2016 Mid-Season Community Top 25 Prospect Poll - Voting in now closed

[Yolk]

1. Orlando Arcia

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Isan Diaz

4. Josh Hader

5. Phil Bickford

6. Luis Ortiz

7. Trent Clark

8. Corey Ray

9. Gilbert Lara

10. Jake Gatewood

11. Marcos Diplan

12. Cody Ponce

13. Corbin Burnes

14. Brandon Woodruff

15. Brett Phillips

16. Nathan Kirby

17. Jacob Nottingham

18. Demi Orimoloye

19. Lucas Erceg

20. Jorge Lopez

21. Kodi Medeiros

22. Freddy Peralta

23. Devin Williams

24. Braden Webb

25. Miguel Diaz

[yoshii8]

1. Orlando Arcia

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Isan Diaz

4. Josh Hader

5. Luis Ortiz

6. Phil Bickford

7. Brett Phillips

8. Corey Ray

9. Trent Clark

10. Lucas Erceg

11. Cody Ponce

12. Jorge Lopez

13. Marcos Diplan

14. Jacob Nottingham

15. Freddy Peralta

16. Gilbert Lara

17. Brandon Woodruff

18. Devin Williams

19. Jake Gatewood

20. Nathan Kirby

21. Mario Feliciano

22. Wei-Chung Wang

23. Monte Harrison

24. Corbin Burnes

25. Braden Webb

[reillymcshane]

We have around 30 ballots already. Let's keep them coming. I'd love to break the record of ballots, which I think is 36.

 

Thanks, everyone.

[Crash2303]

Okay- make it 31:

 

1) Orlando Arcia

2) Lewis Brinson

3) Josh Hader

4) Luis Ortiz

5) Corey Ray

6) Phil Bickford

7) Brett Phillips

8) Marcos Diplan

9) Trent Clark

10) Cody Ponce

11) Isan Diaz

12) Lucas Erceg

13) Nathan Kirby

14) Jorge Lopez

15) Jacob Nottingham

16) Brandon Woodruff

17) Kodi Medeiros

18) Devin Williams

19) Monte Harrison

20) Freddy Peralta

21) Demi Orimoloye

22) Corbin Burnes

23) Jacob Gatewood

24) Gilbert Lara

25) Kyle Wren (he's gotta get some love somewhere

 

26) Rymer Liriano

27) Mario Feliciano

28) Tyrone Taylor

29) Clint Coulter

30) Michael Reed

[Bombers]

1. SS-Orlando Arcia - He is ready. Time to let him continue refinement at the big league level.

2. LHP-Josh Hader - What a trade that netted him amongst others. An a LH starting pitcher to boot. Looking back, he should have been about all we received for 1.5 years of Gomez. Thanks Houston!

3. OF-Lewis Brinson - Another great trade by the Brewers. Brinson has all star potential.

4. SP-Luis Ortiz - A 20 year old starting pitcher drafted 30th overall who looks like he belongs as a first round pick. Could you imagine if the Brewers could draft pitchers who actually look like they belong as first round picks?

5. SP-Phil Bickford - The unique background of being drafted twice in the first round and also looks like he belongs. Will be on AA staff next year and am hoping he can continue progression.

6. OF-Brett Phillips - He may have a quirky laugh but going from a .901 OPS in 2015 (.835 in AA) to a .715 in AA this year marks this year as a down year) I am interested to see what they do with him, he hasn't "earned" a promotion but at 23 years old next year, I am thinking he will be in AAA. Lets hope he can finish the year strong.

7. OF-Trent Clark - 19 years old and in A ball with a .764 OPS after hitting .854 in rookie and fall leagues.

8. SS/2B-Isan Diaz - a 2nd round pick from the Diamondbacks, Brewers might have found themselves a good infielder. Hitting .835 OPS in A ball at 20 years old.

9. OF-Corey Ray - a .544 OPS at high A. Maybe they shouldn't have been so aggressive? Even Braun went to Rookie league when they drafted him. 5th overall pick has really struggled in his first 132 plate appearances. Here is to hoping that time in Arizona Fall leagues lets him find his swing back.

