Overall Community Prospect #77
by auclairkeithbc on Jan 23, 2026 11:19 PM EST
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PrintWith 76.5% of the vote, Chad Bettis is elected Overall Community Prospect #76.
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POSITIONAL PROSPECT ANDRELTON SIMMONS vs PITCHING PROSPECT NESTOR MOLINA
Positional Prospects In The Queue: Will Middlebrooks, Javier Baez, Oswaldo Arcia
Pitching Prospects In The Queue: Wily Peralta, Dellin Betances, Sonny Gray
OVERALL COMMUNITY PROSPECT LIST:
#01 - BRYCE HARPER - 56.9%
#02 - MIKE TROUT - 60%
#03 - MATT MOORE - 96%
#04 - JURICKSON PROFAR - 51.9%
#05 - JULIO TEHERAN - 60.9%
#06 - SHELBY MILLER - 58.7%
#07 - MANNY MACHADO - 87.7%
#08 - DEVIN MESORACO - 69.4%
#09 - TREVOR BAUER - 55.3%
#10 - WILL MYERS - 73.8%
#11 - JESUS MONTERO - 73.7%
#12 - ANTHONY RENDON - 72.9%
#13 - TYLER SKAGGS - 54.3%
#14 - GERRIT COLE - 51.4%
#15 - TRAVIS D'ARNAUD - 60.9%
#16 - JAMESON TAILLON - 56.1%
#17 - DYLAN BUNDY - 65.0%
#18 - NOLAN ARENADO - 63.1%
#19 - DANNY HULTZEN - 81.1%
#20 - TAIJUAN WALKER - 62.7%
#21 - DREW POMERANZ - 67.9%
#22 - MIGUEL SANO - 62.5%
#23 - JACOB TURNER - 54.7%
#24 - JARROD PARKER - 60.4%
#25 - YONDER ALONSO - 68.4%
#26 - JAMES PAXTON - 61.4%
#27 - FRANCISCO LINDOR - 59.0%
#28 - CARLOS MARTINEZ - 50.8%
#29 - BUBBA STARLING - 65.2%
#30 - XANDER BOGAERTS - 50.8%
#31 - RANDALL DELGADO - 66.1%
#32 - ARCHIE BRADLEY - 53.8%
#33 - ANTHONY RIZZO - 60.0%
#34 - OSCAR TAVERAS - 58.7%
#35 - MARTIN PEREZ - 52.9%
#36 - ZACK WHEELER - 59.3%
#37 - BRETT JACKSON - 50.8%
#38 - YASMANI GRANDAL - 50.9%
#39 - MATT HARVEY - 54.5%
#40 - JAKE MARISNICK - 79.1%
#41 - HAK-JU LEE - 68.5%
#42 - NICK FRANKLIN - 59.3%
#43 - ROBBIE ERLIN - 57.1%
#44 - CHESLOR CUTHBERT - 57.1%
#45 - CHRISTIAN YELICH - 51.9%
#46 - ARODYS VIZCAINO - 53.6%
#47 - JONATHAN SINGLETON - 52.5%
#48 - A.J. COLE - 55.1%
#49 - MIKE OLT - 51.9%
#50 - ANTHONY GOSE - 59.3%
#51 - MANNY BANUELOS - 67.6%
#52 - GEORGE SPRINGER - 57.4%
#53 - BRAD PEACOCK - 53.8%
#54 - JAKE ODORIZZI - 66.0%
#55 - JOSH BELL - 63.0%
#56 - MICHAEL CHOICE - 63.0%
#57 - GARY SANCHEZ - 54.0%
#58 - MIKE MONTGOMERY - 50.8%
#59 - NOAH SYNDERGAARD - 51.6%
#60 - TREVOR MAY - 63.8%
#61 - RYAN LAVARNWAY - 58.8%
#62 - GARY BROWN - 64.4%
#63 - TYRELL JENKINS - 53.2%
#64 - LEONYS MARTIN - 65.8%
#65 - NICK CASTELLANOS - 60.7%
#66 - ZACH LEE - 71.2%
#67 - DREW HUTCHISON - 60.0%
#68 - WILIN ROSARIO - 61.7%
#69 - STARLING MARTE - 71.4%
#70 - JEAN SEGURA - 76.9%
#71 - RYMER LIRIANO - 76.9%
#72 - KEYVIUS SAMPSON - 53.5%
#73 - JONATHAN SCHOOP - 58.1%
#74 - JEDD GYORKO - 57.5%
#75 - KOLTEN WONG - 62.8%
#76 - CHAD BETTIS - 76.5%
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Atlanta Sports: Allergic to big games
by Beachy Keen on Jan 23, 2026 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jan 24, 2026 2:16 AM EST up reply actions
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"Does it make your life easier to just throw a quick, racist term at somebody? A man who has seen the things I’ve seen… experienced the loss and pain that I’ve experienced… I transcend race, hombre." - Kenny Powers
by casejud on Jan 24, 2026 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
+1 Vote
The vote thus far is fairly shocking. Was Chad Bettis (a not dissimilar pitcher with a not unlikely relief outcome) that preferable to Molina (especially when the alternative is Andrelton FREAKING Simmons)?
