Not that I agree with his rankings. IMO, he's showing his biases with the Angels ranking of C+.

Beane doesnt seem to be too worried. he'll restock that farm system probably with another trade of a blanton or street

Blez:  Besides guys like Braden, Meyer and Daric Barton, who are some prospects in the system that you think are really close to contributing to the big club?  In other words, names we should keep a close eye on.  I don't suppose the system could give another Buck soon?

Beane:  That's the other thing too.  I'll answer that question in a minute, but one of the things about the injuries is that it's put so much stress on our system.  A reporter recently said, "Your farm system seems thin."  You've got to understand that a guy like Braden would've probably been in Double-A this year.  A guy like Travis Buck probably would've spent the year in Triple-A.  Daric (Barton) is one we've kept down there all year because he's very young.  Danny Putnam was up here even though he was supposed to spend the entire year in Double-A.  As a result he ends up spending a lot of time here and a lot of time in Triple-A.  It stresses the whole organization.  But, getting to your question, and I always answer this a similar way because you hate to single guys out because you're going to leave some guys out or you're going to create the perception that you like some guys better than others.  I think what I'll do is jump a little bit.  Barton and Meyer are close.  (Gregorio) Petit, a shortstop we pushed to Triple-A, has made great strides.  Dropping down, I always resist saying this, but we've had guys from this year's draft that we're very excited about.  (James) Simmons has done very well in Double-A.  Corey Brown and guys like that.  Two pitchers in Kane County who are very young and very talented.  Probably as any good two young pitchers we've had in a long time.  19-year-old kids (Henry Alberto) Rodriguez and (Trevor) Cahill.  Rodriguez had a little bit of a finger problem and missed a start or two.  But Cahill, for a 19 year old, just keeps getting better and better to the point where he's one of the best pitching prospects in the midwest league.  With guys knocking on the door, you're probably going to forget somebody.  You look at our team and Swisher is just in his third year in the major leagues.  Travis Buck is just a rookie.  You've got Daric Barton who we expect to see here very soon.  Gaudin has been here for a couple of years already but he's only 24 years old.  You open up a Baseball America and go through some of the best prospects, some of them might be 24 years old and in Double-A.  Huston Street is in his third year.  It's a very, very young team still.  We've got the benefit of some time with those guys too.  To answer your question, we do need to get some guys to the upper level, but I think they're going to be there soon enough.

Blez:  What about Michael Madsen?

Beane:  Yeah, he was in the futures game.  (Andrew) Bailey, the kid in Stockton is progressing nicely.  Jared Lansford missed most of the year with a pectoral muscle problem, but he should pitch in instructional league and should be fine.