While the Nationals reveled in the fact that Baseball America ranked their farm system as No. 1 in Major League Baseball prior to the Gio Gonzalez trade, ESPN's prospect wiz Keith Law has ranked their system as the 21st best in baseball in its current form. Here is what Law had to say:
"This was potentially a top-10 system before the Gio Gonzalez trade, no worse than top 15. But after dealing A.J. Cole, Brad Peacock and Derek Norris -- probably three of the Nats' top 10 guys before the Gio swap -- this system lacks depth."
That's a little simplistic if you ask me. Yes the Nationals traded four prospects in order to acquire an ace level pitcher in Gio Gonzalez. However, it was a trade that I think few people in our Nations capital regret. Gonzalez is 26, and he has an established MLB track record, something that no one they gave up could claim. I think as spectators, we tend to put a ton of value in the supposed potential of players, instead of placing importa...
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