Gregory Polanco wins the run off against George Springer by a 9-5 margin, making him the winner of the #5 spot on our list. Complete voting results for the last round are in the runoff thread.
1. Jose Abreu 1b Chicago White Sox
2. Xander Bogaerts SS/3B Boston Red Sox
3. Masahiro Tanaka Pitcher New York Yankees
4. Mookie Betts 2b/OF Boston Red Sox
5. Gregory Polanco OF Pittsburgh Pirates
We'll drop Nick Castellanos temporarily from the voting and return Colin McHugh to the ballot, leaving as temporarily dropped:
James Paxton 0 votes (round 2), Jake Odorizzi 0 votes (round 3), Kevin Gausman 0 votes (round 3), Joe Panik 0 votes (round 4), Danny Santana 0 votes (round 4), Nick Castellanos 0 votes (round 5)
As discussed, in the very sad circumstances, we are also dropping Oscar Taveras from the voting.
We are adding Taijuan Walker and Billy Hamilton to the ballot for the first time..
Players who are still on the list to get their first time on the ballot in the next few rounds are Travis D'Arnaud (who will get on next round), Dellin Betances and Ken Giles. Others who we will get on the ballot at some point are Ender Incarte, Kevin Kiermaier, Jackie Bradley, Jr., Kolton Wong and Roenis Elias. Please suggest which of this latter group you would like to see first, or others you would like to see before this group in the discussion section.
As a reminder voting is by +1 for your first choice and +2 for your second choice.
So, who is your #6 prospect among last year's rookie class?
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