Yes, I am holding my weekly Wednesday evening fantasy baseball chat tonight over at Fake Teams, so stop on over and ask any fantasy baseball question you may have, whether it is a question about our position rankings, a keeper question, or if you are pondering an offseason trade.

I will probably start a few minutes early, so head on over a little before 9pm EST.

With 55.6% of the vote, Eddie Rosario is elected Overall Community Prospect #83.

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PITCHING PROSPECT WILY PERALTA vs POSITIONAL PROSPECT BILLY HAMILTON

Positional Prospects In The Queue: Derek Norris, Matt Dominguez, Vincent Catricala

Pitching Prospects In The Queue: Dellin Betances, Sonny Gray, Garrett Richards

OVERALL COMMUNITY PROSPECT LIST:

#01 - BRYCE HARPER - 56.9%

#02 - MIKE TROUT - 60%

#03 - MATT MOORE - 96%

#04 - JURICKSON PROFAR - 51.9%

#05 - JULIO TEHERAN - 60.9%

#06 - SHELBY MILLER - 58.7%

#07 - MANNY MACHADO - 87.7%

#08 - DEVIN MESORACO - 69.4%

#09 - TREVOR BAUER - 55.3%

#10 - WILL MYERS - 73.8%

#11 - JESUS MONTERO - 73.7%

#12 - ANTHONY RENDON - 72.9%

#13 - TYLER SKAGGS - 54.3%

#14 - GERRIT COLE - 51.4%

#15 - TRAVIS D'ARNAUD - 60.9%

#16 - JAMESON TAILLON - 56.1%

#17 - DYLAN BUNDY - 65.0%

#18 - NOLAN ARENADO - 63.1%

#19 - DANNY HULTZEN - 81.1%

#20 - TAIJUAN WALKER - 62.7%

#21 - DREW POMERANZ - 67.9%

#22 - MIGUEL SANO - 62.5%

#23 - JACOB TURNER - 54.7%

#24 - JARROD PARKER - 60.4%

#25 - YONDER ALONSO - 68.4%

#26 - JAMES PAXTON - 61.4%

#27 - FRANCISCO LINDOR - 59.0%

#28 - CARLOS MARTINEZ - 50.8%

#29 - BUBBA STARLING - 65.2%

#30 - XANDER BOGAERTS - 50.8%

#31 - RANDALL DELGADO - 66.1%

#32 - ARCHIE BRADLEY - 53.8%

#33 - ANTHONY RIZZO - 60.0%

#34 - OSCAR TAVERAS - 58.7%

#35 - MARTIN PEREZ - 52.9%

#36 - ZACK WHEELER - 59.3%

#37 - BRETT JACKSON - 50.8%

#38 - YASMANI GRANDAL - 50.9%

#39 - MATT HARVEY - 54.5%

#40 - JAKE MARISNICK - 79.1%

#41 - HAK-JU LEE - 68.5%

#42 - NICK FRANKLIN - 59.3%

#43 - ROBBIE ERLIN - 57.1%

#44 - CHESLOR CUTHBERT - 57.1%

#45 - CHRISTIAN YELICH - 51.9%

#46 - ARODYS VIZCAINO - 53.6%

#47 - JONATHAN SINGLETON - 52.5%

#48 - A.J. COLE - 55.1%

#49 - MIKE OLT - 51.9%

#50 - ANTHONY GOSE - 59.3%

#51 - MANNY BANUELOS - 67.6%

#52 - GEORGE SPRINGER - 57.4%

#53 - BRAD PEACOCK - 53.8%

#54 - JAKE ODORIZZI - 66.0%

#55 - JOSH BELL - 63.0%

#56 - MICHAEL CHOICE - 63.0%

#57 - GARY SANCHEZ - 54.0%

#58 - MIKE MONTGOMERY - 50.8%

#59 - NOAH SYNDERGAARD - 51.6%

#60 - TREVOR MAY - 63.8%

#61 - RYAN LAVARNWAY - 58.8%

#62 - GARY BROWN - 64.4%

#63 - TYRELL JENKINS - 53.2%

#64 - LEONYS MARTIN - 65.8%

#65 - NICK CASTELLANOS - 60.7%

#66 - ZACH LEE - 71.2%

#67 - DREW HUTCHISON - 60.0%

