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NL West Farm System Values
Wrapping up the series, this time it's the NL West's turn. It ain't pretty. Once again, the prospect surplus values as figured for Victor Wang. You can read more on Victor's findings here: Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50...
AL East Farm System Values
TINSTAABALEFS. There is no such thing as a bad AL East farm system, at least in terms of surplus values. Here again are the values for each category of prospects, as figured by Victor Wang. Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50 hitters $20.8 Top...
AL Central Farm System Values
In continuation of my division by division series, it's now the AL Central's turn. Here again are Victor's surplus values for the different categories of prospects: Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50 hitters $20.8 Top 51-75...
Tampa Bay Rays Farm System Value
Erik Manning at Beyond the Boxscore is doing a fascinating series on farm system values using Victor Wang's research on prospect worth. Erik was kind enough to give me a helping hand with his method, but rather than butcher it, I'll allow you to read more about it here. I also didn't want to...
NL East Farm System Values
Continuing our division by division series of Farm System Values, the NL East is now up to bat. As a refresher, here again are Victor Wang's surplus values for the different classes of prospects: Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50...
NL Central Farm System Values
On Monday we looked Victor Wang's fantastic research on the "hidden value of prospects", and applied his surplus values to the farm systems of the AL West. Here again are the surplus values for your review before we jump into the NL Central.* Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25...
AL West Farm System Values
When a trade is made, we often see analysts rush to declare a winner and a loser. When it is a major leaguer for a major leaguer, the task is relatively easy. When it becomes prospects for a big leaguer, however, suddenly everyone becomes a fortune teller. We know nothing can be more challenging...









