previously on obscure relief pitchers of interest:

brayan villarreal
stuart pomeranz

i got no intro this time. just a pitcher.

adam ottavino

(crossposted from wily motown)

first-round pick as a starter out of northeastern by the cardinals back in 2006, seen as one of those "safe" college pitchers that never actually seem to be safe or work out at all. or maybe that’s just me.

was on the young side for a college pitcher, pitching at baseball-age 20 after he signed that year. but never really panned out as a starter. plugged along through the cards system from ’06 until last year, with unremarkable K rates (7.5 or 8 per 9), too many walks, nothing about him ever jumping off the page.

cards bumped him off their 40-man this spring and he got claimed by the rockies, who immediately converted him to relief. (i assume this is done by putting the guy in one of those big fluid chambers like they did with luke skywalker in empire strikes back.) similar to dude from the last writeup, brayan villarreal, this is his first year pitching out of the pen and it seems to really agree with him so far. after 20 innings in AAA this year, basically all of his peripherals have gone from boring to awesome. his K rate’s jumped from 7 or 8 to 11.5. walks dropped to a manageable 3.2 per 9 (ok, that might not be "awesome", but it’s improved, and good enough). and he did it in colorado springs, which of course is a really horrible place to pitch.

that’s all in a small sample, of course, but small samples own. the rockies have called him up a couple of times and the early major league returns are just as good. the only other major league data on him is from 22 innings he threw for the cards two years ago, but PITCHf/x says he’s gained a mile on the fastball, from 93 up to 94, and his whiff rate (SwStr%) has doubled from a lame 5 to a solid 10. uncannily, his K/9 has also doubled from 5 to 10.

so what is he. 6’5″ righthander with, as noted, good velocity (94 doesn’t sound exciting because everybody in prospecting always talks about how their guy "touches" 97, but a 94 average FB by PITCHf/x data is actually very good; only the truly elite velocity guys are doing better) who appears to throw harder and miss more bats out of the pen than he ever did as a starter. so the tools are there. the rockies, whose bullpen is a little bit messy right now, already seem to be inching him towards high-leverage work; he got a hold the other day. he’s not likely to hunt down rafael betancourt like the predator in "predator" and take his job within the next three weeks. he still has to get past matt belizzle and josh roenicke in the RHP setup pecking order before he can get close enough to betancourt even to contemplate harpooning him with a wrist sword or shooting him with a triple laser or coating himself with cold mud and hiding on the warning track waiting for betancourt to step out of the bullpen with his guard down. but he might be up for good, depending on how the roster machinations work out, and he looks like he could be a pretty good arm, which makes him interesting, even though he’s obscure.

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trying to decide whether "obscure relief pitchers of disinterest" should be a whole separate category. (note: not implying that brayan is one, he's not.)

note that i wrote this up over the weekend, before he probably got some people's attention by striking out 5 red sox in 1.2 innings tonight. serendipity! supercalifragilispecexpialidocious. whoa, spellcheck.

brayan villarreal

if you go to fangraphs and do a sort by PITCHf/x fastball velocity, and zero out the innings minimum, the first four dudes are andrew cashner, henry rodriguez, kelvin herrera, and aroldis chapman. the only surprising thing there is probably that aroldis is only fourth. i guess maybe kelvin's not really a household name yet.

but then the fifth name is some guy from the tigers called brayan villarreal. so, who's that. (tigers fans, rolling their eyes, "come on, everybody knows brayan villarreal." shut up tigers fans.)

a glance at his fangraphs shows... i'm not sure exactly what it shows. he's 25. he was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2005, when he was already 21 years old... there must be a story there, i'm trying to google it but haven't tracked it down yet. feel free to share, if you know. [EDIT: this paragraph was/is completely messed up and wrong. he signed at 18. nothing unusual at all. it was memorial day weekend and apparently i had too much coffee. disregard. thanks go out to endlessprisoner for pointing this out without calling me stupid.]

in spite of the raw velocity i don't really remember him generating much chatter as a prospect, although i may have missed it. he spent 2008-2010 plugging along through the tigers system as a starter, striking out about a batter an inning, walking 2 or 3 per 9. nothing awful, nothing spectacular.

then last year in AAA for some reason his strikeout rate backed up all the way down into the derek lowe sinkerballer zone, five and a half per 9, while at the same time his walk rate spiked from average-ish to actively bad. maybe there was something wrong with him, maybe he didn't like toledo, maybe just a bad year. he got a 16-inning big-league trial out of the pen and didn't really do much with that either.

this year, though, his K rate has gone the other way. in his first minor-league work as a reliever, he's got 22 strikeouts in 14 AAA innings, with 8 more in 6.2 scoreless innings in the majors as of this morning.

recent press out of detroit features jim leyland talking about villarreal in a pretty positive way, saying there's a chance he might be this year's al alburquerque (who i still think is spelling his name wrong):

"Right now, today, he'd probably fit right in [like] last year's Alburquerque," Leyland said after Villarreal's 2 1/3 perfect innings Saturday. "Maybe [pitching] a little bit earlier, but that type of thing. That would be great for us. I mean, that's a great arm, obviously."

he's still walking a few too many guys, but if the K spike indicates that he's taking well to the relief conversion, which eyewitness accounts certainly seem to confirm, then he's definitely reached the "interesting arm" stage of the Relief Pitcher Emergence Curve. where he goes from here probably depends, as it so often does, on command. if it stays good enough for the fastball to play, he could reach shiny new toy status in relatively short order. if it proves unreliable, he'll probably hang around annoying us with his tantalizing potential for at least the next couple years. so it's a win-win.

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second in a series. earlier:

stuart pomeranz

hello cats and dogs. some of you might remember me. i used to post here a lot. few years ago. don't really any more. anyway. doesn't matter.

sometimes in the past i've threatened to start some kind of blog about relief pitchers, because by and large nobody ever pays any attention to them until it's too late. i'm now on the point of actually doing that, kind of. actually more generally i just booted up a prefab wordpress as a place to dump all the junk that winds up in my brain on account of playing way too much fantasy baseball. at least this way i might be able to use it to get my writing juices flowing again.

i thought i'd crosspost some of the stuff i write as fanposts here, just to liven things up a bit. on account of some of you guys know me, and i know how much you like relief pitchers.

so here's the first post.

http://wilymotown.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/obscure-relief-pitchers-of-interest-stuart-pomeranz/

stuart pomeranz

yes he's drew pomeranz's brother. drew and stu. they probably enjoy hearing jokes about that.

stu appears to us as a 27-year-old minor league drifter. recovering alcoholic, they say, hit bottom in independent ball, freshly sober, newly rededicated to life and the craft of pitching, and so on.

so he has a narrative, and he's certainly pitching like it. came out of the gate this year putting up lolcat numbers in the minors - struck out 13.5 per 9 in AA, they promoted him to AAA, he blinked a couple times and struck out 13.5 per 9 in AAA. didn't walk much of anyone either. gave up zero runs for a zero ERA. almost zero hits. BABIPs so low they smell like raw too-good-for-the-level dominance, not luck.

also he's 6'7" and fangraphs says his average FB velo is bumping 94. so that's all pretty interesting.

far as his situation. he got called up once, threw 4 scoreless, went back down. now he's up again. not clear for how long, but at the very least he's on the 40-man, in the mix. jim johnson has the closer role in baltimore wired down for now, and pedro strop (himself also a personal favorite of mine, more on that later) has pretty clearly taken over the primary RH setup / apprentice closer niche. luis ayala and darren o'day are both pitching well, and i suppose lindstrom comes back soon. so i'm not saying pomeranz is some kind of sleeper for next week's saves or even holds. but the weather can shift quickly in any given bullpen, so you never know.

at any rate, if he can keep throwing the way he's been throwing, sooner or later he'll become relevant somehow. be hard not to.

now with all of that said i haven't even seen him. but i'm keeping an eye on him anyway. and i mean come on. he's 6'7", he throws 94... you don't need to see him. (i'm just kidding. but you don't.)

so our elijah pretty well won the game for the nats single-handed last night, which i suppose is the bat-signal for me to swoop back on in here and issue some i-told-you-so's. well, not really. but this is all i ever said: in the end, talent will play. notice how milton bradley's not having too shabby a year either, despite the occasional bout of scarlet lefebvre.

was just looking back at the famously crazy top 100 from whatever year it was. dukes at 15? not looking so bad. certainly better than brandon wood at #4, or lincecum behind adam miller. of course that's just how things sit this week.

i was looking for that blowout argument we all had but i think it got deleted in the sockpuppet wars.

at any rate, there's at least one obvious lesson here: don't jump to conclusions. guys were burying dukes' career way too early last summer, because that was what they wanted to see. and now dukes could still be banned from baseball for life next week and then i'd be wrong again. don't push yourself on the world; just let things happen and then look at 'em.

