Rating last year's rookies-Community Prospect #6

by Dalman on Nov 12, 2025 8:07 AM EST

With the victory of Desmond Jennings in round 5, the American League extends its winning streak to five in a row, not to mention that the leading candidate for round 6 based on last round's vote is also an American Leaguer.

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%)

The voting breakdown for the fifth round round after Jennings was: Jeremy Hellickson 24%, Freddie Freeman 11%, Mike Moustakas 4%, Brandon Belt 4%, Brandon Beachy 4%, Paul Goldschmidt 2%, Henderson Alvarez 2%, Wilson Ramos, Jordan Walden, Craig Kimbrel, Danny Espinosa and Ivan Nova all with 0%

I'm going to keep everyone who got a vote (including Alvarez and Beachy who were write in candidates last round but due to come onto the ballot in any event) and drop everyone who didn't get a vote. We'll rotate back in Aroldis Chapman, Dominic Brown and Jason Kipnis,leaving Luebke at the front of the line for round 7.

In rotation: Cory Luebke 0% (round 3), Jemile Weeks 0% (round 3), Chris Sale 0% (round 4), Kyle Drabek 0% (round 4), Mark Trumbo 0% (round 4), Zach Britton 0% (round 4), Wilson Ramos 0% (round 5), Jordan Walden 0% (round 5), Craig Kimbrel 0% (round 5), Danny Espinosa 0% (round 5). Ivan Nova 0% (round 5)

As mentioned above we'll give Henderson Alvarez and Brandon Beachy a first chance on the ballot this round. This leaves as testers for the upcoming rounds:

Danny Duffy, Vance Worley, Josh Collmenter, Kenley Jansen, Jose Altuve, Lucas Duda, Dayan Viciedo and Juan Nicasio.

As always voting is by +1 and there are places below to suggest testers or vote for players not currently on the ballot.

So who is your number 6 prospect for future performance among last year's rookies?

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Read More: Jordan Walden (P - ANA), Wilson Ramos (C - WAS), Ivan Nova (P - NYY), Danny Espinosa (2B - WAS), Dustin Ackley (2B - SEA), Desmond Jennings (LF - TAM), Craig Kimbrel (P - ATL), Brandon Beachy (P - ATL)