Community Positional Prospect #35
by auclairkeithbc on Dec 19, 2025 11:25 AM EST
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PrintWith 20.3% of the open vote and 63.0% in the runoff, Leonys Martin is elected Positional Prospect #34.
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RESULTS:
Leonys Martin: 20.3% (63.0% In Runoff)
Nick Castellanos: 20.3% (37.0% In Runoff)
Wilin Rosario: 15.3%
Starling Marte: 15.3%
Rymer Liriano: 6.8%
Jean Segura: 6.8%
Oswaldo Arcia: 5.1% (write in)
Kolten Wong: 3.4%
Jedd Gyorko: 3.4% (write in)
Jonathan Schoop: 1.7%
Andrelton Simmons: 1.7% (write in)
Will Middlebrooks: 0%
Garin Cecchini: 0%
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CANDIDATES: Nick Castellanos, Wilin Rosario, Starling Marte, Rymer Liriano, Jean Segura, Oswaldo Arcia, Jedd Gyorko, Cory Spangenberg, Eddie Rosario, Matt Szczur
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IN ROTATION: Tim Wheeler (#32-0%), Billy Hamiton (#33-0%), Mikie Mahtook (#33-0%), Javier Baez (#33-0%), Kolten Wong (#34-3.4%), Jonathan Schoop (#34-1.7%), Will Middlebrooks (#34-0%), Garin Cecchini (#34-0%)
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TESTERS: Andrelton Simmons, Mason Williams, Marcell Ozuna, James Darnell, Joe Panik, Matt Davidson, Aaron Hicks, Brandon Jacobs, Derek Norris, Zack Cox, Vincent Catricala, Christian Bethancourt, Robbie Grossman, Matt Dominguez, Brandon Nimmo, Taylor Pastornicky, Matt Adams, Bryce Brentz, Trevor Story, Blake Swihart, C.J. Cron, Wilmer Flores, Joe Benson, Levi Michael, Jacob Anderson, Jackie Bradley Jr, Brian Goodwin, Kaleb Cowart, Ronald Torreyes, Taylor Lindsay
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#01 - BRYCE HARPER - 59.2%
#02 - MIKE TROUT - 38.8% (In Poll #1)
#03 - JURICKSON PROFAR - 52.9%
#04 - MANNY MACHADO - 31.5% (55.1% In Runoff)
#05 - DEVIN MESORACO - 45.1%
#06 - WILL MYERS - 31.6% (51.4% In Runoff)
#07 - JESUS MONTERO - 61.3%
#08 - ANTHONY RENDON - 53.1%
#09 - TRAVIS D'ARNAUD - 46.6%
#10 - NOLAN ARENADO - 33.3%
#11 - MIGUEL SANO - 37.3%
#12 - YONDER ALONSO - 22.5% (45.3% In 3-Way Runoff)
#13 - FRANCISCO LINDOR - 26.1%
#14 - BUBBA STARLING - 33.8%
#15 - XANDER BOGAERTS - 25.0% (55.2% In 3-Way Runoff)
#16 - ANTHONY RIZZO - 27.8%
#17 - OSCAR TAVERAS - 40.3%
#18 - BRETT JACKSON - 20.3% (58.7% In Runoff)
#19 - YASMANI GRANDAL - 31.3%
#20 - JAKE MARISNICK - 27.3%
#21 - HAK-JU LEE - 28.0%
#22 - NICK FRANKLIN - 24.3%
#23 - CHESLOR CUTHBERT - 30.3%
#24 - CHRISTIAN YELICH - 27.1%
#25 - JONATHAN SINGLETON - 21.9% (53.8% In Runoff)
#26 - MIKE OLT - 21.5% (67.7% In Runoff)
#27 - ANTHONY GOSE -22.7% (70.5% In Runoff)
#28 - GEORGE SPRINGER - 23.6% (59.6% In Runoff)
#29 - JOSH BELL - 27.1%
#30 - MICHAEL CHOICE - 17.4% (63.2% In Runoff)
#31 - GARY SANCHEZ - 24.6%
#32 - RYAN LAVARNWAY - 24.7%
#33 - GARY BROWN - 26.7%
#34 - LEONYS MARTIN - 20.3% (63.0% In Runoff)
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10th
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RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage
by gatling on Dec 19, 2025 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
+1
"I will play tomorrow unless I am dead when I wake up" - Victor Martinez
by vifinn on Dec 20, 2025 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
+1
Sorry Wilin
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Dec 19, 2025 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
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no count
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Dec 19, 2025 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
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RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage
by gatling on Dec 19, 2025 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
+1
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
by BenMc5 on Dec 19, 2025 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
+1 Vote
Tough call but I’ll go with the one I liked the most pre-April.