This isn't really finished, but I feel bad about leaving the catchers hanging out there for so long without any support. Don't want 'em drooping. Plus I want to try and stay ahead of Silver over at BP. (I wrote this list up before his article came out last week.) So we'll make a quick pass at first base. Please leave comments.

From my old top 100:

Daric Barton, OAK : one of my pets for this year.

Joey Votto, CIN : i still don't really feel like i know him.

...

Lars Anderson, BOS : already has a bridge.

Chris Marrero, WAS : yep.

Chris Davis, TEX : i think of him kind of like if adam dunn and brandon wood had a kid. but is that good or bad?

...

Andrew Lambo, LA : my new favorite toy. "what have we here?"

Nick Weglarz, CLE : some other people's favorite toy. the numbers are fairly rare for a teenager in full-season. that's rare on a seasonal level, not a once-in-a-decade level, of course; still.

Jordan Brown, CLE : this was too high. i don't know what i was thinking. wait, i remember: "just hit". he can. but he's not good enough. good candidate to get hubered.

Chris Carter II, OAK : i'm not *quite* sold on this one, but i don't feel justified in having a strong opinion yet. for now we can put him in a chain gang with lambo and weglarz.

Other candidates (quickly tiered):

Kyle Blanks, SD

...

Matt Sweeney, ANA

Sean Doolittle, OAK

Chris Carter I, BOS : aka jordan brown IV

Juan Miranda, NYY

...

Cody Johnson, ATL

Anthony Rizzo, BOS

Brandon Snyder, BAL

Freddie Freeman, ATL

Yohermyn Chavez, TOR

Kyle Orr, LA

...

Michael Aubrey, CLE

Logan Morrison, FLA

Jeff Larish, DET

... and a bunch of guys i don't really believe in at all...

Aaron Bates, BOS

Mark Hamilton, STL

Matt Whitney, CLE

Andrew D'Alessio, SF

Bryan Byrne, ARI

Lucas Duda, NYM

Rhyne Hughes, TB

Mike Carp, NYM

Eric Duncan, NYY

Gaby Sanchez, FLA

Kala Ka'aihue, ATL

Clint Robinson, KC

I feel like there are more. I haven't even scanned the BA book for missing links yet. Not sure I can get to 30 real guys though. With 1B it's so hard to clear the bar offensively, as is well known.

I'm not ranking them quite yet; do throw out some other suggestions.

EDIT: from the suggestion box:

Angel Villalona, SF - move to 1B sounds pretty official.

Beau Mills, CLE - what the hey, put him here.

Craig Cooper, SD

Chris Nash, CLE

Osvaldo Morales, STL

I've been wanting for a while to do a position-by-position prospect rundown series, just to pass the time, and I'm finding the new system finely inspirational.

I figured calling it "Around the Horn" would be a cliche, so I'm going to call it "Around the Cape of Magellan". I know it's actually Cape Horn and the Straits of Magellan, but let's agree to ignore that.

So. Catchers. Here's how they shook out in the last version of my top 100 that I have on record, from January 17 (so says the last modified date on my laptop, anyway):

5 - Matt Wieters, BAL - love him.

28 - Geovany Soto, CHC - pretty much the best hitter in the minors last year; despite his age and the PCL, I mostly buy it.

36 - Jeff Clement, SEA - was always skeptical, but some of the more recent reports on his zone control and contact ability have encouraged me.

57 - Max Ramirez, TEX - this is pretty high, based on my "just hit" credo. but he's probably not really a catcher.

58 - Jesus Montero, NYY - same basic deal.

63 - Taylor Teagarden, TEX - galt's use of mike napoli as an offensive comp for his cal league numbers is sort of fascinating.

68 - Hank Conger, ANA - i'm cooling on him a bit now with this shoulder injury thing.

71 - JR Towles, HOU - not sure why i had him this low. i guess i read some stuff about flaws in his swing. we'll see.

95 - Wilson Ramos, MIN - our up and comer.

Others I'd listed in the holding tank:

Josh Donaldson, CHC

uh, i guess that's it.

So who else is relevant? Some other catchers of note, divided into two groups, will follow.

(EDITED thursday 3/20 10:31AM EST)

group 1: "close and solid" (carlos ruiz division)

Bryan Anderson, STL

Mitch Canham, SD

John Jaso, TB

Lou Marson, PHI

Craig Tatum, CIN

Jonathan Lucroy, MIL

Ed Easley, ARI

James Skelton, DET

JP Arencibia, TOR - i hate him

Lars Davis, COL

Jackson Williams, SF

Matt McBride, CLE

Adam Moore, SEA

group 2: "farther off and maybe awesome" (hank conger division)

Tyler Flowers, ATL - my latest "the guy" among catchers, supplanting ramos (who i still like, of course - he's just not the newest any more) - played more 1B last year due to injury, but can catch and can hit (supposedly)

Devin Mesoraco, CIN

Austin Romine, NYY

Travis d'Arnaud, PHI

Angel Salome, MIL

Mike McKenry, COL - hit well last year, don't know much else

Luis de la Cruz, STL

Max Sapp, HOU

Francisco Pena, NYM

Danny Rams, MIN - fascinating to me, as he's been described: 80 power + 80 arm + no other tools

Robinzon Diaz, TOR

Got all that? So, ok. Here it comes:

Wily Mo's Overall Top 30 Catchers (of Magellan)

(EDITED thursday 3/20 10:31AM EST)

1. Matt Wieters, BAL
2. Geovany Soto, CHC
3. Jeff Clement, SEA*
4. JR Towles, HOU
5. Taylor Teagarden, TEX+
6. Wilson Ramos, MIN+
7. Jesus Montero, NYY*
8. Josh Donaldson, CHC
9. Tyler Flowers, ATL
10. Max Ramirez, TEX*
11. Lou Marson, PHI+
12. Mitch Canham, SD
13. Craig Tatum, CIN+
14. John Jaso, TB*
15. Bryan Anderson, STL
16. Hank Conger, ANA*
17. Devin Mesoraco, CIN
18. Austin Romine, NYY
19. Jonathan Lucroy, MIL
20. Ed Easley, ARI
21. Travis d'Arnaud, PHI+
22. Angel Salome, MIL
23. Mike McKenry, COL
24. James Skelton, DET
25. Jackson Williams, SF+
26. Francisco Pena, NYM
27. Luis de la Cruz, STL
28. Lars Davis, COL
29. Matt McBride, CLE
30. Danny Rams, MIN*

* - particularly questionable to stick at C
+ - exceptionally likely to stick

So, what's wrong with this? I really started making stuff up right around Canham or so.

bereft of his multi-accounted cheering squad, guerra immediately wins by one vote.  could do a runoff, but doesn't really seem worthwhile at this stage.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS CAL
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF  WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP CAL
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC
   49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
   50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
   51. Chris Davis 3B TEX
   52. Luke Hochevar RHP KC
   53. Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
   54. Taylor Teagarden C TEX
   55. Manny Parra LHP MIL
   56. Deolis Guerra RHP NYM

i've cut the size of the poll a little bit this time just because it seems like we're definitely picking out of these nine guys for the moment.  do still feel free to vote other.

