The fine people at Baseball America have revealed their annual rankings of the best farm systems in the game, and the Texas Rangers, after a bevy of trades designed to restock the prospect pool, are ranked worse than they were before their rebuild began.
Yikes.
The Rangers, who were ranked No. 22 last year, are the lowest-ranked team in the American League West and the only of the five clubs not in the top 20. The Houston Astros have the highest-rated AL West system at No. 5.
Here’s what BA had to say about the Rangers:
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“The Rangers have a trio of promising young center fielders and a stockpile of pitching prospects at the lower levels from recent drafts, led by top prospect Hans Crouse and 2018 first-rounder Cole Winn.