Ok, before I start, I want to emphasize that I don't really think Bumgarner is struggling (lol hook thread title).  He's been fantastic, even more so considering his age and how little time it took to become a very good MLB starter.  That said, it's seemed that he's had real trouble this year with runners on base.  Since I don't have anything to do in my mother's basement, because my fucking A Dance with Dragons book didn't arrive today, I decided to look into the numbers.  I don't promise anything you probably don't already know, but I thought we might as well look at the hard data instead of just what feels right:

So, I'm hoping this table is mostly self-explanatory (glossary at end), but the basic gist is various stats for Bumgarner split out into the different game situations (Bases Empty, Men on Base, Men in Scoring Position).  I want to emphasize two things:

1. This doesn't include tonight's game against the Padres.
2. Each season is only 105-110 IP, so the sample size isn't great, even more so when you're cutting it down into chunks.
   

That said, I think there are three things that stand out.  His BABIP in 2011 with runners on and in scoring position is astronomical at 0.384 and 0.397, compared to career numbers closer to 0.320.  This is actually a flip from last year, where he had a much worse BABIP with the bases empty. 

Now, before I go screaming about bad luck, I need to mention the second thing that stands out: his Line Drive %.  With men on base this year, he's been giving up way too many line drives.  Those numbers are much higher than anything you would reasonably expect.

Unfortunately, here comes the really unsatisfying part: While he has been worse with runners on, it's hard to say whether it's because he's leaving fat pitches over the plate or just getting a bit unlucky.  It's possible that he's getting unlucky with his LD% (this is known to Kruk as, "Sometimes the best pitch is a hanging curve.").  Personally, I think it's mostly been bad luck and his numbers with runners on should regress towards his career numbers.  This is mostly based on his K% and BB% with runners on.  He's still getting the strikeouts and seems to be pitching around batters a bit more (which is expected), so I'm not entirely sure why that would lead to more solid contact.

Lastly, if you've been paying attention, I said three things stand out and have only mentioned two.  The third would be the negative 9.80% LOB% for 2011 with Men in Scoring position.  I don't even know how that works, but I'm going to assume it means the Padres have been cheating and sneaking runners onto the basepaths when the umps weren't looking.

Thoughts? Observations? What you ate at your most recent meal?

Glossary (just in case)

K% - Strikeouts per batter faced

BB% - Walks per batter faced

BABIP - Batting Average on Balls In Play

LOB% - Left On Base %: Percentage of runners left on base

FIP - Fielding Independent Pitching: On the same scale as ERA, it uses strikeouts, walks, and HR's to make a better future indicator of ERA

xFIP - FIP but with the HR rate normalized to league average

IFFB% - Infield flyball %

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham
T37. Jacob Dunnington
T37. Carlos Willoughby
39. Steve Edlefsen
40. Kendry Flores
41. Edwin Escobar
42. David Quinowski
43. Carter Jurica
T44. Brandon Allen
T44. Sundrendy Windster

Well, we did it.  We really did it.  I'll try to keep this brief, unlike [insert Actor's Name here] last night, amirite?  As usual, it was an incredibly informative and fun process.  Some topics:

1. Who is the most overrated or going to fall the most on next years list?
2. Who is the most underrated or who is your biggest sleeper?
3. What would your prospect list look like (go as far as you like 10, 20, 100)?

So, a runoff to end it.  This has been a lot of fun and I'll have the final prospect list up either Sunday night or Monday morning.  Here are your options:

Brandon Allen

Sundrendy Windster

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Jurica with the win.  And we've reached the last vote (unless you jerks cause a tie).  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham
T37. Jacob Dunnington
T37. Carlos Willoughby
39. Steve Edlefsen
40. Kendry Flores
41. Edwin Escobar
42. David Quinowski
43. Carter Jurica

For #44, we have the following options:

Brandon Allen

Hector Correa

Chris Lofton

Ydwin Villegas

Craig Westcott

Sundrendy Windster

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Quinowski with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham
T37. Jacob Dunnington
T37. Carlos Willoughby
39. Steve Edlefsen
40. Kendry Flores
41. Edwin Escobar
42. David Quinowski

For #43, we have the following options:

Brandon Allen

Hector Correa

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

Ydwin Villegas

Craig Westcott

Sundrendy Windster

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Escobar with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham
T37. Jacob Dunnington
T37. Carlos Willoughby
39. Steve Edlefsen
40. Kendry Flores
41. Edwin Escobar

For #42, we have the following options:

Brandon Allen

Hector Correa

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

David Quinowski

Ydwin Villegas

Craig Westcott

Sundrendy Windster

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Sorry for not getting this up at lunch time, crazy day at work and I had about 5 minutes to eat (/LiveJournal). 

Kendry Flores with the win and we're in the home stretch.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham
T37. Jacob Dunnington
T37. Carlos Willoughby
39. Steve Edlefsen
40. Kendry Flores

For #41, we have the following options:

Brandon Allen

Hector Correa

Edwin Escobar

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

David Quinowski

Ydwin Villegas

Craig Westcott

Sundrendy Windster

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Edlefsen wins the runoff (another name I'm not sad to not have to type any more).  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham
T37. Jacob Dunnington
T37. Carlos Willoughby
39. Steve Edlefsen

For #40, we have the following options:

Brandon Allen

Hector Correa

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

David Quinowski

Ydwin Villegas

Craig Westcott

Sundrendy Windster

Each player should have a link to Baseball Cube in their first name and a link to FanGraphs in their last name, unless one wasn't available.  The poll will close Tuesday at noon.

