Community Prospect List: #145
by King Billy Royal on Feb 17, 2009 12:18 PM EST
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After 203 votes the winner of the poll is Michael Montgomery with 14% of the vote. Will Inman (144-5%), Juan Francisco (144-4%), Wes Hodges (144-2%), Adam Moore (144-2%), Yorman Rodriguez (144-3%), Brandon Erbe (144-5%) will be removed from the poll because they fell below the 7% cutoff. Juan Duran, Jess Todd, Jay Jackson, Luke Hughes, Cedric Hunter, Nolan Reimold, Reese Havens will be added to the poll. Also, when listing testers if you do not provide the first AND last names they will not be considered. I am doing away with runoff votes as the polls are starting to get more time consuming and spring training games are fast approaching.
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)
76. DANIEL CORTES - SP (Kansas City)
77. GREG HALMAN - OF (Seattle)
78. JACOB McGEE - SP/RP (Tampa Bay)
79. KYLE BLANKS - 1B (San Diego)
80. MARTIN PEREZ - SP (Texas)
81. JULIO BORBON - OF (Texas)
82. NICHOLAS WEGLARZ - OF (Cleveland)
83. JAMES SIMMONS - SP (Oakland)
84. GORKYS HERNANDEZ - OF (Atlanta)
85. JOSE TABATA - OF (Pittsburgh)
86. JASON DONALD - SS (Philadelphia)
87. KYLE SKIPWORTH - C (Florida)
88. DARYL JONES - OF (St. Louis)
89. AARON POREDA - SP (Chicago-AL)
90. MICHAEL BURGESS - OF (Washington)
91. CHRIS PEREZ - RP (St. Louis)
92. NEFTALI SOTO - 3B (Cincinnati)
93. JONATHAN NIESE - SP (New York-NL)
94. TODD FRAZIER - SS/3B (Cincinnati)
95. ENGEL BELTRE - OF (Texas)
96. ADAM MILLER - SP (Cleveland)
97. VINCENT MAZZARO - SP (Oakland)
98. NICK ADENHART - SP (Los Angeles-AL)
99. BEAU MILLS - 1B (Cleveland)
100. CHRISTOPHER MARRERO - OF (Washington)
101. DELLIN BETANCES - SP (New York-AL)
102. IVAN DEJESUS - 2B (Los Angeles-NL)
103. HANK CONGER - (Los Angeles-AL)
104. COLE ROHRBOUGH - SP (Atlanta)
105. DANNY DUFFY - SP (Kansas City)
106. MATT MOORE - SP (Tampa Bay)
107. KILA KA'AIHUE - 1B (Kansas City)
108. NICK NOONAN - 2B (San Francisco)
109. SEAN DOOLITTLE - 1B (Oakland)
110. CHRIS COGHLAN - 2B (Florida)
111. JULIO TEHERAN - SP (Atlanta)
112. ETHAN MARTIN - SP (Los Angeles - NL)
113. BRETT LAWRIE - C (Millwaukee)
114. JEMILE WEEKS - 2B (Oakland)
115. ANDREW LAMBO - OF (Los Angeles - NL)
116. JEFF NIEMANN - SP (Tampa)
117. HENRY SOSA - SP (San Francisco)
118. BRAD HOLT - SP (New York - NL)
119. TIM MELVILLE - SP (Kansas City)
120. JASON CASTRO - C (Houston)
121. MiCHAEL TAYLOR - OF (Philadelphia)
122. SCOTT ELBERT - SP/RP (Los Angeles - NL)
123. CONOR GILLASPIE - 3B (San Francisco)
124. MATT LATOS - SP (San Diego)
125. DAVID COOPER - 1B (Toronto)
126. BLAKE BEAVAN - SP (Texas)
127. WILSON RAMOS - C (Minnesota)
128. RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ - OF (San Francisco)
129. DOMINIC BROWN - OF (Philadelphia)
130. NICK BARNESE - SP (Tampa)
131. DANIEL BARD - RP (Boston)
132. RYAN TUCKER - RP/SP (Florida)
133. MATT ANTONELLI - 2B (San Diego)
134. KYLE DRABEK - SP (Philadelphia)
135. DREW STUBBS - OF (Cincinatti)
136. CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH - SP (Colorado)
137. JEFRY MARTE - 3B (New York - NL)
138. WILFREDO BOSCAN - SP (Texas)
139. DAVID HUFF - SP (Cleveland)
140. JOSH REDDICK - OF (Boston)
141. SHOOTER HUNT - SP (Minnesota)
142. JOSE CEDA - RP (Florida)
143. ANDREW BRACKMAN - SP (New York-AL)
144. MICHAEL MONTGOMERY - SP (Kansas City)
CANDIDATES - Ross Detwiler, Chris Valaika, Juan Ramirez, Kellen Kulbacki, Danny Valencia, Juan Duran, Jess Todd, Jay Jackson, Luke Hughes, Cedric Hunter, Nolan Reimold, Reese Havens
TESTERS - Nick Hagadone (138-2%), Jonathan Lucroy (138-1%), Zach McAllister (139-3%), John Raynor (140-3%), Michael Almanzar (140-3%), Austin Romine (141-1%), Sean West (141-3%), Jharmidy DeJesus (142-3%), Carlos Rosa (142-2%), Gaby Sanchez (142-4%), Gerrardo Parra (142-5%), Hector Rondon (143-4%), Jenrry Mejia (143-2%), David Hernandez (143-3%), Justin Jackson (143-4%), Jeff Locke (143-4%), Will Inman (144-5%), Juan Francisco (144-4%), Wes Hodges (144-2%), Adam Moore (144-2%), Yorman Rodriguez (144-3%), Brandon Erbe (144-5%)
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Ramirez
His potential puts him ahead of everyone on this poll IMO.