by Matt0330 on Jan 24, 2026 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
I'm actually shocked
I usually agree with you but, why do you hate A “Freaking” Simmons so? His defensive numbers are oustanding and, he hit some. Im not convinced he is a s talented as a hittert as Alcides Escobar, for example but, he’s got a shot. I think his power could develop some and he could contribute. That siad, I like Molina as well.
"Does it make your life easier to just throw a quick, racist term at somebody? A man who has seen the things I’ve seen… experienced the loss and pain that I’ve experienced… I transcend race, hombre." - Kenny Powers
by casejud on Jan 24, 2026 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
'Freaking' was too strong, haha
I don’t have anything against Simmons really. I don’t have a good read on his power projection, but the contact rates are sublime (especially when considering that some with his kind of background might swing decidedly the other way). He’s an intriguing kid heading into 2012 & although I’m not as high as a lot of our regular voters on him, I could be behind the curve a little - I see why he garnered support at least & most accounts of his defense lend themsleves to superlatives it seems.
I like Molina too but he is extremely similar to Bettis in my opinion. If anything, he’d be ahead of Bettis to me considering his sterling control ratios, similar stuff/builds/ages/profiles & excellence in AA. Obviously Simmons is the same cat he was in the last poll, but I guess I would be more interested in knowing why so many people apparently prefer Bettis to Molina.
by Matt0330 on Jan 24, 2026 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
Positional guys like 3-4 in a row now for me....
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/photo-logan-morrison-bryan-petersen-share-tub-drink-043548597.html
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jan 24, 2026 2:16 AM EST up reply actions
At this point in the rankings
I wish I could just pluck out all the high upside guys like Baez and Gray and vote on them.
by johnorpheus on Jan 24, 2026 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
This whole community prospect thing is a snoozer ;)
by boltspeedman on Jan 23, 2026 11:24 PM EST reply actions
even as a Braves fan
I like E. Rosario more than I like Simmons.
by JoelGuzman'sScout on Jan 24, 2026 3:25 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I wonder
if the voting would be any different if Molina was still a Blue Jay. Not saying it would be, but just a thought.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jan 24, 2026 7:13 PM EST reply actions
he had strong opposition
in the pitching polls when he was still a blue jay.
by auclairkeithbc on Jan 24, 2026 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
I thougth he was a fringe top-100 pitcher
As a Blue Jay, and I still think so too. Though 33 innings in AA gave him ridiculous helium. And I’m not saying they shouldn’t count for anything, but things got prett crazy
by MjwW on Jan 24, 2026 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
Voting Closed
Simmons wins with 55% of the vote.
by auclairkeithbc on Jan 25, 2026 9:55 AM EST reply actions
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