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

POLL 57

Ross Detwiler LHP WAS
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Cole Rohrbough LHP ATL
Neil Walker 3B PIT
Hank Conger C CAL
Elvis Andrus SS TEX
James McDonald RHP LA
Ian Stewart 3B COL
Jordan Walden RHP CAL
"Other"

Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below.  Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast.

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Justin Masterson (2/56), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Jair Jurrjens (0/51), Radhames Liz (1/50), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Dan Cortes, Alan Horne, Michael Bowden, Chris Volstad, Matt Harrison, Troy Patton, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Brad Lincoln, Jaime Garcia, Chuck Lofgren, Collin Balester, Sean Gallagher, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Bryan Morris, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil, Aaron Poreda, Joe Savery, James Simmons, Jordan Zimmermann, Clayton Mortensen

Tim Alderson (1/54), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos, Josh Smoker, Chris Withrow, Dan Duffy, Julio Teheran

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Brent Lillibridge (2/56), Chris Carter II (2/56), Brandon Jones (0/55), Beau Mills (0/54), Dexter Fowler (1/50), JR Towles (0/52), Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Todd Frazier, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Mat Gamel, Nate Schierholtz, Kellen Kulbacki, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn, Tony Thomas Jr, Brandon Hicks

Bill Rowell (1/55), Michael Burgess (0/49), Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Cedric Hunter, Nick Noonan, Oscar Tejeda, Kevin Ahrens, Matt Dominguez, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wendell Fairley, Andrew Lambo, Ben Revere, Neftali Soto, Engel Beltre

votes.

my league just finished our minor league draft and i figured i'd post the results, for purposes of discussion and so you kids who are prepping for similar type deals can get a sense of the market.  

see this previous diary for full context.  quick summary: player pool is mostly 2007 draftees; some premium on quick development.  as noted, i am the Incident.  

Round 1
1 (1) Bail Bonds - Matt Wieters, C (BAL)
2 (2) Galacticos - Mike Moustakas, SS (KCR)
3 (3) Rattlers - David Price, P (TBD)
4 (4) Galacticos - Jason Heyward, OF (ATL)
5 (5) Rattlers - Matt LaPorta, OF (MIL)
6 (6) Galacticos - Jarrod Parker, P (ARI)
7 (7) Galacticos - Rick Porcello, P (DET)
8 (8) Polygamists - Josh Vitters, 3B (CHC)
9 (9) Incident - Kosuke Fukudome, OF (CHC)
10 (10) Winos - Michael Burgess, OF (WAS)
11 (11) MoneyShots - Beau Mills, 3B (CLE)
12 (12) Galacticos - Ross Detwiler, P (WAS)
13 (13) Drunks - Hiroki Kuroda, P (LAD)
14 (14) Winos - Casey Weathers, P (COL)
15 (15) Incident - Nick Noonan, 2B (SFG)
16 (16) Egomaniacs - Jordan Walden, P (ANA)

Round 2
1 (17) Bail Bonds - Josh Smoker, P (WAS)
2 (18) Drunks - Josh Donaldson, C (CHC)
3 (19) Bail Bonds - Cole Rohrbough, P (ATL)
4 (20) Knights - Aaron Poreda, P (CHW)
5 (21) Ducks - Todd Frazier, SS (CIN)
6 (22) Incident - Tim Alderson, P (SFG)
7 (23) Incident - Oscar Tejeda, SS (BOS)
8 (24) 33's - Joe Savery, P (PHI)
9 (25) Winos - Matt Latos, P (SDP)
10 (26) Bail Bonds - Michael Main, P (TEX)
11 (27) Cannons - Madison Bumgarner, P (SFG)
12 (28) Ducks - Kellen Kulbacki, OF (SDP)
13 (29) Galacticos - Devin Mesoraco, C (CIN)
14 (30) Drunks - Daniel Moskos, P (PIT)
15 (31) Incident - Jesus Montero, C (NYY)
16 (32) Ducks - Max Scherzer, P (ARI)

Round 3
1 (33) Bail Bonds - Tony Thomas, 2B (CHC)
2 (34) Winos - Nick Hagadone, P (BOS)
3 (35) Polygamists - Mat Gamel, 3B (MIL)
4 (36) Knights - Matt Mangini, 3B (SEA)
5 (37) Rattlers - Blake Beavan, P (TEX)
6 (38) Galacticos - Anthony Rizzo, 1B (BOS)
7 (39) Galacticos - Matt Dominguez, 3B (FLA)
8 (40) Winos - Brandon Hicks, SS (ATL)
9 (41) Polygamists - Phillippe Aumont, P (SEA)
10 (42) Winos - Brett Cecil, P (TOR)
11 (43) Ducks - James Simmons, P (OAK)
12 (44) Ducks - Will Middlebrooks, 3B (BOS)
13 (45) MoneyShots - Kevin Ahrens, 3B (TOR)
14 (46) Ducks - Wendell Fairley, OF (SFG)
15 (47) Incident - Andrew Lambo, OF (LAD)
16 (48) Egomaniacs - Ben Revere, OF (MIN)

Round 4
1 (49) Winos - Matt Whitney, 1B (WAS)
2 (50) Winos - Damon Sublett, 2B (NYY)
3 (51) Winos - Clayton Conner, 3B (ARI)
4 (52) Fanatics - Corey Brown, OF (OAK)
5 (53) Incident - Eugenio Velez, 2B (SFG)
6 (54) Knights - Chris Withrow, P (LAD)
7 (55) Knights - Jordan Zimmerman, P (WAS)
8 (56) MoneyShots - Shelby Ford, 2B (PIT)
9 (57) Bad Boys - Brandon Waring, 3B (CIN)
10 (58) Rattlers - Nick Evans, 1B (NYM)
11 (59) Cannons - Pete Kozma, SS (STL)
12 (60) Cannons - Clayton Mortensen, P (STL)
13 (61) Polygamists - Engel Beltre, OF, (TEX)
14 (62) Knights - Jonathon Lucroy, C (MIL)
15 (63) Incident - Dan Duffy, P (KCR)
16 (64) Incident - Julio Teheran, P (ATL)

Round 5
1 (65) Bail Bonds - Josh Reddick, OF (BOS)
2 (66) Egomaniacs - Bryan Morris, P (LAD)
3 (67) Polygamists - Chorye Spoone, P, BAL
4 (68) Fanatics - Mitch Canham, C (SDP)
5 (69) Winos - Daniel Dorn, OF (CIN)
6 (70) Cannons - Neftali Soto, SS (CIN)
7 (71) Cannons - J.P. Arencibia, C (TOR)
8 (72) Polygamists - Bud Norris, P, (HOU)
9 (73) Cannons - Gaby Sanchez, 1B (FLA)
10 (74) 33's - Masahide Kobayashi, P (CLE)
11 (75) Winos - Jack McGeary, P (WAS)
12 (76) MoneyShots - Felipe Paulino, P (HOU)
13 (77) Ducks - James Adkins, P (LAD)
14 (78) Drunks - Brandon Snyder, 1B (BAL)
15 (79) Incident - Julio Borbon, OF (TEX)
16 (80) Egomaniacs - Sean Doolittle, 1B (OAK)

