2017 Pre-Season BF.net Community Top 25 Prospect Poll - Voting is now closed

[reillymcshane]

We would like to invite everyone to prepare for the 2017 Pre-Season BF.net Fan Community Top 25 Prospects voting.

 

W would like to invite everyone to take time and submit on this thread your top 25 Brewer prospects. Feel free to list any resources or news that you feel might help people with their voting.

 

Voting will conclude on Tuesday, April 11, which will give everyone about a week to vote. You can change your votes at anytime through the 11th, so I recommend getting your picks in early. You can always go back and tweak your list.

 

RULES

 

1. Submit your Top 25 prospects, in order, by end of day on Tuesday, April 11. Put the player's full name to avoid any confusion (such as Devin Williams and Taylor Williams).

2. You MUST submit 25 prospects. If there are only 10 or 15 or whatever, your list will not be included.

3. You are encouraged to go beyond pick #25 - adding a few more is totally fine. That way if someone in your top 25 is traded or released, or if you mistakenly miss a number, or list a guy twice, or whatever, I can just bump up your next player(s) into the Top 25.

4. Rankings are determined by total points. The top prospect gets 25 points, second prospect gets 24 points, etc.

4. As noted above, if you submit your list and want to change something, just add the change to the thread. I'll accept changes up to the deadline.

5. Within a week after the deadline, we'll publish the new BF.net Community Top 25.

 

Eligibility guidelines:

 

Rookie eligibility is determined by 50 IP or 130+ ABs at the major league level.

 

- Ineligible players: Orlando Arcia, Jhan Marinez, Keon Broxton, Andrew Susac, Tyler Cravy

- Eligible players with ML experience: Wei-Chung Wang, David Goforth, Jorge Lopez, Michael Reed, Yadiel Rivera, Yhonathan Barrios, Adrian Houser, Jacob Barnes, Manny Pina, Brent Suter, Damien Magnifico

 

Player notes:

 

- Devin Williams will miss all of 2017 after Tommy John surgery

- 1B/OF David Densen has retired

- Some players released this spring include LHP Steve Peterson, RHP David Lucroy, LHP Clint Terry, OF Malik Collymore, 2B Chris McFarland, OF Nick Cain, 1B Cody Decker, LHP Mitch Lambson, LHP Cesar Jimenez, 1B Tyrone Perry, RHP Kaleb Earls, and RHP Alex Farina

- Miguel Diaz, who was selected by San Diego in the Rule 5 draft, has made the Padres team, and thus is not part of the Brewer organization

 

New players to consider:

 

- C Tyler Heineman (acquired from the Astros on March 26)

- SS Mauricio Dubon (Thornburg trade)

- RHP Josh Pennington (Thornburg trade)

Prospect Rankings:

 

MLB Pipeline mid-season Top 30 Brewers (updates as players graduate off lists): http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017?list=mil

MLB Pipeline mid-season Top 100 players (updates as players graduate off lists): http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017?list=prospects

Baseball America Top 100: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2017-top-100-prospects/

Baseball America Top 10 Brewers: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2017-milwaukee-brewers-top-10-prospects/#KMAj8EpMOiZTIA3u.97

Baseball Prospectus Top 101: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=31160

Baseball Prospectus Top 10 Brewers: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30902

Miller Park Prospects Top 40 Brewers: http://www.millerparkprospects.net/prospect-rankings/

Minor League Ball Top 200: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/3/27/15073602/top-200-mlb-prospects-for-2017-revised

Minor League Ball Top 30 Brewers: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/1/17/14297686/milwaukee-brewers-top-20-prospects-for-2017

Fangraphs Top 100: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2017-top-100-prospects/

Fangraphs Top 25 Brewers: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-25-prospects-milwaukee-brewers/

 

Previous Polls:

 

BF.net 2016 Post-Season Top 25 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=34747

BF.net 2016 Mid-Season Top 25 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=34472

BF.net 2016 Pre-Season Top 25 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=33867

BF.net 2015 Post-Season Top 25 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=33436

BF.net 2015 Mid-Season Top 25 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=33032

BF.net 2015 Pre-Season Top 25 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=32447

BF.net August 2014 Top 25 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=31859

BF.net May 2014 Top 20 - viewtopic.php?f=64&t=31355

 

Please note that we reserve the right to throw out ballots if we feel that the voting was done without following the rules or spirit of the exercise.

