Jiwan James easily glides in to the 13th spot ahead of Tyson Gillies and Lisalberto Bonilla. Five different prospects each received a write-in vote, but I’ll add Cameron Rupp this round, since he previously got a bit of support. As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP
08. Justin De Fratus, RHP
09. Maikel Franco, 3B
10. Julio Rodriguez, RHP
11. Tyler Greene, SS
12. Larry Greene Jr, OF
13. Jiwan James, OF

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While the voting was initially close, Larry Greene Jr bashed his way to the #12 spot, just like he’ll hopefully be bashing balls out of the park in 2012. We now move on to #13, where BJ Rosenberg will enter the ballot in place of LGJ based on the write-in vote he received. As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP
08. Justin De Fratus, RHP
09. Maikel Franco, 3B
10. Julio Rodriguez, RHP
11. Tyler Greene, SS
12. Larry Greene Jr, OF

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As predicted, the voting for #11 was tightly bunched, with SS Tyler Greene emerging victorious. Austin Wright and Mitchell Walding (again) received the most write-in support, so they will enter the ballot. As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP
08. Justin De Fratus, RHP
09. Maikel Franco, 3B
10. Julio Rodriguez, RHP
11. Tyler Greene, SS

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Just as Julio Rodriguez has breezed through the minors, he breezed through the voting at #10, comfortably beating out a tightly grouped trio to round out the first portion of our top 30. Carlos Tocci received the most write-in support, so he will be added to the voting for #11. It will be interesting to see which way the vote breaks at #11 considering Tyler Greene, Jiwan James and Larry Greene Jr were separated by just 2 votes. As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP
08. Justin De Fratus, RHP
09. Maikel Franco, 3B
10. Julio Rodriguez, RHP

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Maikel Franco took home the #9 spot in comfortable fashion, gliding past Julio Rodriguez. Today we round out the top 10, and then we move forward. Roman Quinn and Lisalberto Bonilla will be added this round, replacing Franco and Mitchell Walding. The Mitchell Walding thing is really weird. People write him in, then he gets added and no one votes for him. Anyway.

As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP
08. Justin De Fratus, RHP
09. Maikel Franco, 3B

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Moving right along. Justin De Fratus takes the 8th spot, edging out Maikel Franco and Julio Rodriguez. All of the write-in votes were split, but I’ll put Mitchell Walding back on in place of De Fratus since he previously received write-in votes.

As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP
08. Justin De Fratus, RHP

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Phillippe Aumont is the winner of the runoff for #6, meaning that Jon Pettibone is #7 and we move right along to #8. In the voting for #6, Jiwan James and Tyson Gillies received the most write-in support, so they will be added to this round.

As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP

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Alright, the voting between Aumont and Pettibone is separated by 1 vote. This means we will have a runoff vote. The winner of the runoff will be #6 on the list, the runner-up will be #7, and then we’ll immediately move on to #8. So, you have two choices today, vote now!

Freddy Galvis won a tightly contested race for the #5 spot, edging out Jon Pettibone and Phillippe Aumont by just a few votes. This will set up an interesting race for #6, as I expect the two pitchers will again split the vote. I’m going to make one change, and that is how players are added to the poll. Mitchell Walding received 0 votes this round, while 3 people wrote in Michael Schwimer and 2 people wrote in Brian Pointer. One of those two will replace Galvis in the poll, the other will replace Walding since he received zero votes. To get a guy on the ballot he has to be written in and receive more votes than someone already on the list. I hope that is clear.

As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS

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Brody Colvin comfortably took spot #4 on the list, cruising past Freddy Galvis, Phillippe Aumont and Jon Pettibone. With those three tightly bunched, the voting for #5 should be interesting. Joe Savery somehow received the most write-in support, so he’ll be added to the list for #5 in place of Colvin. As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP

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