Round 6
1 (81) Bail Bonds - Jose Ceda, P (CHC)
2 (82) MoneyShots - Eddie Kunz, P (NYM)
3 (83) Polygamists - Blake Wood, P (KCR)
4 (84) Fanatics - Brian Rike, OF (COL)
5 (85) Winos - Zack Braddock, P (MIL)
6 (86) Incident - Yasuhiko Yabuta, P (KCR)
7 (87) Knights - Daniel Payne, OF (SDP)
8 (88) MoneyShots - Brant Rustich, P (NYM)
9 (89) Bad Boys - Jaime Pedroza, SS (LAD)
10 (90) Bad Boys - Celeb Gindl, OF (MIL)
11 (91) Cannons - Eric Young Jr., 2B (COL)
12 (92) Ducks - Wes Roemer, P (ARI)
13 (93) Lumberjacks - Gregory Desme, OF, OAK
14 (94) Drunks - Emilio Bonifacio, 2B (ARI)
15 (95) Polygamists - Jose Martinez, OF, CHW
16 (96) Polygamists - John Shelby, OF, CHW

Round 7
1 (97) Bail Bonds - Jonathan Still, C (BOS)
2 (98) Incident - Jake Arrieta, P (BAL)
3 (99) Polygamists - Kelvin DeLeon, OF, NYY
4 (100) Fanatics - James Skelton, C (DET)
5 (101) Winos - Michael McCardell, P (MIN)
6 (102) Egomaniacs - Andrew Bailey, P (OAK)
7 (103) Knights - Ryan Pope, P (NYY)
8 (104) MoneyShots - Kazuo Fukumori, P (TEX)
9 (105) Bad Boys - Clint Robinson, 1B (KCR)
10 (106) 33's - Nick Schmidt, P (SDP)
11 (107) Winos - Eric Sogard, 2B (SDP)
12 (108) Egomaniacs - Jordan Parraz, OF (HOU)
13 (109) Drunks - Brian Duensing, P (MIN)
14 (110) Egomaniacs - Jayson Nix, 2B (COL)
15 (111) Egomaniacs - Ed Easley, C (ARI)

Round 8
1 (112) Bail Bonds - Rhyne Hughes, 1B (TBD)
2 (113) Polygamists - Jeff Marquez, P (NYY)
3 (114) Fanatics - Fernando Perez, OF (TAM)
4 (115) Egomaniacs - Allen Craig, 3B (STL)
5 (116) Bad Boys - Andrew Brackman, P (NYY)
6 (117) 33's - Barry Enright, P (ARI)
7 (118) Ducks - Drew Cumberland, SS (SDP)
8 (119) Drunks - Brian Bixler, SS (PIT)
9 (120) Egomaniacs - Jason Pridie, OF (MIN)

Round 9
1 (121) Fanatics - Carmen Angelini, SS (NYY)
2 (122) Bad Boys - Neil Ramirez, P (TEX)
3 (123) 33's - Ryan Dent, SS/OF (BOS)
4 (124) Egomaniacs - Danny Worth, SS (DET)

Round 10
1 (125) Bad Boys - Kyle Lotzkar, P (CIN)
2 (126) Egomaniacs - Colten Willems, P (WAS)

Round 11
1 (127) Bad Boys - Nick Blackburn, P (MIN)

here's a link to the last poll with some cute commentary.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS CAL
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF  WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP CAL
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC
   49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
   50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
   51. Chris Davis 3B TEX
   52. Luke Hochevar RHP KC
   53. Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
   54. Taylor Teagarden C TEX
   55. Manny Parra LHP MIL

here's a sassy remark connecting the list to the polling section.

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

POLL 56

Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Ross Detwiler LHP WAS
Hank Conger C CAL
Jordan Walden RHP CAL
Cole Rohrbough LHP ATL
Elvis Andrus SS TEX
James McDonald RHP LA
Neil Walker 3B PIT
Brent Lillibridge SS ATL
Ian Stewart 3B COL
Justin Masterson RHP BOS
Chris Carter 1B OAK
"Other"

Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below.  Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast.

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Jair Jurrjens (0/51), Radhames Liz (1/50), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Dan Cortes, Alan Horne, Michael Bowden, Chris Volstad, Matt Harrison, Troy Patton, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Brad Lincoln, Jaime Garcia, Chuck Lofgren, Collin Balester, Sean Gallagher, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Bryan Morris, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil, Aaron Poreda, Joe Savery, James Simmons, Jordan Zimmermann, Clayton Mortensen

Tim Alderson (1/54), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos, Josh Smoker, Chris Withrow, Dan Duffy, Julio Teheran

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Brandon Jones (0/55), Beau Mills (0/54), Dexter Fowler (1/50), JR Towles (0/52), Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Todd Frazier, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Mat Gamel, Nate Schierholtz, Kellen Kulbacki, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn, Tony Thomas Jr, Brandon Hicks

Bill Rowell (1/55), Michael Burgess (0/49), Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Cedric Hunter, Nick Noonan, Oscar Tejeda, Kevin Ahrens, Matt Dominguez, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wendell Fairley, Andrew Lambo, Ben Revere, Neftali Soto, Engel Beltre

open.

hi, this is (* REDACTED *) round of my league's minor league draft.  

we got through three rounds yesterday and i was originally going to post them all but then i found myself writing up this lengthy disclaimer about how you shouldn't talk about players that haven't been picked yet, only these players here, and then i found myself repeating it at the bottom of the post, and then i realized that it wasn't going to work and that i should just post the first round for now.

so that's what i'm doing.

draft pool is basically 2007 draftees, imports, and unowned players.  it's a fairly deep league (25-man minors), so the unowned pool is pretty shallow.

it's not indefinite keeper - you get them for 3 years supercheap and then can extend them for up to 7 more at a higher salary, so you get them for a long time but not forever.  so there's some discount for guys who will take years and years to show up and some premium on immediate help, although philosphies vary.

here's the first round.  i've bolded my own picks.  i don't know if the other guys who post here want to be pointed out or not so i'll let them identify themselves in the comments if they feel like it.

Round 1
1 (1) Bail Bonds - Matt Wieters, C (BAL)
2 (2) Galacticos - Mike Moustakas, SS (KCR)
3 (3) Rattlers - David Price, P (TBD)
4 (4) Galacticos - Jason Heyward, OF (ATL)
5 (5) Rattlers - Matt LaPorta, OF (MIL)
6 (6) Galacticos - Jarrod Parker, P (ARI)
7 (7) Galacticos - Rick Porcello, P (DET)
8 (8) Polygamists - Josh Vitters, 3B (CHC)
9 (9) Incident - Kosuke Fukudome, OF (CHC)
10 (10) Winos - Michael Burgess, OF (WAS)
11 (11) MoneyShots - Beau Mills, 3B (CLE)
12 (12) Galacticos - Ross Detwiler, P (WAS)
13 (13) Drunks - Hiroki Kuroda, P (LAD)
14 (14) Winos - Casey Weathers, P (COL)
15 (15) Incident - Nick Noonan, 2B (SFG)
16 (16) Egomaniacs - Jordan Walden, P (ANA)

so.  for your interest and edification.  comments welcome.  try to only talk about these picks for now, since the draft is still going on, although as i say we've already done 2 more rounds after this one.

the results of poll 54 strongly favor taylor teagarden.  taylor would probably be better served in pro sports changing his name to something like boris beergarden, but it's his life.  

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS CAL
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF  WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP CAL
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC
   49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
   50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
   51. Chris Davis 3B TEX
   52. Luke Hochevar RHP KC
   53. Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
   54. Taylor Teagarden C TEX

now it is time for additional voting.

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

POLL 55

Manny Parra LHP MIL
Ross Detwiler LHP WAS
Hank Conger C CAL
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Jordan Walden RHP CAL
Brandon Jones LF ATL
Neil Walker 3B PIT
James McDonald RHP LA
Bill Rowell 3B BAL
Elvis Andrus SS TEX
Justin Masterson RHP BOS
Ian Stewart 3B COL
"Other"

Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below.  Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast.

