Baseball America rated the Dodgers to have the 13th-best farm system in baseball. Not only is that lower than some other publications ranked Los Angeles this year — second at The Athletic, fourth at ESPN — that’s also rare in recent BA history. It’s the first time the Dodgers’ haven’t been ranked in the top 10 farm systems since 2014, thanks in part to some injuries and also a pitching prospect corps relatively light compared to years past.
“If that seems like an anomaly, it’s because it is,” Josh Norris wrote. “The 2026 season marks the first time since 2001 that BA’s preseason Top 100 has not included a Dodgers pitching prospect.”
Jackson Ferris was among the 10 players just outside the top 100 at Baseball America. Of the five main national outlets to unveil a prospect ranking, River Ryan is the only one to show up on a top-100 list, ranked No. 55 by Keith Law at The Athletic.
Alex Freeland wasn’t included among the five Dodgers in the top 101 prospects at Baseball Prospectus this week, but he was listed Thursday as one of 10 prospects who just missed being included.
“He’s turned himself into a pretty good shortstop, can play all over the infield, and should be around an average hitter,” Jeffrey Paternostro wrote. “It’s not exciting, but it is effective.”
Freeland was also ranked the 87th-best prospect at The Athletic, and was ranked 103rd by ESPN.
Baseball Prospectus on Friday rated the Dodgers as the top farm system in baseball based on tremendous prospect depth.
“if you are the kind of person whose knees shake every time you see a hitting prospect’s z-contact drop below 83% in the minors, this is not going to be the system for you,” Paternostro wrote. “But just about every prospect here hits the ball very hard, and enough of them will keep doing it that the decade-plus of success might just stretch into two.”
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