Baseball America's Geoff Pontes, Carlos Collazo and JJ Cooper are talking about our recently released 2025 Farm System Talent Rankings. The Boston Red Sox rank No. 1 for the first time in the nearly 40 years of our farm system rankings. We talk about them, the other teams in contention for the top spot, how we build out our rankings and the teams at the bottom of the rankings.

(00:00) How tough was the decision of who ranked No. 1?

(02:00) Why the Red Sox rank No. 1

(06:30) This is the best we've ever ranked the Tigers system

(10:30) How much did Roki Sasaki push up the Dodgers' ranking?

(14:00) Why did Roki Sasaki qualify for prospect rankings

(20:00) Why the top of the Top 100 drives our rankings

(22:00) Further explaining how valuations drive our rankings

(28:00) Who are the deepest farm systems?

(33:00) Looking at the back of the list, why the Astros avoided the basement

(34:00) Examining the Angels farm system

(39:00) Why the Braves rank near the bottom

(43:00) Teams positioned to leap up the rankings in 2025

Links:

Driveline's Prospect Valuation model: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/2019/02/prospect-valuation-much-top-prospects-worth-professional-baseball-teams/

Our 2025 Farm System Rankings: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-farm-system-rankings-for-all-30-teams/

Top 30 Prospects for All 30 Organizations: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-top-prospects-for-every-team/

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