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Jair Jurrjens (0/51), Radhames Liz (1/50), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Dan Cortes, Alan Horne, Michael Bowden, Chris Volstad, Matt Harrison, Troy Patton, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Brad Lincoln, Jaime Garcia, Chuck Lofgren, Collin Balester, Sean Gallagher, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil, Aaron Poreda, Joe Savery, James Simmons

Cole Rohrbough (1/52), Tim Alderson (1/54), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos, Josh Smoker

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Beau Mills (0/54), Dexter Fowler (1/50), JR Towles (0/52), Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Todd Frazier, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Mat Gamel, Nate Schierholtz, Kellen Kulbacki, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn, Tony Thomas Jr, Brandon Hicks

Michael Burgess (0/49), Chris Carter II, Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Cedric Hunter, Nick Noonan, Oscar Tejeda, Kevin Ahrens, Matt Dominguez, Devin Mesoraco, Will Middlebrooks, Wendell Fairley, Andrew Lambo, Ben Revere

have at.

Poll

range finder - which microscopic hitter is superior?

2%

Will Middlebrooks 3B BOS

3 votes

18%

Ryan Kalish OF BOS

25 votes

8%

Oscar Tejeda SS BOS

11 votes

3%

Devin Mesoraco C CIN

5 votes

11%

Ben Revere OF MIN

16 votes

14%

Nick Noonan 2B SF

20 votes

3%

Wendell Fairley OF SF

5 votes

17%

Matt Dominguez 3B FLA

23 votes

14%

Jesus Montero C NYY

19 votes

5%

Kevin Ahrens 3B TOR

7 votes

134 votes | Poll has closed

our #53 prospect is jarrod parker, a young man who was bitten by a radiactive pitcher while touring a baseball stadium with his high school class and gained the powers of smooth delivery and plus curve.  

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS CAL
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF  WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP CAL
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC
   49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
   50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
   51. Chris Davis 3B TEX
   52. Luke Hochevar RHP KC
   53. Jarrod Parker RHP ARI

this new format doesn't lend itself to weird themes as much as the old one did.  your mileage may vary.

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for aeach prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

POLL 51

Taylor Teagarden C TEX
Manny Parra LHP MIL
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Ross Detwiler LHP WAS
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Elvis Andrus SS TEX
Hank Conger C CAL
Brandon Jones LF ATL
Bill Rowell 3B BAL
James McDonald RHP LA
Neil Walker 3B PIT
Jordan Walden RHP CAL
Beau Mills 3B/1B CLE
"Other"

Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below.  Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast.

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Jair Jurrjens (0/51), Radhames Liz (1/50), Justin Masterson (1/51), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Dan Cortes, Alan Horne, Michael Bowden, Chris Volstad, Matt Harrison, Troy Patton, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Brad Lincoln, Jaime Garcia, Chuck Lofgren, Collin Balester, Sean Gallagher, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil

Cole Rohrbough (1/52), Tim Alderson (2/47), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Ian Stewart (2/51), Dexter Fowler (1/50), JR Towles (0/52), Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Nate Schierholtz, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn

Michael Burgess (0/49), Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Chris Carter II, Cedric Hunter

sunday, sunday, sunday!

i guess all you hochevar voters are going to have to find something else to do now.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS CAL
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF  WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP CAL
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC
   49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
   50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
   51. Chris Davis 3B TEX
   52. Luke Hochevar RHP KC

so, what now?

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

POLL 51

Taylor Teagarden C TEX
Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Manny Parra LHP MIL
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Jordan Walden RHP CAL
Hank Conger C CAL
Neil Walker 3B PIT
James McDonald RHP LA
Bill Rowell 3B BAL
Ross Detwiler LHP WAS
Elvis Andrus SS TEX
Brandon Jones LF ATL
"Other"

Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below.  Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast.

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Jair Jurrjens (0/51), Radhames Liz (1/50), Justin Masterson (1/51), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Dan Cortes, Alan Horne, Michael Bowden, Chris Volstad, Matt Harrison, Troy Patton, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Brad Lincoln, Jaime Garcia, Chuck Lofgren, Collin Balester, Sean Gallagher, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil

Cole Rohrbough (1/52), Tim Alderson (2/47), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Ian Stewart (2/51), Dexter Fowler (1/50), JR Towles (0/52), Beau Mills (2/39), Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Nate Schierholtz, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn

Michael Burgess (0/49), Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Chris Carter II, Cedric Hunter

warp 6.

Poll

range finder - which tiny pitcher first?

14%

Trevor Cahill RHP OAK

23 votes

1%

Omar Poveda RHP TEX

3 votes

10%

Madison Bumgarner LHP SF

16 votes

9%

Tyler Robertson LHP MIN

15 votes

9%

Matt Latos RHP SD

15 votes

10%

Kasey Kiker LHP TEX

16 votes

12%

Henry Sosa RHP SF

20 votes

9%

Tommy Hanson RHP ATL

15 votes

12%

Michael Main RHP TEX

20 votes

10%

Phillippe Aumont RHP SEA

16 votes

159 votes | Poll has closed

good morning everybody!  i hope your new year is going as well as you claimed it was going to a couple days ago.  slackers.

our winner in the last poll was chris davis of the rangers, surging up out of the pack.  very interesting guy.  i really don't know what to think of him myself.  i'm not at all sure i have any idea where the other (real) publications are going to slot him.  

but here he is.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS CAL
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF  WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP CAL
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC
   49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
   50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
   51. Chris Davis 3B TEX

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

POLL 51

Luke Hochevar RHP KC
Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Hank Conger C ANA
Jordan Walden RHP ANA
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Manny Parra LHP MIL
Neil Walker 3B PIT
Taylor Teagarden C TEX
Bill Rowell 3B BAL
James McDonald RHP LA
JR Towles C HOU
Cole Rohrbough LHP ATL
"Other"

Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below.  Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast.  Remember - "other" votes are your responsibility as a citizen.  

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Jair Jurrjens (0/51), Radhames Liz (1/50), Justin Masterson (1/51), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Chuck Lofgren, Troy Patton, Alan Horne, Sean Gallagher, Dan Cortes, Chris Volstad, Michael Bowden, Brad Lincoln, Collin Balester, Jaime Garcia, Matt Harrison, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil

Tim Alderson (2/47), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Ian Stewart (2/51), Dexter Fowler (1/50), Brandon Jones (4/46), Beau Mills (2/39), Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Nate Schierholtz, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn

Michael Burgess (0/49), Elvis Andrus (4/48r), Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Chris Carter II, Cedric Hunter

woot.

Poll

range finder - which of these already-polled guys do you actually like the most?

4%

Anthony Swarzak RHP MIN

9 votes

11%

Brandon Jones OF ATL

23 votes

8%

Chris Tillman RHP SEA

17 votes

16%

Ross Detwiler LHP WAS

34 votes

15%

Elvis Andrus SS TEX

32 votes

8%

Dexter Fowler OF COL

18 votes

11%

Beau Mills 3B/1B CLE

24 votes

5%

Carlos Carrasco RHP PHI

11 votes

9%

Justin Masterson RHP BOS

20 votes

7%

Tim Alderson RHP SF

16 votes

204 votes | Poll has closed

chin-lung hu of the dodgers rounds out the top 50 with a landslide win.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP OAK
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP OAK
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC
   49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS
   50. Chin-Lung Hu SS LA

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

POLL 51

Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
Luke Hochevar RHP KC
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Taylor Teagarden C TEX
Jordan Walden RHP ANA
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Hank Conger C ANA
Bill Rowell 3B BAL
Chris Davis 3B TEX
Neil Walker 3B PIT
Ian Stewart 3B COL
Jair Jurrjens RHP ATL
Manny Parra LHP MIL
"Other"

Please look at this list and decide who you're voting for now, so you don't make any impulsive decisions down below.  Also peruse the following "more candidates" section carefully to make sure there isn't an "other" vote you'd like to cast.

