In a surprising turn of events, the voting for #13 ended at a 41-41 tie between Edgar Garcia and Antonio Bastardo. So, to settle this we’ll do a simple one day runoff vote between the 2, and the move on to #14 on Tuesday. Argue your case and place your vote.
Category Archives: Prospect Rankings
Baseball Prospectus Phillies Top 11
The list is up.
Five-Star Prospects
1. Carlos Carrasco, RHP
Four-Star Prospects
2. Michael Taylor, RF
3. Kyle Drabek, RHP
Three-Star Prospects
4. Travis D’Arnaud, C
5. Lou Marson, C
6. Jason Donald, SS
7. Dominic Brown, OF
8. J.A. Happ, RHP
9. Zach Collier, RF
10. Jason Knapp, RHP
11. Anthony Hewitt, 3B
Sleeper: Julian Sampson, RHP
Just Missed: Travis Mattair, 3B; Drew Naylor, RHP; Joe Savery, LHP
Thats the info available to non-subscribers. If you’re a subscriber and have access to the other info, please don’t post it here. Kevin is going to be kind enough to answer questions on his rankings. If you have questions, post them in the comments here and I’ll try to work them in.
Reader Top 30; #13 + Happy Holidays
Newly acquired John Mayberry Jr takes him spot #12 in the Reader Top 30, while Edgar Garcia and Antonio Bastardo engaged in a tight race for 2nd place. The Phillies BP Top 11 list should be out today or tomorrow, when it is I’ll have some thoughts, but please don’t post the full text here. Kevin Goldstein, the writer of the list, has agreed to do a Q/A, and I’ll start a separate post on that to solicit questions for him. So lets just keep this to the discussion of #13. I’ll try and get that post of the Top 11 up when BP runs it, but that will be my last transmission until after Christmas. So, from me to you, Happy Holidays and thanks for continuing to come back. Now onto #13…
Reader Top 30; #12
Another day, another step closer to completing the Reader Top 30. Hard thrower Jason Knapp took the 11th spot with a solid 46% of the vote. The group behind him was real closely contested, with Mayberry, Bastardo and Garcia all gaining at least 10% of the vote. I was hoping to write up something on Joe Savery, but I’m not sure if I’ll have time Friday. Anyway, onto #12….
Reader Top 30; #11
We’ve now got 1/3 of our Top 30 completed, with 2008 supplemental first rounder Zach Collier rounding out the Top 10. Collier had an impressive debut and has already drawn Garrett Anderson comps, so the sky is the limit. Things will get tricky now as we move into the 11-20 range. Lots of interesting guys, and the voting figures to be tight. Also, just a heads up, Kevin Goldstein will unleash his Phillies Top 11 prospects at Baseball Prospectus in the next day or two, and hes agreed to do a Q/A for us again. If you aren’t a BP subscriber, now is as good a time as any. Not only do you get multiple prospect updates every week from KG, but you get good MLB analysis as well. So be on the lookout for the Phillies Top 11, I’ll have some thoughts on it when its posted (please don’t post the full scouting reports or anything of the sort) and then I’ll take questions for Kevin. Anyway, onto number 11…
Reader Top 30; #10
I hope everyone got all of the trade/free agent signings talk out of their system, so lets get back to discussing prospects. Joe Savery took home the #9 spot, edging out Zach Collier and Jason Knapp. I’ll have more on Savery sometime later this week. For now though, we’ll round out the top 10 in the voting, which should be a close call. One reminder. If you choose to write in a vote, please type in your choice before hitting the submit vote button, and after you vote, please be kind enough to share who you voted for in the comments, since other readers can’t see the “other” write-ins. More below the fold…
Reader Top 30; #9
Travis D’Arnaud took the number 8 spot in impressive fashion, receiving 161 of the 239 votes cast, a healthy margin for sure. Things are about to get real interesting now, as no player really stood out as a close 2nd place. I mentioned it before, a number of times, if you choose to vote for a player not listed by using the “OTHER” choice, you still need to type in your selection before you actually submit your vote. Anyway, full results below the fold…
Reader Top 30; #8
#7 went to JA Happ, who edged Travis D’Arnaud by 16 votes. As I mentioned 2 days ago, I’ve now changed the voting method, so that it registers votes based on IP address as well as cookies, meaning you can only vote once, and if your IP address is shared with someone else, and that someone else already voted, you won’t be able to vote. Its unlikely this will cause an issue. And just to get this out of the way, if there is any trade talk posted in this post, I’m just going to delete it. Also, one more note on voting. If you write in a vote please post it in the comments of the post so others can see. I’m the only one able to see the answers, so it might be helpful. Thanks.
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Reader Top 30; #7
Dominic Brown took slot number 6 in a walk (something he does well) racking up 73 votes, with JA Happ coming in a distant second with 21 tallies. I’ll give the full totals here, and then I have some more info to pass on before we get to number 7.
Brown – 73
Happ – 21
D’Arnaud – 10
Mayberry – 2
Cisco and Savery – 1
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[Update 9:10 PM] Looks like I have to limit voting by IP addresses now. That will take effect starting with #8.
If that affects you, sorry. Some people can’t just leave well enough alone and have to ruin it for everyone else.
Reader Top 30; #6
Michael Taylor was the big winner for the #5 spot, taking 49% of the vote, while Dominic Brown and JA Happ battled for second, and will likely battle for the #6 slot. The voting breakdown
Taylor — 53
Brown — 28
Happ — 18
Mayberry — 4
D’Arnaud — 4
Savery — 1
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