Today we wrap up the Reader Top 30 for 2009. I want to thank everyone who has participated in the discussion and who regularly voted. I think the Reader Top 30 is what this site is all about, with lots of folks contributing to the discussion and sharing their opinions. Quintin Berry, after a long stay in the voting, takes #29, leaving a lot of interesting prospects for #30. Also, you can start to send your individual top 30 lists to me now, I’ll make a separate post asking for them when the voting for #30 is finished as well. Remember, phuturephillies at gmail dot com. So, lets wrap this up….
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Reader Top 30; #29
Only 3 more spots to go. The voting for #27 was incredibly close, with Colby Shreve grabbing 63 votes and Jared Cosart grabbing 61 votes. Because of this, I’m going to do what we did earlier, give Shreve #27, Cosart #28, and we’ll move straight to #29. So really only 2 spots to go. I want to wrap this up this week, solicit people’s individual Top 30 lists, and then I have a number of features, including my own Top 30 list. So today we’ll do number 29, and then #30 on Wednesday. So, lets get down to business…
Iron Pigs Pitcher Preview (Starters)
Taking a look at the potential starting rotation in 2009 for the Iron Pigs, the first two spots will be filled by two of three candidates, JA Happ, Kyle Kendrick, and Carlos Carrasco with the other, more than likely being named the Phillies #5 starter absent a terrific spring from Chan Ho Park.
Reader Top 30; #27
Voting for #26 was tightly grouped, but Mike Cisco finally broke through, capturing 51 of the 160 votes cast. Colby Shreve, Quintin Berry, Jared Cosart and Justin De Fratus all collected between 17 and 36 votes. With only four spots left, will those 4 be the last to make the top 30 or will someone else surge ahead? We also had a few write-in votes; Brummett (3), Pettibone (3), Castro, Slate and Schwimer. Since Naughton has been on the list a number of times and failed to gain any traction, I’m going to remove him and add Brummett and Pettibone to the voting for 27. If the Naughton crew wants him on, they can write him in again. Upward and onward…
Reader Top 30; #26
Only 5 more spots to go in this year’s Reader Top 30. Andrew Carpenter takes spot 25 with 98 out of the 227 votes cast. Chance Chapman received 2 write-in votes, so he moves into the voting for #26. Also receiving votes; Heitor Correa, Jeremy Slayden, Tyson Brummett, Leandro Castro, Kyle Slate, Jon Pettibone, and Jiwan James. I have a number of things in the works for the next few weeks, but I’ve been very busy of late, so I don’t want to make any promises I’ll have to break. But for now, we move on with the voting…
Clearwater Threshers All-Time Roster
I went through all of the website files and created an all-time roster of players and coaches for the Clearwater Threshers. I am missing photos of some players (mostly short-timers) and would appreciate the input of you, the faithful Phuture Phillies public help in completeing this project, and I hope that James the Phuture Philles master will indulge my request.
If you have a photo of a missing player, or can report an omission to the all-time roster I would appreciate your feedback. Continue reading Clearwater Threshers All-Time Roster
Reader Top 30; #25
We’re approaching the finish line, with only 6 more spots left. Anthony Gose edged out Andrew Carpenter for the 24th spot, taking 95 of the 283 votes cast. Correa, Naughton and Harman each received one write in vote, so I’ll add Naughton to the voting as he’s been there before. We’re getting down to the end, and there are still a bunch of really interesting prospects that haven’t even been mentioned yet. Should make the voting interesting. As a reminder, when we’re done voting for the collaborative Top 30 I’ll be taking individual top 30’s from everyone and putting them into a sheet again like last season for comparison purposes. I’ll make a separate post about that when the time comes. So, here we go on #25…
Reader Top 30; #24
I suppose my post draft writeup on Damarii Saunderson stuck in the heads of some, as he took home spot #23, edging out Andrew Carpenter by 5 votes. Saunderson is really raw and is going to take a lot of patience, but he could turn out to be a nice draft steal. Colby Shreve received 5 write in votes, so he enters the voting at #24. Javon Moran received zero votes, Jared Cosart received 2, so he will take Moran’s spot. Onward…
Reader Top 30; #23
Travis Mattair takes #22, grabbing 79 votes. There was a tie for 2nd place between Andrew Carpenter and Damarii Saunderson, so voting for #23 should be interesting. There were also 18 write-in votes, some of them serious, some of them jokes I’d expect out of a 5 year old. The legit write-ins; Gose, Slate, De Fratus, Matos, Shreve, and Harman. For some reason, Terry Tiffee got 5 write-in votes. He’s not even really a prospect. So, here we go..
Keith Law ranks Phillies system 11th
I know Keith Law “hates the Phillies” and is biased, but he did have this to say about our system…
11. Philadelphia Phillies: This system has improved dramatically in the past year, in particular because of the emergence of two tools guys, Dominic Brown and Michael Taylor, who weren’t really on the radar last winter. The system could make a big move up if a few high-risk/high-reward picks from this year pan out.
Check out the full rankings here. (insider content. sorry)
Also, KLaw has published his Top 100 prospects. Check that list here.
48. Jason Donald
60. Carlos Carrasco
84. Dominic Brown
100. Michael Taylor
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