#68 - WILIN ROSARIO - 61.7%

#69 - STARLING MARTE - 71.4%

#70 - JEAN SEGURA - 76.9%

#71 - RYMER LIRIANO - 76.9%

#72 - KEYVIUS SAMPSON - 53.5%

#73 - JONATHAN SCHOOP - 58.1%

#74 - JEDD GYORKO - 57.5%

#75 - KOLTEN WONG - 62.8%

#76 - CHAD BETTIS - 76.5%

#77 - ANDRELTON SIMMONS - 55.0%

#78 - WILL MIDDLEBROOKS - 52.2%

#79 - NESTOR MOLINA - 61.5%

#80 - JAVIER BAEZ - 66.7%

#81 - OSWALDO ARCIA - 52.8%

#82 - TIM WHEELER - 53.5%

#83 - EDDIE ROSARIO - 55.6%

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Deck McGuire and Allen Webster will face off to determine the 57th pitching prospect.

#01 - MATT MOORE - 91.0%

#02 - JULIO TEHERAN - 57.3%

#03 - SHELBY MILLER - 66.7%

#04 - TREVOR BAUER - 40.0%

#05 - TYLER SKAGGS - 30.0%

#06 - GERRIT COLE - 24.3% (65.2% In Runoff)

#07 - JAMESON TAILLON - 26.0% (34.7 In 3-Way Runoff, 51.2% In 2-Way Runoff)

#08 - DYLAN BUNDY - 39.3%

#09 - DANNY HULTZEN - 45.6%

#10 - TAIJUAN WALKER - 31.6% (51.5% In Runoff)

#11 - DREW POMERANZ - 34.2%

#12 - JACOB TURNER - 45.7%

#13 - JARROD PARKER - 44.4%

#14 - JAMES PAXTON - 24.6% (51.6% In Runoff)

#15 - CARLOS MARTINEZ - 48.0%

#16 - RANDALL DELGADO - 28.6%

#17 - ARCHIE BRADLEY - 33.3%

#18 - MARTIN PEREZ - 32.3% (52.6% In Runoff)

#19 - ZACK WHEELER - 29.7% (67.9% In Runoff)

#20 - MATT HARVEY - 32.2% (55.4% In Runoff)

#21 - ROBBIE ERLIN - 37.1%

#22 - ARODYS VIZCAINO - 26.9% (58.5% In Runoff)

#23 - A.J. COLE - 32.2%

#24 - MANNY BANUELOS - 35.0%

#25 - BRAD PEACOCK - 22.4%

#26 - JAKE ODORIZZI - 28.3%

#27 - MIKE MONTGOMERY - 26.8%

#28 - NOAH SYNDERGAARD - 23.0% (50.9% In Runoff)

#29 - TREVOR MAY - 33.3%

#30 - TYRELL JENKINS - 25.0% (64.6% In Runoff)

#31 - ZACH LEE - 27.7% (58.7% In Runoff)

#32 - DREW HUTCHISON - 28.8%

#33 - KEYVIUS SAMPSON - 24.1%

#34 - CHAD BETTIS - 27.5% (52.1% In Runoff)

#35 - NESTOR MOLINA - 24.0%

#36 - WILY PERALTA - 20.9% (77.5% In Runoff)

#37 - DELLIN BETANCES - 23.5 (55.6% In Runoff)

#38 - SONNY GRAY - 19.6%

#39 - GARRETT RICHARDS - 18.9%

#40 - JUSTIN NICOLINO - 21.0% (51.0% in Runoff)

#41 - JOE WIELAND - 28.9%

#42 - TAYLOR JUNGMANN - 21.1%

#43 - JOSE CAMPOS - 26.4% (53.3% In Runoff)

#44 - LUIS HEREDIA - 26.0% (54.5% In Runoff)

#45 - DANIEL NORRIS - 22.0% (62.5% In Runoff)

#46 - CASEY KELLY - 38.3%

#47 - JARRED COSART - 31.0%

#48 - TAYLOR GUERRIERI - 25.0%

#49 - MATT BARNES - 25.0% (64.1% In Runoff)

#50 - JESSE BIDDLE - 34.1%

#51 - ADDISON REED - 35.6%

#52 - JED BRADLEY - 33.3%

#53 - JEURYS FAMILIA - 31.7%

#54 - NEIL RAMIREZ - 33.3%

#55 - NATHAN EOVALDI - 26.5% (53.3% In Runoff)

#56 - JOHN LAMB - 41.9%

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With 36.4% of the vote, Mason Williams is elected Positional Prospect #58.

