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The Arizona Diamondbacks came in at No. 26 in ESPN's ranking of Major League Baseball farm systems in 2018.

It's a different story in 2019.

The Diamondbacks are now ranked No. 8 overall in the rankings which were released Monday.

"Another system that has bounced back quickly after bottoming out a few years ago, the Diamondbacks have rebuilt with two very strong drafts (despite whiffing twice on first-rounders), a couple of productive trades and the signings of the two best Bahamian prospects in baseball," Keith Law, who complies the rankings, wrote of the Diamondbacks' system. "The news gets even better: In this June’s draft, Arizona will pick 16th, 26th, twice in the comp A round, once in the second round and twice more in the competitive balance B round, giving it seven picks in the top 80."

Arizona has three of the MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects right now: Shortstop Jazz Chisolm is ranked No. 60, pitcher Jon Duplantier comes in at No. 73, and pitcher Taylor Widener is No. 83.

The team's other top prospects include first baseman Pavin Smith, catcher Daulton Varsho, outfielders Alek Thomas, Marcus Wilson and Jake McCarthy, third baseman Drew Ellis and pitcher Matt Tabor.

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The new ranking represents a huge turnaround for the Diamondbacks' farm system.

In 2017, Law ranked the Diamondbacks last in the rankings.

The team does have a history of being a strong draft-and-develop organization. From 2004-2015, the Diamondbacks placed in the top half of Baseball America’s organizational rankings nine times. They rated in the Top 10 in five of those years.

They have quickly turned things around the past two years with their drafts.

MLB Pipeline's ranking of the Diamondbacks' top 30 prospects has 13 being selected in the 2017 or 2018 MLB drafts.

“I think the Diamondbacks have a better system than people think,” a scout with an American League club said told azcentral Sports' Nick Piecoro in October. “Most scouts don’t cover short-season and rookie ball, so some of their best guys weren’t seen by those guys. If some of these guys continue to develop, the organization will definitely move up.”

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You can see Law's complete MLB farm systems rankings here.

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