10. 3B-Lucas Erceg - Drafted in the 2nd round this year and is off to exceptional start as a 21 year old. Was awesome in Rookie ball (1.005 OPS) and continue great year with .933 OPS in A ball.

11. SS/3B-Gilbert Lara - He is 18 years old and the only reason that I left him in front of Ponce, Woodruff and Diplan. Hopefully he is just overmatched but unfortunately he probably needs to repeat rookie ball (3rd time) but maybe a change to WI can help?

12. SP-Cody Ponce - Have a real trend going here with 2nd round picks. Maybe the Brewers should skip the rules and just start trading out of the first round. But the 2015 2nd round pick has done a nice job in his 2 years.

13. SP-Brandon Woodruff - After being a 5th round pick out of HS, went to school and ended up an 11th round pick. Hopefully the motivation for going the wrong way helps drive him (and it should.) He has pitched well in A+ and AA

14. SP-Marcos Diplan - Another pitcher in A ball that seems like he can continue to progress.

15. C-Jake Nottingham - having rough year in AA as a 21 year old (after a great 2015 in A and A+.) He will repeat AA and can hopefully have a successful year 2.

16. SP-Jorge Lopez - After a great AA year which some him end with a 2.26 ERA, he has been fairly hittable at Colorado, hopefully it's just the air and not the mechanics.

17. SP-Freddy Peralta - The brightest bulb from the Lind trade. Has had a nice year in WI with a 2.85 ERA and a 1.150 WHIP. Has continued pitching well at Florida at high A with a 3.14 ERA. Won't turn 21 until June and should start next year in high A.

18. SP-Devin Williams - Having a good year in A ball again. Should see a bump to high A soon. Has a 3.35 ERA and a 1.282 WHIP in 2 years at A ball.

19. OF-Demi Orimoloye - I really thought the Brewers might have found something with the 4th round pick. His 838 OPS in Arizona as an 18 year old has turned to a .658 in Helena. Hopefully a switch to WI can return him to form

20. LHP - Nathan Kirby - Yep, putting a guy who hasn't really pitched since being drafted at spot 21. Potential is there.

21. LHP - Wei-Chung Wang - 19 starts at AA and has a solid 3.52 ERA. I say send him up to AAA but maybe the homeruns return so don't?

22. SP-Corbin Burnes - 4th round pick in 2016 off to a great starts in Rookie ball and then A ball.

23. SP-Kodi Medeiros - 12th overall pick in 2014 out of HS in HI hasn't looked worthy of the 12th pick. When drafted some around here just didn't get the pick. That lack of love then continues now with a minor league ERA of 5.03 and a WHIP of 1.586. Hopefully next year he pitches well to stop the free fall down the prospect ranking.

24. INF-Jake Gatewood - Starting to be another disappointing first round pick (albeit 41st overall) At the time the 2014 draft looked so promising. Finally drafted a HS pitcher, got some great signs with Monte and Jake and then none of them have advanced a lick. I guess back to A ball for Monte and Jake.

25. SP-Bradon Webb - I like guys who have been drafted and haven't pitched due to injury vs guys who get drafted and don't pitch well.

[jjfanec]

1. Arcia

2. Brinson

3. Hader

4. Ortiz

5. Bickford

6. Diaz

7. Ray

8. Clark

9. Philips

10. Erceg

11. Diplan

12. Woodruff

13. Ponce

14. Lara

15. Kirby

16. Peralta

17. Gatewood

18. Nottingham

19. Burnes

20. Medeiros

21. Suter

22. Wang

23. Lopez

24. Demi

25. Harrison

[homer]

1 Arcia

2 Hader

3 Brinson

4 L. Ortiz

5 I. Diaz

6 Bickford

7 C. Ray

8 T. Clark

9 Phillips

10 M. Diplan

11 Lara

12 Woodruff

13 Lopez

14 Ponce

15 Erceg

16 Harrison

17 Nottingham

18 Peralta

19 D. Williams

20 Perrin

21 M. Diaz

22 T. Taylor

23 C. Burnes

24 Orimoloye

25 Medeiros

[NolanBratt]

First post! Woohoo!

