Runoff for Community Prospect #54
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 9:07 PM EST
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Ok, time for another runoff. The candidates are Jordan Lyles, Jason Castro, and Tanner Scheppers.
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%
53. Aaron Crow - 21.2%
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Vote with a +1 here for Jordan Lyles
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 9:09 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
+1
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
by hero66 on Feb 12, 2026 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 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 12, 2026 10:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Feb 13, 2026 3:31 AM 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 13, 2026 5:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Jason Castro
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 9:09 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
+1
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by ravensfan3 on Feb 12, 2026 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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by JDSussman on Feb 12, 2026 9:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 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 13, 2026 1:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
by biggentleben on Feb 13, 2026 11:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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by PHGold09 on Feb 13, 2026 12:30 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 13, 2026 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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I want to see Malcom Floyd in Pewter and Red next season!
by thedudeofdudes on Feb 13, 2026 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Vote with a +1 here for Tanner Scheppers
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 9:09 PM EST reply actions 3 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 9:47 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 10:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Scheppers easily first. Lyles second and Castro a distant third for me.
by alskor on Feb 12, 2026 10:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
by t ball on Feb 13, 2026 12:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" ~ Mae West
by Blicks on Feb 13, 2026 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I will be gone this weekend
CWhitman is going to post the polls on Saturday and Sunday in my absence, thanks once again for that Casey.
I voted for Scheppers here, this is about where I have him on my list but there are a few names ahead of him on my list that still aren’t on here. Lyles and Castro I see on in a little while, I have Castro in the mid 60’s and Lyles in the late 60’s/early 70’s range. Without the injury concern, Scheppers would be top 30 I think so he was any choice in this group.
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 9:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Without the injury concerns
Scheppers is a lot higher than a top 30 guy, IMO, but then again, without the injury concerns he would have been a top 5 pick in 2008 and probably would be in AAA by now. I sort of think of him as being like Kerry Wood, warts and all. Someone who could be dominant when healthy, but is a bit inconsistent and has massive injury problems.
I actually have him a good deal higher than this and have been voting for him for about 10 polls now. If you only look at the stuff/performance continuum, he’s a top 5 pitching prospect, possibly top 3. He’s probably a pretty damn good major leaguer even if he doesn’t stay healthy, and if he does, then watch out.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
by Brickhaus on Feb 12, 2026 10:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Alright, I'm Up For It
I was actually going to check to make sure you still needed me. Poll will be up…uhm…I guess around 11 tomorrow? or 3. haven’t decided.
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by cwhitman412 on Feb 12, 2026 10:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And
Who should I add/who are the testers?
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by cwhitman412 on Feb 12, 2026 10:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
When I counted the votes for the runoff
Zach Britton, Ethan Martin, Jared Mitchell, Matt Dominguez, and Mike Moustakas all ended up under the 5% mark. With those guys plus the winner there will be 6 open spots. I’ve tried to keep it 6 and 5 for the most part, splitting the pitchers and hitters as close to equal as possible with 11 spots, doesn’t really matter which group has the extra player. The next six in the rotation are Jarrod Parker, Simon Castro, Todd Frazier, Thomas Neal, Josh Vitters, and Ryan Kalish, but go ahead and mix in a guy or two like Sano or Shelby Miller or Jay Jackson, someone from the tester pool. Wilson Ramos and Eric Hosmer have been mentioned to be added to the tester pool, but I wouldn’t run one of them until we try some of the other names there.
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 11:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Zach Wheeler
Kevin Frandsen: The best SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T; Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Feb 13, 2026 1:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Trout is due to be on pretty soon.
by guru4u on Feb 13, 2026 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Great, an even greater chance for Lyles and Castro to split votes...
by byronlhsdrmr on Feb 12, 2026 10:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
?
Lyles and Castro are nothing alike as prospects, don’t play the same position. The only votes they could possibly be splitting are Astros fans making homer-like votes, and that’s not a bad thing.
RIP Nick Adenhart
by gatling on Feb 12, 2026 11:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Castro and Lyles
Other than Matt Hagen at The Hardballtimes, whose lists have been pretty weird across the board, and Keith Law, who had them 5 spots apart on his top 100 (#60 & #65), I haven’t seen many Astro’s lists this year with Lyles ahead of Castro.
In the BA book, Jim Callis, Will Lingo, and John Manuel all have Castro in their top 50, none has Lyles. Likewise, Mayo’s list has Castro at #31, with no Lyles in the top 60. Project Prospect has Castro at #47, while Lyles didn’t even make their top 30 pitchers. Diamond Futures has Castro at #53, with Lyles at #89. Scouting Book has Castro at #71, and Lyles at #130. And John, Kevin Goldstein, TPA, and Fangraphs also all have Castro ahead of Lyles.
Of course there’s no reason we should think the same as everyone else. And there’s nothing wrong with Lyles ahead of Castro, and most have them at least close. But I suspect the Houston fans, who likely follow the Astro’s system more closely, would be mostly voting for Castro rather than Lyles.
by acerimusdux on Feb 13, 2026 5:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hank Conger
The 2008 Rogelio Moret League Fantasy Baseball Champions!
by The Congo Hammer on Feb 13, 2026 1:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
For some reason
whenever I read Congo Hammer’s posts, I always think Hank Conger…kind of ironic post I suppose :-S
by ChalupaCabrera on Feb 13, 2026 1:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I abstain
I really can’t vote for any of these guys.
-I have serious doubts about Scheppers remaining in the rotation
-I have serious doubts about Castro’s bat
-Lyles looks great statistically, but the scouting reports on him are rather troubling.
by jar75 on Feb 13, 2026 3:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Sheppers
I think he’s a bullpen guy, but with a mid-90s heater and potentially plus plus curve, he looks like a closer. That probably has as much value as Lyles or Castro will end up having.
by acerimusdux on Feb 13, 2026 4:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope.
The innings are more highly leveraged, but you really think Castro’s ceiling is as a 2-win player? If he projects for even an average bat he’s a 3-3.5 win guy. No closer adds that kind of value.
by slamcactus on Feb 13, 2026 7:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There were only 4 catchers that valuable this year
I seriously doubt Castro ends up that valuable, since everyone is projecting something less, as Ive listed in numerous quotes from BA, BP, etc…
by alskor on Feb 13, 2026 1:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
tally
Lyles - 14
Castro - 16
Scheppers - 19
I believe at least. It’s looking interesting, although Scheppers has had at least a three vote lead the whole time.
by byronlhsdrmr on Feb 13, 2026 12:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lyles 14, Castro 23, Schep 22
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by cwhitman412 on Feb 13, 2026 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Castro
I’m tempted by Scheppers still, but I want to see how he holds up. I’ve got Castro over Lyles in my own head on Astros rankings, as he’s a much safer bet to reach the bigs. At the end of the day, I just think Castro’s safety, relatively high floor, and decent enough ceiling trumps it for me for now.
by toonsterwu on Feb 13, 2026 1:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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