Cubs #7 in Organizational Rankings

Fangraphs is doing organizational rankings and has put the Cubs #7. Interesting article with it

Comments

A bit misleading at first

My first thought was 7th was way too high. BP was nowhere near that. However they combine major and minor league personnel. The major league pulls up the organization quite a bit.

by rlpete on Mar 24, 2009 10:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

what was the minors at?

i’d guess 20 overall.

14-ish pitching

24-ish hitting

by tim815 on Mar 25, 2009 3:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You wish

I forgot it was so low but 26.

by rlpete on Mar 25, 2009 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

at least we're better than the

salary skimmers (nats)

baby snatchers (pirates)

and, who else?

by tim815 on Mar 25, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tigers, D-Backs, Nationals, Astros

Pirates are ahead of the Cubs at 22. They have Alvarez and McCutchen so that probably helps push them ahead of the Cubs but they aren’t very deep either.

By the way, the Padres are 25.

by rlpete on Mar 26, 2009 8:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He is ranking the organizations on their ability to contend for a WS title within the next 5 years and the health of the organization going forward. Calls the Cubs the “class of the National League,” in terms of the talent that they have on their ML roster currently. However, forecasts a steep dropoff in talent down the line since there is not much in terms of MiL talent to refresh the roster. It was reported as “Josh Vitters and then a pretty large gaping hole.”

"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray

by Archie on Mar 25, 2009 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

deficit in minor league talent not huge issue

The Cubs have the resources to re-make their roster without relying strictly on minor league talent. Hendry has shown he can use the players he does have in the minors to make deals to acquire top tier talent like Lee and Ramirez. He has also shown that he will fill in the gaps with free agents like Lilly, Dempster, Soriano and Bradley. While it would be nice to see the talent in the minors improve it hasn’t hamstrung the Cubs from winning division titles under Hendry. Considering the Cubs have produced Zambrano, Marmol, and Soto they have shown they can bring up big league talent.

by Acapulco Taco Pie on Mar 25, 2009 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs