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2017 Rank: 1

Name Age Tier 1. OF Ronald Acuna 20 1 2. LHP Luiz Gohara 21 1 3. RHP Mike Soroka 20 1 4. LHP Kolby Allard 20 1 5. RHP Kyle Wright 22 1 6. RHP Ian Anderson 19 1 7. LHP Max Fried 23 1 8. 3B Austin Riley 20 1 9. LHP Joey Wentz 20 2 10. OF Cristian Pache 19 2 Farm System Snapshot

The Atlanta Braves were stripped of 13 prospects—including Tier 1 shortstop Kevin Maitan—as a result of the international free-agent rules violations.

And they still have the No. 1 farm system in baseball.



Aside from Shohei Ohtani who is admittedly as a special case, outfielder Ronald Acuna is the top prospect in baseball right now after hitting .325/.374/.522 with 60 extra-base hits in three minor league stops and then posting a .325/.414/.639 line with five doubles and seven home runs to win AFL MVP honors.

Behind him, left-hander Luiz Gohara jumps to the head of a loaded stable of pitching prospects that includes Mike Soroka, Kolby Allard, Kyle Wright, Ian Anderson and Max Fried as Tier 1 guys as well as Joey Wentz, Kyle Muller, Patrick Weigel, Touki Toussaint and Bryse Wilson as guys worth knowing.



Austin Riley once again looks like the future at third base after he rebounded from a disappointing 2016 season to hit .275/.339/.446 with 19 doubles and 20 home runs between High-A and Double-A as a 20-year-old.



Even if only half of the top-tier pitching prospects pan out, the Braves will be in phenomenal shape for the foreseeable future.

It's been a long rebuild, but you can expect to see the MLB club start to reap the rewards of those efforts in the years to come.

All stats courtesy of Baseball Reference, unless otherwise noted.