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LSB Community Prospect Project: #1

 

That's right ladies and bitches: It. Is. On.

It's finally time for everybody's favorite meaningless off season community exercise: The Lonestarball Community Prospect Project. These are always interesting, and the discussion the votes generate is often more fun than the voting.

For those of y'all who are new to the LSB CPP party, it's pretty simple: Over the next month or so I (TheDirkatron) will be running a series of daily polls asking you to vote for the prospect listed on the poll you think is the "best", with the winner coming off the poll and being added to the master list. It's a fun way of taking the community's pulse when it comes to who's who among our young talent.

Again: This vote is to determine how the LSB community would rank the players currently in the system. I've listed any guy I thought could possibly be considered a threat to be our top prospect.

Since we're likely to go at least 30 deep this off season I want to get through these as fast as possible. I'll try to leave each one up at least 24 hours and then get right into the next one, with no run-offs. If a vote is close, then a vote is close.

So please check in daily if you don't want to miss a vote. (I can't stress this enough... these are gonna go by quick, so if you wanna be part of the voting funnage, make sure to check in every single day.)

For a frame of reference, here is the top 25 list we came up with during the summer:

1. 1b, Chris Davis
2. RHP, Neftali Feliz
3. RHP, Eric Hurley
4. SS, Elvis Andrus
5. C, Maximiliano Ramirez
6. 1b, Justin Smoak
7. RHP, Michael Main
8. RHP, Blake "C-Wun" Beavan
9. C, Taylor Teagarden
10. LHP Kasey Kiker
11. OF, Engel Beltre
12. LHP, Matt Harrison
13. OF, Julio Borbon
14. LHP, Derek Holland
15. RHP, Tommy Hunter
16. RHP, Wilmer Font
17. RHP, Neil Ramirez
18. LHP, Martin Perez 
19. OF, John Mayberry, Jr.
20. RHP, Thomas Diamond
21. SS, Marcus Lemon
22. RHP, Warner Madrigal
23. 2b, Jose Vallejo
24. 2b, German Duran
25. LHP, Robbie Ross

And... well, that's about it.

Polls are open, So please vote in the poll at at the bottom of the fanpost!

Oh, and if you're one of those bug-eyed weirdos who likes to spend his (or her) time perusing past CPP lists (cough, Zwyica and Brian Thomas, cough, cough), here are some links just for you:

Couple of last minute notes:

* If you're wondering why your fave "prospect" is M.I.A. (like, say, Chris Davis or Matt Harrison), it's because we're using the BA criteria of only listing guys who did not exceed 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched at the Major League Level.

* Feel free to tell me if there's a guy you want to see added to tomorrow's list. I live to serve.