Rating last year's rookies-25th and Final Round

by Dalman on Dec 9, 2011 12:12 PM EST

Danny Duffy wins round 24, giving the Royals four players on the list, matching the four on the list from the Atlanta Braves . Our winners so far include:

1. Brett Lawrie, 3b Toronto Blue Jays (51%)

2, Eric Hosmer, 1b Kansas City Royals (57%)

3. Michael Pineda, P Seattle Mariners (38%)

4. Dustin Ackley, 2b Seattle Mariners (41%)

5. Desmond Jennings, of Tampa Bay Rays (47%)

6. Jeremy Hellickson, P Tampa Bay Rays (49%)

7. Freddie Freeman, 1B Atlanta Braves (45%)

8. Brandon Beachy, P Atlanta Braves (27%)

9. Brandon Belt, OF/!B San Francisco Giants (33%)

10. Mike Moustakas, 3b Kansas City Royals (38%)

11. Domonic Brown, of Philadelphia Phillies (32%) (70% runoff)

12. Jason Kipnis, 2b Cleveland Indians 29%

13. Cory Luebke, P San Diego Padres 19% (59% runoff)

14. Paul Goldschmidt, 1b Arizona Diamondbacks 26%

15. Danny Espinosa, 2b Washington Nationals 36%

16. Craig Kimbrel, P Atlanta Braves, 38%

17. Aroldis Chapman, P Cincinnati Reds 56%

18. Wilson Ramos, C Washington Nationals 38%

19. Chris Sale, P Chicago White Sox 26%

20. Mike Minor, P Atlanta Braves 40%

21. Salvador Perez, C Kansas City Royals 24%

22. Jemile Weeks, 2b Oakland A's 26% (67% runoff)

23. Vance Worley, p Philadelphia Phillies 29%

24. Danny Duffy, p Kansas City Royals 29%

The voting breakdown after Duffy was: Zach Britton 19%, JD Martinez 19%, Jose Altuve 10%, Mark Trumbo 10%, Lucas Duda 5%, Juan Nicasio 5%, Allen Craig 5% . Ivan Nova, Alex Cobb, Jordan Walden (perhaps most surprisingly to me--100 mph arms don't grow on trees) and Eric Thames got no support and are dropped for the last round.. Everyone else who got some support last round will stay on or be brought onto the ballot for the final round.

We'll also bring back Dayan Viciedo, Lonnie Chisenhall and Dee Gordon this round.

permanently dropped: Kyle Drabek, Ben Revere, Mike Carp, Josh Collmenter, Kenley Jansen, Aaron Crow, Tyler Chatwood, Ivan Nova, Alex Cobb Jordan Walden and Eric Thames.

Nobody jumps out at me from the list below as being urgently in need of being added to the ballot for the final round, so none will be. As a reminder, players under some consideration for addition to the ballot included:

Jordan Lyles, Jerry Sands, Craig Gentry, Al Alberquerque, Kyle Seager, Brian Bogusevic and Greg Holland.

Voting this round is by +1 and +2. What I am asking you to do is to vote for your #1 choice on the list at a +1 and your number two choice as a +2. As I am trying to determine both the #25 player on the list and several honorable mentions that additional information will be a huge help in determining who the community (or at least the cross section of it that has stuck through to the end in this poll) prefers. Remember that just because your favorite isn't on the list you can always add him and vote for him.

So who are your top two prospects for future performance among last year's rookies who haven't yet made it onto the list?

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