The state of the Red Sox farm system

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesFor a few years now, the Red Sox have had one of the worst farm systems in baseball. This, of course, is not without explanation. They were one of the best teams in baseball for a three-year stretch in which they won one championship and three straight division titles, and therefore were more focused on the major-league roster than the farm system. That’s the way a contending team should act. When you throw in penalties in both the draft and the international market due to luxury tax penalties and rules violations, respectively, as well as one of their top recent international signees, Daniel Flores, tragically passing away, there were a lot of reasons for things to have gone downhill.

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