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For some reason I don't see the #25 poll on the first couple of pages- it was a runaway victory for Braden Ogle. If someone can see the results, could you please post a link for me? I keep a spreadsheet of the results (nerd alert).



Re-added Nick Burdi, added Eduardo Vera, one of the highly rated elsewhere guys and easy to add alphabetically.



The results thus far.

1. Mitch Keller, 21, SP, AA (88% of the vote)

2. Austin Meadows, 22, OF, AAA (also 88% of the vote)

3. Shane Baz, 18, SP, Rookie league (34.1%)

4. Cole Tucker, 21, SS, AA (53.7%)

5. Colin Moran, 24, 3B, AAA/MLB (as placed by previous poll)

6. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 20, 3B, A+ (52.8% in #5 poll)

7. Kevin Newman, 24, SS, AAA (34.1% in #6 poll)

8. Taylor Hearn, 23, SP, A+ (40% in #7 poll)

9. Bryan Reynolds, 22, OF, A+ (40.9%)

10. Jordan Luplow, 24, OF, AAA/MLB (51.1%)

11. Max Moroff, 24, IF, MLB (27.3%)

12. Nick Kingham, 26, SP, AAA (28.1%)

13. Kevin Kramer, 24, 2B, AA, (52.1%)

14. Luis Escobar, 21, SP, A (33.3%)

15. Kevin "Lolo" Sanchez, 18, OF, R (46.2%)

16. Will Craig, 23, 1B, AA (20%)

17. Kyle Crick, 25, RP, MLB/AAA (26.7%)

18. Jason Martin, 22, OF, A- (20.5% of the vote, 57.7% of the run-off)

19. Oneil Cruz, 19, 3B, A- (41.7% of the vote)

20. Clay Holmes, 24, SP, AAA (35.6% of the vote)

21. Mason Martin, 18, 1B, R (28.3%)

22. Edgar Santana, 26, RP, AAA/MLB (31.6%)

23. Cal Mitchell, 19, OF, R (31.6%)

24. Stephen Jennings, 19, SP, R (28.1 %, 66.7% of run-off for tie)

25. Braeden Ogle, 20, SP, A- (over 70% but not sure exact number)

And, by the way, there is a new ranking out on the official website:



http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2018?list=pit

who else is just picking names at this point? haha, i'm Prospect Ignorant.

Pirates Prospects is a great website, but it is a pay site. I've seen a few of these guys at Spring Training last year or Morgantown or Mahoning Valley or Erie or Columbus or Altoona (all easy drives for me) but my first hand knowledge is limited. I've been adding them based on recommendations and other ratings- I've seen Jon Sickels, Keith Law, Baseball Prospectus, Fan Graphs, MLB Pipeline and Pirates Prospects rankings. Of course, I'm the guy who added Max Kranick in the 6th round due to his ridiculous numbers at Bristol and he's gotten 2 votes in 20 rounds...

If you are at all interested in the minor leagues (or in reading about baseball over the winter), Pirates Prospect is a must. It costs about $3 a month (or less if you sign up for a longer time). Definitely worth it.



I've been voting for Stephen Alemais for a while now. He's 20 now on the new "official" list linked above. Surely he should get a few more votes by now.

I actually do subscribe, but I don't know. In the end I picked Uselton because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

717274686F7166693330010 wrote: And, by the way, there is a new ranking out on the official website:



http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2018?list=pit


Thanks! Much better list considering last year's performances.

Who do we want next?

Some suggestions based on the P2 rankings:



Brandon Waddell - LHP - 24 - AA

JT Brubaker - RHP -25 - AA

Cody Bolton - RHP - 19 - Rk

I will give you one more -- Pablo Reyes. Versatile, competent, consistent, super-high floor ---and probably blocked by a bunch of high draft picks. Good player.