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Radhames Liz (1/50), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), James McDonald (4/46), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Justin Masterson (1/26), Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Chuck Lofgren, Troy Patton, Alan Horne, Sean Gallagher, Dan Cortes, Chris Volstad, Michael Bowden, Brad Lincoln, Collin Balester, Jaime Garcia, Matt Harrison, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil

Cole Rohrbough (1/49), Tim Alderson (2/47), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Dexter Fowler (1/50), Brandon Jones (4/46), Beau Mills (2/39), Ian Stewart, JR Towles, Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Chris Nelson, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Nate Schierholtz, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn

Michael Burgess (0/49), Elvis Andrus (4/48r), Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Chris Carter II, Cedric Hunter

go.

Poll

range finder - which more-mature pitching prospect would you vote for first?

4%

Collin Balester RHP WAS

9 votes

11%

Matt Harrison LHP TEX

22 votes

10%

Dan Cortes RHP KC

20 votes

12%

Troy Patton LHP BAL

24 votes

12%

Michael Bowden RHP BOS

25 votes

15%

Alan Horne RHP NYY

30 votes

7%

Hiroki Kuroda RHP LA

14 votes

10%

Chuck Lofgren LHP CLE

20 votes

11%

Chris Volstad RHP FLA

22 votes

4%

Sean Gallagher RHP CHC

9 votes

195 votes | Poll has closed

lars anderson wins #49, our first poll in the new style.  

LIST

1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
9. David Price LHP TB
10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
13. Travis Snider OF TOR
14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
15. Matt Wieters C BAL
16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
19. Wade Davis RHP TB
20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
25. Jeff Clement C SEA
26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
(Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
48. Geovany Soto C CHC
49. Lars Anderson 1B BOS

INSTRUCTIONS

i will create 14 vote-thread comments, one for each prospect polled.  please use the "reply to this" link on that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

this poll:

Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
Luke Hochevar RHP KC
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Jordan Walden RHP ANA
Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
Taylor Teagarden C TEX
Chris Davis 3B TEX
Neil Walker 3B PIT
Hank Conger C ANA
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
Bill Rowell 3B BAL
Dexter Fowler CF COL
Radhames Liz RHP BAL
"Other"

MORE CANDIDATES - PITCHERS

Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Manny Parra (2/40), Carlos Carrasco (1/49), Max Scherzer (0/49), James McDonald (4/46), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Justin Masterson (1/26), Jair Jurrjens, Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Will Inman, Jeremy Hellickson, Chuck Lofgren, Troy Patton, Alan Horne, Sean Gallagher, Dan Cortes, Chris Volstad, Michael Bowden, Brad Lincoln, Collin Balester, Jaime Garcia, Matt Harrison, Greg Reynolds, Jeff Manship, Donald Veal, Nick Hagadone, Brett Cecil

Cole Rohrbough (1/49), Tim Alderson (2/47), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Kasey Kiker, Jeremy Jeffress, Tony Butler, Michael Main, Omar Poveda, Neftali Feliz, Dellin Betances, Tommy Hanson, Tyler Robertson, Henry Sosa, Brandon Erbe, Kyle Drabek, Jeff Locke, Blake Beavan, Phillippe Aumont, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Latos

Jon Meloan, Casey Weathers, Dan Moskos, Chris Perez, Eduardo Morlan, Felipe Paulino del Guidice

MORE CANDIDATES - HITTERS

Brandon Jones (4/46), Beau Mills (2/39), Ian Stewart, JR Towles, Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Colvin, Wes Hodges, Jordan Brown, Drew Stubbs, Nolan Reimold, Bryan Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Nate Schierholtz, Justin Maxwell, Max Ramirez, Kyle Blanks, Josh Rodriguez, Michael Bourn

Michael Burgess (0/49), Elvis Andrus (4/48r), Gorkys Hernandez, Matt Sweeney, Nick Weglarz, Ryan Kalish, Hector Gomez, Jesus Montero, Adrian Cardenas, Gerardo Parra, Chris Carter II, Cedric Hunter

ok go. one vote per customer!

Poll

while we have a poll free - which hitter would you like to see polled first?

5%

Tyler Colvin CF CHC

11 votes

15%

Brent Lillibridge SS ATL

32 votes

5%

Ryan Kalish CF BOS

11 votes

5%

Hector Gomez SS COL

11 votes

12%

JR Towles C HOU

26 votes

22%

Ian Stewart 3B COL

47 votes

11%

Jesus Montero C NYY

23 votes

3%

Wes Hodges 3B CLE

7 votes

12%

Gorkys Hernandez CF ATL

26 votes

6%

Nick Weglarz 1B CLE

14 votes

208 votes | Poll has closed

due to the recent troubles, i'm going to run a hand-vote here to try and get a feel for the true level of support for various prospects at this time.  

i'm 90% sure that the walden votes are real, but 90% isn't 100%, and i'd rather use this opportunity to get a better feel for what's going on out there.  it's been a weird week so far.

instructions:

i will create 14 comments below, one for each prospect i'm polling.  please use the "reply to this" link under that comment to post a +1 message under the player you're voting for.  (look and see how other people are doing it first if that's not clear.) REMEMBER TO USE THE REPLY-TO-THIS LINK, NOT THE REGULAR FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

the prospects being polled:

Lars Anderson 1B BOS
Chin-Lung Hu SS LA
Luke Hochevar RHP KC
Jordan Walden RHP ANA
Bill(y) Rowell 3B BAL
Hank Conger C ANA
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
Taylor Teagarden C TEX
Michael Burgess OF WAS
Chris Davis 3B TEX
Max Scherzer RHP ARI
Josh Vitters 3B CHC
"Other"

the result will count for prospect #49.  please, if you've been voting in the polls, take the time to vote here too if at all possible, even if you're not really in the habit of commenting.

ok, go. PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO VOTES. you can discuss the polling or the candidates down below the voting area, but i want counting to be as easy as possible.

so we had this.  

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Geovany Soto C CHC

now...

OFF
whatever

ON
Taylor Teagarden (8/48r), Jarrod Parker (7/49c), Deolis Guerra (6/49c), Chris Davis (2/48r)

TEST
Jordan Walden, Dexter Fowler

SAVE
Bill Rowell (BS/48r), Hank Conger (BS/49c), Michael Burgess (4/45), Brandon Jones (4/46), James McDonald (4/46), Elvis Andrus (4/48r), Max Scherzer (4/48r), Neil Walker (4/49c), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Tim Alderson (2/47), Justin Masterson (1/26), Chris Tillman (1/49c), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

NEXT
Jeff Niemann, Scott Elbert, Jeremy Hellickson, Nick Weglarz, Trevor Cahill, Omar Poveda, Dan Cortes, Will Inman, JR Towles, Kasey Kiker, Nate Schierholtz, Wes Hodges, Brent Lillibridge, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

Poll

which one?

8%

Deolis Guerra RHP NYM

35 votes

12%

Luke Hochevar RHP KC

53 votes

7%

Jarrod Parker RHP ARI

31 votes

20%

Jordan Walden RHP ANA

83 votes

6%

Taylor Teagarden C TEX

29 votes

3%

Dexter Fowler CF COL

15 votes

2%

Other (specify)

9 votes

18%

Lars Anderson 1B BOS

77 votes

5%

Chris Davis 3B TEX

22 votes

14%

Chin-Lung Hu SS LA

61 votes

415 votes | Poll has closed

just want to see what pitchers people would like to see coming up.  here's a full list of candidates; i chose ten sort of randomly for this poll, feel free to give further opinions and/or nominations in comments.  