 

Thanks for participating!

[Greenleaf1]

1. LEWIS BRINSON

2. JOSH HADER

3. ISAN DIAZ

4. COREY RAY

5. LUCAS ERCEG

6. LUIS ORTIZ

7. BRANDON WOODRUFF

8. PHIL BICKFORD

9. TRENT CLARK

10. MAURICIO DUBON

11. MARCOS DIPLAN

12. BRETT PHILLIPS

13. JORGE LOPEZ

14. RYAN CORDELL

15. JACOB NOTTINGHAM

16. CODY PONCE

17. GILBERT LARA

18. CORBIN BURNES

19. FREDDY PERALTA

20. KODI MEDEIROS

21. MONTE HARRISON

22. MARIO FELICIANO

23. JOSH PENNINGTON

24. DEMI ORIMOLOYE

25. TAYLOR WILLIAMS

26. NATHAN KIRBY

27. JAKE GATEWOOD

28. JACOB BARNES

29. TREY SUPAK

30. KYLE WREN

[clancyphile]

1. LHP Brent Suter - His floor is as a very solid late-inning reliever. Question is, what is the ceiling, closer, or somewhere in the rotation?

2. 3B Lucas Erceg - Just dominated and will climb fast.

3. 2B Isan Diaz - Will he be what Rickie Weeks could have been?

4. 1B Ronnie Gideon - Awesome power bat at first base.

5. LHP Josh Hader - Can he overcome Colorado Springs?

6. CF Lewis Brinson - Five tools, top talent

7. RHP Jon Perrin - Went from Wisconsin to Biloxi. Moving up fast.

8. RHP Luis Ortiz - Two plus pitches mean great promise.

9. LHP Wei-Chung Wang - Former Rule V pick could be a steal.

10. IF/OF Ryan Cordell - Can play all four IF positions and all three OF positions

11. 1B/OF Garrett Cooper - Shades of Lyle Overbay, but more versatility.

12. RHP Brandon Woodruff - Dominated at AA and A+

13. OF Michael Reed - Spring training showed a return of OBP skills, .951 OPS. Will get a LOT of ABs as AAA 4th OF due to Cordell's versatility and the DH rule in AL parks.

14. RHP Marcos Diplan – Have to love a 3.09 ERA, and almost 10.25 K per 9 innings.

15. RHP Freddy Peralta – 3.65 ERA, 10.65 K/9.

16. OF Troy Stokes - Quietly showing OBP skills, speed, and gap power.

17. OF Trent Clark - Awesome OBP skills, but can he boost his average?

18. OF Corey Ray - High pick, but starting at Brevard County was a mistake.

19. C Mitch Ghelfi - Switch hitter did solid in Wisconsin and Brevard County

20. C Jacob Nottingham - For a 21-year old at Biloxi, not bad.

21. OF/C Clint Coulter - Amazing what getting out of Brevard County does for a hitter.

22. OF Brett Phillips - Flashed power at Biloxi. Looks solid.

23. C Gabriel Garcia - Plays catcher and some IF positions, posted .893 OPS in Arizona.

24. UT Wes Wilson - Shows hitting and versatility (Spent time at seven positions). The new Hernan Perez?

25. SS Mauricio Dubron - AA shortstop, but there's a lot of depth at SS and as a result, 2B as well.

26. 3B/1B/SS Jacob Gatewood - Has power and versatility, but contact and OBP skills must improve

27. SS Gilbert Lara - Not seeing production

28. OF Demi Orimoloye – OBP skills improved, but other numbers are down.

29. RHP Cody Ponce – Peripherals look good, but only four innings a start is not good.

30. C Mario Feliciano – Hitting for average, but would like more OBP skills

31. OF Monte Harrison – He just looks overmatched, based on the stats.

32. OF Joantgel Santovia - High-average hitter, no pop

33. C Nathan Rodriguez - Worth a look

34. 1B Moises Perez - Flashing a 3TO bat in the DSL

35. CF Jesus Lujano - OBP skills, some speed. Intriguing DSL project.

 

Ortega and Devin Williams are off the ballot due to their TJ surgeries. Bickford's off for his 50-game suspension.

