The greatest farm system ever? Texas Rangers had it entering the 1989 season

Work done MLB.com analysts shows that a group of minor-leaguers headed by Ivan Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez and Sammy Sosa was the best in baseball history.

Ivan Rodriguez was part of a massive talent haul the Rangers had in their farm system entering the 1989 season (The Associated Press/Eric Gay).

Editor’s note: T.R. Sullivan covered the Rangers for 32 years from 1989-2020 for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and MLB.com. In 1987-88, he wrote weekly minor-league reports for the Star-Telegram before it became a…