 

1. Orlando Arcia

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Josh Hader

4. Corey Ray

5. Luis Ortiz

6. Brett Phillips

7. Phil Bickford

8. Trent Clark

9. Isan Diaz

10. Cody Ponce

11. Gilbert Lara

12. Marcos Diplan

13. Devin Williams

14. Jacob Nottingham

15. Lucas Erceg

16. Jorge Lopez

17. Kodi Medeiros

18. Demi Orimoloye

19. Brandon Woodruff

20. Michael Reed

21. Corbin Burnes

22. Monte Harrison

23. Freddy Peralta

24. Nathan Kirby

25. Jake Gatewood

 

26. Tyrone Taylor

27. Clint Coulter

28. Chad McClanahan

29. Miguel Diaz

30. Jon Perrin

[Eye Black]

First post! Woohoo!

Congrats, and welcome! Enjoy your Twitter contributions, and looking forward to having you as a member of the forum.

[reillymcshane]

First post! Woohoo!

Congrats, and welcome! Enjoy your Twitter contributions, and looking to having you as a member of the forum.

I second the welcome. I love seeing people get involved.

[Eye Black]

1. Orlando Arcia

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Luis "Lulu" Ortiz

4. Isan Diaz

5. Josh Hader

6. Phil Bickford

7. Trent Clark

8. Brett "Maverick" Phillips

9. Corey Ray

10. Cody Ponce

11. Marcos Diplan

12. Gilbert Lara

13. Jorge Lopez

14. Brandon Woodruff

(Brag Alert: Only two people had Woodruff on their preseason top 25 polls, myself and ZBTMP both had him #22)

15. Lucas Erceg

16. Freddy Peralta

17. Jake Gatewood

18. Jacob Nottingham

19. Nathan Kirby

20. Demi Orimoloye

21. Devin Williams

22. Kodi Medeiros

23. Miguel Diaz

24. Corbin Burnes

25. Monte Harrison

[joshuag3]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Orlando Arcia

3. Luis Ortiz

4. Isan Diaz

5. Josh Hader

6. Trent Clark

7. Corey Ray

8. Brett Phillips

9. Phil Bickford

10. Cody Ponce

11. Gilbert Lara

12. Marcos Diplan

13. Jorge Lopez

14. Lucas Erceg

15. Jacob Nottingham

16. Devin Williams

17. Freddy Peralta

18. Brandon Woodruff

19. Kodi Medeiros

20. Monte Harrison

21. Miguel Diaz

22. Demi Orimoloye

23. Jake Gatewood

24. Tyrone Taylor

25. Nathan Kirby

 

26. Corbin Burnes

27. Michael Reed

28. Clint Coulter

29. Jon Perrin

30. Kyle Wren

[reillymcshane]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Orlando Arcia

Another first poster.

 

Welcome, joshuag3.

[reillymcshane]

We are up to 38 submissions - most ever! Keep things coming. You have through Monday to get things submitted. Thanks.

 

Edit:Reilly, not only are there a lot of lists, but they're quite varied. You're going to have your hands full sorting them into the final rankings!

[Jose Cardenal1]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Orlando Arcia

3. Josh Hader

4. Luis Ortiz

5. Corey Ray

6. Trent Clark

7 Phil Bickford

8. Isan Diaz

9. Brett Phillips

10. Marcos Diplan

11. Gilbert Lara

12. Cody Ponce

13. Devin Williams

14. Lucas Erceg

15. Jorge Lopez

16. Brandon Woodruff

17. Freddy Peralta

18. Jacob Nottingham

19. Kodi Medeiros

20. Monte Harrison

21. Miguel Diaz

22. Demi Orimoloye

23. Jake Gatewood

24. Corbin Burnes

25. Nathan Kirby

[pacopete4]

I left Arcia off the list. He's our shortstop and he's never coming back to being a prospect. That allowed me one other player to make my list too.

