Dividing the Top 100 according to category…………..
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Even after cutting and dicing the list in every possible way, there are still more perspectives. I was mulling about the possibility of creating a divisional prospect power rating over the weekend. I’m fine to utilise the Top 100 to look at which divisions are the strongest from a prospect prospective for the time being, but once the Top 30s are out and we rerank all the farm systems, we possibly could go even deeper.
Before examining any of the data, I had a theory—possibly influenced by my Pittsburgh roots—that the National League Central was the most stacked. After all, with seven players on the Top 100, the Cubs have the most members, and we’ve frequently discussed howThere is one more way we can look at this. Although it’s not precisely scientific, this gives us another idea of the talent’s location. The system is quite straightforward, and we refer to them as Prospect Points. The top prospect earns you 100 points, the second-best prospect earns you 99, and the top-100 prospect earns you just one point. In case you were wondering, the Orioles have the highest PP (444), which naturally begins with Jackson Holliday, their top prospect. This is an analysis of starting talent strength, and the NL Central leads once more. It breaks the tie between the AL and breaks some additional information, but the standings are essentially the same as what is given above.
Brewers, No. 2 (Jackson Chourio), NL Central, 1,196
AL East, 1,145 (No. 1 Orioles’ Jackson Holliday)
NL West, 829 (Padres, No. 8, Ethan Salas).
Colson Montgomery of the White Sox, No. 9, leads AL Central, 812.
NL East, 654 (Nationals, No. 7; Dylan Crews).
AL West, 414 (Rangers, No. 5; Evan Carter)To further support that total, the NL Central includes Paul Skenes of the Pirates at No. 3, and the AL East has Junior Caminero of the Rays at No. 4. The AL West has a formidable 1-2 punch in Carter and fellow organisation player Wyatt Langford (No. 6), but after that, there is obviously not nearly as much in the division. The AL Central is represented in the top 10 by Walker Jenkins of the Twins and Montgomery, while Max Clark of the Tigers is not far behind at No. 13. The NL East has two players in the top 15 in Crews and James Wood (No. 14), another outfielder for the Nationals. The NL West includes two more players in the top 12 after Salas, including Jordan Lawlar of the D-backs (No. 11) and the Padres’.
