BF.net Fan Community Top 25 Prospects Poll - 2018 Mid-Season Edition - Voting is now closed.

[Eye Black]

1. Keston Hiura

2. Corbin Burnes

3. Tristen Lutz

4. Corey Ray

5. Brice Turang

6. Zack Brown

7. Lucas Erceg

8. Mauricio Dubon

9. Adrian Houser

10. Troy Stokes

11. Micah Bello

12. Jacob Nottingham

13. Trent Grisham

14. Marcos Diplan

15. Quintin Torres-Costa

16. Trey Supak

17. Joe Gray

18. Payton Henry

19. Jake Gatewood

20. Carlos Rodriguez

21. Cody Ponce

22. Pablo Abreu

23. Caden Lemons

24. Jolon Lun

25. Chad McClanahan

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26. Larry Ernesto

27. Aaron Ashby

[zagski6]

1. Keston Hiura

2. Corbin Burnes

3. Brice Turang

4. Tristen Lutz

5. Zach Brown

6. Corey Ray

7. Lucas Erceg

8. Nick Ramirez

9. Adrian Houser

10. Marcos Diplan

11. Jacob Nottingham

12. Troy Stokes Jr.

13. Peyton Henry

14. Trey Supak

15. Mauricio Dubon

16. Quintin Torres-Costa

17. Michelle Vassalotti

18. Cody Ponce

19. Caden Lemons

20. Braden Webb

21. Jake Gatewood

22. Aaron Ashby

23. Larry Ernesto

24. Christian Taugner

25. Clayton Andrews

 

26. Mario Feliciano

27. Trent Grisham

28. Joe Gray

29. Micah Bello

30. Nate Griep

[ZBTMP]

1) Hiura

2) Burnes

3) Ray

4) Turang

5) Lutz

6) Grisham

7) Stokes

8) Z. Brown

9) Dubon

10) Erceg

11) Houser

12) Supak

13) Gray

14) Bello

15) Abreu

16) C. Rodriguez

17) P Henry

18) M. Diplan

19) M. Feliciano

20) J. Nottingham

21) Ashby

22) Webb

23) Kirby

24) Ponce

25) M. Lazar

[iKezims]

Surprised that Cameron Roegner isn't in almost any of these top 25's except for one crazy one that put him first. Pretty wild gap.

[Outlander]

1. Keston Hiura

2. Corbin Burnes

3. Corey Ray

4. Brice Turang

5. Tristen Lutz

6. Mauricio Dubon

7. Zack Brown

8. Troy Stokes Jr

9. Adrian Houser

11. Jacob Nottingham

12. Lucas Erceg

13. Marcos Diplan

14. Joe Gray

15. Trey Supak

16. QTC

17. Cody Ponce

18. Trent Grisham

19. Jake Gatewood

20. Mario Feliciano

21. Payton Henry

22. Carlos Rodriguez

23. Carlos Herrera

24. Larry Ernesto

25. Chad McClanahan

26. Je'Von Ward

27. Micah Bello

28. Caden Lemons

29. Joantgel Segovia

30. Cam Roegner

[gregmag]

1. Keston Hiura 2b AA 21

2. Corbin Burnes rhp AAA 23

3. Tristen Lutz rf A 19

4. Corey Ray cf AA 23

5. Brice Turang ss R+ 18

6. Zack Brown rhp AA 23

7. Jacob Nottingham c AAA 23

8. Mauricio Dubon ss AAA 23

9. Lucas Erceg 3b AA 23

10. Marcos Diplan rhp AA 21

11. Trey Supak rhp AA 22

12. Micah Bello cf R 17

13. Joe Gray of R 18

14. Mario Feliciano c A+ 19

15. Payton Henry c A 21

16. Cody Ponce rhp AA 24

17. Troy Stokes lf AA 22

18. Trent Grisham rf AA 21

19. Demi Orimoloye of A+ 21

20. Chad McClanahan 1b R+ 20

21. Aaron Ashby lhp R+ 20

22. Caden Lemons rhp R 19

23. Carlos Rodriguez of R- 17

24. Larry Ernesto of R- 17

25. Je’Von Ward of R+ 18

 

A lot of this is seat of the pants. I'll look at it tomorrow and want to change a bunch of things, but we have to vote. I tend to favor three qualities, in this order: established impact upside; close to MLB with a starter profile; raw promise. Age for level matters a lot to me.

