MLB.com's Top 10 Farm Systems 8/14/15

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1. Red Sox
Preseason Top 10: No. 2
Prospects on Top 100 list: 7
The consensus pick to win the American League East, the Red Sox instead have posted the worst record in the circuit and are headed toward their third last-place finish in the past four years. Boston fans can take solace in the facts that the one exception, 2013, produced a World Series title and that the organization has enough young talent to make another championship more than just a dream for the distant future.
 
The Red Sox have two of the best young players in baseball in 22-year-olds Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts, they've introduced two more promising rookies this year inBlake Swihart and Eduardo Rodriguez, and there's plenty more talent where that came from.
 
Boston currently has the best farm system in baseball after placing second inMLBPipeline.com's last rankings back in March. The Red Sox already have given left-handers Brian Johnson (No. 46 on the MLBPipeline.com Top 100 Prospects list andHenry Owens (No. 47) trials in the big league rotation, but most of their best prospects are a couple of years away. In total, Boston has seven names on the Top 100 Prospects list.
 
The Red Sox's low Class A Greenville affiliate features three exciting infielders in second baseman Yoan Moncada (No. 10), third baseman Rafael Devers (No. 15) and shortstop Javier Guerra (No. 88). They're products of an international program that also has yielded Double-A outfielder Manuel Margot (No. 30) and precocious 17-year-old right-hander Anderson Espinoza. With the seventh overall pick in June, the Red Sox added outfielder Andrew Benintendi (No. 72), the best college athlete in the Draft.
 
So while the present hasn't looked good in Boston, the future is promising. Here are how the game's most talented systems stack up behind the Red Sox:
 
2. Dodgers
Preseason Top 10: No. 6
Prospects on Top 100 list: 5
 
3. Rockies
Preseason Top 10: Not ranked
Prospects on Top 100 list: 7
 
4. Cubs
Preseason Top 10: No. 1
Prospects on Top 100 list: 5
 
5. Twins
Preseason Top 10: No. 3
Prospects on Top 100 list: 6
 
6. Pirates
Preseason Top 10: No. 4
Prospects on Top 100 list: 5
 
7. Phillies
Preseason Top 10: Not ranked
Prospects on Top 100 list: 6
 
8. Astros
Preseason Top 10: No. 8
Prospects on Top 100 list: 5
 
9. Rangers
Preseason Top 10: No. 7
Prospects on Top 100 list: 5
 
10. Yankees
Preseason Top 10: Not ranked
Prospects on Top 100 list: 3