ALREADY ON LIST

4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
9. David Price LHP TB
11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
19. Wade Davis RHP TB
23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX

POLLED BUT NOT YET LISTED

Luke Hochevar RHP KC
Max Scherzer RHP ARI
Jarrod Parker RHP ARI
Deolis Guerra RHP NYM
James McDonald RHP LA
Radhames Liz RHP BAL
Ross Detwiler LHP WAS
Anthony Swarzak RHP MIN
(Hiroki Kuroda RHP LA)
Manny Parra LHP MIL
Tim Alderson RHP SF
Justin Masterson RHP BOS
Carlos Carrasco RHP PHI
Chris Tillman RHP SEA

CANDIDATES

Jordan Walden RHP ANA
Trevor Cahill RHP OAK
Jeff Niemann RHP TB
Scott Elbert LHP LA
Will Inman RHP SD
Jeremy Hellickson RHP TB
Kasey Kiker LHP TEX
Cole Rohrbough LHP ATL
Michael Main RHP TEX
Chuck Lofgren LHP CLE

Omar Poveda RHP TEX
Dan Cortes RHP KC
Michael Bowden RHP BOS
Chris Volstad RHP FLA
Blake Beavan RHP TEX
Phillippe Aumont RHP SEA
Madison Bumgarner LHP SF
Brad Lincoln RHP PIT
Dellin Betances RHP NYY
Tommy Hanson RHP ATL
Jeff Locke LHP ATL
Alan "Me So" Horne RHP NYY
Casey Weathers RHP COL
Jonathan Meloan RHP LA
Dan Moskos LHP PIT

Poll

which pitcher do you want to see on the main poll first?

8%

Trevor Cahill RHP OAK

16 votes

18%

Jordan Walden RHP ANA

34 votes

12%

Scott Elbert LHP LA

23 votes

8%

Will Inman RHP SD

16 votes

4%

Chuck Lofgren LHP CLE

9 votes

10%

Jeremy Hellickson RHP TB

20 votes

5%

Michael Main RHP TEX

11 votes

9%

Kasey Kiker LHP TEX

18 votes

5%

Cole Rohrbough LHP ATL

10 votes

14%

Jeff Niemann RHP TB

27 votes

184 votes | Poll has closed

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we're having some polling problems, so in keeping with our longstanding zero-tolerance policy we're going to take a step back.  lars and soto were within 1% or tied in the last two polls once you delete the somewhat-suspicious winners, so i'm going to put them in a runoff for a while while we sort things out.  

this is for slot #48 - bill rowell has been taken off the list for the time being.  

geo soto sounds like a car.

Poll

winch, fetch me a pie.

46%

Lars Anderson 1B BOS

118 votes

53%

Geovany Soto C CHC

135 votes

253 votes | Poll has closed

participation was up.  so be it.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY
   48. Bill Rowell 3B BAL

rate!

OFF
Taylor Teagarden, Elvis Andrus, Max Scherzer, Chris Davis

ON
Deolis Guerra (8/47), Hank Conger (4/43), Neil Walker (2/37), Jarrod Parker (3/44)

IN
Chris Tillman

OUT
Taylor Teagarden (8/48), Michael Burgess (4/45), Brandon Jones (4/46), James McDonald (4/46), Elvis Andrus (4/48), Max Scherzer (4/48), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Tim Alderson (2/47), Chris Davis (2/48), Justin Masterson (1/26), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

UP
Dexter Fowler, Jeremy Hellickson, Jordan Walden, Nick Weglarz, Trevor Cahill, Omar Poveda, Dan Cortes, Will Inman, JR Towles, Kasey Kiker, Nate Schierholtz, Wes Hodges, Brent Lillibridge, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

Poll

most lincecumy:

14%

Geovany Soto C CHC

54 votes

30%

Hank Conger C ANA

116 votes

9%

Chin-Lung Hu SS LA

36 votes

7%

Jarrod Parker RHP ARI

29 votes

8%

Luke Hochevar RHP KC

31 votes

6%

Deolis Guerra RHP NYM

26 votes

2%

Chris Tillman RHP SEA

8 votes

2%

Other (lincecum joke)

8 votes

14%

Lars Anderson 1B BOS

53 votes

4%

Neil Walker 3B PIT

17 votes

378 votes | Poll has closed

so it was tabata.  here all along i thought i was being some kind of revolutionary running him down to around 50, but it looks like i'm actually just average.  

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX
   47. Jose Tabata OF NYY

THE SHOWERS
Deolis Guerra, Anthony Swarzak, Tim Alderson

THE FIELD
Bill Rowell (7/46), Taylor Teagarden (6/45), Elvis Andrus (4/41)

THE ALSO FIELD
Max Scherzer

THE LOCKER ROOM
Deolis Guerra (8/47), Hank Conger (4/43), Michael Burgess (4/45), Brandon Jones (4/46), James McDonald (4/46), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Jarrod Parker (3/44), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Anthony Swarzak (3/47), Neil Walker (2/37), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Tim Alderson (2/47), Justin Masterson (1/26), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

THE TUNNEL
Dexter Fowler, Jeremy Hellickson, Chris Tillman, Jordan Walden, Nick Weglarz, Trevor Cahill, Omar Poveda, Dan Cortes, Will Inman, JR Towles, Kasey Kiker, Nate Schierholtz, Wes Hodges, Brent Lillibridge, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

one note: for the guys who are in the tank (or "the locker room", in this case) - i try to cycle through them as best i can, but space is limited, so if somebody falls down below about 2% i tend to sort of leave them there until somebody speaks up and asks for them.  so if there's a guy down in that range that you'd be voting for, don't be shy.

Poll

CALL THE PLAY

4%

Elvis Andrus SS TEX

17 votes

15%

Geovany Soto C CHC

54 votes

9%

Taylor Teagarden C TEX

31 votes

9%

Luke Hochevar RHP KC

33 votes

20%

Bill Rowell 3B BAL

69 votes

2%

Chris Davis 3B TEX

8 votes

17%

Lars Anderson 1B BOS

59 votes

4%

Other (Tom Brady QB NE)

16 votes

4%

Max Scherzer RHP ARI

16 votes

11%

Chin-Lung Hu SS LA

38 votes

341 votes | Poll has closed

i need some coffee.  while i'm getting on that, check out the results of 46.  or don't - hurley won, that's really all you need i guess.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY
   46. Eric Hurley RHP TEX

you guys are wrong, but ok.

TAJIKISTAN
Billy Rowell, Brandon Jones, James McDonald

RUSSIA
Deolis Guerra (7/45), Tim Alderson (5/41), Chris Davis (5/42)

ESTONIA
Anthony Swarzak

MOLDOVA
Billy Rowell (7/46), Taylor Teagarden (6/45), Elvis Andrus (4/41), Hank Conger (4/43), Michael Burgess (4/45), Brandon Jones (4/46), James McDonald (4/46), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Jarrod Parker (3/44), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Neil Walker (2/37), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Justin Masterson (1/26), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

UKRAINE
Dexter Fowler, Jeremy Hellickson, Chris Tillman, Jordan Walden, Nick Weglarz, Trevor Cahill, Omar Poveda, Dan Cortes, Will Inman, JR Towles, Kasey Kiker, Nate Schierholtz, Wes Hodges, Brent Lillibridge, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

Poll

AZERBAIJAN

13%

Luke Hochevar RHP KC

30 votes

9%

Chris Davis 3B TEX

22 votes

13%

Chin-Lung Hu SS LA

31 votes

0%

Other (Kazakhstan)

1 votes

15%

Geovany Soto C CHC

35 votes

3%

Anthony Swarzak RHP MIN

8 votes

19%

Jose Tabata OF NYY

44 votes

8%

Deolis Guerra RHP NYM

19 votes

14%

Lars Anderson 1B BOS

34 votes

2%

Tim Alderson RHP SF

5 votes

229 votes | Poll has closed

ok.  austin jackson gets on at #45.  overdue if you ask me, but nobody asked me.  i'm just the messenger.

ok so.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA
   45. Austin Jackson OF NYY

for our next act:

6%
Deolis Guerra, Taylor Teagarden, Michael Burgess

7%
Chin-Lung Hu (7/44)

2%
James McDonald, Brandon Jones, Billy Rowell

3%
Deolis Guerra (7/45), Taylor Teagarden (6/45), Tim Alderson (5/41), Chris Davis (5/42), Elvis Andrus (4/41), Hank Conger (4/43), Michael Burgess (4/45), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Jarrod Parker (3/44), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Neil Walker (2/37), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Justin Masterson (1/26), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

1%
Dan Cortes, Kasey Kiker, Will Inman, Nick Weglarz, Nate Schierholtz, Trevor Cahill, Dexter Fowler, Chris Tillman, Wes Hodges, Anthony Swarzak, Jeremy Hellickson, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

Poll

%?