 

Michael Reed returns to my ballot with a very good spring training - and shouldn't be counted out. Every team needs a Brady Clark 4th OF.

[reillymcshane]

1. LEWIS BRINSON

2. JOSH HADER

3. ISAN DIAZ

....

Thank you, Greenleaf1, for starting the voting. Appreciate it.

[IndyCrew]

Tier 1:

1. Lucas Erceg--In the end, I think he will have the best career.

2. Lewis Brinson

3. Josh Hader

 

Tier 2:

4. Luis Ortiz

5. Isan Diaz

6. Brett Phillips

7. Mauricio Dubon

8. Corey Ray

 

Tier 3:

9. Phil Bickford

10. Brandon Woodruff

11. Gilbert Lara

12. Kodi Medeiros

13. Ryan Cordell

14. Nathan Kirby

 

Tier 4:

15. Marcus Diplan

16. Trent Clark

17. Jorge Lopez

18. Jacob Nottingham

19. Monte Harrison

20. Clint Coulter

21. Cody Ponce

 

Tier 5

22. Kyle Wren

23. Freddy Peralta

24. Nash Walters

25. Demi Orimoloye

 

Just Missed:

26: Jacob Gatewood

27. Chad Mcclanahan

28. Corbin Burnes

29. Josh Pennington

30. Ronnie Gideon

[NolanBratt]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Josh Hader

3. Corey Ray

4. Isan Diaz.

5. Luis Ortiz

6. Brett Phillips

7. Trent Clark

8. Lucas Erceg

9. Mauricio Dubon

10. Brandon Woodruff

11. Cody Ponce

12. Phil Bickford

13. Marcos Diplan

14. Jorge Lopez

15. Monte Harrison

16. Devin Williams

17. Gilbert Lara

18. Corbin Burnes

19. Ryan Cordell

20. Jacob Nottingham

21. Demi Orimoloye

22. Freddy Peralta

23. Nathan Kirby

24. Kodi Medeiros

25. Chad McClanahan

 

26. Michael Reed

27. Mario Feliciano

28. Trey Supak

29. Braden Webb

30. Taylor Williams

[ZBTMP]

1. Brinson- Hopefully tough decisions are required soon about how the Brewers outfield will look moving forward

2. Hader- Hoping for 17 MLB starts out of Josh this year.

3. Woodruff- I thought he'd get held back to Biloxi to start the year to gain some momentum and delay his ETA but sounds like he is going to be a level away from Milwaukee

4. I. Diaz- Like so many in the organization, cutting back on the Ks should be the highest development priority

5. L. Ortiz- Intently hoping his K rate climbs in return to Biloxi

6. Ray- Intangibles are there, now could use some production

7. Bickford- While I think his suspension shows poor judgement, the universal drop in prospect status seems excessive

8. Clark- Trent cannot be successful striking out in over a quarter of his Pas. That needs to change this year or he will drop like a rock

9. Erceg- Hard not to like the scouting reports

10. Diplan- Command still has a ways to go it seems

11. Dubon- A repeat of .199 ISO at AA and the Brewers future middle infield plans will need to change.

12. Phillips- Another bat that needs to dial ack the strikeouts.

13. Webb- Excited for the Brewers debut of the SEC strikeout king. I still contend that had scouts had a chance to watch him in summer leagues/more than one season at USC, he would have never still been on the board. My 2017 vote for biggest riser in the system.

14. Lopez- His last start in the WBC wasn't particularly encouraging

15. Ponce- Would love to hear reports of him hitting 97 again.

16. Harrison- Getting closer to now or never

17. Peralta- Promising results so far

18. Kirby- No setbacks, so far so good.

19. Burnes- Would like to see him miss more bats this year

20. Yamamoto- Challenge will be to keep overpowering more advanced hitters without overpowering stuff

21. Nottingham- His past offensive exploits are becoming more of a distant memory replaced with disappointing reports on his defense

22. Stokes- Often overlooked, but really had a nice second half last season

23. Wilkerson- Still deceiving hitters and dominating the strike zone. Looked good in the spring.

24. Barnes- An underappreciated big league debut and you could make a logical argument for the most likely to get 3 outs in the organization

