I can't unfortunately disagree with this assessment by Baseball America, both in terms of the top players who underachieved due to injuries and to the overall stength of the system regardless'

This exercise is not simply a rehash of our 2025 farm system rankings. Those rankings measure the overall state of prospect talent in each organization. Here, the focus is on performance this season, examining how each system delivered this year in terms of MLB graduations, breakouts and also setbacks or injuries.
To do that, we’re examining systems in several key areas:

Farm system rank
Key MLB graduations
Breakouts
Disappointments and/or injuries
Key additions

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS GRADE C-
C.J. Kayfus was a nice surprise, but the Guardians had a hard time keeping their top prospects healthy. Travis Bazzana missed significant time with an oblique injury. The oft-injured Chase DeLauter played in just 42 games. Angel Genao missed two months of the season, and Jaison Chourio never looked quite right after a shoulder injury impacted the start of his season. There’s still plenty of talent here, but we’d like to see it on the field more in 2026.

clRecent farm system talent rankings:

2025 Midseason Rank: 15
2025: 7
2024: 19
2023: 4
2022: 12
2021: 11
2020: 19
Key graduations: LHP Joey Cantillo

Breakouts: 1B C.J. Kayfus, RHP Braylon Doughty

Disappointments/Injuries: OF Chase DeLauter, OF Jaison Chourio, RHP Daniel Espino

Key additions: RHP Khal Stephen, OF Jace LaViolette