Community Prospect #64

by Brickhaus on Jan 24, 2008 7:48 AM EST Comment 30 comments

LIST

1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
9. David Price LHP TB
10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
13. Travis Snider OF TOR
14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS CAL
15. Matt Wieters C BAL
16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
19. Wade Davis RHP TB
20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
25. Jeff Clement C SEA
26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
(Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
43. Nick Adenhart RHP CAL
44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
48. Geovany Soto C CHC
49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
51. Chris Davis 3B TEX
52. Luke Hochevar RHP KC
53. Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
54. Taylor Teagarden C TEX
55. Manny Parra LHP MIL
56. Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
57. Neil Walker 3B PIT
58. Josh Vitters 3B CHC
59. Ross Detwiler LHP WAS
60. Hank Conger C LAA
61. Elvis Andrus SS TEX
62. Ian Stewart 3B COL
63. Jordan Walden RHP LAA

CANDIDATES:
JR Towles C HOU
Michael Burgess OF WAS
James McDonald RHP LA
Brett Anderson RHP OAK
Brent Lillibridge SS ATL
Cole Rohrbough RHP ATL
Chris Carter 1B OAK
Radhames Liz RHP BAL
Alan Horne RHP NYY
"Other"

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS
Anthony Swarzak (7/63), Tim Alderson (6/63), Carlos Carrasco (3/62), Jair Jurrjens (3/61), Justin Masterson (1/59), Hiroki Kuroda (1/59), Jeremy Hellickson (0/59), Will Inman (0/59), Max Scherzer (0/49), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Dan Cortes, Michael Bowden, Chris Volstad, Matt Harrison, Troy Patton, Brad Lincoln, Jaime Garcia, Chuck Lofgren, Collin Balester, Sean Gallagher, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Bryan Morris, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil, Aaron Poreda, Joe Savery, James Simmons, Jordan Zimmermann, Clayton Mortensen, Brett Sinkbeil,
Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos, Josh Smoker, Chris Withrow, Dan Duffy, Julio Teheran
Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice, Kevin Mulvey, Wade LeBlanc

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS
Dexter Fowler (6/63), Beau Mills (2/61), Chris Nelson (1/61), Brandon Jones (0/58), Mat Gamel (1/63), Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Todd Frazier, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Mat Gamel, Nate Schierholtz, Kellen Kulbacki, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn, Tony Thomas Jr, Brandon Hicks
Bill Rowell (1/61), Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Hector Gomez (1/61), Jesus Montero (1/60), Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Cedric Hunter, Nick Noonan, Oscar Tejeda, Kevin Ahrens, Matt Dominguez, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wendell Fairley, Andrew Lambo, Ben Revere, Neftali Soto, Engel Beltre, Fernando Perez

Poll

Who is the #64 Prospect?

James McDonald

18 votes

Michael Burgess

48 votes

Brent Lillibridge

19 votes

Cole Rohrbough

8 votes

Chris Carter

7 votes

Radhames Liz

9 votes

Alan Horne

8 votes

Other (Please specify)

12 votes

JR Towles

37 votes

Brett Anderson

25 votes

191 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

Our Long Natural Nightmare is Over

Now the half-dozen or so real people that were actually supporting Jordan Walden can resume their lives as contributing members of the Diebold audit team.

by Joy in Melville on Jan 24, 2008 10:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Went McDonald

Let it go.

by yangels on Jan 24, 2008 11:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Other

Tim Alderson

by naropean on Jan 24, 2008 10:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

How much worse a prospect....

than Soto is Towles?

Honest question from a longtime reader and admitted non-expert.

by Transmission on Jan 24, 2008 10:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Well

The community seems to think Soto is better. It's really a question of whether Soto's improvement was for real. If he'd always performed like he did last year, Soto would have been an east top 20 prospect. Towles still involves quite a bit of projection to get to where he's actually a top prospect, IMHO.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jan 24, 2008 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

works for me.

Thanks!

by Transmission on Jan 24, 2008 6:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Quick Trigger On #63?

Calling it after only 163 votes? All the precincts can't be in can they? Are people tuning out or did the Walden gang hold Brick hostage to finally accomplish their curious goal?

To the Burgess stuf...er supporter you might want to slow it down a little. People might get suspicious.

Same guy, new name.

by stillredsoxfan on Jan 24, 2008 10:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Disappointed

It took 3 hours for the first ballot stuffing post to come up. I figured it would make its appearance within the first 20 minutes

by NFA Brian on Jan 24, 2008 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

seems to me

a full day of a poll being up is sufficient. i think the lack of votes is a sign of disinterest (we are getting pretty deep now into prospects) coupled with skepticism about whether the ballots are being stuffed.

by larry on Jan 24, 2008 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I voted for Burgess

I fail to see why that would be considered a mistake.

"The Dodgers won't win a playoff series until the Cool-a-Coo returns." -mckeeno

by PujolsJunkie on Jan 24, 2008 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My Mistake Then

Sorry, I didn't realize all the Burgess supporters all woke up and voted at the same time.

Nor am I trying to suggest it is a crime for all the Walden votes to all go to Burgess instead of being more evenly distributed.

Because that's a perfectly reasonable thing to happen and it was really wrong of me to even think of questioning such an occurrence in the first place.

Same guy, new name.

by stillredsoxfan on Jan 24, 2008 11:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I voted Burgess

Have you seen his bat?

by team name deleted on Jan 24, 2008 11:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Went a full day

I went a full day between polls, and the last poll was pushed out of the top 10. I just figured there wouldn't be too much more voting if I let it go further.

Yeah, people had been double-voting for Walden at one point or another, but he wouldn't have fallen much further either way. In the greater scheme of things, I don't think it's a big deal.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jan 24, 2008 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Makes Sense

I guess it makes sense to keep it moving at this point. Be nice to finish before spring training is over. As for the stuffing? There really doesn't seem to be a practical solution one way or the other does there?

Same guy, new name.

by stillredsoxfan on Jan 24, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe, maybe not

Also, people need to not forget that this format leads to people changing their votes more frequently. Someone really wants player A, but he's not on the poll, then he knows they probably can't win that poll and might vote for player B (their second or third choice) to keep player C (who they don't think deser ves to be here at all) from winning.

We'll see on this one though. Seems like there might be shenanigans going on here. Can always run off if need be.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jan 24, 2008 12:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

not so fast

I think Burgess is without a doubt the most namesake on this list. With his great performance after being drafted, I could see why this might be a slam dunk and not stuffing.

by Havok1517 on Jan 24, 2008 12:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ostriches

it's fairly obvious everyone prefers just to bury their head in the sand here and pretend like their own votes still matter. i'm still checking these for the comments -- see who voted for who, and sometimes why -- but i really resent that these choices are being presented as if they were the "community's" selection.

by bleedjaxblue on Jan 24, 2008 5:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs