After MLB Trade Deadline Farm System Rankings

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The White Sox now have enviable depth with both hitters and pitchers, with talent coursing through all levels of the Minors. Their farm system hasn't been this strong since Baseball America ranked it as the game's best entering the 2001 season. Four years later, they won their first World Series since 1917 after trading several of those prospects for veterans.

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The Braves are the only organization that can match the White Sox's eight Top 100 Prospects and rival them as the best system in baseball. Acuna, Albies and Maitain are a fabulous triumvirate of position prospects, and they are a reflection of Atlanta's international efforts, and the pitching depth is even more impressive

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Like the White Sox, the Padres have acquired the bulk of their best prospects in the past 14 months. Gore (2017 first round), Quantrill ('16 first round) and left-handers Eric Lauer ('16 first round) and Joey Lucchesi ('16 fourth round) were drafted; Tatis, Espinoza and first baseman Josh Naylor arrived via trades; and lefty Adrian Morejon, righty Michel Baez and outfielder Jorge Ona are Cubans who signed for a combined $21 million (plus a matching tax penalty) last year.

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The Yankees had the game's deepest farm system before trading Rutherford and Clarkin to the White Sox and then outfielder Dustin Fowler, shortstop/outfielder Jorge Mateo and right-hander James Kaprielian to the Athletics for Sonny Gray. They still may have the deepest, with an abundance of infielders (led by Torres, Tyler Wade, Miguel Andujar) and a seemingly endless supply of power arms (Adams, Domingo Acevedo, Albert Abreu, Jorge Guzman, Freicer Perez, Matt Sauer and on and on and on).

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