Lewis Alezones takes the 48th prospect slot in our poll. He received 20 of 122 votes (16%). Mitch Walding finished second him with 19 votes.
The current poll’s selections so far are listed below.
- J.P. Crawford
- Aaron Nola
- Maikel Franco
- Roman Quinn
- Zach Eflin
- Ben Lively
- Jesse Biddle
- Kelly Dugan
- Tom Windle
- Yoel Mecias
- Deivi Grullon
- Matt Imhof
- Dylan Cozens
- Carlos Tocci
- Odubel Herrera
- Aaron Altherr
- Aaron Brown
- Franklyn Kilome
- Victor Arano
- Andrew Knapp
- Zach Green
- Severino Gonzalez
- Cord Sandberg
- Jesmuel Valentin
- Ricardo Pinto
- Luis Encarnacion
- Cameron Perkins
- Jose Pujols
- Andrew Pullin
- Tommy Joseph
- Nefi Ogando
- Jiandido Tromp
- Joely Rodriguez
- Rhys Hoskins
- Brandon Leibrandt
- Willians Astudillo
- Elniery Garcia
- Arquimedes Gamboa
- Chris Oliver
- Hector Neris
- Brian Pointer
- Adam Morgan
- Elvis Araujo
- Samuel Hiciano
- Malquin Canelo
- David Whitehead
- Mitch Gueller
- Lewis Alezones
The poll for #49 is up next.
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Ok can honestly say this is the first player on the list I have never heard of. If anyone has any info on Lewis Alezones I’d appreciate it.
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If Kilome is 18 then Alezones should have been 4-5 spots ahead of him. Stats wise Lewis is the better pitcher at the same age and level.
Kilome ranked at 18 was criminal in my opinion.
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DMAR… did you expect anything different?
…BA has him at 13 and Fangraphs have him at 14.
And they are the two most respective pubs that the bloggers read.
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And DMARs…I forgot the most respected of all authors/pubs….the ‘BradinDC List’ over at CA, has him at 13. Need we say anymore! 😉
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Boom.
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And stuff wise Kilome is light years ahead of Alezones. Alezones has decent secondaries and a fastball that is 88-90 touching 91. Kilome might have the highest upside of any pitcher in the system right now, Kilome might never get to Severino Gonzalez’s level of stuff
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That’s why stats aren’t everything when you’re trying to project minor leaguers.
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LETS GO MITCH!! i can feel the magic, it’s his time
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this is some bs, the gap is closing. let’s bring it home walding!!
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also, neglecting shane watson is my next injustice to bring to light
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I do not understand Walding ahead of Lino. Lino is 8 months younger, played at 1 level higher, is a slightly better hitter, at the most valuable defensive position. This year when they are both at Clearwater, we can see head-to-head on who is the better hitter. My money is on Lino.
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I don’t understand Walding ahead of anybody.
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It is weird that Neifi Ogando is #31 and Seth Rosin is not even on the ballot. They are both 26 year old relief pitchers. Ogando has never pitched above AA. Rosin pitched in both AAA and MLB. Ogando has just 12 saves in 139 minor league relief appearances, while Rosin has 15 saves in 117 minor league appearances. He has 1 win (against the Phillies) in his 3 major league appearances.
I think 20-year-old starting pitcher Tyler Viza is a better prospect than both Ogando and Rosin, and a better prospect than several other pitchers already on the top 48.
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How about: Rosin was pretty atrocious last year and Ogando took a step forward?
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A step forward? Nefi’s 6.27 ERA and 4.53 FIP were both career worsts. And they were as a 25-year-old in AA. Seth posted his best ERA since 2011 while spending half his season above AA.
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This is what’s wrong with this organization. Readers think a guy that threw 14 innings in short season with a 7 plus ERA, almost 3 whip 19hits, 20 walks to only 6 K’s is our # 39 prospect. Just how does that equate into anything but please release me now.
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If you can’t even conceive of how a player with poor stats in the minors might be ranked ahead of someone with good stats, I don’t think there’s much hope for anyone convincing you of much of anything around here. Scouting is not hocus pocus. The people who watch players for a living aren’t just BSing all of us. Stats are useful, but they are such a small part of the story at lower levels of the minor leagues.
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