If you look up "MLB Top Prospects" in the MLB.com videos, they already have a video for Bukauskas. I assume that would mean he is in the top 100. Those videos do look like they are in order though lol
Seems like that was on point (Tucker is 17). Don't know if I might have missed him, but I haven't seen Alvarez. Bukauskas was 74 (or maybe 76)
A little surprised that Alvarez didn't make the top 100 but I have to think with a solid first half and graduated prospects he'll be on the midseason top 100. Love seeing Whitley as a top 10 guy. This curve of his looks nasty...
2013 BA rankings: 1. St. Louis Cardinals 2. Seattle Mariners 3. Texas Rangers 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. Miami Marlins
Good prospects don't always help the poor and stupid. 7 of the next 8 made the playoffs last year, though. 2015 top team was the Cubs. So while not 100% correlation, a good farm usually means good things for the future provided not stupid or poor.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2018-organizational-talent-rankings/#PBrSkDtlE7e5Lm86.97 10. Astros 14. Angels 18. A's 23. Rangers 30. Mariners Astros for 5th consecutive year rated as best Farm system in AL West by BA. It has got to suck for other fans in the division knowing Astros just won World Series, are the best team in the division, and the Astros rebuild is likely further along.
So according to BA the Astros are the only team to have a top 10 system for six straight years. Second most are the Dodgers at four straight years. There ya go.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2018-houston-astros-top-10-prospects/#Isl4bRoisxyGP6ZW.97 Latest BA top ten Astros' prospects list has 18 yo Venezuelan RHP, Jairo Solis at #6. He advanced through both DSL teams to Greeneville in his first year as a pro in 2017.
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-top-100-prospects/ 8. Whitley 10. Tucker 44. Alvarez Scouting summaries at the link. Edit. JB Bukauskas in the Other Prospects in Consideration Section.
Summary Whitley BA 10 Fangraphs 8 BP 10 MLB 9 Tucker BA 15 Fangraphs 10 BP 20 MLB 17 Alvarez BA 62 Fangraphs 44 BP unranked MLB unranked Bukauskas BA 76 Fangraphs unranked with honorable mention BP unranked MLB 76 Revised to include MLB.
2017 28th rd pick IF Richard Slenker was released. 33 players from the 2017 draft still in the system. I would expect 5-6 more will be release prior to opening day. Remaining in system by year: Pre-2009: 0 2009: 1 2010: 0 2011: 1 2012: 4 2013: 4 2014: 13 2015: 14 2016: 21 2017: 33