 

1. Orlando Arica- SS

2. Lewis Brinson- CF

3. Josh Hader- LHP

4. Luiz Ortiz- RHP

5. Corey Ray- OF

6. Phil Bickford- RHP

7. Isan Diaz- 2B/SS

8. Trent Clark- OF

9. Brett Phillips- OF

10. Gilbert Lara- IF

11. Cody Ponce- RHP

12. Marcos Diplan- RHP

13. Lucas Erceg- 3B

14. Devin Williams- RHP

15. Jacob Nottingham- C/1B

16. Kodi Medeiros- LHP

17. Monte Harrison- OF

18. Freddy Peralta- RHP

19. Miguel Diaz- RHP

20. Jorge Lopez- RHP

21. Brandon Woodruff- RHP

22. Brent Suter- LHP

23. Nathan Kirby- LHP

24. Mario Feliciano- C

25. Jacob Gatewood- IF

 

 

Last 5 Out:

26. Corbin Burnes- RHP

27. Michael Reed- OF

28. Demi Orimoloye- OF

29. Chad McClanahan- 3B

30. Braden Webb- RHP

[docduany]

1. Orlando Arcia

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Corey Ray

4. Josh Hader

5. Luis Ortiz

6. Phil Bickford

7. Isan Diaz

8. Trent Clark

9. Maverick Phillips

10. Monte Harrison

11. Brandon Woodruff

12. Jake Nottingham

13. Lucas Erceg

14. Jorge Lopez

15. Cody Ponce

16. Demi Orimoloye

17. Gilbert Lara

18. Marcos Diplan

19. Mitch Ghelfi

20. Freddy Peralta

21. Joantgel Segovia

22. Jake Gatewood

23. Garin Cecchini

24. Kodi Medeiros

25. Devin Williams

 

Next 5

26. Jon Perrin

27. Corbin Burnes

28. Gabriel Garcia

29. Nate Orf

30. Aaron Wilkerson

 

-If not injured Taylor Williams and Nathan Kirby would be in the top 15 (I'm not sure how I'd fit them there, but that is where they'd belong)

- Jacob Barnes injury has also kept him out

[MilwaukeesBest]

1) Lewis Brinson

2) Orlando Arcia

3) Josh Hader

4) Luis Ortiz

5) Phil Bickford

6) Corey Ray

7) Brett Phillips

8) Isan Diaz

9) Trent Clark

10) Cody Ponce

11) Jorge Lopez

12) Marcos Diplan

13) Brandon Woodruff

14) Lucas Erceg

15) Freddy Peralta

16) Jake Nottingham

17) Devin Williams

18) Gilbert Lara

19) Nathan Kirby

20) Jake Gatewood

21) Demi Orimoloye

22) Kodi Mederios

23) Monte Harrison

24) Corbin Burnes

25) Dustin Demuth

 

26) Braden Webb

27) Miguel Diaz

28) Garrett Cooper

29) Yhonathan Barrios

30) Michael Reed

 

Man oh man that was tough. Felt like I coulda gone 100 deep.

[tbbrewers]

1. Orlando Arcia

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Corey Ray

4. Josh Hader

5. Luis Ortiz

6. Phil Bickford

7. Brett Phillips

8. Trent Clark

9. Isan Diaz

10. Brandon Woodruff

11. Gilbert Lara

12. Cody Ponce

13. Lucas Erceg

14. Jorge Lopez

15. Marcus Diplan

16. Kodi Medeiros

17. Jacob Nottingham

18. Monte Harrison

19. Devin Williams

20. Corbin Burnes

21. Jake Gatewood

22. Demi Orimoloye

23. Freddy Peralta

24. Nathan Kirby

25. Tyrone Taylor

26. Michael Reed

27. Mario Feliciano

28. Chad MClanahan

29. Braden Webb

30. Clint Coulter

[Mass Haas]

I left Arcia off the list. He's our shortstop and he's never coming back to being a prospect. That allowed me one other player to make my list too.

