Baltimore is built for the long run. The Orioles are coming off a 101-win season, have the No. 1 overall prospect in Jackson Holliday and five Top 100 Prospects.
Plenty of talent has settled in the American League East. The Orioles, Rays and Yankees rank inside the top 10 of our Organization Talent Rankings, and the Red Sox aren’t far behind.
Elsewhere, the defending World Series-champion Rangers enter 2024 with two of the five best prospects in baseball.
The Cubs rank among the top five farm systems for the first time since 2015, and the Tigers tie for their highest ranking in the 40-year history of this exercise.
A green light beside the team name indicates an organization that has moved up in the ranking compared with last year.
A red light means a move down in the ranking, while yellow indicates minimal year-over-year change.
Teams moving up or down more than 10 places receive two lights.
1. BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Top 100 Prospects: SS Jackson Holliday (#1), C Samuel Basallo (#10), 3B Coby Mayo (#25), OF Colton Cowser (#34), OF Heston Kjerstad (#41)
Until 2023, the Orioles had never topped our Organization Talent Rankings. Now, they’ve ranked No. 1 in back-to-back years. And in our estimation, there’s still a solid gap between the Orioles and the other 29 organizations. Jackson Holliday leads the way, but the Orioles are also deep in close-to-themajors prospects.
2. MILWAUKEE BREWERS
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