2021 national rankings (in season)

Tampa Bay ranked 1st, Toronto 2nd, Yankees 7th, and Baltimore 10th. Chaim's gonna have to earn his paycheck for the foreseeable future...

They've had some good development from some of their recent draft picks, like Josh Smith, Trevor Hauer Anthony Volpe (Leiter's HS teammate), and Glen Otto (he's 25 at AA), and some international guys like  Oswaldo Peraza, Luis Gil  and Luis Medina have seemingly taken a step forward, but I agree. I think their prospects tend to get overrated a bit. Coming into the year their #1 prospect was a teenager without a pro AB (I understand the raw and rare tools) and a 5'9 SP that is almost certainly a RP longterm, and if that were other teams I'm not sure they would be top 40 prospects like each were. Clark Schmidt is their other top 100 guy form the preseason, and he hasn't pitched this year, so really in terms in ML ready talent, there isn't a whole lot IMO, and certainly not top 7 worthy. 

It looks like fangraphs does things quite a bit different than other ranking sites too so who knows which one is correct since we all know ranking prospects isn't an exact science. I can see why they would rank higher on fangraphs but personally give me the top 100 guys over quantity in the lower levels.

I’m very interested to see where Mayer and Fabian fit into overall lists. Also where does the overall System rank??

Keith Law in the Athletic discussing teams that might have a new #1 just drafted:

Boston Red Sox: Marcelo Mayer, SS (drafted 4th)
Center fielder Jarren Duran is in the majors now, but even if he was in Triple A, I’d still put Mayer over him given Duran’s propensity to strike out and Mayer’s greater overall upside, even given the latter’s distance from the majors. Duran might have star upside, given his power and his position, but I don’t think he has Mayer’s all-around potential as a hitter for average and power as well as premium defense at one of the most critical positions on the field (shortstop).

Were it not for Mayer, Boston’s best prospect now might be resurgent left-hander Jay Groome, who has come back from two lost years after Tommy John surgery and a tough start to 2021 to strike out 53 in 36 1/3 innings since the start of June with 14 walks.

theathletic.com/2714763/2021/07/19/law-which-teams-just-drafted-their-new-no-1-prospects/?source=dailyemail

I agree that seems high on all of the guys just drafted for sure, especially Rocker.

Can't help to think this is a bit homerish towards this draft, it puts a lot of prospects in the rear view and just doesn't make sense at all.  Of course as Sox homer I am happy to see the MM placement.

I don't agree with the take in the slightest, but maybe he sees more swing and miss in his future? Has had the occasional pitch recognition / front foot problems for breaking stuff, especially on the outer half. What I'd seen this season was that he'd made some enough changes to mostly leave that in the rear view though. Seems crazy though yeah. Be fun to see him in the Olympics.

No Downs? I know he's struggling this season but figured he'd still be in the 80-100 range.

These people putting Duran ahead of Mayer, boy I don't know... Would you really trade Mayer for Duran, if you had the chance to do so? Proximity to the majors be damned, that's a very hard pass for me.