Deivi Grullon was selected as the organization’s #23 prospect. He received 62 of the 207 votes cast (30%). Kyle Young finished second receiving 56 votes (27%). Mauricio Llovera received 21 votes (10%).
Starlyn Castillo received 19 votes. Connor Brogdon received 16 votes. Cole Irvin received 14 votes. Christopher Sanchez received 12 votes. Jhailyn Ortiz received 7 votes.
Another surprising outcome. Not the winner, but the runner-up.
Yesterday, I reminded everyone that this is a readers’ poll, open to ALL readers, not just those who comment.
Today, I’d like to remind friends and family of these players that this is a READERS’ poll. This is not the place for you to come and vote for a friend or family member when you don’t follow the discussions ALL YEAR LONG.
To that end, I am going to run several polls past thirty. Let’s assume that they are so that I have prospects on hand to add to the top thirty as other prospects graduate to the Phillies, lose prospect status, are traded to another organization, or for some other reason are dropped from the top thirty.
I will continue to search for a method to conduct polling that reflects the feelings of the Phuture Phillies community. I went back and looked at how James started the Readers’ Poll and have a few ideas. I’ll bounce them off you at a later date.
Polling will continue with the shorter ballot. Results will remain hidden.
With Grullon’s selection, Andrew Schultz will be added to the poll. Feel free to make suggestions in the comments section.
Results, so far –
- Alec Bohm
- Spencer Howard
- Bryson Stott
- Erik Miller
- Mickey Moniak
- Francisco Morales
- Connor Seabold
- Ethan Lindow
- Adonis Medina
- Luis Garcia
- JoJo Romero
- Simon Muzziotti
- Rafael Marchan
- Damon Jones
- Johan Rojas
- Logan O’Hoppe
- Enyel De Los Santos
- Nick Maton
- Kevin Gowdy
- Kendall Simmons
- Matt Vierling
- Luke Leftwich
- Deivy Grullon
Apologies but I am clueless about Starlyn Castillo’s current performance. Thought maybe it was someone Jim had done a recent write up. Anyone know is there a quick way to search for write ups done on this site either in the comments or as posts? I looked in the drop down for right handed starters but Tyler Viza is the only entry I saw
I posted this back in November.
https://phuturephillies.com/2019/11/10/2019-prospect-discussion-7-of-starlyn-castillo/
Thank you, Jim for the link on Castillo!!
Debated between Llovera and Brogdon…went with the experienced reliever and his proximity to the Bank…Brogdon. Can see him pitching in Philly later this year.
Did we forget Ortiz? HasHe been in the system too long and now is an afterthought
Just another Philly international signing miss
This will be the defining year for Ortiz if he wants to stay in this system. He has shown the sporadic power that he was known for but his swing and miss is way too high for us to take him seriously as a prospect at this point.
I was going to go with Ortiz here, but, as mentioned by others, his hitting is sporadic, he strikes out too much and he can look totally lost on breaking balls. Hopefully, he corrects that, in which case he can soar in rankings.
I went with Brogdon. He’s just been too good and too close not to get the nod here, even though I understand that relievers don’t get much respect in rankings.
Frank:
Holding out hope on Ortiz…look at Aristides Aquino of the Reds…his minor league career was not progressively linear…struggled at 23- years old in AA….so maybe Ortiz still has a good chance to fulfil his dreams.
Romus,
I’ll probably be going with Ortiz next. Can’t see anyone nearby who has his potential, though he a.ppears to definitely be a boom-or-bust guy with the odds being bust at this point
Ya I am going with Ortiz he is still young. I have watched Llovera and gets hit hard early so not sure he even has a future as a reliever but time will tell.
Josh Stephens will make the majors before most of these guys, He is the second best hitter in the system
Will be interesting to see how he does at LHV this season…I assume he will start there.
Kind of surprised…he finished top ten in BA in the Eastern League this past season.
Also 2nd in SLG….. 5th in Doubles and eight in Triples with one of the fewest ABs of most of the leaders.
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=l_bat&lid=113
I’m afraid you’re dreaming. I don’t see it happening.
Murray. have you seen him play>? Did you ever see video on him? Do you know he is younger than moniak who everyone loves. What a blanket statement, based on nothing, cause his numbers so far are good,
Rocco I have seen him play I can tell you this about Josh. He has a chance to play some games in the MLB but he has very little chance of becoming an everyday MLB player.
The tools are just average across the board. Defensively he can’t do much more than play LF. Offensively he has some bat to ball skills but he K’s way too much for a guy with very little power and same can be said for his BB Rate.
He is young so you do have that going for you.
Do you know that he’s actually not younger than Moniak?
Stephen – Born Sept 22, 1997
Moniak – Born May, 21, 1998…
My mistake, Moniak was born on May 13, 1998..
https://youtu.be/L8iXn0DDceo Watch Josh in tournament with blake Rutherford and Kierbloom
Rocco, the caption on this video says it’s Rutherford, not Josh.
Jim, I think he was hoping nobody would notice.