MLB Trade Rumors: Did Billy Beane Give the Oakland Athletics the Deepest Farm?

Last season everyone was talking about the Kansas City Royals. All you have to do is look at Baseball America's list of top 10 prospects for 2011 and you'll know why: That was one deep farm system.

But over the course of 2011, the farm diminished. Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Aaron Crow and Lorenzo Cain all saw a lot of time at the major league level. Kansas City still boasts a deep system, but four of their top prospects are moving on (with Hosmer and Moustakas being two of their best).

As we head in to 2012, it is time for another team to take up the mantle of best farm system in Major League Baseball. The Bleacher Report - Oakland Athletics
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