Atlanta Braves: Top 10 Rookie-Eligible Prospects for 2018
We have reached the point of the offseason where prospect lists abound. We continue our top 10 prospects for every team with the Atlanta Braves!
Our team top 10 prospect lists at Call to the Pen are spearheaded by Benjamin Chase. Today, he gives us the top ten prospects for the Atlanta Braves.
This season, we will be going through teams by division, in order of 2017 record. The AL East will be first, followed by the AL Central and AL West. Then the focus will shift to the National League in the same order.
The format will be as it was last season for the same lists, with a system review, which will include last season’s list. The top 10 will follow in reverse order, two players per page in order to give adequate space to each player. Major trades or international signings will lead to an updated top 10!
Finally, don’t go away after #1 is revealed as each list will also contain a player either signed in the 2017 international free agent class or drafted in 2017 that isn’t part of the top 10 and should be tracked. Last season’s mentions in that area made over half of the top 10s this season, so this is a great way to get to know a player who could be making a big splash in the organization.
System overview
The Atlanta Braves have been in a rebuild for the last few seasons, but they had a major blow to the process when their major 2016-2017 international free agent class was mostly stripped away as part of punishment for improper actions by previous GM John Coppolella.
The Braves have built an enviable farm system that has ranked at the top of farm system rankings for the last two seasons and will be in contention for #1 again when CTTP puts out org rankings. In 2017, multiple pieces of that farm found their way to the major leagues and began to make an impact. The 2018 season should see more of the farm system begin to impact the major league level.
Let’s take a look at that system….
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