Newcomer Zach Eflin is your selection by a wide margin over Jesse Biddle (170-95), however, he wins with a plurality of the 371 votes cast rather than a majority (45.82%).

Odubel Herrera, Hector Neris, and Mitch Walding have been added to poll #6.

Continue reading Reader Top 30 #6 →

It’s Roman Quinn by a large margin in what many thought would be a close race. The top 4 prospects as voted by you so far with the # of votes, % of vote, and margin over next prospect –

1. J.P. Crawford, 318 votes (of 356), 89.3%, by 301 votes over Maikel Franco (17 votes).
2. Aaron Nola, 203 votes (of 430), 47.21%, by 14 votes over Maikel Franco (189 votes).
3. Maikel Franco, 349 votes (of 416), 83.89%, by 321 votes over Roman Quinn (28 votes).
4. Roman Quinn, 241 votes (of 384), 62.76%, by 191 votes over Zach Eflin (50 votes).

Although the top 4 prospects received 1371 of 1586 votes cast (86.44%) and outdistanced other prospects by convincing margins, somehow the remaining votes cast for the top 4 spots were divided among 27 different players.

Up next #5, should start to get interesting now. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #5 →

Maikel Franco is deemed to be the organization’s #3 prospect getting 84% of the vote.

I hope everybody had a Merry Christmas yesterday.  The days leading up were saddened by a family event earlier in the week and doubled with more sad news on Christmas Day.  The daily poll may be sporadic the next week as I attend to other matters.  I plan on posting an Open Discussion for next week, and I hope to post poll #5 Sunday night, as well as a Winter Ball update if enough games were played to make it worthwhile and I can find the time.

Once again, I ask that you consider submitting your personal top 30 to prospectpoll@yahoo.com with the Subject line – Poll.  I’m using them to determine who I add to the poll.  I can’t use the write-in votes, some of them are pretty wild – Larry Greene, for instance.  So nine players who showed up on a majority of ballots are being added today – Aaron Brown, Luis Encarnacion, Zach Green, Franklyn Kilome, Yoel Mecias, Nefi Ogando, Ricardo Pinto, Andrew Pullin, Joely Rodriguez.  Suggestions can also be sent to the address above with the Subject line, Add. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #4 →

Aaron Nola was your choice as the organization’s #2 prospect in a very tight race.  Fourteen players received votes with Nola and Maikel Franco garnering 92% of the vote.  Oddly enough, players who received votes in the poll for #1 (Carlos Tocci, 2 votes; and Mitch Gueller and Aaron Brown who received 1 vote each through the write in feature) didn’t receive a vote as the #2 prospect. Lee Ridenhour received the 1 write in vote this round.

Up next #3. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #3 →

J.P. Crawford was your choice as the #1 prospect in the organization. That he was selected by such a large margin is no surprise.

Up next #2. Continue reading Reader Top 30 #2 →

Welcome to the 2015 Reader Top 30.

I will post a poll most days Monday thru Friday.  I’m starting with MLB’s Top 20 and will add names as needed.  I expect the first new group of names will be added after Prospect #5 is decided.  If you want to make sure a name is added to the list e-mail prospectpoll@yahoo.com using the Subject Line – Add Prospect Continue reading Reader Top 30 #1 →