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RESULTS:

Mason Williams: 36.4%

Aaron Hicks: 12.1%

Christian Bethancourt: 9.1%

Charlie Blackmon: 9.1%

Matt Adams: 6.1%

Mikie Mahtook: 6.1% (write in)

James Darnell: 3.0%

Joe Benson: 3.0%

Marcell Ozuna: 3.0%

Blake Swihart: 3.0%

Zack Cox: 3.0%

Matt Davidson: 3.0% (write in)

Jacob Anderson: 3.0% (write in)

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CANDIDATES: Aaron Hicks, Christian Bethancourt, Charlie Blackmon, Matt Adams, Mikie Mahtook, Trevor Story, Taylor Lindsey, Brandon Jacobs, Bryce Brentz, Jackie Bradley Jr.

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IN ROTATION: Matt Davidson (#57-3.0%), Joe Panik (#57-0%), Taylor Pastornicky (#57-0%), James Darnell (#58-3.0%), Joe Benson (#58-3.0%), Marcell Ozuna (#58-3.0%), Blake Swihart (#58-3.0%), Zack Cox (#58-3.0%)

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TESTERS: Brian Goodwin, Zack Cozart, Kaleb Cowart, Ronald Torreyes, Jacob Anderson, Austin Hedges, C.J. Cron, Wilmer Flores, Levi Michael, A.J. Pollock, Cesar Puello, Hector Sanchez, Derek Dietrich, Edward Salcedo, Dante Bichette, Brandon Drury, Roungned Odor, A.J. Jimenez,

#01 - BRYCE HARPER - 59.2%

#02 - MIKE TROUT - 38.8% (In Poll #1)

#03 - JURICKSON PROFAR - 52.9%

#04 - MANNY MACHADO - 31.5% (55.1% In Runoff)

#05 - DEVIN MESORACO - 45.1%

#06 - WILL MYERS - 31.6% (51.4% In Runoff)

#07 - JESUS MONTERO - 61.3%

#08 - ANTHONY RENDON - 53.1%

#09 - TRAVIS D'ARNAUD - 46.6%

#10 - NOLAN ARENADO - 33.3%

#11 - MIGUEL SANO - 37.3%

#12 - YONDER ALONSO - 22.5% (45.3% In 3-Way Runoff)

#13 - FRANCISCO LINDOR - 26.1%

#14 - BUBBA STARLING - 33.8%

#15 - XANDER BOGAERTS - 25.0% (55.2% In 3-Way Runoff)

#16 - ANTHONY RIZZO - 27.8%

#17 - OSCAR TAVERAS - 40.3%

#18 - BRETT JACKSON - 20.3% (58.7% In Runoff)

#19 - YASMANI GRANDAL - 31.3%

#20 - JAKE MARISNICK - 27.3%

#21 - HAK-JU LEE - 28.0%

#22 - NICK FRANKLIN - 24.3%

#23 - CHESLOR CUTHBERT - 30.3%

#24 - CHRISTIAN YELICH - 27.1%

#25 - JONATHAN SINGLETON - 21.9% (53.8% In Runoff)

#26 - MIKE OLT - 21.5% (67.7% In Runoff)

#27 - ANTHONY GOSE -22.7% (70.5% In Runoff)

#28 - GEORGE SPRINGER - 23.6% (59.6% In Runoff)

#29 - JOSH BELL - 27.1%

#30 - MICHAEL CHOICE - 17.4% (63.2% In Runoff)

#31 - GARY SANCHEZ - 24.6%

#32 - RYAN LAVARNWAY - 24.7%

#33 - GARY BROWN - 26.7%

#34 - LEONYS MARTIN - 20.3% (63.0% In Runoff)

#35 - NICK CASTELLANOS - 24.6% (58.5% In Runoff)

#36 - WILIN ROSARIO - 20.0% (51.7% In Runoff)

#37 - STARLING MARTE - 30.6%

#38 - JEAN SEGURA - 18.5% (52.2% In Runoff)

#39 - RYMER LIRIANO - 29.5%

#40 - JONATHAN SCHOOP - 27.3%

#41 - JEDD GYORKO - 22.8% (62.5% In Runoff)

#42 - KOLTEN WONG - 36.4%

#43 - ANDRELTON SIMMONS - 32.3%

#44 - WILL MIDDLEBROOKS - 16.1% (57.1% In Runoff)