Starling Marte, Jon Schoop, Rymer Liriano & ‘others/testers’ Brandon Jacobs, Marcell Ozuna & Mike Mahtook right there as well.
by Matt0330 on Dec 19, 2025 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Dec 19, 2025 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
OTHERS (Post Player Name And +1 To Officially Vote For Non-Listed Players)
by auclairkeithbc on Dec 19, 2025 11:27 AM EST reply actions
Jonathan Schoop
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RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage
by gatling on Dec 19, 2025 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage
by gatling on Dec 19, 2025 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
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"That’s what a baseball player does: he uses the glove half of the time." -- Rick Horton regarding the DH.
by StanTheManFan on Dec 19, 2025 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
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He’s gonna get overlooked because he’s a shawtayyy without any outstanding tools except for the one: he can hit like nobody’s business. He can play second base. And he’s close to the majors. And he only JUST turned 21. Ignore him at your own peril.
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by purple_haze on Dec 20, 2025 2:22 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Dec 19, 2025 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
Honest question
What the argument for Andrelton Simmons over Jean Segura, shortstop v shortstop? I know more about Segura than Simmons, so maybe there are tools there in Simmons that make the case. I see in Segura a younger player with significantly more pop and more speed, a good approach, and overall a better offensive package right now, even though he’s half a year younger. And he’s a pretty smooth defensive shortstop. Simmons’s contact rate is impressive, but that doesn’t tip the scales back for me. Is Simmons just a 70 or 80 glove or something? Is there significant power projection in his swing - more than Segura already has?
Granting that I don’t know as much about Andrelton Simmons, I think that given what I do know about them, I take Segura pretty easily.
by Brownson on Dec 19, 2025 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
Simmons future potential with the glove is probably a 70 (perhaps even better)
Minimum of plus range with an arm that’s at least plus-plus (fastball as a reliever in juco touched 98+). Most teams actually seemed to prefer him as a pitcher coming out, noting that he clearly had the best glove for a SS in his draft, but didn’t appear to have the bat to be a positional player. Now that he’s shown promise with the bat, he becomes a pretty intriguing prospect (came in #4 on the Carolina League list from BA this year).
Keep in mind that he also won the Carolina League batting title by over 20 points this year. Maybe the offensive talent was just that bad in the league this year, but I still thinking hitting that much better than anyone else that qualified (and no one with 120+ PA even hit .320, so it wasn’t just guys getting moved up before they qualified) is pretty impressive for a guy in his first full professional season.
As far as Simmons power goes, its tough to tell what he could eventually become. He didn’t hit for much power this year, though the # of 2B and 3B were good. He obviously only hit 1 HR, but Lynchburg is a pretty tough park to hit it out of. He does have the height where you might project possible future power, but he’s got a real skinny frame that he can probably only add 10-15 lbs too. He also currently doesn’t have the approach to hit for power, but again he was incredibly raw when drafted in 2010, so who knows on that front.
by nixa37 on Dec 19, 2025 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
Well l like both of them
But I have to give the edge to Segura. (30th on my own list vs. 40th for Simmons)
by cookiedabookie on Dec 20, 2025 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Segura's a second baseman, at least as a major leaguer.
I’ve seen him at both positions, and I think his skills project better at second.
by Kelsdad on Dec 20, 2025 11:37 AM EST reply actions
Voting Closed
It is borderline whether to call it for Castellanos or do a runoff, but I think a 3 vote lead isn’t all that overwhelming, especially considering the 3rd place winner is so far behind either. I’m going to run them off.
by auclairkeithbc on Dec 20, 2025 1:45 PM EST reply actions
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