Rating last year's rookies-Community Prospect #17
by Dalman on Nov 28, 2025 11:39 AM EST
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Craig Kimbrel becomes our first relief pitcher, and our third Atlanta Brave on the board, winning round 16. Our winners so far include:
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%)
6. Jeremy Hellickson, P Tampa Bay Rays (49%)
7. Freddie Freeman, 1B Atlanta Braves (45%)
8. Brandon Beachy, P Atlanta Braves (27%)
9. Brandon Belt, OF/!B San Francisco Giants (33%)
10. Mike Moustakas, 3b Kansas City Royals (38%)
11. Domonic Brown, of Philadelphia Phillies (32%) (70% runoff)
12. Jason Kipnis, 2b Cleveland Indians 29%
13. Cory Luebke, P San Diego Padres 19% (59% runoff)
14. Paul Goldschmidt, 1b Arizona Diamondbacks 26%
15. Danny Espinosa, 2b Washington Nationals 36%
16. Craig Kimbrel, P Atlanta Braves, 38%
The voting breakdown after Kimbrel was: Aroldis Chapman 21%, Chris Sale 17%, Salvador Perez 13%, Mark Trumbo 4%, Allen Craig 4%, Wilson Ramos 4% , Mike Minor 0%, Jose Altuve 0%, Ivan Nova 0%, Jordan Walden 0%, JD Martinez 0%
Because I am dropping so many guys with 0% anyway, I'm going to keep the standard at 4% for those already on the ballot. Mike Minor, Jose Altuve, Ivan Nova, Jordan Walden and JD Martinez are temporarily dropped. We'll bring back Jemile Weeks, Kyle Drabek, Ben Revere and Henderson Alvarez this round. Wilson Ramos, who was dropped just the round before will come back on the ballot in round 18.
In rotation: Vance Worley 0% (round 13, Josh Collmenter 0% (round 13), Kenley Jansen 0% (round 14), Lucas Duda 0% (round 14), Zach Britton 0% (round 14), Danny Duffy 0% (round 15), Wilson Ramos 0% (round 15), Dayan Viciedo 0% (round 15), Mike Minor 0% (round 16), Jose Altuve 0% (round 16), Ivan Nova 0% (round 16), Jordan Walden 0% (round 16), JD Martinez 0% (round 16).
We'll give Mike Carp his first time on the ballot this round, leaving as future testers:
Juan Nicasio Alex Cobb, Jordan Lyles, Jerry Sands, Aaron Crow and Dee Gordon.
As always voting is by +1 and there are places below to suggest testers or vote for players not currently on the ballot. Not sure who I want to add next round from among the testers. Any suggestions, either among those listed or someone else?
Also, I am planning on taking this out to 25 rounds and then stopping, so with 16 rounds in the books, and far more than 9 between those on the ballot, in rotation, and lined up as testers, consider, when suggesting testers whether you could see yourself seriously considering voting for that player over the next 9 rounds.
So who is your number 17 prospect for future performance among last year's rookies?
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+1 vote for Roldy
Too talented to sit any longer (even though a lot of guys I like are in the field still)
by Matt0330 on Nov 28, 2025 11:46 AM EST up reply actions
+1
"No good marriage ends in divorce" - Louis C.K.
by casejud on Nov 28, 2025 11:46 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
+1
"We did a lot of good things last year, and now we've got Julio ... That does nothing but improve the offense, and we expect to do better. That's our goal, to lead the NFL in everything. Every offensive category." -Roddy White
by Beachy Keen on Nov 28, 2025 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
+1
"I will play tomorrow unless I am dead when I wake up" - Victor Martinez
by vifinn on Nov 28, 2025 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
Al Alberquerque
"I will play tomorrow unless I am dead when I wake up" - Victor Martinez
by vifinn on Nov 28, 2025 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
This isn't meant to be a knock on anyone or anything to that degree, but I am absolutely shocked and horrified by how the voting has gone so far.
It is crazy. My list would be so far off of this that it isn’t funny.
On another note, there are so many talented rookies, so there are plenty of worthy options to go with.
by mr. maniac on Nov 28, 2025 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
I don't even know.
I guess I’ll go with Ramos. I can’t believe he hasn’t been voted on yet. A catcher with a solid bat and a pretty good glove is a very good player, and a much better player than several of these risky 1B.
by mr. maniac on Nov 28, 2025 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
just a suggestion
but maybe next year we can start this earlier, say after the season ends, to get it out of the way before the community list, and reduce the number of polls running at the same time.
by cookiedabookie on Nov 28, 2025 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
I had intended to do that
but as a Rangers season ticket holder got kind of wrapped up in the playoff run. I agree that ideally this would start almost immediately after the regular season ends and will try to get closer to achieving that next year, even though I am planning on another playoff appearance for the Rangers. Incidentally, the Rangers have been all over this list since I started it in 2008, but don’t even have a candidate to this point. About the only possibility to even get consideration is Craig Gentry, who definitely has some skills in the field and as a base runner, but doesn’t hit enough to compete seriously with the players who have made the list so far.
by Dalman on Nov 28, 2025 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
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