25. T. Williams- No setbacks, so far so good.

26. Medeiros-The movement on his pitches in the spring training video, reminded me why I liked him so much, but yikes last season was bad

27. Lara- Im out until any kind of success at the plate or even a report showing he still has plus tools

28. Cordell- Looked good this spring, but still want to see him excel in meaningful at bats outside of High Desert

29. Perrin- Im still going to be a skeptic until he proves he can get advanced hitters out

30. Pennington- Trading Shaw, a former 26th rounder, and a 29th rounder for a reliever coming off the season that Thornburg had is quite the testament to the Red Sox scouting and development

[JosephC]

1. OF-Lewis Brinson

2. RHP-Luis Ortiz

3. LHP-Josh Hader

4. RHP-Brandon Woodruff

5. OF-Corey Ray

6. IF-Mauricio Dubon

7. IF-Isan Diaz

8. RHP-Marcos Diplan

9. IF-Lucas Erceg

10. OF-Brett Phillips

11. RHP-Jorge Lopez

12. OF-Trent Clark

13. RHP-Phil Bickford

14. OF-Ryan Cordell

15. RHP-Freddy Peralta

16. RHP-Corbin Burnes

17. RHP-Cody Ponce

18. RHP-Jacob Barnes

19. C-Jacob Nottingham

20. IF-Gilbert Lara

21. RHP-Josh Pennington

22. LHP-Brent Suter

23. IF-Ronnie Gideon

24. OF-Clint Coulter

25. OF-Michael Reed

26. RHP-Damien Magnifico

27. LHP-Kodi Medeiros

28. OF-Monte Harrison

29. C-Mariano Feliciano

30. OF-Kyle Wren

[LouisEly]

I'll echo my comments from the last poll, when you leave out Devin Williams, Orimoloye, McClanahan, Supak, Webb, Suter, Magnifico, Wren, Reed, Garcia, Gideon, Burkhalter, QTC (Torres-Costa), Meyers, McDowell, Ghelfi, and Neuhaus from the top 35, this is a really deep system, even if the 65+ guys aren't there (yet).

 

The second five out:

35) C. Harber

34) J. Yamamoto

33) Z. Brown

32) M. Feliciano

31) J. Perrin

 

The first five out:

30) J. Gatewood

29) Jh. Barrios

28) K. Medeiros

27) C. Burnes

26) M. Harrison

 

The top 25:

25) A. Hauser

24) G. Lara

23) C. Coulter

22) J. Barnes

21) J. Nottingham

20) J. Pennington

19) R. Cordell

18) W-C Wang

17) J. Lopez

16) N. Kirby

15) B. Phillips

14) C. Ponce

13) M. Dubon

12) T. Clark

11) F. Peralta

10) M. Diplan

9) P. Bickford

8) L. Erceg

7) Taylor Williams

6) C. Ray

5) L. Ortiz

4) L. Brinson

3) I. Diaz

2) B. Woodruff

1) J. Hader

[A Swing and A Drive]

1. JOSH HADER LHP

2. LEWIS BRINSON OF

3. LUCAS ERCEG 3B

4. COREY RAY OF

5. ISAN DIAZ 2B

6. LUIS ORTIZ RHP

7. NATHAN KIRBY LHP

8. CORBIN BURNES RHP

9. JAKE GATEWOOD 3B

10. MARCOS DIPLAN RHP

11. MAURICIO DUBON SS

12. BRETT PHILLIPS OF

13. TRENT CLARK OF

14. DEMI ORIMOLOYE OF

15. JACOB NOTTINGHAM 1B

16. KODI MEDEIROS LHP

17. GILBERT LARA 3B

18. PHIL BICKFORD RHP

19. FREDDY PERALTA RHP

20. CODY PONCE RHP

21. MONTE HARRISON OF

22. BRANDON WOODRUFF RHP

23. CHAD MCCLANAHAN 3B

24. CLINT COULTER OF

25. TAYLOR WILLIAMS RHP

26. JOSH PENNINGTON RHP

27. MARIO FELICIANO C

28. JORGE LOPEZ RHP

29. RYAN CORDELL OF

30. TIM DILLARD RHP/BROADCASTER

[And That]

