REVISED! COMMUNITY PROSPECT #15 RUN-OFF

by bobbymcnally on Nov 25, 2007 11:50 AM EST

Update [2007-11-25 18:29:54 by bobbymcnally]:: POLLING IS CLOSED. MATT WIETERS HAS WON. This is a revised run-off for a dead-heat in #15, so I don't think we should go to #16 yet.

Prospect Rankings
1. Jay Bruce
2. Evan Longoria
3. Clay Buchholz
4. Clayton Kershaw
5. Joba Chamberlain
6. Colby Rasmus
7. Cameron Maybin
8. David Price
9. Travis Snider
10. Homer Bailey
11. Andy LaRoche
12. Jacob McGee
13. Joey Votto
14. Brandon Wood

Also don't forget to send in your slurve top 50/100!

Poll

Who is the 15th best prospect?

Chris Marrero

53 votes

Matt Wieters

66 votes

Jacoby Ellisbury

37 votes

156 votes | Poll has closed

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Nice work, Bobby

props to you!

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 11:40 AM EST reply actions

thanks

--http://yankeesfuture.wordpress.com Bobby Mcnally (alias)

by bobbymcnally on Nov 25, 2007 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

see though,

this will likely end up a dead heat...how about we declare a winner after 120 votes?

--http://yankeesfuture.wordpress.com Bobby Mcnally (alias)

by bobbymcnally on Nov 25, 2007 11:50 AM EST reply actions

It'll work itself out

Though it's not a bad idea to cap it at X # of votes ahead of time, as long as you announce it early.

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 11:55 AM EST up reply actions

Also

once someone makes a really compelling argument for one guy, things will start to shift.

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 11:56 AM EST up reply actions

List

This list and site has become a complete joke. You guys have no credibility and to top it off, you can't even do it right. Leave the list to real experts please.

by fasterblade on Nov 25, 2007 12:08 PM EST reply actions

Hmmm

I see Bobby M stepping in here to do the right thing - holding a runoff of top vote getters for #15, after allowing a 'normal' amount of votes to come in. It's what should have been originally, instead of the posting poll #16.

Perhaps you can elaborate on what he should have done differently? Or was your comment meant for another thread?

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 12:31 PM EST up reply actions

Have to go Marrero here...

I'm still not a full believer in Ellsbury, and Marrero shows the skills to be a 3-4 hitter in the majors, anchoring a lineup. And he did well in A+ even as a teenager, which is impressive.

by beastball on Nov 25, 2007 12:30 PM EST reply actions

Then pull your poll

and maybe watch for 50 or so before taking on one yourself.

Well-intentioned or not, controversy follows you continually on here. Maybe play it extra cool with things like taking on a community poll.

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 12:33 PM EST reply actions

YOU sir

really overreacted to his olive branch comment. Why are you trying to get him pissed off? Take a chill pill, dawg! Smoke it out!

by mroak89 on Nov 25, 2007 12:47 PM EST up reply actions

I wasn't suggesting

that you refrain from voting in any polls....just that you not start one until you'd seen a few more play out. Some of the problems - and solutions - on these polls cycle around predictably, and if you've seen a few dozen go by, it is easier to avoid them in advance.

I'm not attempting to "moderate" anything, just offering some observations and potential solutions based on what I've been seeing in here. To my knowledge, you and I have never had a spat - but I see you struggle with integration into this community, and would enjoy seeing it be more positive and less negative, since I think you have some good things to offer that get drowned out in controversy sometimes.

Anything else I'm involved in here is to try to provide solutions, and nothing more.

Good day to you.

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 12:54 PM EST up reply actions

no problemo

I love the discussions we have on this site, when the train stays on the tracks.

FYI, when I saw this list for the first time, I didn't vote for about 30 polls because everyone else seemed so much more knowledgeable. So that's the full disclosure on how my mindset works.

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 1:06 PM EST up reply actions

Alsls i'm saying si

if ai'i aws drunm, i wolda offer yo8 a 1 ngth stand

by mroak89 on Nov 25, 2007 12:36 PM EST reply actions

Went Ellsbury here

Terrific athleticism, the kind that should keep him in uniform for many years as long as his bat can be mediocre. And he passed the "mediocree bat test" with flying colors last year. Is he a good bet to hit like that going forward? No, probably not. but he's a better bet to provide gold-glove defense in CF for a decade while hitting his weight, than Marrero is to hit the 25+ HRs that will be needed to justify his stay in RF or 1B. If Marrero were in AAA already I'd think differently, but those 2 extra levels he must clear makes me go with the more "sure thing" of Ellsbury here.

And if Ellsbury can match his 75% PECOTA, then it's gravy.

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by siddfynch on Nov 25, 2007 12:42 PM EST reply actions