Community Prospect List: #76
by King Billy Royal on Nov 27, 2008 4:23 PM EST
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PrintAfter 343 votes the winner is Angel Salome with 13% of the vote. Jeff Niemann and Todd Frazier will be removed from the poll as they failed to achieve at least 5% of the vote. Neftali Soto, David Cooper, and Nick Noonan will be added to the poll.
1. MATT WIETERS - C (Baltimore)
2. DAVID PRICE - SP (Tampa Bay)
3. JASON HEYWARD - OF (Atlanta)
4. TRAVIS SNIDER - OF (Toronto)
5. MADISON BUMGARNER - SP (San Francisco)
6. COLBY RASMUS - OF (St. Louis)
7. CAMERON MAYBIN - OF (Florida)
8. TREVOR CAHILL - SP (Oakland)
9. NEFTALI FELIZ - SP (Texas)
10. MATT LAPORTA - 1B/OF/DH (Cleveland)
11. MIKE MOUSTAKAS - 3B (Kansas City)
12. TIM ALDERSON - SP (San Francisco)
13. PEDRO ALVAREZ - 3B (Pittsburgh)
14. RICK PORCELLO - SP (Detroit)
15. DEXTER FOWLER - OF (Colorado)
16. BRETT ANDERSON - SP (Oakland)*
17. DEREK HOLLAND - SP (Texas)
18. ANDREW McCUTCHEN - OF (Pittsburgh)
19. BUSTER POSEY - C (San Francisco)
20. CHRIS TILLMAN - SP (Baltimore)
21. LARS ANDERSON - 1B (Boston)
22. JUSTIN SMOAK - 1B (Texas)
23. THOMAS HANSON - SP (Atlanta)
24. ELVIS ANDRUS - SS (Texas)
25. ANGEL VILLALONA - 1B (San Francisco)
26. JHOULYS CHACIN - SP (Colorado)
27. BRIAN MATUSZ - SP (Baltimore)
28. ERIC HOSMER - 1B (Kansas City)
29. TIM BECKHAM - SS (Tampa Bay)
30. MAX RAMIREZ - C/1B (Texas)
31. JARROD PARKER - SP (Arizona)
32. MICHAEL STANTON - OF (Florida)
33. MAT GAMEL - 3B (Milwaukee)
34. JESUS MONTERO - C (New York-AL)
35. BRETT WALLACE - 3B (St. Louis)
36. JORDAN SCHAFER - OF (Atlanta)
37. WADE DAVIS - SP (Tampa Bay)
38. LOGAN MORRISON - 1B (Florida)
39. CARLOS SANTANA - C (Cleveland)
40. FERNANDO MARTINEZ - OF (New York-NL)
41. JAMES McDONALD - SP (Los Angeles-NL)
42. JEREMY HELLICKSON - SP (Tampa Bay)
43. JOSH VITTERS - 3B (Chicago-NL)
44. YONDER ALONSO - 1B (Cincinnati)
45. TAYLOR TEAGARDEN - C (Texas)
46. FREDDIE FREEMAN - 1B (Atlanta)
47. GORDON BECKHAM - SS (Chicago-AL)
48. BRETT CECIL - SP (Toronto)
49. ALCIDES ESCOBAR - SS (Milwaukee)
50. JORDAN ZIMMERMANN - SP (Washington)
51. CHRIS CARTER - 1B/DH (Oakland)
52. CARLOS TRIUNFEL - SS (Seattle)
53. AUSTIN JACKSON - OF (New York-AL)
54. BEN REVERE - OF (Minnesota)
55. MICHAEL BOWDEN - SP (Boston)
56. TYLER FLOWERS - C (Atlanta)
57. ADRIAN CARDENAS - SS (Oakland)
58. REID BRIGNAC - SS (Tampa Bay)
59. JAKE ARRIETA - SP (Baltimore)
60. JORDAN WALDEN - SP (Los Angeles-AL)
61. MICHAEL MAIN - SP (Texas)
62. WILMER FLORES - SS (New York-NL)
63. MATT DOMINGUEZ - 3B (Florida)
64. MICHAEL SAUNDERS - OF (Seattle)
65. DESMOND JENNINGS - OF (Tampa Bay)
66. CARLOS CARRASCO - SP (Philadelphia)
67. AARON CUNNINGHAM - OF (Oakland)
68. J.P. ARENCIBIA - C (Toronto)
69. GIO GONZALEZ - SP (Oakland)
70. PHILLIPPE AUMONT - SP (Seattle)
71. JEFF SAMARDZIJA - SP/RP (Chicago-NL)
72. MICHAEL INOA - SP (Oakland)
73. AARON HICKS - OF (Minnesota)
74. JEREMY JEFFRESS - SP (Milwaukee)
75. ANGEL SALOME - C (Milwaukee)
CANDIDATES - Martin Perez, Jose Tabata, Daniel Cortes, Gorkys Hernandez, Greg Halman, Jacob McGee, Aaron Poreda, Kyle Blanks, Michael Burgess, David Cooper, Nick Noonan, Neftali Soto,
TESTERS - Christopher Marrero(65-1%), Dellin Betances (66-2%), Adam Miller (67-3%), Kila Ka'aihue (67-3%), Ivan DeJesus, Michael Taylor, Vincent Mazzaro, Jason Donald(69-4%), Jonathan Niese, Matt Moore, Andrew Lambo(70-4%), Beau Mills(3%), Daryl Jones(73-4%), Nick Weglarz(73-4%) & Scott Elbert, Brad Holt, Chris Perez (74-4%), Todd Frazier (75-4%), Jeff Niemann (74-2%)
NOTE: I have listed by each tester the last time they were on a poll and the percentage of votes they obtained. This should help us with selecting who should be placed back on the poll etc
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Im gonna keep lobbying for Borbon
to be one of the testers… IMO he should be ahead of Perez after the season he had. His #’s were as good as or better than any of the top CF prospects.
