2023 Phuture Phillies Readers’ Vote: #10 Prospect

2023 Reader Top 30

This will be the poll for the Readers’ Top Thirty #10 prospect.

William Bergolla was your selection as the #9 prospect.  He received 36 of the 101 votes cast.  Here are the complete final results –  

William Bergolla: 36 votes, 35.64%
Francisco Morales: 28 votes, 27.72%
Erik Miller: 9 votes, 8.91%
Dalton Guthrie: 7 votes, 6.93%
Michael Plassmeyer: 4 votes, 3.96%
Marcus Lee Sang: 4 votes, 3.96%
Nikau Pouaka-Grego: 3 votes, 2.97%
Simon Muzziotti: 3 votes, 2.97%
Alex McFarlane: 3 votes, 2.97%
Rickardo Perez: 2 votes, 1.98%
Donny Sands: 1 vote, 0.99%
Jhailyn Ortiz: 1 vote, 0.99%

Bergolla’s spot in the poll will be filled with 6 new names for the next poll.  A couple players are listed a little earlier than I intended.  But, if you need name recognition these guys will fit the bill.  

 

Results, So Far

  1. Andrew Painter
  2. Mick Abel
  3. Grif McGarry
  4. Johan Rojas
  5. Justin Crawford
  6. Lee Hao Yu
  7. Andrew Baker
  8. Carlos De La Cruz
  9. William Bergolla
  10.            ?

8 thoughts on “2023 Phuture Phillies Readers’ Vote: #10 Prospect”

  1. I (and 2 other readers) continue to vote for Alex McFarlane. Last year’s 4th round pick has swing and miss stuff (13.5 K/9 vs 3.4 BB/9 in A- & 11.9 K/9 vs 4.4 BB/9 at the U). 95-97 FB has good run, high spin SL is plus, avg CH. Long and lean, there’s still more projection. I expect him to reach Reading this summer.

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    1. Even though I voted for Morales in the last poll I was quite good with Bergolla who has one of the highest ceilings in the organization. I’ll vote Morales again and then it will be McFarlane and Rincones. McFarlane has a serious Griff McGarry vibe. Man have they done a great job drafting pitchers the last three years! So good, in fact, that it’s hard to rip them on the misses with position players.

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      1. “…done a great job drafting pitchers…”. This and the fact that so many criticize the hitting side of development make it curious to me that 5 of the last 6 prospects to be selected in the poll have been position players.

        I’m not criticizing the selections or the prospects, just pointing out an interesting observation. Well, interesting to me, anyway.

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        1. It is interesting. Could be the TINSTAAPP philosophy at work. People are pleased with how our young pitchers are developing, but believe the hitters are more likely to contribute substantially at the MLB level because of injury risk/flame-out/what have you.

          Just a guess, though.

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        2. not to dispute the point, but perhaps 30% of those last 6 prospects were bought, not drafted! Is it the same evaluators?

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        3. I’ve been thinking about your comment. I believe my comment is still true even if 5 of the last 6 prospects listed are hitters. The reality is that the top 3 pitchers, and especially the first two, are far, far better prospects than all of those hitting prospects. Let’s put it this way, would you trade Andrew Painter for all of those hitting prospects? I don’t think I would and you definitely wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) trade the top two pitching prospects for all of those hitters.

          So even if 5 of the top 8 prospects are hitters, the strength of the system is still pitching by a good margin.

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