Keith Law ranks Braves system #1 in midseason update

[yeezus]

can we all just ignore him, too? clearly just looking for attention.

[weso1]

Peterson is a piece of garbage that needs to be traded now while his value is high, but knowing this organization they will rush him and proclaim him the savior, only to watch him be the fraud that he is.

Quote from Millwood1Hitter I found from one year ago:

"Peterson is a great young player. He should never be traded. This organization does a great job of being patient with their young players. Peterson is the real deal folks."

Not consistent! Sad!

[Chico]

Why does it always seem like the Red Sox have a loaded farm system, yet they always seem to fill their roster with creaky old-veterans with bloated contracts?

Because the Red Sox have always been known to overhype their prospects, so they can trade them.

Outside of Bogarts, Betts, Bradley just recently it's been a while since they've produced homegrown talent.

[thewupk]

Because the Red Sox have always been known to overhype their prospects, so they can trade them.

Outside of Bogarts, Betts, Bradley just recently it's been a while since they've produced homegrown talent.

So why do independent sources rate them highly?

[Chico]

So why do independent sources rate them highly?

They have a good farm system now....And no source is ever unbiased

[thewupk]

They have a good farm system now....And no source is ever unbiased

the last part may be true. but atleast keith law likes our players now after a decade of ahte

[Julio3000]

Because the Red Sox have always been known to overhype their prospects, so they can trade them.

Outside of Bogarts, Betts, Bradley just recently it's been a while since they've produced homegrown talent.

Ellsbury, Pedroia, Lester, Bucholz?

[auyushu]

Because the Red Sox have always been known to overhype their prospects, so they can trade them.

I'd say the Marlins were probably pretty happy they traded for Hanley, Anibal Sanchez, and the CUbs Anthony RIzzo. Tigers are probably happy with Igelsias. Padres are probably pretty happy with their return on Kimbrel so far.

Pedroia, Moss, Ellsbury, Lester, Papelbon, Reddick as well. That's pretty good work for 6-7 year stretch for a farm system.

[UNCBlue012]

Quote from Millwood1Hitter I found from one year ago:

"Peterson is a great young player. He should never be traded. This organization does a great job of being patient with their young players. Peterson is the real deal folks."

Not consistent! Sad!

I see we found our board's Donald Trump.

[Tapate50]

I see we found our board's Donald Trump.

Where is our Melania?!

[chop2chip]

Because the Red Sox have always been known to overhype their prospects, so they can trade them.

Outside of Bogarts, Betts, Bradley just recently it's been a while since they've produced homegrown talent.

That's not even remotely true.

[Heyward]

Boston has better players coming soon.

And their system minus Groome and the other guy cant remember his name, dont have much pitching wise.

Braves have a much worse hitting system obviously, but pitching wise 2-3 years from now could be insane.

[Southcack77]

I think the easy approach is always the Ostrich defense -hide your head and if you can't see it, it doesn't exist and maybe things will work out all right. Sometimes it does. Sometimes the Lion has big drumsticks.

The "we need a RH impact bat, Peterson is a RH bat therefore he will have an impact" approach may work, but probably won't and should play little part in team creation or long range plans.

That's not what is happening. There is a long distance between believing Peterson might be an mlb starter and declaring him the needed impact bat.

[Knucksie]

We have major issues at catcher, third, and the outfield. No help is on the way. We need power, our system is starved of power. Where are the hitters to build around? Where is the Justices, Gants, Chipper, Klesko, and Javys?

You do recall that Justice was stalled at AAA for three years? One can only imagine what a younger, more energetic version of you would have posted, had there been civilan internet access from 1988-1990.

[JCarbo76]

I wonder what Millwood1hitterquitter would have though of Kevin Millwood as a prospect. His minor league stat sheets are full of 4 and 5 ERA stops in the minors.

Actually, so are his Major League stat sheets. In 16 seasons in the Bigs, Millwood had 11 seasons with an ERA of over 4.

[kendiz]

Our system outside of the low minors is overrated and complete garbage.

Everyone points to Swanson and Albies. What makes them so great, they aren't once in a generation talent like Griffey, AROD, or Chipper. We will be lucky if they are as good as Furcal and Giles. Where's our cornerstone player to build around? There are non.

We have major issues at catcher, third, and the outfield. No help is on the way. We need power, our system is starved of power. Where are the hitters to build around? Where is the Justices, Gants, Chipper, Klesko, and Javys?

All these pitchers are overrated. A bunch of fringe bottom of the rotation or setup guys. Should have sold high on guys like Wisler, Blair, and Jenkins. Instead we rush them and expose them for the frauds that they are. Up next: Minter, Newcomb, Fried. There's no Smoltz or Glavine or Avery in this group. They'll be lucky to carve out a career like Buddy Carlyle.

Give me a system with a few generational talents who are studs with a bunch of scrubs instead of a bunch of AAA fringe MLB filler material.

Sorry, but Smoltz and Glavine, along with Maddux, were once in a lifetime. And they still only won once. A winning team has great chemistry. The Braves are trying to acquire that. I am disappointed with the accumulation of so many pitchers, but teams are loathe to give up power hitting talent.

[Knucksie]

Sorry, but Smoltz and Glavine, along with Maddux, were once in a lifetime.

Thing about Glavine is that my recollection is that there certainly weren't Cy Young or even All Star level performance, expected of him, when coming up. Smoltz was well regarded for his fastball and slider, but he just needed the mental adjustments. Similar situation though, there really weren't astronomical expectations placed upon him when he was in the minors. OTOH, Avery rose through the ranks with a lot of hype.

Most everybody knows about Glavine's hockey background, but check out the 1984 draft selections by the L.A. Kings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...gs_draft_picks

Glavine was the 4th round selection, 5 rounds ahead of Luc Robataille! He could have played with Gretzky.