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Community Pitching Prospect #19 RUNOFF

After 24 hours of voting, Robbie Erlin and Zack Wheeler are only separated by 1 vote. They'll face off to determine the 19th pitching prospect.

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#01 - MATT MOORE - 91.0%

#02 - JULIO TEHERAN - 57.3%

#03 - SHELBY MILLER - 66.7%

#04 - TREVOR BAUER - 40.0%

#05 - TYLER SKAGGS - 30.0%

#06 - GERRIT COLE - 24.3% (65.2% In Runoff)

#07 - JAMESON TAILLON - 26.0% (34.7 In 3-Way Runoff, 51.2% In 2-Way Runoff)

#08 - DYLAN BUNDY - 39.3%

#09 - DANNY HULTZEN - 45.6%

#10 - TAIJUAN WALKER - 31.6% (51.5% In Runoff)

#11 - DREW POMERANZ - 34.2%

#12 - JACOB TURNER - 45.7%

#13 - JARROD PARKER - 44.4%

#14 - JAMES PAXTON - 24.6% (51.6% In Runoff)

#15 - CARLOS MARTINEZ - 48.0%

#16 - RANDALL DELGADO - 28.6%

#17 - ARCHIE BRADLEY - 33.3%

#18 - MARTIN PEREZ - 32.3% (52.6% In Runoff)


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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Nov 30, 2025 6:57 PM EST up reply actions  

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don’t love either guy, but wheeler has way more upside, although a higher chance to bust too.

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DISCUSSION

by auclairkeithbc on Nov 30, 2025 4:43 PM EST reply actions   2 recs

not even close in voting

sad to see that, being a Padre fan. Erlin does lack elite ceiling but I think he’ll be able to help the Pads very soon, before wheeler, which is something I look at a lot more then others I think

by Noah McKinnie Braun on Dec 1, 2025 12:21 AM EST up reply actions  

Rob Erlin and Yusmeiro Petit

A lot of people use Petit as an example of why minor league numbers don’t matter and scouting and stuff do. I don’t entirely disagree. Petits stuff wasn’t great.

Here’s the thing though, he didn’t have great numbers either in one aspect I condider BIG for minor league pitchers - he gave up too many longballs! 78 in 708 innings or, about 1 per nine innings. That isn’t terrible for the mionors but, good, future big league starters usually don’t give up that many or, close to it.

I see similarities with Robbie Erlin in stuff and, even more significantly - the longball. He has given up 27 in 266 Innings and, has the same dynomite K/BB ratio making most everyone overlook it. He will be pitching in a park that will help a lot with that but, it is still a “yellow flag”, for me anyways.

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by casejud on Dec 1, 2025 2:38 AM EST up reply actions  

Erlin

is a good prospect; nothing to scoff at. However, it is of my personal opinion that he has nowhere near the ceiling that Wheeler has, so I give the nod to him.

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by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Nov 30, 2025 5:51 PM EST reply actions  

Question

Are you doing a top 100 list for the pitching and positonal and overall?

by boltspeedman on Nov 30, 2025 6:43 PM EST reply actions  

Probably top 75 for each

And top 100 overall. We might go a little further on the overall list if people want a top 125 or something.

by auclairkeithbc on Nov 30, 2025 6:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Hell let's aim for 100

We might actually make it this year.

by cookiedabookie on Nov 30, 2025 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I'd take Wheeler, Harvery, and AJ Cole and probably even Peacock before Erlin.... THEN its Erlin's time

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^ the bottom video ^
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Nov 30, 2025 6:59 PM EST reply actions  

+1 on Harvey and Cole

But gotta go Erlin here.

by cookiedabookie on Nov 30, 2025 9:04 PM EST up reply actions  

thank you

auclairkeithbc

by boltspeedman on Nov 30, 2025 7:24 PM EST reply actions  

Closing this one a bit early

Wheeler is wins 38-18.

by auclairkeithbc on Dec 1, 2025 10:21 AM EST reply actions  


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