Community Prospect #54
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:43 PM EST
115 comments
With 21.2% of the vote, Aaron Crow is elected Community Prospect #53.
1. Jason Heyward - 51%
2. Stephen Strasburg - 76%
3. Buster Posey - 20% (43% runoff)
4. Michael Stanton - 20% (54% runoff)
5. Jesus Montero - 20% (45% runoff)
6. Brian Matusz - 21%
7. Pedro Alvarez - 23%
8. Desmond Jennings - 29%
9. Carlos Santana -37% (50% runoff)
10. Neftali Feliz -37% (50% runoff)
11. Justin Smoak - 46%
12. Domonic Brown - 23% (59% runoff)
13. Madison Bumgarner - 30%
14. Martin Perez - 28%
15. Dustin Ackley - 31%
16. Chris Carter - 33.6%
17. Jeremy Hellickson - 29.4%
18. Michael Taylor - 36.9%
19. Alcides Escobar - 37.0%
20. Christian Friedrich - 29.0%(53.2% runoff)
21. Logan Morrison - 45.6%
22. Ryan Westmoreland - 24.7%
23. Aroldis Chapman - 32.0%
24. Wade Davis - 40.8%
25. Fernando Martinez - 30.5%
26. Aaron Hicks - 33.3%
27. Kyle Drabek - 34.0%
28. Lonnie Chisenhall - 24.5%
29. Jenrry Mejia - 18.8%(51.6% runoff)
30. Yonder Alonso - 25.5%
31. Matt Moore - 19.0%(70.7% runoff)
32. Brett Wallace - 24.3%
33. Dan Hudson - 20.2%
34. Freddie Freeman - 17.4%
35. Jhoulys Chacin - 21.2%
36. Casey Kelly - 27.8%
37. Casey Crosby - 29.8%
38. Starlin Castro - 27.5%
39. Brett Lawrie - 18.4% (42.9% runoff)
40. Derek Norris - 17.3% (42.9% runoff)
41. Tyler Flowers - 20.2%
42. Tyler Matzek -22.7%
43. Jacob Turner - 23.0%
44. Michael Montgomery - 30.8%
45. Dee Gordon - 22%
46. Julio Teheran - 19.4%
47. Grant Green - 24.4%
48. Hector Rondon - 20.9%
49. Josh Bell - 22.4%
50. Jaff Decker - 22.3%
51. Michael Saunders - 22.6%
52. Chris Withrow - 19.4%
Players will get 1 round on the poll as a tester, if they fail to draw 5% they will then be removed and sit out up to 3 rounds.
Players off the poll(will sit out up to 3 rounds): Donovan Tate(#53-4.7%), Zach Stewart(#53-1.2%), Alex Colome(#53-0%), Brett Jackson(#53-2.4%), Tim Beckham(#53-3.5%), Jiovanni Mier(#52-3.1%), Ryan Kalish(#52-4.1%), Josh Vitters(#52-3.1%), Todd Frazier(#51-0%), Thomas Neal(#51-2.2%), Jarrod Parker(#50-4.3%), Simon Castro(#50-0%)
Tester pool: Josh Reddick, Ike Davis, Miguel Sano, James Darnell, Shelby Miller, Jay Jackson
The candidates with previous round vote %:
Jake Arrieta 11.8%
Arodys Vizcaino 8.2%
Jordan Lyles 14.1%
Jason Castro 16.5%
Tanner Scheppers 8.2%
Over 130 AB/50 IP cutoff for eligibility
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Vote with a +1 here for Jake Arrieta
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:45 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
Q: If on-base pct is so important then why don't they put it on the scoreboard? -Failcoeur
A: Because the Braves don't want to show their fans how bad you suck.
by timmy3 on Feb 12, 2026 2:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Even atheists believe in Matt Wieters
by wickedwitch on Feb 12, 2026 8:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Zach Britton
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:46 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
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by ravensfan3 on Feb 11, 2026 8:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Baseball America ranked the Minnesota Twins as the 7th best minor league Org. in Baseball !!!! - that is good news...
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Feb 11, 2026 11:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Wil Myers
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:46 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
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Remember: baseball guys... baseball...
by JDSussman on Feb 11, 2026 9:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
by hero66 on Feb 12, 2026 2:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Ethan Martin
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:46 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Arodys Vizcaino
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:47 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
by biggentleben on Feb 11, 2026 11:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Jared Mitchell
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:47 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
Super tools, good approach and understanding of the strikezone, raw b/c he won a football title in college, suprisingly polished when he was voted best player in the college world series.
He’s getting underrated the same way Gordon Beckham was…
by alskor on Feb 11, 2026 8:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
these community lists are tough
because i definitely feel you. Mitchell shouldn’t be any lower than this… he’s higher on my own list, but I have Lyles even higher than him… so its a constant ‘do i give up on the one guy being where he’s supposed to be to try to help other guys be where i think they should be?’
by daveh33 on Feb 12, 2026 12:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I feel the same way about Lyles and Scheppers...
but at this point, Im just going to vote my highest guy and not worry about it. Early on I did try to vote some lesser of two evils…
by alskor on Feb 12, 2026 12:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Polish?
