On to the vote for the #19 prospect in the organization. There are 34 players listed in the poll below.
The number eighteen spot went to Damon Jones who received 11 of 93 votes (11.9%). Ironically, this vote could have been closed after 70 votes. Jones had a 2 vote lead at that point, and even though he only received one of the next 23 votes, he still held on to win.
There’s a sick side of me that wants to keep the voting secret and say 19 players received the remaining 82 votes or to just report –
- Two guys received ten votes each,
- one guy received nine,
- one guy got eight,
- two got seven each,
- one got six,
- one got five,
- one got four,
- two got three each,
- two got two each,
- and six received one vote each.
However, common sense prevailed –
- Rickardo Perez and James McArthur received ten votes each,
- Kendall Simmons received nine,
- Alexeis Azuaje got eight,
- Christian McGowan and Erubiel Armenta got seven each,
- Jamari Baylor got six,
- Lee Hao Yu got five,
- Casey Martin got four,
- Andrew Schultz and Dominic Pipkin got three each,
- Kyle Dohy and Ethan Lindow got two each,
- Marcus Lee Sang, Ben Brown, Christopher Sanchez, Jean Cabrera, Nicolas Torres, and Corey Phelan received one vote each.
The Top 30, so far:
- Bryson Stott
- Mick Abel
- Andrew Painter
- Logan O’Hoppe
- Johan Rojas
- Luis Garcia
- Matt Vierling
- Hans Crouse
- Yhoswar Garcia
- Erik Miller
- Ethan Wilson
- Griff McGarry
- Jhailyn Ortiz
- Simon Muzziotti
- Francisco Morales
- Mickey Moniak
- Jordan Viars
- Damon Jones
Jones? He’s not in my top 30. He can’t throw enough strikes and he’s not young any longer. I’ll try Simmons again.
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Jones is not in my top 30 either. Perez is possibly the furthest away but has a lot of potential. I didn’t have Armenta in my top 30 but people were voting for him so I took another look. Wow! 21 year old all last year. He played at 3 levels including 1 appearance in AA. He had 49 Ks in 23 IP. 3 Saves in 3 attempts. They were all in relief but still… I moved some people around and he’ll be coming up soon.
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Jim, would you add Micah Ottenbreit to the next poll please?
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Kendall Simmons again. He has the tools. He gets better every year.
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I like Kendall Simmons, but he’s no longer super young and he definitely did not get better last year. In fact, I’d say his season last year qualified as a very large disappointment. The raw physical tools are there, but if he can’t improve his hit tool, frankly, he has no future. Here’s to hoping he can.
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Between Erubiel and McArthur’s Park,,,decided on the tall lanky righthanded pitcher.
Probably will be pitching a few games at the Bank before the 2022 season ends.
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