Community Prospect List: #122

by King Billy Royal on Jan 16, 2026 1:53 PM EST

After 268 votes the winner of the runoff poll is Michael Taylor with 22% of the vote. Christian Friedrich (121-2%), Jharmidy DeJesus (121-1%), Austin Romine (121-3%), Luke Hughes (121-1%), Will Inman (121-3%) will be removed from the poll because they fell below the 7% cutoff. Adam Moore, Wilson Ramos, Yorman Rodriguez, Matt Antonelli, Kyle Drabek, Cedric Hunter 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.

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)

CANDIDATES - Rafael Rodriguez, Scott Elbert, Mat Latos, Conor Gillaspie, Jefry Marte, Shooter Hunt, Adam Moore, Wilson Ramos, Yorman Rodriguez, Matt Antonelli, Kyle Drabek, Cedric Hunter

TESTERS - Wes Hodges (112-2%), Nick Barnese (115-4%), Zach McAllister (115-1%), Daniel Bard (116-5%), Michael Montgomery (117-2%), Dominic Brown (117-3%), Jose Ceda (118-4%), John Raynor (118-0%), Juan Ramirez (118-4%), David Hernandez (118-4%), Sean West (118-4%), Jonathan Lucroy (119-2%), Michael Almanzar (119-4%), David Huff (119-5%), Brandon Erbe (119-4%), Drew Stubbs (119-3%), Josh Reddick (119-3%), Eric Hurley (120-6%), Ryan Tucker (120-5%), Blake Beavan (120-6%), David Cooper (120-6%), Kellen Kulbacki (120-1%), Chris Valaika (120-3%), Juan Francisco (120-2%), Gerrardo Parra (120-1%), Christian Friedrich (121-2%), Jharmidy DeJesus (121-1%), Austin Romine (121-3%), Luke Hughes (121-1%), Will Inman (121-3%)

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i've been voting taylor for a while.

i’m gonna write in rogearvin bernadina (though i think i just voted for adam moore). bernadina has the ability to hit for a high average and for gap power. he can steal a ton of bases at a good rate, and play adequate defense. he’s a lesser denard span, apparently.

Rickey had nicer legs than Hitler. And more melanin in his skin than the entire Gashouse Gang.

by variablesdont on Jan 16, 2026 1:59 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

"lesser denard span"

Sounds like Charles Thomas.

by aCone419 on Jan 16, 2026 2:14 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

he's got a better track record than thomas

more tools; speed in particular. he can play CF, too.

so, no, not charles thomas.

also, what the hell happened to charles thomas. i’m guessing he had a major injury towards the tail end of 2004 or the beginning of 2005. either that, or steroids. or it could be both. either way he had a hell of a year for atlanta, and then fell off the table.

maybe i just really like bernadina, but he;‘s gonna be a sparkplug whenever he debuts. and considering lastings’ awfulness in CF, that could be very soon.

Rickey had nicer legs than Hitler. And more melanin in his skin than the entire Gashouse Gang.

by variablesdont on Jan 16, 2026 3:10 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Track record

He doesn’t have a better track record record than Thomas; that’s exactly why I made the comp. They both had terrible minor league careers until having a batting average driven breakout in their mid-20s. And Thomas could play CF. And was fast.

So pretty much exactly the same, only RB steals more bases.

What happened was Charles Thomas was a complete fluke. Also, see Pete Orr’s 2004 season vs. the rest of his career.

by aCone419 on Jan 16, 2026 3:32 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

charles thomas topped out with 18 SBs in A ball

maybe i’m buying too much into a consolidation year, but i think he’s gonna be a pretty damn useful part for a while.

it kinda sucks that i like him so much, but i guess that’s canceled out by the fact that washington isn’t gonna be a threat for as long as ryan howard is a phillies.

Rickey had nicer legs than Hitler. And more melanin in his skin than the entire Gashouse Gang.

by variablesdont on Jan 16, 2026 3:53 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

As I said:

So pretty much exactly the same, only RB steals more bases.

Speed and SB are not the same. Thomas was plenty fast.

by aCone419 on Jan 16, 2026 4:06 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Latos

Marte, Elbert

by METSMETSMETS on Jan 16, 2026 2:17 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Scott Elbert

Major League ready, sick stuff, career K/9 > 10.0.

by aCone419 on Jan 16, 2026 2:17 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

+1

by toonsterwu on Jan 16, 2026 5:08 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Elbert Question

Is he going to be in the rotation or pen long term? Have the Dodgers addressed their intentions (assuming health)?

by LQ on Jan 16, 2026 3:31 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Lou Marson

I know we love the shiny new thing around here and John is not especially high on him, but I have to think at this point it’s at least time to have him as a tester…

by dig2101 on Jan 16, 2026 3:37 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

+1

stellar defense, and has shown us a bat lately

by byronlhsdrmr on Jan 16, 2026 4:56 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

I voted Antonelli

But given the choice, I’d take Marson.

by demondeaconsbaseball on Jan 16, 2026 9:03 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

My next three:

Scott Elbert
Mat Latos
Kyle Drabek

all high upside pitchers with question marks

by byronlhsdrmr on Jan 16, 2026 4:56 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Wilson Ramos

He is Waaaaaay overdue IMO

He is the best catcher in the minors not named

Teagarden
Weiters
Santana

by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jan 16, 2026 5:00 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Not sure about that, but he's got my vote here.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Jan 16, 2026 7:46 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Better catchers...

