Where does Brendan Malone rank among the Pirate prospects?

[psuinpgh21]

The Liover Peguero poll was such fun, let's do another one. The most votes cast in one poll so far; 5th and 6th tied, then 8th, then 4th, then 10th. So I put him between 5 and 6, Mr. 5 1/2.



Brendan Malone was the other player involved in the Marte trade. He had very limited minor league experience, but was a supplemental first round pick last year and was supposedly 1B to Priester's 1A. He has been known to hit the high 90s. This may sound repetitive, but he was ranked #8 in the DBacks organization, PP and MLB.com have him at #8 in the Pirate organization. But this is a free world so we can rank him wherever we want. Except maybe 5 1/2.



Note: I am going on vacation and doing my best to get away from it all am not planning on taking a laptop or anything like that with me, so, after this poll ends, it may be a couple of days before we resume the regular schedule. Maybe like next Wednesday. Unless you just can't stand it and go on without me...



The results so far:

1. Mitch Keller, SP, 23, AAA/ML, 63.2% of the votes

2. Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B, 22, AAA 79.6% of the votes

3. O'Neil Cruz, 21, SS?, High A, 71.7% of the votes

4. Quinn Priester, 19, SP, Rookie, 23.6% of the votes, won run-off for #4

5. Travis Swaggerty, 22, OF, High A, 42.6% of the votes.

5 1/2. Liover Peguero, 19, SS, SS Rookie; 23.1% of the vote for 5th and 6th.

6. Cody Bolton, 21, SP, AA, 31.2% of the vote

7. Tahnaj Thomas, 20, SP, Low A, 32.7% of the votes

8. Mason Martin, 20, 1B, High A, 46.2% of the vote

9. Ji-Hwan Bae, 20, SS, Low A, 41% of the vote

10. Jared Oliva, 24, OF, AA, 23.3% of the vote, won run-off for #10

11. Cal Mitchell, 20, OF, High A, 52.2% of the vote

12. Will Craig, 25, 1B, AAA, 41.7% of the vote

13. J.T. Brubaker, 26, SP, AAA, 28.6% of the vote

14. Braxton Ashcraft, 20, SP, Rookie/SS, 24.4% of the vote

15. Lolo Sanchez, 20, OF, High A, 29.4% of the vote

16. Sammy Siani, 19, OF, Rookie, 30% of the vote

[DemDog]

Hey psu, you sure are creative with the 5 1/2 ranking idea. Not what I expected from a PSU grad! ;D



As far as your vacation I guess we will have to put you on the short-term DL and send you on rehab vacation. All things can get along til you get back. Have a fun time.

[SyrBucco]

I'm enjoying these polls, psu ... thanks!



Decided to put our new pitcher right in the middle of two of our best pitching prospects, at #7. We don't have much to go on, but he's got a big pedigree and we certainly must have thought a lot of him or we wouldn't have traded Marte for him and Peguero.



When all this is done, I suspect that Peguero will just quietly slip into the #6 spot. Then the whole list will turn on it's ear by mid season!