Personal favorite Justin De Fratus took home #30, rounding out this year’s Reader Top 30. I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to vote and discuss, this year’s voting was even more successful than last year’s. Now that we’ve wrapped up the voting, I’ll be taking your individual Top 30 lists which I’ll plug into the matrix and then post in a few weeks. You can send those to phuturephillies at gmail dot com. So, check below for the final results…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Reader Top 30; #30
Today we wrap up the Reader Top 30 for 2009. I want to thank everyone who has participated in the discussion and who regularly voted. I think the Reader Top 30 is what this site is all about, with lots of folks contributing to the discussion and sharing their opinions. Quintin Berry, after a long stay in the voting, takes #29, leaving a lot of interesting prospects for #30. Also, you can start to send your individual top 30 lists to me now, I’ll make a separate post asking for them when the voting for #30 is finished as well. Remember, phuturephillies at gmail dot com. So, lets wrap this up….
Reader Top 30; #29
Only 3 more spots to go. The voting for #27 was incredibly close, with Colby Shreve grabbing 63 votes and Jared Cosart grabbing 61 votes. Because of this, I’m going to do what we did earlier, give Shreve #27, Cosart #28, and we’ll move straight to #29. So really only 2 spots to go. I want to wrap this up this week, solicit people’s individual Top 30 lists, and then I have a number of features, including my own Top 30 list. So today we’ll do number 29, and then #30 on Wednesday. So, lets get down to business…
Iron Pigs Pitcher Preview (Starters)
Taking a look at the potential starting rotation in 2009 for the Iron Pigs, the first two spots will be filled by two of three candidates, JA Happ, Kyle Kendrick, and Carlos Carrasco with the other, more than likely being named the Phillies #5 starter absent a terrific spring from Chan Ho Park.
New email address
I’ve finally ditched hotmail and switched the site’s email address to gmail, using just phuturephillies at gmail dotcom. I’ll continue to periodically check in on the old address in case anyone still sends emails there, but from now on, please use the gmail address. I’ve also updated the link on the top right of the site for future reference. Thanks
Reader Top 30; #27
Voting for #26 was tightly grouped, but Mike Cisco finally broke through, capturing 51 of the 160 votes cast. Colby Shreve, Quintin Berry, Jared Cosart and Justin De Fratus all collected between 17 and 36 votes. With only four spots left, will those 4 be the last to make the top 30 or will someone else surge ahead? We also had a few write-in votes; Brummett (3), Pettibone (3), Castro, Slate and Schwimer. Since Naughton has been on the list a number of times and failed to gain any traction, I’m going to remove him and add Brummett and Pettibone to the voting for 27. If the Naughton crew wants him on, they can write him in again. Upward and onward…
Reader Top 30; #26
Only 5 more spots to go in this year’s Reader Top 30. Andrew Carpenter takes spot 25 with 98 out of the 227 votes cast. Chance Chapman received 2 write-in votes, so he moves into the voting for #26. Also receiving votes; Heitor Correa, Jeremy Slayden, Tyson Brummett, Leandro Castro, Kyle Slate, Jon Pettibone, and Jiwan James. I have a number of things in the works for the next few weeks, but I’ve been very busy of late, so I don’t want to make any promises I’ll have to break. But for now, we move on with the voting…
Iron Pigs Preview
As I flip my calendar to February, I begin chomping at the bit for the arrival of pitchers and catchers, so, with that comes an early look at what to expect in the Lehigh Valley next year. A huge turnover on the roster will lead to what many believe will be a very exciting team, filled with a combination of prospects and proven AAA players. Continue reading Iron Pigs Preview
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