[pre]1. Lewis Brinson

2. Josh Hader

3. Isan Diaz

4. Brandon Woodruff

5. Brett Phillips

6. Luis Ortiz

7. Lucas Erceg

8. Trent Clark

9. Mauricio Dubon

10. Corey Ray

11. Ryan Cordell

12. Marcos Diplan

13. Jacob Barnes

14. Troy Stokes

15. Phil Bickford

16. Jordan Yamamoto

17. Cody Ponce

18. Jon Perrin

19. Garrett Cooper

20. Freddy Peralta

21. Corbin Burnes

22. Demi Orimoloye

23. Max McDowell

24. Mario Feliciano

25. Braden Webb

26. Brent Suter

27. Nate Orf

28. Jesus Lujano

29. Wei-Chung Wang

30. Michael Reed

31. Tyrone Taylor

32. Kyle Wren

33. Thomas Jankins

34. Jorge Lopez

35. Monte Harrison

36. Jose Sibrian

37. Gabriel Garcia

38. Wes Wilson

39. Joaquin La Cruz

40. Josh Pennington

41. Eric Hanhold

42. Wendell Rijo

43. Gilbert Lara

44. Clint Coulter

45. Zack Brown

46. Taylor Williams

47. Nate Griep

48. Aaron Myers

49. Conor Harber

50. Blake Allemand

51. Javier Betancourt

52. Jacob Nottingham

53. Carlos Herrera

54. Chad McClanahan

55. Nate Rodriguez

56. Angel Ventura

57. Bubba Derby

58. Ronnie Gideon

59. David Burkhalter

60. Zach Clark

61. Yhonathan Barrios

62. Kodi Medeiros

63. Jon Olczak

64. Trey Supak

65. Victor Roache

66. Joantgel Segovia

67. Moises Perez

68. Dustin DeMuth

69. Damien Magnifico

70. Nate Kirby

71. Nash Walters

72. Quintin Torres-Costa

73. Jordan Desguin

74. Luis Aviles

75. Adrian Houser

76. Mitch Ghelfi

77. Tyler Spurlin

78. Franly Mallen

79. Devin Williams

80. Stephen Kohlscheen

81. Yadiel Rivera

82. Dan Brown

83. George Iskenderian

84. Tristan Archer

85. Johan Dominguez

86. Trey York

87. Pablo Abreu

88. Brad Kuntz

89. Tucker Neuhaus

90. Jean Carlos Carmona

91. Jake Gatewood

92. Aaron Familia

93. Luis Manon

94. Drake Owenby

95. Daniel Missaki

96. Payton Henry

97. Ryan Aguilar

98. Colton Cross

99. Aaron Wilkerson

100. Nelson Hernandez[/pre]

[CheeseheadInQC]

This is getting tougher. When I started breaking things down I tossed names into lists of guys I thought definitely should be in the top 25 and those who I might put in there. I ended up with 28 definites and another 10-12 maybes. 15-28 are really close.

 

1. Lewis Brinson: 1 vs. 2 is a coin flip

2. Josh Hader: Possibly the Brewers' most important prospect

3. Corey Ray: Close between the next five. I'll trust the draft order for now.

4. Lucas Erceg: Wouldn't shock me if he is No. 1 by the start of next season.

5. Isan Diaz: Just keep hitting.

6. Brandon Woodruff: Spring reports have sounded pretty impressive after last season's breakout.

7. Luis Ortiz: Hoping the peripherals take a jump this year.

8. Trent Clark: Placement in Carolina a big vote of confidence.

9. Marcos Diplan: Probably the best of the next tier of pitching prospects.

10. Phil Bickford: Suspension costs him a couple of spots

11. Cody Ponce: I've got a feeling he bounces back.

12. Mauricio Dubon: Is the power for real?

13. Brett Phillips: More consistent contact would bounce him back into the top 10.

14. Ryan Cordell: Really nice spring.

15. Gilbert Lara: Hopefully proves Wisconsin placement isn't overaggressive.

16. Monte Harrison: Just stay healthy.

17. Jorge Lopez: Hopefully staying out of Colorado Springs helps.

18. Demi Orimoyole: See Lara, Gilbert.

19. Trey Supak: I know basing things off spring reports isn't always the best idea, but if he has started to put it all together the way the comments from camp indicate, this might be too low.