 

We have a larger sample size, so that lone wolf decision won't skew things to too great an extent, but since Arcia is still eligible, your list effectively indicates he's not in your Top 25.

 

Your notion is understood, however, just perhaps not the right time for the sentiment in actual form.

[CheeseheadInQC]

1. Orlando Arcia

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Josh Hader

4. Luis Ortiz

5. Trent Clark

6. Phil Bickford

7. Corey Ray

8. Brett Phillips

9. Isan Diaz

10. Cody Ponce

11. Brandon Woodruff

12. Lucas Erceg

13. Marcos Diplan

14. Jorge Lopez

15. Kodi Medeiros

16. Freddy Peralta

17. Gilbert Lara

18. Monte Harrison

19. Jacob Nottingham

20. Devin Williams

21. Demi Orimoyole

22. Nathan Kirby

23. Troy Stokes

24. Mario Feliciano

25. Zack Brown

 

I think I might be the first to include Brown, and perhaps Woodruff's success has me too high on this year's better-stuff-than-results college draft pick, but Brown's stats thus far with the Timber Rattlers make me optimistic.

[nate82]

1. Arcia

2. Hader

3. Brinson

4. Luis Ortiz

5. Bickford

6. Clark

7. Phillips

8. Lara

9. Isan Diaz

10. Freddy Peralta

11. Diplan

12. Ray

13. Lopez

14. Medeiros

15. Ponce

16. Harrison

17. Taylor

18. Nottingham

19. Devin Williams

20. Orimoloye

21. Woodruff

22. Gatewood

23. Wang

24. Miguel Diaz

25. Corbin Burnes

[zjl3]

1: Orlando Arcia: No Explanation

2: Corey Ray: #5 Pick; Experts Love Him

3: Josh Hader: Pitched Extremely Well before Call-Up

4: Lewis Brinson: Tools

5: Brett Phillips: Competent on Defense and Offense

6: Trent Clark: #15 Pick; Experts Loved Him; Future CF?

7: Phil Bickford: 2015 1st Rd Pick

8: Luis Ortiz: 2014 1st Rd Pick; Fat

9: Isan Diaz: 2014 CBB; Legit Power

10: Marcos Diplan: Pitched EXTREMELY WELL @ Appleton

11: Jorge Lopez: Pitched EXTREMELY WELL last season; Sucks Now

12: Jacob Nottingham: Power + Catcher = Awesome

13: Jake Gatewood: 2014 CBA Pick, SS, Power Ceiling

14: Gilbert Lara: Young + SS = Potential

15: Brandon Woodruff: (late addition)

16: Monte Harrison: 2014 2nd Rd Pick, Ceiling, Athletic

17: Kodi Medeiros: 2014 1st Rd Pick

18: Cody Ponce: 2015 2nd Rd Pick

19: Devin Williams: 2013 2nd Rd Pick

20: Nate Kirby: 2015 CBA Pick

21: Corbin Burnes: 2016 Pick; #57 on BA500

22: Braden Webb: 2016 Pick; #71 on BA500

23: Lucas Erceg: 2016 Pick; #72 on BA500

24: David Denson

25: Freddy Peralta

[reillymcshane]

I've said this before , but I would appreciate it if people would vote according to the criteria established. That means if a person is eligible (or ineligible), they should be considered for the poll.

 

If we have people deciding they don't want to include players for a specific reason, it really does skew things - and not in a good way.

 

Thank you.

[Tbadder]

1) Brinson

2) Arcia

3) Hader

4) Luis Ortiz

5) Isan Diaz

6) Corey Ray

7) Lucas Erceg

8) Marcos Diplan

9) Phil Bickford

10) Phillips

11) Ponce

12) Freddy Peralta

13) Jacob Barnes

14) Keon Broxton

15) Trent Clark

16) Nottingham

17) Gatewood

18) Miguel Diaz

19) Nrandon Woodruff

20) Corbin Burns

21) Nathan Kirby

22) Damian Magnifo

23) Brent Suter

24) Chad McClanahan

25) Gilbert Lara