+1
" He throws it where he wants it, his breaking ball kept getting better and better and of course God gave him that special arm. He's great." ~ Neftali Feliz on Derek Holland.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 27, 2008 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
[raises hand]
I mean, Blanks is solid. The rest of this list is a pile.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
+1
Sorry, but TJ or not, he doesn’t deserve to fall this far.
by David Tokarz on Nov 28, 2008 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
Crap
Scratch the +1- that was meant for PT.
by David Tokarz on Nov 28, 2008 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
-1
Some people were projecting him as a reliever before the TJ. Now that he has elbow troubles, the chances that he ends up as a quality set-up man or closer rather than a plus starter are much higher.
Are much higher
as is 100% that he doesnt become a starter. He’s in the bullpen in the minors for 09.
Between injury, risk and bullpen I dont think he’s a top 100 anymore – at least until he comes back and shows me something in 09.
James Simmons as a tester
Dude’s got a good shot as anyone left at making the majors.
He's certain to make the majors unless his arm literally falls off...
so, yes, a good shot…
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
simmons IS kennedy/slowey when coming up
by Asfan4ever723 on Nov 27, 2008 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
I can't tell if this is a compliment or not
Slowey is a very good pitcher.
Kennedy is not a very good pitcher.
the minors version...sure
the small sample size mlb version…hopefully not
by Asfan4ever723 on Nov 27, 2008 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
I disagree, but it's because you're underrating Slowey's stuff
His average fastball velo this year was almost exactly 90 MPH, which is roughly what I expect to see out of Simmons.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I bet he'll get in on the first poll he's on...
Well, that’s pretty close to par for the course for A’s prospects. Apart from Inoa, I don’t think there’s been a single instance of an A’s guy actually scoring under 5% on any vote…
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
the whole testers and 30 people on the poll is screwed up
people who didn’t get 5% because there are 15 people on the poll should be put back on quickly and not sit out many votes, weglarz should be on this list, he was getting a decent number of votes until one bad showing
by IHateMitchMustain on Nov 27, 2008 6:09 PM EST reply actions
Its 12 people on each poll
Also, if somebody had a high % on a poll (i.e. 3-4%) I have been trying to get them back on the polls sooner rather then later. Weglarz will be back on fairly shortly.
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
-Jonathan Swift
by King Billy Royal on Nov 28, 2008 12:25 AM EST up reply actions
James Simmons
Yes, please. He’s looking like a stud compared to the group on the poll now. Weglarz, Jones, and Niese would also be more deserving than some of these guys.
Daryl Jones please
He would easily top this list.
Voted for Burgess
Love this kid, don’t know why other people don’t . . .he’s very young, has plus-plus power and draws some walks. Strikes out a ton, but with a deceptively decent eye for his age and his tremendous bat speed the potential is there for him to improve on this. Good athlete with a strong arm.
I can’t really think of a good comp. Toolshed with big power, bat speed, and problems with strikeouts makes me think of Glenallen Hill, but Glenallen was bigger and right-handed.
Where is Ivan DeJesus?
If guys like Elvis Andrus are ranked 24, Alcides Escobar is 49, and Adrian Cardenas is 57, then it is completely insane that DeJesus isn’t top 75 (especially since DeJesus is better than Escobar and Cardenas)
I've got a McPheever, and only JoJo Reyes can help me!
+1
He might get a shot with the Dodgers this year…
by wonderphenom on Nov 27, 2008 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
I agree with this but I'd still pick Blanks.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Nov 27, 2008 11:24 PM EST up reply actions
My hypothesis...
right now the list contains a bunch of guys who do not deserve to be this high. So, what happens is we all vote evenly across the board. No one gets under 5% and leaves the list, and more deserving players Weglarz, Adam Miller, etc. Heck, I have not seen DeJesus move up at all on the testers list, and he should have made an appearance on the poll already, same for Scott Elbert – still has a great arm. What I’m saying is that we need some fresh prospects… although Tabata, Poreda, and Blanks I would vote for soon.
I hope Gorkys or Cortes do not win this poll… vote for Tabata!
Yay Tabata!
He used to be pretty okay, for his age! And a Yankee!
Another close poll...
so I’m posting this.
Who is Community Prospect #76?
8Martin Perez 20 votes
10Jose Tabata 25 votes
14Daniel Cortes 32 votes
11Gorkys Hernandez 27 votes
8Greg Halman 20 votes
11Jacob McGee 27 votes
6Aaron Poreda 14 votes
8Kyle Blanks 19 votes
8Michael Burgess 19 votes
1David Cooper 3 votes
3Nick Noonan 9 votes
5Neftali Soto 13 votes
228 votes
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