I think you are giving him too much credit there. Admittedly, we don’t have much of a pro sample to go on, but his numbers were not overwhelming. A strikeout percentage of almost 35 percent, a need to improve his base stealing instincts, and a large gap between raw and present power. He’s a good prospect, but he is a top 85-125 type prospect for me.
by BrosbeforeShaincoes on Feb 12, 2026 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The K rate
It doesn’t bother me that much because he also had a walk rate of 16.5%. I think Mitchell should be on soon and I would have voted for him if Dominguez weren’t on the poll.
by jar75 on Feb 12, 2026 4:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
He's only played 34 games as a pro, Little early to start breaking down his components as rates.
After a full season of college ball, including a run to the college world series (which is were he looked polished to me, albeit with metal bats - but he has plus power proejction anyway).
by alskor on Feb 12, 2026 10:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Matt Dominguez
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:47 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
www.pbfantasysports.com
^^ check it out
by Preston Barclay on Feb 12, 2026 7:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Jordan Lyles
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:47 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
"Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
by strums on Feb 11, 2026 9:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.
by winchester5 on Feb 12, 2026 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Jason Castro
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:47 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T; Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Feb 11, 2026 9:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Gotta say though, I’m not crazy about these options.
by slamcactus on Feb 12, 2026 6:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Tanner Scheppers
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:48 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Feb 11, 2026 11:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
with Crow on, either TS or Brett Jackson for me at this point
by PrincetonCubs on Feb 12, 2026 12:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
by t ball on Feb 12, 2026 12:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
"mark kotsay for $1.5 million. or jim thome for $1.5 million.
gosh. i’m going to have to think about this one for a bit." larry
"We're gonna do this f*ucking thing over again cuz I just f*cked it up.....oh, we're live, I didn't know that" Bert Blyleven
by smoooooth on Feb 12, 2026 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" ~ Mae West
by Blicks on Feb 12, 2026 9:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Feb 12, 2026 8:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
by Brickhaus on Feb 12, 2026 10:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Mike Moustakas
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:48 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
+1
He’s got to get some respect sooner or later.
by rhd on Feb 11, 2026 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 and name here for anyone not listed above
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 11, 2026 8:48 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
agree
not voting a +1 here because it will be for nothing, but i think he should be on the list and i would have voted for him
by LawBe on Feb 12, 2026 7:12 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Tester: Zach Wheeler (RHP-SF)
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T; Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Feb 11, 2026 9:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Is there any reason these keep getting recced?
Jesus
by RedSoxFaithful on Feb 12, 2026 4:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The problem isn't people recc'ing them
it’s those same people not going back after a poll is closed and unrecc’ing it. The current poll should be up in the Recommended area to make voting easier, but once a new poll is created whoever recc’ed it needs to go back and unrecc all previous polls.
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
J. Castro
At some point, readiness and a solid floor should win out, and Castro is that. The ceiling’s not great, but he looks like he should be a solid big league catcher. That’s gotta mean something.
I can’t vote for Arrieta when I think Zach Britton is better, and I can’t vote for Britton here when I don’t think he has the ceiling to justify it. Love Arodys, like Ethan, but both are too far away for me to give them the edge over J. Castro even if their ceilings seem far better. I like Will Myers, but Castro is just so much safer. Not ready to vote for guys like Vitters/Moustakas/Dominguez just yet. I think this is about 10 spots too high for Jared Mitchell. Like him a lot, but I want to see where he is defensively and what he is offensively first. There’s a few positional players in the tester pool/“discard” group that I would take over him. I’m getting close to voting for Lyles, but when I envision the Astros system, I have Castro ahead.
The one listed that made me pause was Tanner Scheppers. I’m really not sure what to think there, but I prefer J. Castro.
by toonsterwu on Feb 12, 2026 6:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Britton/Arrieta
I really have a hard time understanding why people like Britton over Arrieta. Let’s see what Britton does in AA before we start putting him ahead of guy who profiles as potential #2/3 SP or a closer, depending on how his 3rd pitch shakes out. I’m curious to hear your reasoning here if you don’t mind.
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 8:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Castro's ceiling ain't too shabby either...
He could be .370 OBP and .430 SLG guy annually. I think everyone is overreacting to Castro’s lack of power—In only half a season of AA!—He has the potential to hit for more than that. Plus, he’s potentially a top 5 defensive catcher. That ceiling “ain’t too shabby.” Especially when you take into account how high is floor is: .350 OBP - .370 SLG% - top 10 defensive catcher?
by byronlhsdrmr on Feb 12, 2026 8:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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