The Miami Marlins Farm System Was Ranked Among The Bottom Of MLB Teams
The Miami Marlins are not impressing national media with their farm system.
Despite having some young pitching on the rise, the Marlins have some work to do when it comes to building their roster with future talent.
MLB.com ranked all 30 MLB teams by their farm systems and the Miami Marlins came in at 29, second to last in all of baseball. The only team ranked behind them was the Los Angeles Angels.
"The Marlins have had much more success developing pitchers than hitters and graduated one of their best mound prospects ever (Eury Pérez) to the big leagues," the team at MLB.com wrote. "They spent their top two selections in the 2023 Draft and $8.6 million on the best high school arm (Meyer) and the top left-hander (Thomas White) available. Their biggest recent investments in bats have not gone well, with JJ Bleday and shortstop Kahlil Watson disappointing before getting traded, and corner infielder Jacob Berry, middle infielder Yiddi Cappe and catcher Joe Mack struggling much more than anticipated."
Looking for overall Top 100 prospects in the Marlins' system, only RHP Noble Meyer made the list, as he is ranked as the 56th over prospect.
The Marlins' system has slid down the rankings since 2022. They were ranked sixth in MLB.com's 2022 preseason rankings, slipped to 16 in the 2022 midseason rankings. Entering the 2023 season, the Marlins system was ranked 18th and slipped to 24th midseason.
Miami starts the season March 28 when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates for a four game series.
