MLB Pipeline released their rankings of the top farm systems in baseball on Wednesday. They have the Pittsburgh Pirates ranked as the eighth best farm system.
This is the fourth farm system ranking we are posting here. The Pirates are in the same general area for everyone. Baseball America ranked them the lowest at 11th. The Athletic had them the highest in sixth place. ESPN was right in the middle in ninth place.
Pipeline had the Pirates ranked seventh at both the start of 2022, and in the middle of 2022. Going back to 2021, they had them ranked eighth to start the year, then they moved up to fourth mid-season.
The current rankings have them ranked fourth in the National League behind the Los Angeles Dodgers (2nd), Arizona Diamondbacks (3rd) and Cincinnati Reds (5th). The rest of the NL Central ranks ninth with the St Louis Cardinals, 12th with the Chicago Cubs and 15th for the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Pirates have four top 100 prospects for Pipeline.
