We march on toward #30, with Freddy Galvis easily taking the 21st spot, grabbing 91 out of the 240 votes cast. There was also quite a surge in write-in votes, with Damarii Saunderson netting 4, Justin De Fratus 2, Javon Moran 3, and a few others with 1. Saunderson will re-enter the voting for #22 since he had the highest write-in total, and Moran will replace Naughton, as he ended up with more votes in the last poll. More below…

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Vance Worley rounds out our Top 20, grabbing 86 of the 275 votes cast, good for 31% of the vote. Andrew Carpenter came out of nowhere, grabbing 36 votes finishing behind Freddy Galvis (60) and Travis Mattair (40) in 4th spot. Saunderson, Shreve, Roth, Schwimer, and Bolsenbroek received write-in votes. I’m going to add Roth to the #21 voting since no one received multiple write-ins. For those of you who are finding this process laborious, the only thing I can say is, there isn’t a whole lot of news in January, and unless we want to have the same circular debates we had all of last season, this is something to at least pass the time. I’ve been strapped for time of late, but I have a few pieces I want to write in the next few weeks. When the Reader Top 30 voting finishes up, I’ll take individual lists and organize them for everyone to see and compare, and then I’ll be putting out my Top 30. And then it should be spring training time, so we’ll have more to discuss. So yeah. Lets move on to #21…

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Today we complete the first 20 of our Reader Top 30 for 2009. Sebastian Valle took the #19 spot by a fairly wide margin over Vance Worley, with the rest of the vote getters tightly clustered. Naughton, Saunderson and Cruse received write in votes this time, and I’ll add Naughton to the poll as he’s been in before.

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Short on time today, but I wanted to get this one up. We’re on the verge of completing the first 20 on the list, and the list looks very strong right now. Toolshed Anthony Hewitt takes #18 over Sebastian Valle, who’s support has picked up over the last few votes. Check for more below the fold…

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Mike Stutes took spot 17 in a runaway, capturing 94 of the 264 votes cast. Anthony Hewitt and Sebastian Valle battled it out for 2nd, taking 42 and 48 votes respectively. Andrew Carpenter received 2 write-in votes and will enter the poll for #18. Also receiving write-ins; Justin De Fratus, Brad Harman and Mike Cisco. The next few votes should be interesting as we round out the top 20, and then get into the even more speculative 21-30 range. More below…

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Drew Naylor took home spot number 16 in closely contested voting. Mike Stutes made a nice surge, no doubt helped by his positive press in the BA chat. Anthony Hewitt also received 5 write-in votes, so he enters the voting. We’re going to keep motoring along with the Top 30, when we finish I’ll have a few comparison pieces on certain prospects, and then I hope to unleash my Top 30 sometime in early February. For now, let’s get to #17

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Let’s kick it back into gear. We’re now over half way to the finish line. Julian Sampson took the #15 slot, grabbing 59 of the 145 votes. He rounds out our Top 15, giving us a solid group…

01. Carlos Carrasco, RHP
02. Lou Marson, C
03. Jason Donald, SS
04. Kyle Drabek, RHP
05. Michael Taylor, OF
06. Dominic Brown, OF
07. JA Happ, LHP
08. Travis D’Arnaud, C
09. Joe Savery, LHP
10. Zach Collier, OF
11. Jason Knapp, RHP
12. John Mayberry Jr, OF
13. Edgar Garcia, RHP
14. Antonio Bastardo, LHP
15. Julian Sampson, RHP

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The voting between Antonio Bastardo and Edgar Garcia again went down to the wire, with Garcia edging him out 71-69. As was mentioned, I’m going to put Garcia 13 and Bastardo 14, and we’ll move straight to #15. I’m going to add in 1 player to fill in the gap in the voting, and of course, write in votes are welcomed.

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