Ranking The White Sox And Cubs Farm Systems
Spring training is a time to focus and discuss a baseball team's immediate future, but a little digging through the spring training rosters and you can find a team's future stars and busts.
Jim Callis, of Baseball America, joined the Danny mac Show to talk about the farm systems of the Cubs and White Sox.
Callis on the Cubs' farm system:
"We did our rankings in the Prospect Handbook before the [Matt] Garza trade, so we actually had the Cubs at No. 8 before the trade and because they lost Chris Archer and Hak-Ju Lee and a couple other guys, you know Brandon Guyer and Robinson Chirinos, they're probably more middle of the pack. They're probably around No. 15. We haven't officially redone the rankings since then. The Cubs, now, after that trade are probably a little bit more impressive for their depth than the guys at the top of that list. I had one scout tell me, who covered the Cubs' system from outside the organization for another team, that they maybe had more future big leaguers in their system than any team he's seen, you know, in the last couple years. They just have a lot of depth."
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Callis on the White Sox's farm system:
"The White Sox, on the other hand, we ranked 27th overall, in terms of farm system. They just haven't drafted as well as the Cubs. They haven't been as aggressive or successful internationally as the Cubs. And as we've seen Kenny Williams isn't afraid to use the farm system to trade to bolster the big league club, and that takes a toll on your ranking too."
