ESPN Ranks Lake Elsinore Storm Among Best In Future Prospects

In advance of the top 100 prospects list, ESPN analyst Keith Law ranked the 30 MLB teams' farm systems based solely on the players currently in the organization.

No. 1 on his list is the San Diego Padres, which includes the Single A-Lake Elsinore Storm.

Click here to watch Law make his comments.

Law wrote: "In terms of total future value of players likely to play significant roles in the big leagues, they're ahead of everyone else. Some of these players, especially from the 2011 draft, will develop into stars. But there are so many prospects here with high floors, players who would be top-10 or top-five in other systems but are 11-20 here (such as Robbie Erlin or Edinson Rincon), that they are well-positioned to compete even with modest major league payrolls during the next five to six years.

Fans who were upset at the sudden departures of GM Jed Hoyer and assistant GM Jason McLeod for the Cubs should find solace in the fact that the prospects they helped bring into the system (along with many other scouts and execs, including Chris Gwynn, now with Seattle, and Jaron Madison and Randy Smith, still in San Diego) remain in place." Along with the Storm, The Eugene Emeralds, Fort Wayne TinCaps, San Antonio Missions, and the Tucson Padres are the other Minor League affiliates. --Lake Elsinore Storm Baseball