Overall Community Prospect #78
by auclairkeithbc on Jan 25, 2026 9:56 AM EST
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PrintWith 55.0% of the vote, Andrelton Simmons is elected Overall Community Prospect #77.
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PITCHING PROSPECT NESTOR MOLINA vs POSITIONAL PROSPECT WILL MIDDLEBROOKS
Positional Prospects In The Queue: Javier Baez, Oswaldo Arcia, Tim Wheeler
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%
#77 - ANDRELTON SIMMONS - 55.0%
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by Beachy Keen on Jan 25, 2026 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
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by Gobroks on Jan 25, 2026 5:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Middlebrooks
. . ls either going to be a good, major league third baseman OR he is the 78th best prospect in baseball. He can’t be both . . . discuss.
I think Molina has a decent career as a major league relief pitcher and, that ends up being better than what Middlebrooks does.
"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 25, 2026 6:10 PM EST reply actions
If
he is a good major league third baseman, he will have been better than the 77th best prospect. there aren’t going to be anything like 77 good, regular major leaguers in this group. Molina as a reliever is more in line with 77th best at this point..
Unless you had a different question ’Cutch?
"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 25, 2026 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
You're
talking in absolutes, which I would argue aren’t particularly applicable here.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jan 25, 2026 7:39 PM EST up reply actions
isn't*?
Maybe. Screw grammar right now. Point still stands.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jan 25, 2026 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
There is one absolute here
Whetgher or not Middlebrooks becomes a major leaguer of any quality isn’t an absolute or, whether or not Molina does.
It is an absolute fact that there will not be 77 major leaguye reguklars from the group we are evaluating here. Its impossible. It would makle it the best iminor league group ever. So, If Middlebroks makes it as a solid major league player (say a Joe Crede type), that would make him a lot better than the 88th nbest player. I’m not aying he is. I’m saying he is probably correctly ranked.
77th + not a major leaguer, especially for a player who is fairly close to the big leagues, that we have info about.
If anybody strongl;y believes he is going to have a major leaguye career of any significant quality, they most likley rank him a LOT higher than 77th.
"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 25, 2026 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
Shoot
excuse MY spelling
77th = not a big leaguer
"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 25, 2026 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
Er
I mean I guess. I still think you’re just dismissing upside.
For example, compare Middlebrooks to a guy like Archie Bradley. If we were to bet who has the better chance of becoming a major-leaguer (let’s say the determination is having a career total of 3 WAR) of some sort, then it sounds to me like you’d take Bradley based on your reasoning, because he’s the better prospect. I’d take Middlebrooks and not even think about it. It’s an easy decision. Middlebrooks has a better floor than Bradley. Now jump that threshold to 30 WAR, and my money is on Bradley.
You’re dealing in absolutes. The absolute is that there is only one outcome for a prospect: a major league baseball. That’s not true.
Essentially..
If anybody strongl;y believes he is going to have a major leaguye career of any significant quality, they most likley rank him a LOT higher than 77th.
I disagree
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jan 25, 2026 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
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