 

My most eccentric omission is Gatewood. He's ahead developmentally of a lot of the guys lower on the list, and some of them will grow warts like his and more as they advance. Probably few other people will have him behind McClanahan. But Gatewood looks to me like a guy with strong evidence that he won't make it -- already a 1b, won't get on base, power his only real calling card, and now he's hurt. I hope I'm wrong.

 

My second-most eccentric omission is Houser. I actually like him, but his injury, up-and-down performance this year, and role uncertainty, along with his age, have me wary. In a year he could be in my top ten if he hasn't graduated.

[reillymcshane]

1. Keston Hiura

2. Corbin Burnes

3. Corey Ray

4. Brice Turang

5. Tristen Lutz

6. Mauricio Dubon

7. Zack Brown

8. Troy Stokes Jr

9. Adrian Houser

11. Jacob Nottingham

12. Lucas Erceg

13. Marcos Diplan

14. Joe Gray

15. Trey Supak

16. QTC

17. Cody Ponce

18. Trent Grisham

19. Jake Gatewood

20. Mario Feliciano

21. Payton Henry

22. Carlos Rodriguez

23. Carlos Herrera

24. Larry Ernesto

25. Chad McClanahan

26. Je'Von Ward

27. Micah Bello

28. Caden Lemons

29. Joantgel Segovia

30. Cam Roegner

Example of why I love it when people put an extra guy or two. No #10.

 

By having the extra guys I was able to just bump the 11-26 guys up a spot. Problem solved.

[reillymcshane]

Only one day left to vote! Get your ballot in by EOD tomorrow (Wednesday, August 8).

 

Thanks.

[heresrobin]

1. Keston Hiura

2. Corbin Burnes

3. Brice Turang

4. Corey Ray

5. Zack Brown

6. Tristen Lutz

7. Trey Supak

8. Mauricio Dubon

9. Jacob Nottingham

10. Lucas Erceg

11. Payton Henry

12. Troy Stokes

13. Marcos Diplan

14. Quintin Torres-Costa

15. Joe Gray

16. Pablo Abreu

17. Cam Roegner

18. Aaron Ashby

19. Aaron Wilkerson

20. Adrian Houser

21. Cody Ponce

22. Chad McClanahan

23. Je'Von Ward

24. Jon Olczak

25. Caden Lemons

[And That]

I got started and couldn’t really stop but decided 50 was enough lol. Either way this was a lot of fun so thanks for organizing this... also I think this is my first post so hi.

As the only other person to put Andres Melendez is the top 32, well done sir! And welcome!

[Herm]

1. Burnes

2. Hiura

3. Ray

4. Turang

5. Lutz

6. Dubon

7. Brown

8. Erceg

9. Nottingham

10. Houser

11. Diplan

12. Supak

13. Orf

14. Torres-Costa

15. Henry

16. Stokes

17. Gray

18. Bello

19. Gatewood

20. Feliciano

21. Kirby

22. Bickford

23. Ashby

24. E Fernandez

25. Jaraba

26. Ponce

27. Lara

28. Grisham

29. A Melendez

30. C Rodriguez

 

24, 25, 29,30 are my eternal optimism for intl signings (long live Christian Guerrero)

Last gasp for Grisham, Lara, Ponce, Bickford, Kirby

 

Still a solid top 10-11 despite all the graduations and recent trades.

 

Thanks for doing this, always fun to see results and speculate.