20. Kodi Medeiros: So much potential, but can he harness it?

21. Zack Brown: Woodruff's success might have me overconfident on the latest better stuff than results college pitcher to make a successful transition to pro ball. Outside of Perrin's ridiculous stat line, I think he led the Rattlers in K/BB rate last season.

22. Corbin Burnes: Here's hoping he continues his Wisconsin success at Carolina.

23. Taylor Williams: Interesting that it sounds like they are putting him into the rotation, even if it is as part of a tandem for innings consideration.

24. Freddy Peralta: Temporary spot that could change depending on how the A+ rotation shakes out.

25. Mario Feliciano: Has drawn some impressive notices this spring.

 

Just missed

26. Jacob Nottingham

27. Nathan Kirby

28. Jake Gatewood

29. Conor Harber

30. Jacob Barnes

 

Also, although given that I couldn't find room for Jacob Barnes I definitely couldn't squeeze him in, it wouldn't surprise me if Preston Gainey repeats Barnes' performance from a couple of years ago and forces his way onto the 40-man at year's end.

[FVBrewerFan]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Josh Hader

3. Lucas Erceg

4. Isan Diaz

5. Brandon Woodruff

6. Corey Ray

7. Trent Clark

8. Luis Ortiz

9. Mauricio Dubon

10. Phil Bickford

11. Marcos Diplan

12. Brett Phillips

13. Ryan Cordell

14. Taylor Williams

15. Monte Harrison

16. Gil Lara

17. Cody Ponce

18. Corbin Burnes

19. Demi Orimoyole

20. Jacob Nottingham

21. Freddy Peralta

22. Jorge Lopez

23. Josh Pennington

24. Wes Wilson

25. Dustin Houle

26. Trey Supak

 

I left out the likes of Kirby, Coulter, Medeiros, Gatewood, Perrin, Stokes, Feliciano, Webb, McLanahan, etc.. Any one of those guys would have easily made the top 25 in years past.

 

Wouldn't surprise me if Roache leads the Southern League in HRs, yet he won't make our top 50.

[brewcrewdue80]

I spent a good 45mins last night making a list. I was on player #24 and checking BRef on the stats for this guy and BRef which has been doing this to me frequently, crashed my browser. Fully Locked up, I couldn't Scroll through my list and copy it. So my list was lost rebooting my browser.

 

Sorry I'm not about to go back in to redoing it. #1 was Diaz 2 Hader 3 Ortiz something like that.

[Outlander]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Josh Hader

3. Brandon Woodruff

4. Isan Diaz

5. Corey Ray

6. Mauricio Dubon

7. Luis Ortiz

8. Lucas Erceg

9. Marcos Diplan

10. Trent Clark

11. Brett Phillips

12. Ryan Cordell

13. Cody Ponce

14. Phil Bickford

15. Jorge Lopez

16. Freddy Peralta

17. Troy Stokes

18. Nate Kirby

19. Corbin Burnes

20. Jacob Barnes

21. Jacob Nottingham

22. Jake Gatewood

23. Brent Suter

24. Gilbert Lara

25. Kyle Wren

26. Kodi Medeiros

27. Garrett Cooper

28. Taylor Williams

29. Monte Harrison

30. Dustin Houle

31. Josh Pennington

[Manty Brewer Fan]

1. Isan Diaz - I think he will be a top 10 prospect in all of baseball by year end.

2. Lewis Brinson – Tough between Brinson and Diaz, but I think Diaz could truly be “special” where I see Brinson as just really good.

3. Lucas Erceg – Could be an all-star level 3B. Would have had him at #5 after ray until the spring training he had.

4. Josh Hader – I see him more a good #3 than truly a #1/#2 type unfortunately due to inconsistency. What’s good though is we have a lot of #3 starters IMO.

5. Corey Ray – Gonna be a solid regular.

6. Brandon Woodruff – Next three I think are a notch behind hader but still have #3 upside.

7. Luis Ortiz - Ditto

8. Marcos Diplan – Ditto, although if command comes together a bit more, he could be more than any of the guys ahead of him including Hader.

