General useless facts/opinions about the top 40 poll

psuinpgh21 · Post by **psuinpgh21** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 1:56 pm

With the poll winding up tonight and the regular season starting soon, let me know what you think of the results. Here are some facts and opinions.

Most votes received total 43 Jose Osuna

Received votes every round eligible (excluding the firstl 8)- Kingham (7th), Hearn (9th), Osuna (22nd), Kramer (25th), Gift (36th), Webb (37th)

Most votes, one round- 27, Mitch Keller, 4th

Least votes, winner- 4 (Alemais/Dickson, 32nd; Gift, 36th)

In too early? Most rounds with 0 votes before getting any: Will Craig (entered round 1, 1st vote round 6); Jared LaKind, (in round 29, first vote round 34). Note- this does not count the one player who as of yet has not received any votes and is still eligible for the #40 spot.

In too late? #36 Gift Ngoepe (entered round 34) or #37 Tyler Webb (entered round 35)

Longest lasting- Barrett Barnes (enter round 8, won round 27)

The original 8- Meadows (1st), Glasnow (2nd), Bell (3rd), Keller (4th), Newman (5th), Hayes (6th), Craig (10th), Brault (11th)

Guys who played in the majors last year- Glasnow, Bell, Brault, Diaz (12th), Hanson (13th), Williams (21st), Moroff (26th)

Likely to make MLB debut this year- Meadows, Santana (16th), Osuna (22nd), Neverauskas (24th), Gift (36),Webb (37)

Could make MLB debut but never considered for the poll- Danny Ortiz, Chris Bostick

Still prospect eligible but not rookies- Pat Light (still in poll), Jacob Stallings, Casey Sadler

Could be considered for next year- Austin Shields, Pedro Vasquez, Jake Brentz, Cam Vieaux, Blake Cederlind, Michael DeLaCruz, Mitchell Tolman, Jordan George, James Marvel

Of course I could be wrong about all that.

Who do you think is too highly ranked/too low? Who will rocket up (onto) the charts with their performance this year? Who will disappoint?

This is the top 39+ so far.

1 Austin Meadows 21 OF AAA

2 Tyler Glasnow 23 SP AAA/MLB

3 Josh Bell 24 1B/OF AAA/MLB

4 Mitch Keller 20 SP A-

5 Kevin Newman 23 SS AA

6 Ke'Bryan Hayes 19 3b A-

7 Nick Kingham 25 SP AAA

8 Cole Tucker 20 SS A+

9 Taylor Hearn 22 SP A-

10 Will Craig 22 3B A-

11 Steven Brault 24 SP AAA/MLB

12 Elias Diaz 26 C AAA/MLB

13 Alen Hanson 24 AAA/MLB

14 Gage Hinsz, 20 SP A-

15 Yeudy Garcia 24 SP A+

16 Edgar Santana 25 RP AAA

17 Clay Holmes 23 SP AA

18 Braeden Ogle 19 SP R

19 Jin-De Jhang 23 C AA

20 Luis Escobar 20 SP A+

21 Trevor Williams 25 RP AAA/MLB

22 Jose Osuna 24 OF/1B AAA

23 Max Kranick 19 SP R

24 Dovydas Neverauskas 25 RP AAA

25 Kevin Kramer 23 2b A+

26 Max Moroff 23 IF AAA/MLB

27 Barrett Barnes 25 OF AA

28 Eric Wood 24 3b AA

29 Tyler Eppler 23 SP AA

30 Travis McGregor 19 SP R

31 Connor Joe 24 3B A+

32 (tie) Steven Alamais 21 SS A+

32 (tie) Cody Dickson 24 SP AA

33 Brandon Waddell 22 SP AA

34 Adrian Valerio 19 SS R+

35 Jordan Luplow 22 OF/3B A+

36 Gift Ngoepe 26 IF AAA

37 Tyler Webb 25 RP AAA

38 Dario Agrazal 21 SP A+

39 Wyatt Mathisen 22 3B A+

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:03 pm

Thanks for doing this all winter, PSU

sdimmick3 · Post by **sdimmick3** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:28 pm

a few I see that I think we missed on.

22. Jose Osuna (is Jin-De Jhang better??)

30. Travis McGregor (I thought he was to be pretty good?)

35. Jordan Luplow (I think he'll be a David Freese type player, which isn't all that bad)

psuinpgh21 · Post by **psuinpgh21** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:55 pm

Well, I voted for McGregor for many rounds before he got in- he's not a power pitcher, not big K numbers, so that could be why he was lower.

Luplow, had he stayed at 3B last year, probably would have come in higher, but his numbers weren't as good and he played corner OF.

I'm high on Jin-De, but was always higher on Osuna. Then again, last year I was surprised that Adam Frazier, a guy with no position or power, was voted so high.