[nate82]

1. Burnes

2. Hiura

3. Ray

4. Z. Brown

5. Turang

6. Dubon

7. Erceg

9. Grisham

10. Lutz

11. Nottingham

12. Feliciano

13. Gatewood

14. Stokes

15. Gray

16. Houser

17. Carlos Rodriguez

18. Diplan

19. L. Ernesto

20. KJ Harrison

21. Ward

22. Lemons

23. Pablo Abreu

24. Bello

25. Ponce

[docduany]

1. Corbin Burnes

2. Keston Huira

3. Zach Brown

4. Tristan Lutz

5. Corey Ray

6. Lucas Erceg

7. Brice Turang

8. Trey Supak

9.Adrian Houser

10. Jacob Nottingham

11. Mauricio Dubon

12. Jake Gatewood

13. Payton Henry

14. Marcos Diplan

15. QTC

16. Mario Feliciano

17. Aaron Ashby

18. Nathan Kirby

19. Drew Rasmussen

20. Joe Gray

21. LG Castillo

22. Demi Orimoloye

23. Micah Bello

24. Michele Vassalotti

25. Joantgel Segovia

 

26. Bubba Derby

27. Troy Stokes

28. Caden Lemons

29. Nate Orf

30. Phil Bickford

31. Nick Ramerez

32. Devin Williams

33. Chad Maclanahan

34. Braden Webb

35. Clayton Andrews

36. Trent Grisham

37. Joey Matulovich

38. Larry Erensto

39. Pablo Abreu

40. Cody Ponce

41. J'Von Ward

[Tbadder]

1. Hiura

2. Turang

3. Corbin Burnes

4. Zack Brown

5. Tristan Lutz

6. Corey Ray

7. Payton Henry

8. Adrian Houser

9. Je’Von Ward

10. Lucas Erceg

11. Pablo Abreu

12. Mauricio Dubon

13. Mario Feliciano

14. Caden Lemons

15. Jacob Nottingham

16. Cody Ponce

17. Chad Maclanahan

18. Demi Orimoloye

19. Troy Stokes

20. Aaron Ashby

21. Larry Ernesto

22. Jesus Chirinos

23. Trey Supak

24. David Fry

25. Nick Ramirez

 

Wow. It seems we’ve traded minor league depth for Major league depth. As it should be I suppose. But until I really forced myself to do this I just assumed I’d feel pretty decent about our system, but except for the first 5 or 6 it all seems like long shots, back ups, replacement level players etc. Although this has got to be the best bunch of catchers we’ve had in my over 40 years of being a Brewer fan.

[reillymcshane]

1. Keston Hiura

2. Corbin Burnes

3. Tristen Luntz

4. Corey Ray

5. Brice Turang

6. Mauricio Dubon

7. Jacob Nottingham

8. Marcos Diplon

9. Lucas Erceg

10. Joe Gray

11. Trey Supak

12. Carlos Rodriguez

13. Zack Brown

14. Adrian Houser

15. Jake Gatewood

16. Troy Stokes Jr

17. Cody Ponce

18. Je'Von Ward

19. Micah Bello

20. Caden Lemons

21. Mario Feliciano

22. Larry Ernesto

23. Jon Perrin

24. Payton Henry

25. Trent Grisham

HotCorner35, if you want to add a name to your list, I'll replace Jon Perrin.

[reillymcshane]

1. LHP Cam Roegner (NR) - Sheer domination pushes him to top

2. RHP Corbin Burnes (1) - Really tied for the top. Brewers have not lost either TOR prospect.

3. OF Troy Stokes (2) - Showing 2017 not fluke.

4. 2B Keston Hiura (6) - Opening Day 2020 second baseman

5. 3B Lucas Erceg (14) - Power still there, and the OBP skills have improved.

