Before we get to today’s vote, just a quick programming note. Hopefully in the next week or two I’ll be posting a Q/A with Joe Savery and another one with Keith Law from EPSN.com. Not sure when yet, but keep an eye out for them in the coming days. Jason Jaramillo wins the vote at #13. I saw a few people questioning how a “backup catcher” can be that high. I think that’s a bit harsh, to be honest. Jaramillo’s 2007 OPS was killed by an awful May, and if you remove that month, his overall numbers look a bit better. When considering prospects, you have to not only calculate how good they can be, but what the likelihood is of them reaching their potential. The odds of Jaramillo being a major leaguer are much better than that of, say, Dominic Brown, at this point in time. That’s not to say Brown isn’t a prospect, but maybe a few people just like the probability of JJ over the high ceiling of Brown.

Anyway, onto today’s vote. Update

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter
07. Marson
08. Donald
09. Drabek
10. Happ
11. Harman
12. Golson
13. Jaramillo

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Today we vote for lucky #13. So far, looking at the list you guys produced, we have a solid Top 12, and we have another handful of guys who should at least contribute at the major league level at some point. My list is going to look different, but so far, I think this has gone well.

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter
07. Marson
08. Donald
09. Drabek
10. Happ
11. Harman
12. Golson

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Truckin’ right along. You know the drill by now. Yesterday’s vote at #11 was the closest we’ve had yet

Harman – 11, Jaramillo – 9, Golson – 9

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter
07. Marson
08. Donald
09. Drabek
10. Happ
11. Harman

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JA Happ in a runaway yesterday, with some support building for Golson and Harman. It seems like Edgar Garcia is the lost prospect this winter. I might just take a closer look at him and do a writeup, but I don’t want to influence the voting. So, go ahead and vote for #11 today

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter
07. Marson
08. Donald
09. Drabek
10. Happ

And here’s a reminder for the eligibilty

For the purpose of this poll, consider “eligibility” to be less than 50 AB/25 games for a position player, and less than 25 IP/20 games as a pitcher.

So, here is where a few other guys stand

Mathieson: 37 IP. Not eligible
Zagurski: 25 G. Not eligible

As I suspected, Kyle Drabek won in convincing fashion yesterday, and today we round out the top 10. What I find interesting, and maybe it’s just me, is that our Top 10 already seems deeper than it did last year. Still lots of quality guys remaining, this vote should be interesting.

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter
07. Marson
08. Donald
09. Drabek

Place your vote for number10

And here’s a reminder for the eligibilty

For the purpose of this poll, consider “eligibility” to be less than 50 AB/25 games for a position player, and less than 25 IP/20 games as a pitcher.

So, here is where a few other guys stand

Mathieson: 37 IP. Not eligible
Zagurski: 25 G. Not eligible

As we deal with the Phillies elimination hangover, we head to number 9 on the list. Jason Donald edged out Kyle Drabek by one vote for #8 (18-17), so let’s see if Drabek wins in convincing fashion today.

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter
07. Marson
08. Donald

Place your vote for number 9

And here’s a reminder for the eligibilty

For the purpose of this poll, consider “eligibility” to be less than 50 AB/25 games for a position player, and less than 25 IP/20 games as a pitcher.

So, here is where a few other guys stand

Mathieson: 37 IP. Not eligible
Zagurski: 25 G. Not eligible

Lou Marson wins a close vote yesterday, edging out Jason Donald for the #7 spot, with Kyle Drabek making a push as well. Remember, for the purposes of this list, you can use any criteria you want. This isn’t a tools list, or a performance list, it’s YOUR list, you can use whatever evaluation you want. The different options and different views are what make it interesting.  So here’s where we stand

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter
07. Lou Marson

Place your vote for number 8.

And here’s a reminder for the eligibilty

For the purpose of this poll, consider “eligibility” to be less than 50 AB/25 games for a position player, and less than 25 IP/20 games as a pitcher.

So, here is where a few other guys stand

Mathieson: 37 IP. Not eligible
Zagurski: 25 G. Not eligible

Sorry for the no post yesterday, I was at Citizens Bank Park watching a tough loss. Andrew Carpenter won the vote at #6, which means the list looks like this so far

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman
06. Carpenter

Place your vote for number 7.

And here’s a reminder for the eligibilty

For the purpose of this poll, consider “eligibility” to be less than 50 AB/25 games for a position player, and less than 25 IP/20 games as a pitcher.

So, here is where a few other guys stand

Mathieson: 37 IP. Not eligible
Zagurski: 25 G. Not eligible

Yesterday was Outman, who is today? Lots of other guys mentioned yesterday, should make for an interesting vote. So far

01. Carrasco
02. Cardenas
03. Savery
04. Costanzo
05. Outman

And here’s a reminder for the eligibilty

For the purpose of this poll, consider “eligibility” to be less than 50 AB/25 games for a position player, and less than 25 IP/20 games as a pitcher.

So, here is where a few other guys stand

Mathieson: 37 IP. Not eligible
Zagurski: 25 G. Not eligible

I was going to just wait till tomorrow for this, but might as well go for it today. First, Adrian Cardenas was named the 13th best prospect in the Sally League, hats off to him. Second, here was the voting breakdown for the #4 spot

Costanzo: 23
Outman: 15
Drabek: 6
Marson: 5
Carpenter: 4
Donald: 3
Happ: 2
Brown: 1

And here’s a reminder for the eligibilty

For the purpose of this poll, consider “eligibility” to be less than 50 AB/25 games for a position player, and less than 25 IP/20 games as a pitcher.

So, here is where a few other guys stand

Mathieson: 37 IP. Not eligible
Zagurski: 25 G. Not eligible

So far

01. Carlos Carrasco
02. Adrian Cardenas
03. Joe Savery
04. Mike Costanzo

Vote away for #5.