Voting will be determined by replying to each candidate with your "+1", "+2", or "+3" vote for your top, second and third choices respectively. The +2 and +3 can really be useful to figure out if a runoff is even needed if two votes are close....
There will be a DISCUSSION thread at the bottom of each list so that you can not only discuss who and why and what and where certain players fit in, but to not clog up the votes above
As and when we need them, I will be asking for TESTERS and all members are welcome to vote on OTHERS which certainly can include any prospect we are talking about in the TESTERS section
The format for anyone not listed on my initial ballot will be:
OTHERS (my heading)
reply to this with the prospect's name
reply to the prospect's name with your vote
TESTERS - anyone receiving 1 vote or less in the previous round will be considered a tester. Feel free to discuss merits of any of them in this section or feel free to cast in a write-in vote by listing them in the OTHERS section (see above). Always looking for new names, helium guys, prospects you are think are being criminally underrated
For purposes of this exercise and also because he is still unsigned, Shohei Otani will NOT be on the ballot. If he were to sign, we will consider running a separate vote to slot him into the list
Each round will be open for 24-36 hours with 1 to 2 prospects being chosen after round, depending on votes. Runoffs
We will adhere to the industry standard of 130 AB or 50 IP to determine prospect eligibility
2018 MINOR LEAGUE BALL COMMUNITY PROSPECT RANKINGS:
#1 - RONALD ACUNA (OF-ATL) - 76% of first-place votes
#2 - VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR (3B-TOR) - 47% of first-place votes
#3 - VICTOR ROBLES (OF-WAS) - 41% of first-place votes
#4 - ELOY JIMENEZ (OF-CWS) - 20% of first-place votes, 62% of second-place votes
#5 - GLEYBER TORRES (SS-NYY) - 38% of first-place votes, 33% of second-place votes
#6 - KYLE TUCKER (OF-HOU) - 19% of first-place votes (31% of "next" first-place votes)
#7 - BRENDAN RODGERS (SS-COL) - 38% of first-place votes
#8 - NICK SENZEL (3B-CIN) - 19% of first-place votes (33% of "next" first-place votes)
#9 - MICHAEL KOPECH (SP-CWS) - 55% of first-place votes in a runoff (25% of first-place votes)
#10 - FERNANDO TATIS JR (SS-SD) - 21% of total weighted votes cast (18% of total weighted votes cast in previous round)
#11 - ALEX REYES (SP-STL) - 19% of total weighted votes cast (17% of total weighted votes cast in previous round)