#45 - JAVIER BAEZ - 22.0% (55.3% In Runoff)

#46 - OSWALDO ARCIA - 23.5%

#47 - TIM WHEELER - 25.5%

#48 - EDDIE ROSARIO - 32.7%

#49 - BILLY HAMILTON - 17.9% (52.2% In Runoff)

#50 - DEREK NORRIS - 15.7% (51.2% In Runoff)

#51 - MATT DOMINGUEZ - 20.4%

#52 - VINCENT CATRICALA - 18.8% (47.8% In 3-Way Runoff)

#53 - CORY SPANGENBERG - 17.4% (66.7% In Runoff)

#54 - ROBBIE GROSSMAN - 23.9%

#55 - BRANDON NIMMO - 20.0% (53.8% In Runoff)

#56 - GARIN CECCHINI - 28.9%

#57 - MATT SZCZUR - 33.3%

#58 - MASON WILLIAMS - 36.4%

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We have 8-man minor league rosters, and our league tends to value hitting prospects more than pitching prospects. Would you rather have:

Rendon + a prospect from the 50-70 range overall (looking at the community list, someone like Zach Lee, Tyrell Jenkins, Jedd Gyorko, or Starling Marte, among others)

or. . . Skaggs + the number 5 pick (either Cole, Bundy or Hultzen).

Rendon could either be a franchise player in this league or he could bring an excellent return in trade this year. On the other hand, if Skaggs plus the #5 pick both turn into top of the rotation guys, that would be really valuable as well.

Which pair would you want?

Thanks.

I view this site regularly and have posted a few times in this past. I'd really appreciate your support in helping me win a spot in the 2012 MLB Fan Cave. This is what I've been sending to all of my social networks:

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Obviously, I think I deserve this. But even if I'm not chosen, I had fun putting everything together. At least I'm in the game, right?.

Often so much is made about pitch counts in the major leagues especially with younger pitchers. Similarly pitchers in the minors are sometimes said to be held to strict pitch counts as well. Yet for as much importance is placed on this statistic, you rarely if ever see it reported anywhere unless a pitchers throws some obscene amount of pitches in a ball game. Does anyone know of a good site that lists the number a pitches a pitchers throws in his minor league games? Without having to go box score by box score of course. Thanks in advance for the help.

I felt like posting this for both BBB and Minor League Ball.

I put together a spreadsheet of all batters that hit in AA seasons between 1995 and 2002, and their MLB stats (minimum 100 MLB PA). I only included the batters' MLB production if they followed the criteria: The batters were less than 26 years of age and had a minimum of 400 PA in their AA season(s). This is the spreadsheet I put together using numbers from B-R and Fangraphs (Glove tap to those two):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnAFMTj7pea8dFBtVnZBSUMzYzQyYXM0UWx3a3BkZmc#gid=0

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With 53.5% of the vote, Tim Wheeler is elected Overall Community Prospect #82.

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PITCHING PROSPECT WILY PERALTA vs POSITIONAL PROSPECT EDDIE ROSARIO

Positional Prospects In The Queue: Billy Hamilton, Derek Norris, Matt Dominguez

Pitching Prospects In The Queue: Dellin Betances, Sonny Gray, Garrett Richards

OVERALL COMMUNITY PROSPECT LIST:

