When the big sites like BA and BP publish their lists we'll have individual threads for them like usual and discussion about those particular lists will happen there. We might even have threads for Fangraphs and Sickels and a few others. This year, however, is one which we expect will be a big one for the Red Sox and I thought it would be fun to keep a tally going of how they do in each list and how they are doing versus the rest of MLB*. So as lists gets published, I'll bump this thread and update the table below. We can also use this as discussion for lists that aren't big enough to warrant their own threads.
The first list I've found published is from The Baseball Haven. If you see a list out there that isn't in this table, just link it and I'll update the thread when I have a chance.
The Babseball Haven has the Sox with 8 top 100 prospects.
3. Xander Bogearts
36. Garin Cecchini
41. Jackie Bradley
52. Henry Owens
68. Blake Swihart
79. Matt Barnes
86. Anthony Ranaudo
93. Trey Ball
The second list out is from mlb.com MLB had 9 Red Sox prospects in the top 100.
2. Xander Bogaerts
30. Henry Owens
33. Jackie Bradley
46. Allen Webster
57. Garin Cecchini
61. Blake Swihart
62. Mookie Betts
86. Matt Barnes
96. Trey Ball
*I'm doing this with the acknowledgement that the total number of top 100 prospects is not the best way to measure farm systems against each other and that while the Red Sox may end up with the most top 100 prospects of any team, they will very likely not be the top farm system in baseball this winter. I will also keep a total of top 10, top 25, top 50, top 75 and top 100 as the lists come in. No, not all lists are equal, but this should give us a rough idea of how the teams break down.
I'm also doing a very simple scoring system. 5 points for every top 10, 4 for 11-25, 3 for 26-50, 2 for 51-75 and 1 for 76-100. It's not meant to be anything more than a method of giving us a rough order for where the farm systems fall relative to each other. If someone wants to suggest a more sophisticated way to track this, I'm all ears.
And I've posted two tables to keep the more official lists like BA and BP separated from smaller sites like the BB Haven list above. It's all just for fun in the end, but having an idea of where the Sox fall based on what the big guys think versus what a much larger pool of sites thinks is at least moderately interesting. I'll probably do an average of the system rankings when they come out as well.
The first list I've found published is from The Baseball Haven. If you see a list out there that isn't in this table, just link it and I'll update the thread when I have a chance.
The Babseball Haven has the Sox with 8 top 100 prospects.
3. Xander Bogearts
36. Garin Cecchini
41. Jackie Bradley
52. Henry Owens
68. Blake Swihart
79. Matt Barnes
86. Anthony Ranaudo
93. Trey Ball
The second list out is from mlb.com MLB had 9 Red Sox prospects in the top 100.
2. Xander Bogaerts
30. Henry Owens
33. Jackie Bradley
46. Allen Webster
57. Garin Cecchini
61. Blake Swihart
62. Mookie Betts
86. Matt Barnes
96. Trey Ball
*I'm doing this with the acknowledgement that the total number of top 100 prospects is not the best way to measure farm systems against each other and that while the Red Sox may end up with the most top 100 prospects of any team, they will very likely not be the top farm system in baseball this winter. I will also keep a total of top 10, top 25, top 50, top 75 and top 100 as the lists come in. No, not all lists are equal, but this should give us a rough idea of how the teams break down.
I'm also doing a very simple scoring system. 5 points for every top 10, 4 for 11-25, 3 for 26-50, 2 for 51-75 and 1 for 76-100. It's not meant to be anything more than a method of giving us a rough order for where the farm systems fall relative to each other. If someone wants to suggest a more sophisticated way to track this, I'm all ears.
And I've posted two tables to keep the more official lists like BA and BP separated from smaller sites like the BB Haven list above. It's all just for fun in the end, but having an idea of where the Sox fall based on what the big guys think versus what a much larger pool of sites thinks is at least moderately interesting. I'll probably do an average of the system rankings when they come out as well.