2019 Organization Standings And League Champions

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The future continues to look bright in Tampa Bay.

The Rays posted their second straight 90-win season and reached the playoffs this year, all while also possessing the No. 1 farm system in baseball. To top it off, the Rays domestic minor league affiliates posted the best overall record of any organization for the second straight year.

Rays’ domestic affiliates went a combined 428-319 for a .573 winning percentage this season, coming in comfortably ahead of the second-place Dodgers (.562) and third-place Rangers (.559). The Rays saw four of their seven affiliates reach the postseason, including their top two affiliates at Triple-A Durham and Double-A Montgomery. Their third-highest affiliate, high Class A Charlotte, posted the best record in the Florida State League, but the FSL playoffs were cancelled due to Hurricane Dorian.

The 2019 organization standings include only domestic affiliates. If you include Dominican Summer League affiliates, the Rangers would have the best organizational record at 467-357 (.567).

The table below spells out the complete domestic organization standings, with the playoff column indicating the number of playoff teams per organization.

ORGANIZATION STANDINGS • DOMESTIC CLUBS ONLY          
No. Team W L PCT Playoff League Champ Runner-Up
1 Rays* 428 319 .573 4   Durham (IL)
2 Dodgers* 416 324 .562 5   Tulsa (TL)
Ogden (PIO)
3 Rangers 382 301 .559 4 AZL Rangers Hickory (SAL)
4 D-backs* 422 336 .557 4

Jackson (SL)
Visalia (CAL)
Hillsboro (NWL)

 
5 Twins 361 309 .539 2    
6 Padres* 396 345 .534 4 Amarillo (TL) Lake Elsinore (CAL)
Tri-City (NWL)
7 Pirates* 379 338 .529 1    
8 Astros 358 321 .527 3   Round Rock (PCL)
Fayetteville (CAR)
9 Orioles 359 323 .526 2   Bowie (EL)
10 Yankees** 411 382 .518 3 Trenton (EL)  
11 Giants* 384 360 .516 5 Sacramento (PCL)  
12 Indians* 377 364 .509 3 Columbus (IL) AZL Indians
13 Marlins 340 332 .506 2   Clinton (MWL)
14 Blue Jays* 370 376 .496 0    
15 Royals* 372 380 .495 4

Wilmington (CAR)
Lexington (SAL)
Idaho Falls (PIO)

Burlington (APP)
16 Phillies* 358 366 .494 1    
17 Mets* 369 379 .493 1 Brooklyn (NYPL)  
18 Brewers 367 377 .493 1   Biloxi (SL)
19 White Sox 331 345 .490 0    
20 Nationals 332 349 .488 1    
21 Mariners 335 353 .487 1    
22 Athletics* 354 388 .477 3    
23 Cubs* 352 387 .476 2 South Bend (MWL)  
24 Rockies 334 373 .472 1    
25 Tigers* 340 386 .468 0    
26 Braves 311 359 .464 1    
27 Red Sox 313 369 .459 2   Lowell (NYPL)
28 Reds* 336 413 .449 1    
29 Cardinals* 334 412 .448 1 Johnson City (APP)  
30 Angels 282 404 .411 0    
  *Organization with seven affiliates instead of six        
  **The Yankees have eight domestic affiliates        

Hurricane Dorian also cancelled the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League playoffs in addition to the FSL playoffs.

In addition to their three domestic minor league champions, the Royals also won the Dominican Summer League title to give them four total champions.

The Dodgers and Giants tied for most domestic affiliates to make the minor league playoffs with five each. It’s an especially stark turnaround for the Giants, who didn’t have any affiliates reach the postseason last year.

• The Angels were shut out of the minor league playoffs for the second straight year, the only team to have all of their affiliates miss the postseason two years in a row. The Blue Jays, White Sox and Tigers also went without playoff teams this year, the second year in a row four teams had none of their affiliates reach the postseason.

 

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