Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2012 (22) | 2011 (25) | 2010 (27) | 2009 (28) | 2008 (27)
2012 Affiliate Records
MLB: [88-74] AL Central
AAA: [60-84] International League – Toledo
AA: [57-84] Eastern League – Erie
A+: [73-58] Florida State League – Lakeland
A: [72-68] Midwest League – West Michigan
A(ss): [35-40] New York-Penn League — Connecticut
Arizona Fall League Players — Mesa Solar Sox
Tyler Clark (RHP); Matt Hoffman (LHP); Luke Putkonen (RHP); James McCann (C); Aaron Westlake (1B); Nick Castellanos (OF)
Graduated Prospects of Note
Jacob Turner (RHP); Drew Smyly (LHP)
The Run Down
With a stacked roster at the big league level, it’s not necessarily debilitating to have a shallow farm system beneath it. That’s pretty much how the Tigers have managed their organization in recent years — big acquisitions in the majors, and just enough talent pouring through from the farm to fill in the gaps. With their top two prospects being outfielders, and a vacancy in the big league outfield, however, it looked like Detroit might have room in 2013 for a homegrown product to play an impact role. Then they signed Torii Hunter and that thought was toast. Still, don’t sleep on this system — it’s top heavy, but the best of it should be fantasy relevant within the next year or so.