9. Mauricio Dubon – Last year was too much to deny.

10. Trent Clark – Was super high on “the neck” but last year was tough.

11. Ryan Cordell – Ultimately I see him as a great bench player for us.

12. Monte Harrison – I still believe.

13. Gilbert Lara – I don’t necessarily believe Lara is gonna make it, but his upside warrants this position.

14. Phil Bickford – closer long-term.

15. Braden Webb – Surprised he slipped as far in the draft as he did and I think he could impress this year.

16. Freddy Peralta – results were diplan-like last year, just a slight dip in stuff.

17. Trey Supak – Big breakout this year is coming.

18. Jacob Nottingham – Hope he can rebound but not sold. Only ahead of Mario due to level reached.

19. Kodi Medieros – Expect a bounce-back year because the stuff is still filthy.

20. Mario Feliciano – The guy I think is the catcher of the future.

21. Josh Pennington – Could be lethal if he can stay healthy much like the guys below him. Ultimately I see the next group as the beginning of a very good homegrown pen with Bickford as closer.

22. Taylor Williams – see pennington

23. Nathan Kirby – See Pennington

24. Cody Ponce – See Pennington

25. Thomas Jankins – Had to slide him into my cut off, I think he’ll shoot up lists this year in general.

 

HM

26. Brett Phillips

27. Demi Orimoloye

28. Jake Gatewood

29. Gabriel Garcia

30. Corbin Burnes

31. Chad McClanahan

32. Ronnie Gideon

33. Zach Clark

34. Zack Brown

35. Jorge Lopez

[Scooter102783]

1. Lewis Brinson, OF

2. Josh Hader, LHP

3. Isan Diaz, 2B

4. Corey Ray, OF

5. Luis Ortiz, RHP

6. Brett Phillips, OF

7. Lucas Erceg, 3B

8. Trent Clark, OF

9. Brandon Woodruff, RHP

10. Mauricio Dubon, SS

11. Marcos Diplan, RHP

12. Cody Ponce, RHP

13. Phil Bickford, RHP

14. Jorge Lopez, RHP

15. Ryan Cordell, OF

16. Freddy Peralta, RHP

17. Corbin Burnes, RHP

18. Monte Harrison, OF

19. Jordan Yamamoto, RHP

20. Gilbert Lara, 3B

21. Taylor Williams, RHP

22. Mario Feliciano, C

23. Jake Gatewood, 3B

24. Jacob Nottingham, C

25. Kodi Medeiros, LHP

 

Last 5 Out:

 

26. Devin Williams, RHP

27. Nathan Kirby, LHP

28. Demi Orimoloye, OF

29. Braden Webb, RHP

30. Josh Pennington, RHP

[MrTPlush]

Didn't really change much other than inserting some guys and putting Erceg higher. I was going to wait for more production to really bump him up, but I love his profile and have a lot of confidence in him. There was some potential shuffling in the 20 range I was going to do, but figure it is going to need a big overhaul mid-season and will just wait for then. Also want to expand my personal list to 50 mid-season as the depth is so strong.

 

 

 

 

1. Lewis Brinson-

Brinson is the complete package. Something no other player among our top prospects can really say. He has a lot of potential and has shown it in the high minors. +0

 

2. Josh Hader-

I don't think he will be the TOR guy some are dreaming of, but he could be a flashy mid-rotation guy or at worst an electric reliever. +0

 

3. Isan Diaz-

This kid is legit and putting up great stats at Single-A. The power is there and the OBP skills are there too. Can't wait to watch him climb the ladder and the rankings. He may have to move to 2B, but his bat will play there just fine.+1

 

4. Luis Ortiz-

I think he has a higher ceiling than Hader, but there are health concerns and he is farther off. -1

 

5. Lucas Erceg-

Lucas Erceg looked pretty comfortable and showed a lot more power than one would think. He has room to build onto his frame and have legit power. That being said he was a college bat doing well at A-ball. Wont put him higher till he continues at A+ and AA. +5

 