#01 - BRYCE HARPER - 56.9%

#02 - MIKE TROUT - 60%

#03 - MATT MOORE - 96%

#04 - JURICKSON PROFAR - 51.9%

#05 - JULIO TEHERAN - 60.9%

#06 - SHELBY MILLER - 58.7%

#07 - MANNY MACHADO - 87.7%

#08 - DEVIN MESORACO - 69.4%

#09 - TREVOR BAUER - 55.3%

#10 - WILL MYERS - 73.8%

#11 - JESUS MONTERO - 73.7%

#12 - ANTHONY RENDON - 72.9%

#13 - TYLER SKAGGS - 54.3%

#14 - GERRIT COLE - 51.4%

#15 - TRAVIS D'ARNAUD - 60.9%

#16 - JAMESON TAILLON - 56.1%

#17 - DYLAN BUNDY - 65.0%

#18 - NOLAN ARENADO - 63.1%

#19 - DANNY HULTZEN - 81.1%

#20 - TAIJUAN WALKER - 62.7%

#21 - DREW POMERANZ - 67.9%

#22 - MIGUEL SANO - 62.5%

#23 - JACOB TURNER - 54.7%

#24 - JARROD PARKER - 60.4%

#25 - YONDER ALONSO - 68.4%

#26 - JAMES PAXTON - 61.4%

#27 - FRANCISCO LINDOR - 59.0%

#28 - CARLOS MARTINEZ - 50.8%

#29 - BUBBA STARLING - 65.2%

#30 - XANDER BOGAERTS - 50.8%

#31 - RANDALL DELGADO - 66.1%

#32 - ARCHIE BRADLEY - 53.8%

#33 - ANTHONY RIZZO - 60.0%

#34 - OSCAR TAVERAS - 58.7%

#35 - MARTIN PEREZ - 52.9%

#36 - ZACK WHEELER - 59.3%

#37 - BRETT JACKSON - 50.8%

#38 - YASMANI GRANDAL - 50.9%

#39 - MATT HARVEY - 54.5%

#40 - JAKE MARISNICK - 79.1%

#41 - HAK-JU LEE - 68.5%

#42 - NICK FRANKLIN - 59.3%

#43 - ROBBIE ERLIN - 57.1%

#44 - CHESLOR CUTHBERT - 57.1%

#45 - CHRISTIAN YELICH - 51.9%

#46 - ARODYS VIZCAINO - 53.6%

#47 - JONATHAN SINGLETON - 52.5%

#48 - A.J. COLE - 55.1%

#49 - MIKE OLT - 51.9%

#50 - ANTHONY GOSE - 59.3%

#51 - MANNY BANUELOS - 67.6%

#52 - GEORGE SPRINGER - 57.4%

#53 - BRAD PEACOCK - 53.8%

#54 - JAKE ODORIZZI - 66.0%

#55 - JOSH BELL - 63.0%

#56 - MICHAEL CHOICE - 63.0%

#57 - GARY SANCHEZ - 54.0%

#58 - MIKE MONTGOMERY - 50.8%

#59 - NOAH SYNDERGAARD - 51.6%

#60 - TREVOR MAY - 63.8%

#61 - RYAN LAVARNWAY - 58.8%

#62 - GARY BROWN - 64.4%

#63 - TYRELL JENKINS - 53.2%

#64 - LEONYS MARTIN - 65.8%

#65 - NICK CASTELLANOS - 60.7%

#66 - ZACH LEE - 71.2%

#67 - DREW HUTCHISON - 60.0%

#68 - WILIN ROSARIO - 61.7%

#69 - STARLING MARTE - 71.4%

#70 - JEAN SEGURA - 76.9%

#71 - RYMER LIRIANO - 76.9%

#72 - KEYVIUS SAMPSON - 53.5%

#73 - JONATHAN SCHOOP - 58.1%

#74 - JEDD GYORKO - 57.5%

#75 - KOLTEN WONG - 62.8%

#76 - CHAD BETTIS - 76.5%

#77 - ANDRELTON SIMMONS - 55.0%

#78 - WILL MIDDLEBROOKS - 52.2%

#79 - NESTOR MOLINA - 61.5%

#80 - JAVIER BAEZ - 66.7%

#81 - OSWALDO ARCIA - 52.8%

#82 - TIM WHEELER - 53.5%

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Who would you rather own in a dynasty league with no contract limitations: Devin Mesoraco or Travis d'Arnaud?

Both of these catchers appear to be on the path of stardom at their respective positions. However, I haven't found much material in the way of comparing the two directly. Does one have a distinct advantage or disadvantage over the other? Who is more likely to produce with the bat?

Mesoraco should see a decent amount of playing time this season as only Ryan Hanigan is blocking him from free reign at the position. However, Dusty Baker loves his vets and so he will likely platoon until he's proved he's absolutely ready.

On the other hand, d'Arnaud is blocked by Arencibia at the major league level and has only just finished a year in AA ball. However, Arencibia's lack of approach and ability to hit for average is a pretty legitimate issue and a regular player with an OBP of less than .300 is not going to cut it in the AL East, or anywhere for that matter. So, in short, Arencibia isn't as big a threat as he may initially appear in regards to playing time for Travis.

Either way, both appear strong candidates to catch the majority of their respective teams games at the major league level in 2013.

But....

Who has the better career with the bat? And for bonus points, what makes them different? (Post the latter in the comment section)

Thanks!!