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First Pitch: The Pirates Are Middle of the Pack in the Latest Farm System Ranking

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Keith Law released his farm system rankings at The Athletic today, continuing the discussion from this weekend on the quality of the Pirates’ farm system. Law had the Pirates ranked 14th, which is presumably in the middle of the previously discussed FanGraphs and Baseball America rankings.

In the summary for the system, Law said that Ben Cherington has inherited a decent farm system with a lot of athletes. He also said that those players may just need different approaches to reach their ceilings, which is an argument I’ve been making for some time.

The consensus of the system appears to be the same, regardless of the outlet doing the rankings.  The Pirates have talent in their system, and a large problem has been on the development side.

Law does mention a lot going wrong in Pittsburgh the last few years, saying that some of this is blamed on the previous regime, which he says wasn’t their fault at all. I’m not sure the argument he’s making here.

I’m guessing it’s a comment about how the bigger problem is Bob Nutting and his lack of spending. That’s true, and leaves the Pirates more prone to things going really bad when an issue like poor development rears its head.

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Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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