6. Corey Ray-

I know a lot of people weren't happy with drafting him, but he has all the tools to be a great above average OFer. He has started out slow, but I am not concerned yet. -1

 

7. Phil Bickford-

What a player to get for Will Smith. Bickford could end up as mid-rotation starter or at worst a top of the line reliever. He is going to be a force one way or the other. I don't really mind the suspension at this point. -1

 

8. Brandon Woodruff-

Woodruff has a solid arsenal with three above average offerings. He seems like a safe bet to be a #3 starter and for that reason he will be in the Top 10 prospects. He lacks the ceiling I would prefer in a Top 5 organizational prospect though. -1

 

9. Mauricio Dubon-

What is not to love about this kid. High floor and a pretty darn high ceiling to go with it. He should be in my Top 5 mid-season if he hits again at AA. Heck he could find himself #1. NEW!

 

10. Trent Clark-

I love the hit tool and even more so with his great OBP skills he has shown. He is going to figure it out and break out soon enough. -2

 

11. Brett Phillips -1

12. Marcos Diplan -1

13. Cody Ponce -1

14. Freddy Peralta -1

15. Nathan Kirby -1

16. Monte Harrison -1

17. Kodi Medeiros -1

18. Jorge Lopez -1

19. Corbin Burnes -1

20. Jake Gatewood -1

21. Ryan Cordell -1

22. Jacob Nottingham -1

23. Taylor Williams -1

24. Gilbert Lara -1

25. Mario Feliciano -1

26. Tyrone Taylor -1

27. Chad McClanahan +0

28. Brent Suter +0

29. Chad Pennington NEW!

30. Trey Supak +NEW!

[reillymcshane]

30. TIM DILLARD RHP/BROADCASTER

Dillard is only a prospect for the future broadcaster poll.

[MrTPlush]

30. TIM DILLARD RHP/BROADCASTER

Dillard is only a prospect for the future broadcaster poll.

 

Auggie is my #1

[reillymcshane]

30. TIM DILLARD RHP/BROADCASTER

Dillard is only a prospect for the future broadcaster poll.

 

Auggie is my #1

He does have a good break-a-ball.

[clancyphile]

So... can we show Brian Anderson up a little with this Top 25?

 

I don't like being viewed as "nobody."

[madbad2000]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Josh Hader

3. Luis Ortiz

4. Corey Ray

5. Lucas Erceg

6. Isan Diaz

7. Brett Phillips

8. Brandon Woodruff

9. Trent Clark

10. Phil Bickford

11. Mauricio Dubon

12. Marcos Diplan

13. Ryan Cordell

14. Jorge Lopez

15. Nathan Kirby

16. Kodi Medieros

17. Jacob Nottingham

18. Freddy Peralta

19. Cody Ponce

20. Gilbert Lara

21. Trey Supak

22. Demi Orimoyole

23. Monte Harrison

24. Mario Feliciano

25. Jacob Gatewood

[tbbrewers]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Josh Hader

3. Brandon Woodruff

4. Lucas Erceg

5. Cory Ray

6. Isan Diaz

7. Luis Ortiz

8. Trent Clark

9. Brett Phillips

10. Mauricio Dubon

11. Ryan Cordell

12. Nathan Kirby

13. Phil Bickford

14. Marcus Diplan

15. Cody Ponce

16. Gilbert Lara

17. Jacob Nottingham

18. Jorge Lopez

19. Freddy Peralta

20. Corbin Burnes

21. Monte Harrison

22. Jacob Gatewood

23. Mario Feliciano

24. Michael Reed

25. Clint Coulter

[nate82]

1. Lewis Brinson

2. Isan Diaz

3. Josh Hader

4. Brandon Woodruff

5. Cory Ray

6. Lucas Erceg

7. Luis Ortiz

8. Trent Clark

9. Brett Phillips

10. Freddy Peralta

11. Mauricio Dubon

12. Gilbert Lara

13. Jorge Lopez

14. Marcus Diplan

15. Monte Harrison

16. Phil Bickford

17. Cody Ponce

18. Nathan Kirby

19. Jacob Nottingham

20. Corbin Burnes

21. Ryan Cordell

22. Jacob Gatewood

23. Mario Feliciano

24. Tyrone Taylor

25. Clint Coulter