One of the most important tasks for new Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington when he took over the GM position was to rebuild the team’s farm system. This rebuild started when he traded Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a pair of prospects that both now reside among the team’s top 10 prospects.
However, believe it or not, Cherington will have a good foundation to start with as the Pirates have a large amount of high end talent. While the Pirate farm system hit some rough patches in the latter years of the Neal Huntington Era, the long time GM did not leave the cupboard bare, either.