2023 Phuture Phillies Readers’ Vote: #6 Prospect

2023 Reader Top 30

We’ll begin today with the Readers’ Top Thirty vote for the #6 prospect.

Justin Crawford was your selection as the #5 prospect.  He received 46 of 75 votes cast.  Here are the complete final results.  

The final results –

Justin Crawford: 46 votes, 61.3%
Lee Hao Yu: 16 votes, 21.3%
Andrew Baker: 4 votes, 5.3%
Michael Plassmeyer: 2 votes, 2.7%
Carlos De La Cruz: 2 votes, 2.7%
William Bergolla: 2 votes, 2.7%
Donny Sands: 1 vote, 1.3%
Erik Miller: 1 vote, 1.3%
Dalton Guthrie: 1 vote, 1.3%

Because of the limited number of votes allowed (the app calls them signals and limits us to 2500) I’ll be closing polls when a clear victor can be determined. 

So, why is Jim running two polls a day?  Selfishly, I want to have the polling process completed by early January and I don’t want to be bothered with the polls on the weekend.  Why again?  Well, the holidays are upon us and I have some non-baseball stuff to deal with.  Plus, the Eagles.  I find American football is consuming a lot of my Sundays.  Now, they are having a triple header Saturday.  Oh my!  Why early January?  Last year, the Phillies held a strength and conditioning camp in January and a minicamp after Phantasy camp.  The Phillies liked the idea of the minicamp.  I hope they do both again this year.  I want to be ready if they do.  So, just in case, I want to be done with the polls by then.

Crawford’s spot in the poll will be filled by Jhailyn Ortiz.

 

Results, So Far

  1. Andrew Painter
  2. Mick Abel
  3. Grif McGarry
  4. Johan Rojas
  5. Justin Crawford
  6.            ?

19 thoughts on “2023 Phuture Phillies Readers’ Vote: #6 Prospect”

  1. Yu is the solid choice here but Bergolla has just as much upside, maybe more if he can stay at SS and Yu goes to 2B. Miller probably becoming a RP decreases his upside.

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    1. Agree with you Murray. Bergolla is fascinating (and I am in on him in a big way) and a guy to watch, but Lee has earned his way to this ranking.

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    2. I have a hard time rating guys who have yet to play even a-ball. Bergolla had terrific numbers but can’t really compare competition.

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      1. Right – which is why I have him 15 or so, not like 6 or 7. It’s also why I am holding judgment on Crawford – we have no idea yet what he is or will become.

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    1. I can understand your thinking. The MLB prospect rankings are nutty after the top 6 or 7. Crouse should not be in the top 30. I think he’s cooked. Baker is listed at 30 and should probably be in or around the top 15.

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        1. Absolutely. He was wretched. I think he just can’t hit professional pitching. He barely hit college pitching. I know he was a toolsy, high risk/high reward player and you don’t hit on most of those guys. But, recently, we haven’t hit on ANY of those guys – at least the position players. It’s been an odd dichotomy between the pitchers and hitters with this group of talent evaluators. They are killing it with the pitchers and just entirely missing with the hitters – in a brutal way. Perhaps Crawford will signal an end to that run, but who knows what we will get from him? I was on record as not liking the pick at all (hmmm, Phillies historical failed draft picks – plenty of toolsy high school outfielders to choose from). I hope he proves me wrong.

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  3. I went with Lee also. Both Bergolla and Perez had good seasons with significant upside at key positions and had my consideration. If de la Cruz has a second season like 2022, he shoots way up in my book.

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      2. Biydd is the one I had seen ranked abound #20.

        I believe his speed rank is compared to Billy Hamilton.

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  5. Just had a phacebook pheed phrom one of those Phillies phan pages.

    Are others aware of what was called Black Tuesday?

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  7. Poll closed with Lee Hao Yu far ahead after 75 votes.

    Final Results –

    Lee Hao Yu: 52 votes, 69.33%
    Carlos De La Cruz: 7 votes, 9.33%
    Andrew Baker: 5 votes, 6.67%
    Francisco Morales: 3 votes, 4.00%
    William Bergolla: 3 votes, 4.00%
    Erik Miller: 2 votes, 2.67%
    Dalton Guthrie: 2 votes, 2.67%
    Michael Plassmeyer: 1 vote, 1.33%

    Next poll out shortly.

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