Only one team has a better farm system than the Boston Red Sox.
MLB.com recently ranked Major League Baseball’s top 10 farm systems and determined the Chicago Cubs have the greatest stash of prospects. The Red Sox ranked No. 2, one spot ahead of the Minnesota Twins.
The Red Sox have six players on MLB.com’s top 100 prospects list: Yoan Moncada (9), Blake Swihart (19), Henry Owens (20), Eduardo Rodriguez (90), Rafael Devers (97) and Manuel Margot (100). That matches the Cubs’ total, though Chicago has two players (Kris Bryant and Addison Russell) in the top five.
MLB.com’s complete top 10 farm systems list is as follows.
1. Chicago Cubs
2. Boston Red Sox
3. Minnesota Twins
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. New York Mets
6. Los Angeles Dodgers
7. Texas Rangers
8. Houston Astros
9. Atlanta Braves
10. Toronto Blue Jays
Thumbnail photo via Brynn Anderson/The Associated Press
