#farm-system

#farm-system

If recent predictions from ESPN's top baseball writers carry any weight, it doesn't look like the Cubs are expected to do much on the trade front. Though Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel listed as many as eight team fits for each of their top 25 trade candidates this offseason, the Cubs did not appear a single time. Not for Tarik Skubal (No. 1), not for Byron Buxton (5), not for Joe Ryan (6),

The Red Sox currently have five players ranked among Baseball America's Top 100 prospects, retaining a highly regarded farm system despite recent changes.

The addition of a veteran pitching presence turned heads in Triple-A Scranton, while the dominance of High-A's pitching staff mostly continued, enhancing the farm system's prospects.