Posey, Montero, Salome, LuCroy, Ramirez

by Pelferized on Jan 16, 2026 9:13 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

well

Montero and Ramirez won’t be staying at catcher. And I’d rather have Ramos than Ramirez anyway.

I would take Ramos rounds before Salome or Lucroy.

I would concur that right now Posey is the better prospect, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see Ramos surpass him.

Off the top of my head, I would rank the catcher prospects as Wieters, Santana, (Montero), Posey, Skipworth, Teagarden, Ramos, Arencibia, (M. Ramirez), Lawrie, Rosario.

by gogotabata on Jan 17, 2026 8:05 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Oh yea and

arencibia, flowers, and Lawrie

by Pelferized on Jan 16, 2026 9:14 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Ok I give you

Max Ramirez and Buster Posey

I guess I sort of forget to ‘count’ Ramirez given the fact I see him never playing in the minors again. EVER

and Buster Posey I would say IS a better prospect or minor league catcher right now than Ramos, but After that I REALLY think Ramos is the next best catcher.

Look at his Winter league stats people, plus the stats from 2008 and even before all that.
if Skipworth, Arenciaba, Solome, and Flowers are all on this (our) list ahead of him fine but than
to me
Ramos is one of the most if not the MOST underrated catching prospects out there today.

by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jan 17, 2026 1:49 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs

I might be in the minority here

but I like Skipworth better than Ramos as well.

by Hunt3r24 on Jan 16, 2026 10:26 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Given that Skipworth's already been elected, I'd say you're not in the minority here.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Jan 17, 2026 3:12 AM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Eric Hurley, Ryan Tucker

What the hell did Eric Hurley do to piss people off exactly? Its amazing how people on here just forget about a young pitcher if he struggles a bit right away.

Danny Duffy? James Simmons? Aaron Poreda? Chris f’ing Perez? You realize perez isn’t even a starting pitcher right?

I know these lists mean little but, i little basic reasoning would work well here. Tucker and Hurley are both outstanding arms…are young… projectable bodies… succesfull at top levels…. no health problems until Hurley’s pretty minor one this year…btw Hurley even had a few good, big league starts.

by casejud on Jan 17, 2026 3:32 AM EST reply reply 0 recs

Marlins pitching prospects

Tucker and West are both being badly under rated.

I’ve said this before, but Ryan Tucker is already what the most optimistic Mets fan might hope Brad Holt is a year from now. He’s Brad Holt if everything goes right as far as some improved command of the slider and proving he can do it in AA next year. He was as dominating in AA this year as Holt was in short season ball.

West, I can consider knocking down a bit over concern over the fact he has already had labrum surgery. But he was very impressive in Arizona, drawing Randy Johnson comparisons.

by acerimusdux on Jan 17, 2026 10:48 AM EST up reply reply 0 recs

I Think It's The Marlins in General

After Maybin at least. Dominguez is probably 30 spots too low, Stanton and Morrison 10-15, and some of their other prospects don’t get any respect. You guys have seen my arguments about Raynor, and I’m glad he actually got on the poll, even if he get destroyed. The Marlins are definitely one of the best systems right now, extremely top heavy with all players that could be in their lineup in a few years.

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by cwhitman412 on Jan 17, 2026 11:41 AM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Top Heavy Meaning A Great Top 10 or so

by cwhitman412 on Jan 17, 2026 11:41 AM EST up reply reply 0 recs

Adam Moore

He just finished off putting up an OPS of .900 in the Southern League, which is not exactly a hitters league. He also has a strong and accurrate arm, with the only real negative being he has some issues with his recieving skills still. It is rare to find a catching prospect with this kind of offensive potential that looks to be at least average defensively, easy fit at this point for me.

by tdot mariner fan on Jan 17, 2026 2:57 PM EST reply reply 0 recs

Should note in comparison

Antonelli’s overall OPS last year was lower than Moore’s this year despite playing in two hitter’s leagues(for those expecting a return to form). Cedric Hunter just had an OPS of .800 despite being in the California league. Ramos had an OPS under .800, though he was in pitcher’s league and is younger, but he does have a worse K% and K/BB ratio.

by tdot mariner fan on Jan 17, 2026 3:08 PM EST up reply reply 0 recs