good morning everybody! i hope your new year is going as well as you claimed it was going to a couple days ago. slackers.
our winner in the last poll was chris davis of the rangers, surging up out of the pack. very interesting guy. i really don't know what to think of him myself. i'm not at all sure i have any idea where the other (real) publications are going to slot him.
but here he is.
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
i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled. please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for. (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
POLL 51
Luke Hochevar RHP KC
Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Hank Conger C ANA
Jordan Walden RHP ANA
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Manny Parra LHP MIL
Neil Walker 3B PIT
Taylor Teagarden C TEX
Bill Rowell 3B BAL
James McDonald RHP LA
JR Towles C HOU
Cole Rohrbough LHP ATL
"Other"
Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below. Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast. Remember - "other" votes are your responsibility as a citizen.
MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS
Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Jair Jurrjens (0/51), Radhames Liz (1/50), Justin Masterson (1/51), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Chuck Lofgren, Troy Patton, Alan Horne, Sean Gallagher, Dan Cortes, Chris Volstad, Michael Bowden, Brad Lincoln, Collin Balester, Jaime Garcia, Matt Harrison, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil
Tim Alderson (2/47), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, 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
Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice
MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS
Ian Stewart (2/51), Dexter Fowler (1/50), Brandon Jones (4/46), Beau Mills (2/39), Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Nate Schierholtz, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn
Michael Burgess (0/49), Elvis Andrus (4/48r), Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Chris Carter II, Cedric Hunter
woot.