All-Time No. 1 Farm Systems

Baseball America has been ranking baseball's best farm systems since 1984, when Dwight Gooden, Ron Darling and Lenny Dykstra led the Mets to the No. 1 spot in the first Organization Talent Rankings. Two years later, they and many others from that system would help the Mets win a World Series.

They would hardly be the first team to have a No. 1 farm system translate to championships. The Blue Jays ranked No. 1 back-to-back years in 1987-88, and would go on to win back-to-back World Series in 1992-93.

The Braves had the top-ranked farm system heading into the 1992, 1994 and 1995 seasons. Helped by staples of those systems like Chipper Jones, Ryan Klesko, Javy Lopez and Mark Wohlers, they would win the franchise's first World Series in Atlanta in 1995.

More recently, the 2011 Royals and 2015 Cubs turned their No. 1 farm systems into World Series banners, through both prospect graduations and trades of top prospects to acquire the final veteran pieces they needed.

Now, the Padres join the ranks as the No. 1 system in the 2019 Baseball America Organization Talent Rankings. It is the first time in franchise history the Padres have been atop the list.

Here is the all-time list of every team ranked No. 1 in Baseball America's Organization Talent Rankings, as well as who some of the top talents were in those systems.

*Justin Upton had not yet signed and thus was not among the players considered in the 2006 D-backs system.

**In 1991 Baseball America issued letter grades for each team's farm system instead of a ranking. The Yankees, Expos and Dodgers were the three clubs that received an "A".

All-Time Baseball America No. 1 Farm Systems

Here is the all-time list of every team ranked No. 1 in Baseball America's Organization Talent Rankings, as well as some of the top talents in those systems.