Farm System

[Andy]

Didn't both teams re-stock their prospects by trading away veterans?

 

Looking at each team's Top 10 prospects according to Baseball Prospectus: Phillies picked up 5 of their top 10s and Brewers 2 of their top 10s.

 

Brewers picked up Phillips in Gomez trade with the Astros and Davies from O's for Parra.  Thought they had another deal with the Diamondbacks which provided prospects but can't recall it.

 

Phillies picked up Williams, Alfaro and Thompson in Hamels trade with Rangers and Appel in Giles trade with Astros and Lively in Byrd trade. 

 

Either the 2-3 players they got are incredible, or the entire system is pretty thin.  Because moving up 20 spots seems like a lot for 2 players.