Tis the season for farm system rankings.

Depleted farm system results in poor ranking." Baseball Prospectus is the latest to put out their rankings Justin Bour Jersey , and the results are less than stellar. Guess what...the Brewers’ system stinks, at least according to Baseball Prospectus. Milwaukee ranked toward the bottom at number 29 out of 30. Milwaukee no longer has a top tier farm system, but the players that made up that system in the last couple of years helped to make a top tier major league team. Still that is the worst ranking of Milwaukee’s farm system thus far. The likelihood is that scouting evaluations have most Brewers prospects below 50 on the scouting scale (Just 7 were at 50 or above). Compare that to the Padres system that has 20 prospects at 50 or above. It is no wonder the Brewers are ranking low.Ultimately the Brewers depleted system is the result of graduations to the major league team as well as trades made to better the team going into 2018 and at the trade deadline. Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, and Freddy Peralta lost their prospect eligibility by pitching at a high level that we hope will be the norm for years to come. Lewis Brinson, Monte Harrison, Isan Diaz, Jordan Yamamoto, KJ Harrison, Gilbert Lara, Luis Ortiz, Jean Carmona, Demi Orimoyoye http://www.marlinsfanproshop.com/authentic-starlin-castro-jersey , Kodi Medeiros, Jorge Lopez, and Brett Phillips were all part of the top 30 prospects lists at some point in 2018. If we do the math that is 3 prospect graduates + 12 traded prospects = 15 former top end prospects not on what was a highly regarded farm system just one year ago.The good news is, there is talent in this system. Much of that talent is in the lower minors, so volatility is the name of the game, but Milwaukee does not have a barren system. Names like Brice Turang, Joe Gray, Pablo Abreu, Larry Ernesto, Micah Bello, Je’von Ward, Eduardo Garcia, and Carlos Rodriguez are just a few of the likely names to move up the scouting rating systems as they develop. By the way Nick Wittgren Jersey , everyoneof these players are teenagers.To illustrate my reason for optimism in the teenager crop of prospects in Milwaukee’s system, take a look at just some of these prospect reports courtesy of Prospects Live .The Milwaukee Brewers are at the beginning of a competitive window that could become very special. Yes the farm system is not as strong as it once was, but the current major league roster is as strong as it is because of moves made to acquire players like Christian Yelich as well as prospect graduates like Corbin Burnes. Heck Baseball Prospectus will likely rank the Brewers’ system the worst in baseball once Hiura and Dubon join the team and acquire service time. That’s okay. Who wouldn’t trade that for the major league team in place now? MILWAUKEE (AP) — With every home run and big hit, it’s getting more difficult for Christian Yelich to go out in Milwaukee without being recognized.It didn’t stop the potential National League MVP from making a run to the supermarket for groceries, so his mother could make his favorite dish when she recently visited.Taco night must go on for the Milwaukee Brewers‘ All-Star outfielder and his family.“So actually, he went to the market and bought everything. I sent him a list, so when I got there it was all ready to go and I just had to cook,” said his mother, Alicia Yelich.She said the increased attention isn’t going to her son’s head, even with a late-season push for the Triple Crown that fell just short.The spotlight will shine brighter on Thursday when Yelich makes his postseason debut when the Brewers host the Colorado Rockies in Game 1 of their National League Division Series.The 26-year-old Yelich is known for his humility and steady demeanor, along with his talent at the plate. It’s a lesson handed down in the family.“I always say you’ve got to stay humble in life, right? The game is so hard that you really don’t know how your night is going to be,” Alicia Yelich said. “You can hit for the cycle or you get four (strikeouts). You’ve got to stay humble.”Yelich has hit for the cycle twice this year Julio Urias Jersey , the first major leaguer to do so in one season against the same team, the Cincinnati Reds.Last week against Detroit, Yelich made the first curtain call of his career after hitting his second home run to break a tie in the seventh inning of a 6-5 win.It was about as close as Yelich has come to showing emotion.“First one ever, so I don’t really know what to do,” he said then.The loud fans at Miller Park chanted “MVP! MVP!” after the solo shot. He obliged with a brief appearance, lifting his helmet in the air about halfway up the dugout steps.“Everyone was yelling at me to get up there, so I went up there really quick and went right back down,” he said.Opponents are impressed by the demeanor, too. Rockies manager Bud Black got to talk to Yelich at the All-Star Game in July.“You can’t engage with everybody, but I found time to engage with him,” Black said Wednesday. “And what a nice kid — I mean, really, really great to talk to http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , and really in a way humble and sort of shy, right?“That’s sort of how I got it. But what a great kid. So, I’m very happy for him,” Black said.Yelich hit an NL-best .326 to become the Brewers’ first batting champion. He finished tied for third in home runs (36) and tied for second in RBIs (110).He’s the favorite in the NL MVP race after batting .367 with 25 homers and 67 RBIs in 65 games after the All-Star break. His second-half surge is a big reason why the Brewers won the NL Central, making their first playoff appearance since 2011.Asked if success had changed her son, Alicia Yelich said, “Christian? No, no.”“He’s very even-keeled,” she said. “And being even-keeled helps to be successful at this game.”