It's time to vote for top prospects! May, 2023

[Brock Beauchamp]

Time to update the prospect lists after several weeks of play. The only player who has lost prospect eligibility is Wesneski, so the top of the list is going to shuffle quite a bit.

We'll close voting on Sunday evening.

Here is the current list: https://northsidecubs.com/chicago-cubs-top-prospect-rankings/

[Bertz]

1. PCA

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2. Wicks

3. Brown

4. Horton

5. Alcantara 

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6. Davis

7. Canario

8. Amaya

9. Caissie

10. Mervis

11. Ballesteros 

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12. Ferris

13. Made

14. Hernandez

15. Triantos

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16. Estrada

17. Palencia

18. K. Franklin

19. Hodge

20. Herz

The 20's would basically be McGeary, Kilian and a bunch of current or about-to-be relievers (e.g. Little, Horn, and Jensen)

[Transmogrified Tiger]

sir that is Birdsell erasure and I won't stand for it

[mul21]

I would just be copying others if I made my own top 20 but keeping Ferris out of the top 10 after that debut performance seems nigh criminal to me.

[CubinNY]

I don't know horsefeathers about horsefeathers. But just for fun, I'll do a top 5

1.  Alcantara

2. Brown

3, Horton

4. PCA

5. Wicks

[Tryptamine]

This farm is ridiculously deep now that it's actually in front of me. There's legitimately 30 guys that are at least pretty exciting. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1. PCA 
2. Kevin Alcántara
3. Cade Horton
4. Ben Brown
5. Jordan Wicks
6. Matt Mervis
7. Brennen Davis
8. Miguel Amaya
9. Cristian Hernández
10. Owen Caissie
11. Alexander Canario
12. Jackson Ferris
13. Daniel Palencia
14. Moisés Ballesteros
15. James Triantos
16. Porter Hodge
17. Kohl Franklin
18. Jeremiah Estrada
19. DJ Herz 
20. Kevin Made

[sneakypower]

1) P.Crow-Armstrong
2) J.Wicks
3) M.Mervis
4) M.Amaya
5) B.Brown
6) A.Canario 
7) K.Alcantara
8 ) C.Hernandez
9) C.Horton
10) O.Caissie

Edited May 9, 2023 by sneakypower

[Tim]

1. PCA
2. Brown
3. Alcantara
4. Horton
5. Wicks
6. Mervis
7. Amaya
8. Ballesteros
9. Davis
10. Canario
11. Hernandez
12. Caissie
13. Ferris
14. Gallardo
15. Franklin
16. Aliendo
17. Made
18. Vazquez
19. Estrada
20. Hodge

HM: Triantos, McGeary, Luke Little, Birdsell, Thompson, Palencia

[Hrubes20]

1. PCA
2. Ben Brown
3. Cade Horton
4. Kevin Alcantara
5. Matt Mervis
6. Jordan Wicks
7. Brennen Davis
8. Moises Ballesteros
9. Alexander Canario
10. Owen Caissie
11. Jackson Ferris
12. Miguel Amaya
13. Cristian Hernandez
14. Kevin Made
15. Kohl Franklin
16. Pablo Aliendo
17. James Triantos
18. Porter Hodge
19. DJ Herz
20. Jefferson Rojas

Feels like I'm forgetting someone obvious.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1	PCA
2	Brown
3	Horton
4	Mervis
5	Amaya
6	Wicks
7	Hernandez
8	Alcantara
9	Caissie
10	Canario
11	Ferris
12	Ballesteros
13	Davis
14	Birdsell
15	Hodge
16	Palencia
17	Made
18	Herz
19	Kilian
20	McGeary

[Tim]

Does Ballesteros have any better shot at sticking at catcher than McGeary?

I feel like the answer is yes, but that's like a 3% chance compared to 0.1%

[Transmogrified Tiger]

12 minutes ago, Tim said:

Does Ballesteros have any better shot at sticking at catcher than McGeary?

I feel like the answer is yes, but that's like a 3% chance compared to 0.1%

0% for both, upgrade Ballesteros to 0.1% if he drops a ton of weight this offseason.

[Outshined_One]

1. PCA
2. Wicks
3. Brown
4. Horton
5. Alcantara
6. Davis
7. Mervis
8. Amaya
9. Caissie
10. Hernandez

Top 4 was easy for me, but then things got really muddled after that (in a good way).

Frankly, there are guys from 11-20 who would have been easy Top 5 prospects in this system a few years ago.

[Matthew Trueblood]

1. PCA

2. Kevin Alcantara

3. Ben Brown

4. Matt Mervis

5. Jordan Wicks

6. Cade Horton

7. Owen Caissie

8. Brennen Davis

9. Miguel Amaya

10. Cristian Hernandez

11. Porter Hodge

12. Alexander Canario

13. Daniel Palencia

14. Jackson Ferris

15. Moises Ballesteros

16. Kevin Made

17. Kohl Franklin

18. James Triantos

19. Luke Little

20. Jeremiah Estrada

[Brock Beauchamp]

A reminder that if you want to vote for your top 20 prospects, Sunday evening is the deadline! I'll be tallying the votes Monday morning.

[allen6510w]

1. Peter Crow-Armstrong

2. Ben Brown

3. Cade Horton

4. Owen Caissie

5. Matt Mervis

6. Jordan Wicks

7. Moises Ballesteros

8. Miguel Amaya

9. Kevin Alcantara

10. Brennen Davis

11. Alexander Canario

12. Jackson Ferris

13. Cristian Hernandez

14. Daniel Palencia

15. James Triantos

16. Luke Little

17. Brandon Birdsell

18. Porter Hodge

19. Kevin Made

20. Caleb Killian

Honorable Mention: Estrada, Gallardo, Aliendo, Herz, K. Franklin

 

[Tim]

Are we doing this for June?

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 minutes ago, Tim said:

Are we doing this for June?

Gonna wait until the draft, as that will inject 2-3 additional prospects people will want to put in the top 20.

Last year I tried doing it monthly and everyone kinda agreed that was a bit too much.

[cincycub31]

1. Pete Crow-Armstrong

2. Ben Brown

3. Cade Horton

4. Jordan Wicks

5. Owen Caissie

6. Kevin Alcantara

7. Miguel Amaya

8. Moises Ballesteros

9. Matt Mervis

10. Alexander Canario

11. Jackson Ferris

12. Brennan Davis

13. Christian Hernandez

14. Jefferson Rojas

15. James Triantos

16. Porter Hodge

17. K. Franklin

18. Pablo Aliendo

19. Hayden McGeary

20. Richard Gallardo

HM - Luis Vazquez, Made, Kilian, Herz, Palencia, BJ Murray, L.Little, Birdsell, Perlaza, Devers