On to the vote for the #9 prospect in the organization.  There are 27 players listed in the poll below.

The number eight spot went to Hans Crouse.  He received 30.7% of the 124 votes cast.  Yhoswar Garcia finished 14 votes back with 19.4% of the vote.  Erik Miller garnered 17.0% of the vote.  Ethan Wilson picked up 10 votes. Jhailyn Ortiz received 7 votes.  Simon Muzziotti six.  Griff McGarry five.  Francisco Morales four.  Mickey Moniak three.  Carlo Reyes and Lee Hao Yu two each.  And, Adonis Medina and Damon Jones one each.

In addition to voters in the US, we received votes from South Korea, Germany, and Canada.  All went for Crouse.

A separate write-up on Hans Crouse can be found here.

If you feel I am not going to get to your guy early enough, by all means, ask me to add him in the comments section.

Features of this poll include –

• To be eligible for a prospect list, a player must still have rookie eligibility.
• The names will be in alphabetical order.
• The Other option will be OFF.
• You can choose ONE prospect.
• Repeat voting is blocked.
• Results will be hidden and revealed after the poll is closed.
• I reserve the right to set aside any outcome if I think anything irregular occurred

The Top 30, so far:

1. Bryson Stott
2. Mick Abel
3. Andrew Painter
4. Logan O’Hoppe
5. Johan Rojas
6. Luis Garcia
7. Matt Vierling
8. Hans Crouse

I’m sure you may have noticed that the polls are ending somewhat earlier than expected.  Let me explain why.

The original polling software that was part of WordPress was Poll Daddy.  Last year, it changed over to Crowd Signal (which apparently bought out Poll Daddy).  Crowd Signal is still free but has a limit of 2500 responses.  We went into this poll with about 2200 responses remaining.

As soon as I can comfortably declare a winner, I’ve been doing so in an effort to postpone having to conduct the poll in a different fashion.

In a pinch, we can return to the method James first employed – list your vote in the comments and I would have to go through the section to tabulate votes.

I have spent a considerable amount of time testing many free polling software packages.  Most have a low limit before you have to buy.  I had decided to try Survey Monkey then I saw that MLBTR used it for a recent poll.  The problem with it is that unless purchased, I can only provide a link that you’ll have to use to get to the poll.

Why don’t I just purchase it (or some other application)?  Well, they are a bit pricey to just use once a year.  And, I don’t have purchasing authority.  The Phuture Phillies account is still in James’ name and he renews it each year.  (Thank you, James!)

So, that explains the quick trigger on these polls.