We’re approaching the finish line, with only 6 more spots left. Anthony Gose edged out Andrew Carpenter for the 24th spot, taking 95 of the 283 votes cast. Correa, Naughton and Harman each received one write in vote, so I’ll add Naughton to the voting as he’s been there before. We’re getting down to the end, and there are still a bunch of really interesting prospects that haven’t even been mentioned yet. Should make the voting interesting. As a reminder, when we’re done voting for the collaborative Top 30 I’ll be taking individual top 30’s from everyone and putting them into a sheet again like last season for comparison purposes. I’ll make a separate post about that when the time comes. So, here we go on #25…

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I suppose my post draft writeup on Damarii Saunderson stuck in the heads of some, as he took home spot #23, edging out Andrew Carpenter by 5 votes. Saunderson is really raw and is going to take a lot of patience, but he could turn out to be a nice draft steal. Colby Shreve received 5 write in votes, so he enters the voting at #24. Javon Moran received zero votes, Jared Cosart received 2, so he will take Moran’s spot. Onward…

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Travis Mattair takes #22, grabbing 79 votes. There was a tie for 2nd place between Andrew Carpenter and Damarii Saunderson, so voting for #23 should be interesting. There were also 18 write-in votes, some of them serious, some of them jokes I’d expect out of a 5 year old. The legit write-ins; Gose, Slate, De Fratus, Matos, Shreve, and Harman. For some reason, Terry Tiffee got 5 write-in votes. He’s not even really a prospect. So, here we go..

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We march on toward #30, with Freddy Galvis easily taking the 21st spot, grabbing 91 out of the 240 votes cast. There was also quite a surge in write-in votes, with Damarii Saunderson netting 4, Justin De Fratus 2, Javon Moran 3, and a few others with 1. Saunderson will re-enter the voting for #22 since he had the highest write-in total, and Moran will replace Naughton, as he ended up with more votes in the last poll. More below…

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Vance Worley rounds out our Top 20, grabbing 86 of the 275 votes cast, good for 31% of the vote. Andrew Carpenter came out of nowhere, grabbing 36 votes finishing behind Freddy Galvis (60) and Travis Mattair (40) in 4th spot. Saunderson, Shreve, Roth, Schwimer, and Bolsenbroek received write-in votes. I’m going to add Roth to the #21 voting since no one received multiple write-ins. For those of you who are finding this process laborious, the only thing I can say is, there isn’t a whole lot of news in January, and unless we want to have the same circular debates we had all of last season, this is something to at least pass the time. I’ve been strapped for time of late, but I have a few pieces I want to write in the next few weeks. When the Reader Top 30 voting finishes up, I’ll take individual lists and organize them for everyone to see and compare, and then I’ll be putting out my Top 30. And then it should be spring training time, so we’ll have more to discuss. So yeah. Lets move on to #21…

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Today we complete the first 20 of our Reader Top 30 for 2009. Sebastian Valle took the #19 spot by a fairly wide margin over Vance Worley, with the rest of the vote getters tightly clustered. Naughton, Saunderson and Cruse received write in votes this time, and I’ll add Naughton to the poll as he’s been in before.

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Short on time today, but I wanted to get this one up. We’re on the verge of completing the first 20 on the list, and the list looks very strong right now. Toolshed Anthony Hewitt takes #18 over Sebastian Valle, who’s support has picked up over the last few votes. Check for more below the fold…

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Mike Stutes took spot 17 in a runaway, capturing 94 of the 264 votes cast. Anthony Hewitt and Sebastian Valle battled it out for 2nd, taking 42 and 48 votes respectively. Andrew Carpenter received 2 write-in votes and will enter the poll for #18. Also receiving write-ins; Justin De Fratus, Brad Harman and Mike Cisco. The next few votes should be interesting as we round out the top 20, and then get into the even more speculative 21-30 range. More below…

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