Pat Murphy. If going after prep guys instead of org guys will produce a few legit prospects, let's do it.
A.A likes to make a big splash Internationally, giving out contracts from $2.5 million to $5 million. None of these have worked out. Although Diego Tornes (2025) looks really good this year. $2.5 million.
Leaving little money to fill in other prospects internationally.
As Baseball America pointed out that contributes to why our system is so thin.
Good read!
It feels like the farm system is consistently better in reality than on paper. Maybe because they are so aggressive? The top guys end up in the bigs before the they have a chance to spend time on top 100 lists? Or maybe I am putting too much stock in a small sample, but I've come to expect that, for whatever reason, the Braves farm will outperform projections.
Fangraphs is too low on Caminiti, everyone else too low on Fuentes, Tornes has big upside. If two or three names skyrocket, as seems to happen every year, I think we're in decent shape. Hopefully the lottery is kind, too.
(100% agree on the international strategy. Yuck.)
I do think the aggressiveness is part of it too, yeah - moving guys across multiple levels in one season and even debuting them means that the prospect apparatus can't keep up. Good call out.