For the Royals to be competitive in the future they have to have one of the best, if not the best, farm system in the AL Central. I took the Baseball America top 10 lists from each AL Central Team and ranked those 50 players.
1.Mike Moustakas, ss --KC
2. Rick Porcello, rhp --DET
3. Eric Hosmer, 1b--KC
4. Gordon Beckham, ss--CHW
5. Carlos Santana, c --CLE
6. Matt LaPorta, of --CLE
7. Aaron Hicks, of --MIN
8. Ben Revere, of--MIN
9. Aaron Poreda, lhp--CHW
10. Nick Weglarz, of--CLE
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12. Daniel Cortes, rhp --KC
14. Mike Montgomery, lhp—KC
15. Brandon Allen, 1b--CHW
16. Wilson Ramos, c --MIN
17. Kila Ka'aihue, 1b --KC
18. Danny Duffy, lhp--KC
19. Beau Mills, 1b --CLE
20. Ryan Perry, rhp --DET
21. Danny Gutierrez, rhp--KC
22. Jose Mijares, lhp --MIN
23. Tim Melville, rhp--KC
24. Clayton Richard, lhp--CHW
25. Kelvin de la Cruz, lhp--CLE
26. Lonnie Chisenhall, ss--CLE
27. David Huff, lhp --CLE
28. Carlos Rosa, rhp--KC
29. Jeff Larish, 1b/3b--DET
30. Jordan Danks, of --CHW
31. Cale Iorg, ss--DET
32. Danny Valencia, 3b--MIN
33. Michael Brantley, of/1b--CLE
34. Kevin Mulvey, rhp --MIN
35. Casey Crosby, lhp--DET
36. Shooter Hunt, rhp --MIN
37. Wilkin Ramirez, of --DET
38. Anthony Swarzak, rhp--MIN
30. Angel Morales, of --MIN
40. Blake Wood, rhp--KC
41. Carlos Rivero, ss--CLE
42. Brent Lillibridge, ss --CHW
43. Carlos Gutierrez, rhp--MIN
44. Adam Miller, rhp--CLE
45. Scott Sizemore, 2b--DET
46. Chris Getz, 2b --CHW
47. Cody Satterwhite, rhp--DET
48. John Shelby, of --CHW
49. Dusty Ryan, c--DET
50. Guillermo Moscoso, rhp--DET
I feel pretty good about the top 25 but after that, its a little more iffy. I think the Royals have the best top end talent. Cleveland is supposed to have more depth beyond the top 10. Minnesota has some outfielders/pitchers but not much beyond that. Chicago has drafted better after letting their system get awfully thin. Detroit is pretty baffling--drafting very conservatively lately.