Baltimore Orioles are #1

For some reason I hadn’t checked the overall organzation standings, which includes all minor league teams, for a quite awhile. I checked today and guess who has the best farm system (record wise). Yep, the Baltimore Orioles.

RANK	TEAM	WON	LOST	PCT
1	Baltimore Orioles	96	74	.565
2	Milwaukee Brewers	93	74	.557
3	San Diego Padres	99	79	.556
4	Tampa Bay Rays	98	81	.547
5	Oakland Athletics	95	82	.537
6	Seattle Mariners	98	85	.536
7	New York Yankees	91	79	.535
8	Colorado Rockies	92	81	.532
9	San Francisco Giants	93	82	.531
10	Arizona Diamondbacks	92	84	.523
11	Cleveland Indians	91	83	.523
12	Chicago White Sox	91	84	.520
13	Boston Red Sox	90	83	.520
14	Detroit Tigers	89	83	.517
15	Minnesota Twins	87	83	.512
16	Chicago Cubs	84	81	.509

RANK	TEAM	WON	LOST	PCT
17	St. Louis Cardinals	90	88	.506
18	Philadelphia Phillies	86	87	.497
19	Texas Rangers	83	90	.480
20	Los Angeles Angels	84	92	.477
21	Florida Marlins	83	91	.477
22	Atlanta Braves	83	93	.472
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	85	96	.470
24	Kansas City Royals	81	92	.468
25	Los Angeles Dodgers	82	94	.466
26	Washington Nationals	76	90	.458
27	New York Mets	77	96	.445
28	Cincinnati Reds	76	97	.439
29	Houston Astros	73	103	.415
30	Toronto Blue Jays	70	101	.409

I’m not shocked, but definitely surprised. I have listed the four in season Orioles affiliates records.

Norfolk – 29-14

Bowie – 22-20

Frederick – 22-22

Delmarva – 23-18

Entering tonight, Norfolk is tied for the most wins in all of minor league baseball with the Fort Wayne Wizards (Padres) and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees).

Good sign for the system and good sign for the big club. Talent is certainly spread across the system. Thought you all might be interested to know this.

Until next time, Go Shorebirds!