by Hunt3r24 on Feb 17, 2009 12:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
honest question
but how is his potential greater than say, Jay Jackson. I’m not saying one is better than the other, but simply asking how Ramirez’s upside tops Jackson. Both have a good one, two punch (fast/slider for Jackson, fast/curve for Ramirez). Both need to improve their third pitch. Ramirez is a year younger. Both are projected to be able to increase their velocity some more. Jackson is the better athlete. I’m a fan of Ramirez’s, and I pushed for him to be on this poll, but I don’t see how his upside is greater.
by toonsterwu on Feb 17, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
now i gotta find a new guy to vote for
hmm
kulbacki looks decent, but in general i’m always a bit skeptical of what hitters do in the CAL league.
ok, i’m going with Detwiler. i had a mancrush on him last year, and I fail to believe his stuff dropped off THAT far.
Founder of the Johnny Giavotella fan club.
by doublestix on Feb 17, 2009 12:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
+1
I seems impossible for him to have dropped off that much after his stuff looked so good a year ago.
by Pelferized on Feb 17, 2009 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think his stuff is fine
Although there were some reports of inconsistency on the curve, I believe. My concern is with his mechanics/delivery, and how that impacts his control. I mean, all indications are that they overhauled his mechanics last year. Granted, he pitched well late, so that is a nice, sign, but it still worries me a bit. If everything is in order, then sure, he’s still a nice middle of the rotation projection. But I can’t help but wonder if there’s a bit of Donald Veal here. For Nationals fans, here’s hoping there isn’t.
by toonsterwu on Feb 17, 2009 5:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What is fixed?
"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 Feb 17, 2009 6:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Squeeze Play
Valencia received 16 votes between approximately 1:00 EST and 2:00 EST. So, almost two-third of Valencia’s vote total after six hours came during a single hour span.
Sadly, there were similar voting patterns in 138 (Boscan) and 141 (Hunt). Perhaps the duplicitousness of Minnesotans has been underestimated.
by Joy in Melville on Feb 17, 2009 6:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We're supposed to believe that people are ballot stuffing?
Here? At the 138th and 141st prospect? If anyone cares that much, let them.
by demondeaconsbaseball on Feb 17, 2009 6:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously...
people still are ballot stuffing. Which means the rest of us are wasting our time if the ballot-stuffed player ends up winning. Dont know why people are apathetic about it just because we’re in the lower rankings now. If you’re not going to pay attention to it now, why not just end the polls now?
by rhd on Feb 17, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ending the polls
We have a fascination with round numbers. I dunno, I haven’t voted since Jose Ceda made the list, but it’s still interesting to look at the picks made.
by demondeaconsbaseball on Feb 17, 2009 7:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Danny Valencia could play in the Show by September!
IMHO he could be that could in 2009….
I vote for him a 2nd time.
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Feb 17, 2009 6:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Voting for him a 2nd time...
Meaning @ spots # 144 and now #145… not twice in this same ballot – lol
that seems to be what some of the commenters’ above think
Maybe someone out there has like a half dozen accounts and uses all of them to vote for one person every single time….ITs quite a reasonable explanation…
Pissed that may be the case? – Well, there isn’t much I or any of us can do can we?
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Feb 17, 2009 7:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You don't need
that many accounts if you clear your cookies you can vote as much as you want but i don’t think we were referring to you just in general.
by Pelferized on Feb 18, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry, but I have no idea who Juan Duran is.
Anyone care to enlighten me?
by parish on Feb 18, 2009 10:25 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Reds IFA
Big time IFA signed for $2 mill in a weird way (google him for the details on the signing). He is an enormous kid with big time power potential a lot of projection on him.
by Pelferized on Feb 18, 2009 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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