Well, I guess the 3 day weekend is a good enough time for a runoff.  You guys really don't want this to end though, do you?

Steve Edlefsen

Kendry Flores

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I BLEED ORANGE I BLEED ORANGE I BLEED ORANGE I BLEED ORANGE

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Everyone's favorite outcome, a tie (soccer, ya been burned).  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham
T37. Jacob Dunnington
T37. Carlos Willoughby

For #39, we have the following options:

Brandon Allen

Hector Correa

Steve Edlefsen

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

David Quinowski

Ydwin Villegas

Craig Westcott

Sundrendy Windster

Each player should have a link to Baseball Cube in their first name and a link to FanGraphs in their last name, unless one wasn't available.  The poll will close Sunday at noon.

So, it's a runoff.  Wheeee.  Fun times, fun times indeed.  We need a better system to handle runoffs in the future, don't know if one exists though.

Jacob Dunnington

Carlos Willoughby

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Most recent favorite lyric: Too many Urkels on your team that's why your Winslow.

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Graham with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart
36. Matt Graham

For #37, we have the following options:

Jacob Dunnington

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

Ydwin Villegas

Carlos Willoughby

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Burkhart with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan
35. Dan Burkhart

For #36, we have the following options:

Jacob Dunnington

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Matt Graham

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

Ydwin Villegas

Carlos Willoughby

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Cavan with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford
34. Ryan Cavan

For #35, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart

Jacob Dunnington

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Matt Graham

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

Ydwin Villegas

Carlos Willoughby

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Ford with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell
33. Darren Ford

For #34, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart

Ryan Cavan

Jacob Dunnington

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Matt Graham

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

Ydwin Villegas

Carlos Willoughby

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Monell with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez
32. Johnny Monell

For #33, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart

Ryan Cavan

Jacob Dunnington

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Darren Ford

Matt Graham

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

Ydwin Villegas

Carlos Willoughby

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And Juan Perez makes the list at #31.  Will he be this years Belt?  In this writers unbiased opinion: very obviously yes.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez

For #32, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart - FYI, the first link has his age wrong, it's right in the 2nd link

Jacob Dunnington

Edwin Escobar

Kendry Flores

Darren Ford

Matt Graham

Carter Jurica

Chris Lofton

Johnny Monell

Ydwin Villegas

Carlos Willoughby

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Tanner with the W (O/U on big league W's: 0.5).  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner

For #31, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart - FYI, the first link has his age wrong, it's right in the 2nd link

Darren Ford

Johnny Monell

Juan Perez

Carlos Willoughby

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Well, for a moment it looked like we were going to get a 3 way tie, but Roibal takes it.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal

For #30, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart - FYI, the first link has his age wrong, it's right in the 2nd link

Darren Ford

Johnny Monell

Juan Perez

Clayton Tanner

Carlos Willoughby

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Wow, so a 4 way runoff.  Sorry this wasn't up yesterday, but handegg.  It's probably a good idea to get these moving faster, so from now on each poll will end after a day instead of potentially two.

Darren Ford

Juan Perez

Reinier Roibal

Clayton Tanner

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Verdugo with the win.  We'll be going to at least 40, I'm liking the idea of going to 44 though.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo

For #29, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart - FYI, the first link has his age wrong, it's right in the 2nd link

Darren Ford

Johnny Monell

Juan Perez

Reinier Roibal

Clayton Tanner

Carlos Willoughby

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Moving right along, we've got P&C reporting soon, it's Dominguez with the win.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez

For #28, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart - FYI, the first link has his age wrong, it's right in the 2nd link

Darren Ford

Johnny Monell

Juan Perez

Reinier Roibal

Clayton Tanner

Ryan Verdugo

Carlos Willoughby

Each player should have a link to Baseball Cube in their first name and a link to FanGraphs in their last name, unless one wasn't available.  The poll will close Saturday at noon, unless it's clear enough to call before then.

Please do not rec these, we don't want to have them cluttering up the recommended fanposts.  Thanks!

Well, you should all be real proud of yourselves.  We made it this far without a tie, but that was too close a vote to not call it a tie.  Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning

For #27, we have the following options:

Chris Dominguez

Juan Perez

Reinier Roibal

Ryan Verdugo

Each player should have a link to Baseball Cube in their first name and a link to FanGraphs in their last name, unless one wasn't available.  The poll will close Friday at noon, unless it's clear enough to call before then.

Ok, we've got another runoff.  Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday, but I'm pretty sure my brain was trying to escape my skull through expansion, so I wasn't really up to it.

Brock Bond

Jake Dunning

I don't think we'll just award #26 to the loser, since Dominguez was so close behind these two (39/38/32), but if you feel strongly about this, let me know.

Poll will close Wednesday at noon, etc.