9%

Chin-Lung Hu SS LA

26 votes

11%

Lars Anderson 1B BOS

31 votes

1%

Other (wladimir)

5 votes

21%

Eric Hurley RHP TEX

60 votes

4%

James McDonald RHP LA

13 votes

15%

Geovany Soto C CHC

44 votes

5%

Brandon Jones LF ATL

14 votes

13%

Jose Tabata OF NYY

39 votes

6%

Billy Rowell 3B BAL

19 votes

10%

Luke Hochevar RHP KC

28 votes

279 votes | Poll has closed

wladimir.

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
       (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA
   44. Wladimir Balentien OF SEA

WLADIMIR
Chin-Lung Hu, Ross Detwiler, Jarrod Parker

WLADIMIR
Taylor Teagarden (7/43), Lars Anderson (6/42), Deolis Guerra (6/43), Michael Burgess (4/38)

WLADIMIR
none this round.

WLADIMIR
Chin-Lung Hu (7/44), Tim Alderson (5/41), Chris Davis (5/42), Elvis Andrus (4/41), Hank Conger (4/43), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Jarrod Parker (3/44), Ross Detwiler (3/44), Neil Walker (2/37), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Justin Masterson (1/26), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

WLADIMIR
Dan Cortes, James McDonald, Kasey Kiker, Will Inman, Nick Weglarz, Nate Schierholtz, Brandon Jones, Billy Rowell, Trevor Cahill, Dexter Fowler, Chris Tillman, Wes Hodges, Anthony Swarzak, Jeremy Hellickson, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

Poll

WLADIMIR .45

2%

Other (but wlhom?)

8 votes

19%

Austin Jackson CF NYY

56 votes

4%

Michael Burgess RF WAS

13 votes

13%

Eric Hurley RHP TEX

39 votes

7%

Deolis Guerra RHP NYM

23 votes

12%

Jose Tabata OF NYY

37 votes

9%

Lars Anderson 1B BOS

27 votes

10%

Luke Hochevar RHP KC

32 votes

6%

Taylor Teagarden C TEX

19 votes

13%

Geovany Soto C CHC

39 votes

293 votes | Poll has closed

a'ight.  here's the outcome of 43.  

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
      (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE
   43. Nick Adenhart RHP ANA

now here comes this.

--
Taylor Teagarden, Deolis Guerra, Hank Conger

++
Luke Hochevar (7/42), Chin-Lung Hu (6/41.5), Jarrod Parker (1/34)

new()
Ross Detwiler

Array()
Taylor Teagarden (7/43), Lars Anderson (6/42), Deolis Guerra (6/43), Tim Alderson (5/41), Chris Davis (5/42), Michael Burgess (4/38), Elvis Andrus (4/41), Hank Conger (4/43), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Neil Walker (2/37), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Justin Masterson (1/26), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

))<>((
Dan Cortes, James McDonald, Kasey Kiker, Will Inman, Nick Weglarz, Nate Schierholtz, Brandon Jones, Billy Rowell, Trevor Cahill, Dexter Fowler, Chris Tillman, Wes Hodges, Anthony Swarzak, Jeremy Hellickson, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

Poll

44

12%

Jose Tabata OF NYY

29 votes

11%

Luke Hochevar RHP KC

26 votes

14%

Austin Jackson CF NYY

33 votes

7%

Chin-Lung Hu SS LA

17 votes

10%

Geovany Soto C CHC

24 votes

3%

Jarrod Parker RHP ARI

7 votes

15%

Eric Hurley RHP TEX

34 votes

4%

Other (44)

10 votes

16%

Wladimir Balentien RF SEA

38 votes

3%

Ross Detwiler LHP WAS

7 votes

225 votes | Poll has closed

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit- crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?

LIST

   1. Jay Bruce OF CIN
   2. Evan Longoria 3B TB
   3. Colby Rasmus OF STL
   4. Clay Buchholz RHP BOS
   5. Clayton Kershaw LHP LAD
   6. Joba Chamberlain RHP NYY
   7. Cameron Maybin OF FLA
   8. Homer Bailey RHP CIN
   9. David Price LHP TB
   10. Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
   11. Jacob McGee LHP TB
   12. Johnny Cueto RHP CIN
   13. Travis Snider OF TOR
   14. Brandon Wood 3B/SS LAA
   15. Matt Wieters C BAL
   16. Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS
   17. (T) Joey Votto 1B CIN
   17. (T) Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
   19. Wade Davis RHP TB
   20. (T) Chase Headley 3B SD
   20. (T) Reid Brignac SS TB
   22. Daric Barton 1B OAK
   23. Rick Porcello RHP DET
   24. Franklin Morales LHP COL
   25. Jeff Clement C SEA
   26. Matt LaPorta OF/1B MIL
   27. Mike Moustakas SS KC
   28. Chris Marrero OF WAS
   29. Fernando Martinez OF NYM
   30. Matt Antonelli 2B SD
   31. Desmond Jennings OF TB
   32. Carlos Gonzalez OF OAK
   33. Jason Heyward OF ATL
   34. Fautino de los Santos RHP CWS
   35. Jed Lowrie SS BOS
   36. Angel Villalona 3B SF
   37. Gio Gonzalez LHP CWS
   38. Ian Kennedy RHP NYY
   39. Carlos Triunfel SS SEA
   40. Steven Pearce 1B/OF PIT
   41. Jordan Schafer OF ATL
      (Kosuke Fukudome OF CHC)
   42. Adam Miller RHP CLE

our second crack at poll 42 produces an adam millerish result.

WITTY, ADVENTUROUS
Luke Hochevar, Lars Anderson, Chris Davis

PASSIONATE
Taylor Teagarden (7/41.5), Eric Hurley (7/41.5),

LOVING
Deolis Guerra, Hank Conger

LOYAL
Luke Hochevar (7/42), Chin-Lung Hu (6/41.5), Lars Anderson (6/42), Tim Alderson (5/41), Chris Davis (5/42), Michael Burgess (4/38), Elvis Andrus (4/41), Josh Vitters (3/40), Radhames Liz (3/41), Neil Walker (2/37), Hiroki Kuroda (2/38), Beau Mills (2/39), Manny Parra (2/40), Justin Masterson (1/26), Jarrod Parker (1/34), Carlos Carrasco (0/25)

TAXI
James McDonald, Kasey Kiker, Will Inman, Nick Weglarz, Nate Schierholtz, Brandon Jones, Billy Rowell, Dexter Fowler, Chris Tillman, Wes Hodges, Anthony Swarzak, Jeremy Hellickson, Chris Volstad, Chris Carter II

Poll

colonised by wankers

5%

Hank Conger C ANA

14 votes

11%

Geovany Soto C CHC

31 votes

9%

Eric Hurley RHP TEX

26 votes

12%

Jose Tabata OF NYY

33 votes

7%

Taylor Teagarden C TEX

21 votes

14%

Nick Adenhart RHP ANA

40 votes

5%

Other (Iggy Pop is not dead. He toured last year.)

15 votes

14%

Wladimir Balentien RF SEA

38 votes

6%

Deolis Guerra RHP NYM

17 votes

12%

Austin Jackson CF NYY

33 votes

268 votes | Poll has closed