6. RHP Zack Brown (NR) - Like the numbers at Biloxi

7. LHP Quintin Torres-Costa (NR) - Another Hader in the making

8. OF Corey Ray (32) - Flashing the potential many at BF.net were hoping for

9. OF Tyrone Taylor (33) - 2018 is a make or break year for him... and he is making

10. 3B Dallas Carroll (5) - OBP skills are still there with a bunch of doubles. Can he get the hit tool up?

11. RHP Trey Supak (NR) - Same age as Luis Ortiz, but posting better numbers across the board.

12. RHP Jon Perrin (12) - Moved to bullpen, but was that wasting potential?

13. LHP Cody Beckman (15) - Looks like a solid bullpen option

14. OF Trent Grisham (4) - Still a god of walks with speed, but hitting still not there

15. C David Fry (NR) - OK, I am liking this... a catcher with a huge bat.

16. OF Tristan Lutz (17) - The OBP skills and trdes prompt a one-spot climb on the list, but a 200-point drop in OPS cause for concern

17. C/OF Cooper Hummel (18) - OBP skills, power, switch-hitter, catcher.

18. SS Jake Hager (NR) - Maybe he put it together, maybe it's a career year.

19. IF Dylan Moore (NR) - Maybe a Colorado Springs wonder, maybe for real. Couldn't be worse than Arcia

20. C KJ Harrison (19) - Showing power, but some regression.

21. LHP Nick Ramirez (25) - Deserves a shot in the bullpen

22. IF Edwin Sano (NR) - A switch-hitting versatile player with a hit tool

23. OF Micah Bello (NR) - Not seeing much, but I think he's another Troy Stokes

24. IF/OF Weston Wilson (27) - Rebounded from 2017, showing versatility and a good bat

25. RHP Jorge Ortega (NR) - Out with arm troubles for most of 2017 and 2018, but 1 walk in 23 innings.

26. C Jacob Nottingham (30) - Huge numbers, but is it progress or Colorado Springs?

27. C/IF Gabriel Garcia (10) - A .201 batting average doesn't cut it

28. 1B Ernesto Wilson Martinez (16) - Still walking, but no power

29. OF Demi Orimoloye (34) - Hasn't made or broken yet...

30. LHP Scott Sunitsch (NR) - Another Suter or Roegner?

31. RHP Cody Ponce (21) - Liking other pitchers' results better

32. RHP Bubba Derby (12) - Regressed from excellent 2017

33. C/1B Jesus Chirinos (NR) - At 16 showing superb OBP skills with power bat and catches.

34. RHP Nate Griep (31) - ERA jumped.

35. IF Nate Orf (26) - OBP and versatility there, but is he a Colorado Springs wonder?

 

Clancy, for voting purposes, I will take Perrin off your list (since he has been traded), and bump everyone up. But you don't have to change your list - I have that covered in voting tabulation.

 

This is another good example of why to include an extra player or two on your list.

[Yolk]

reillymcshane,

 

I edited my list August 2 (the day after I posted it) on page 2. Are you waiting for the poll to close before tallying up everything or should I re-post my list on this page?

[reillymcshane]

reillymcshane,

 

I edited my list August 2 (the day after I posted it) on page 2. Are you waiting for the poll to close before tallying up everything or should I re-post my list on this page?

You're good. I go back and can see the dates people edited their lists. If I've tallied up a list already, and I see the edit date is after I did that, I re-check it.

 

So all good. The original post is good. But thanks for letting me know.

[reillymcshane]

 

Wow. It seems we’ve traded minor league depth for Major league depth. As it should be I suppose. But until I really forced myself to do this I just assumed I’d feel pretty decent about our system, but except for the first 5 or 6 it all seems like long shots, back ups, replacement level players etc. Although this has got to be the best bunch of catchers we’ve had in my over 40 years of being a Brewer fan.

Five of the previous Top 25 were traded, and three graduated. That made for a lot of open spots.

[reillymcshane]

Thanks to everyone for playing. Voting is now done. Watch for results in the next week or so.