Rankings Voting
Time to voice your vote on the Red Sox prospect rankings. You know the drill - rank your top 40 Red Sox prospects. Please keep the discussion to a minimum in this particular thread - this thread is specifically for taking and tallying everybody's rankings. Discussion of the rankings can go in this thread. Criteria for rankings should be your opinion of each prospect's "expected value" at the big league level, NOT solely based on ceiling. If you want some generic guidance on the site's rankings philosophies, check out the FAQ entry on prospect rankings. We're not going to set any additional guidelines as to how you should rank prospects, except that we do ask that you follow one rule - please only vote for eligible prospects and do not exclude players from eligibility based on your own criteria. This is because we want to keep the pool of players the same across the board, so some members aren't over-excluding or over-including certain players. In order to keep it consistent, if you vote for an ineligible player, your vote will not be tallied.
Eligibility
As always, prospect eligibility is based on age and MLB rookie status. Generally, players who have exhausted their MLB rookie status are not eligible. Players who are 26 years old as of September 1, 2009 are not eligible. To make this easy, here is a list of all eligible prospects:
Raul Alcantara, Mario Alcantara, Michael Almanzar, Antony Alvarado, Jose Alvarez, Lars Anderson, Chez Angeloni, Juan Apodaca, Austin Bailey, Luis Bastardo, Aaron Bates, Anatanaer Batista, Jeremiah Bayer, Ronald Bermudez, Richardo Betancourt, Carson Blair, Juan Bonifacio, Michael Bowden, Drake Britton, Michael Bugary, Dan Butler, Cesar Cabral, Jose Capellan, Yeiper Castillo, Hunter Cervenka, Chia-Chu Chen, Chih-Hsien Chiang, Pedro Chourio, Caleb Clay, Robert Coello, Randy Consuegra, Chris Court, Bryce Cox, Enrique Cuevas, Eric Curtis, Zach Daeges, Keury De La Cruz, Mitch Dening, Ryan Dent, Tom Di Benedetto, Luis Diaz, Danny Dilon, Drew Dominguez, Curtney Doran, Felix Doubront, Tom Ebert, Reid Engel, Justin Erasmus, Leonel Escobar, Rafael Espinoza, Luis Exposito, Tim Federowicz, Roberto Feliz, Kyle Fernandes, Stephen Fife, Jordan Flasher, Reymond Fuentes, Joantoni Garcia, Samuel Garcia, Jose Garcia, Seth Garrison, Zach Gentile, Derrik Gibson, Miguel Gonzalez, Pedro Gonzalez, Aly Gonzalez, Dreily Guerrero, Javier Gutierrez, Alex Hassan, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Miles Head, Drew Hedman, Jon Hee, Mitch Herold, Pete Hissey, Willie Holmes, Jennel Hudson, Swen Huijer, Brock Huntzinger, Jose Iglesias, Brandon Jacobs, Iago Januario, Jorge Jimenez, Javier Jimenez, Kris Johnson, Hunter Jones, Mike Jones, Ronaldo Juan, Ryan Kalish, Jeremy Kehrt, Casey Kelly, Kade Keowen, Ryan Khoury, Sean Killeen, Raoell Kortstam, Nestor Lastreto, Will Latimer, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryne Lawson, Mike Lee, Michael Lennox, Richie Lentz, Wang-Li Lin, Che-Hsuan Lin, Derrick Loop, Eddie Lora, David Mailman, Leandro Marin, Miguel Marquez, Alexander Mateo, Blake Maxwell, Lance McClain, Chris McGuiness, Eduardo Medina, Roman Mendez, Heiker Meneses, Dustin Mercadante, Will Middlebrooks, Ryne Miller, Adam Mills, Moko Moanaroa, Boss Moanaroa, Yamaico Navarro, Dennis Neuman, Yunior Ortega, Renny Parthemore, Pedro Perez, Israel Perez, Oscar Perez, Bryan Peterson, Wilfred Pichardo, Stolmy Pimentel, Derwin Pinto, Jason Place, Jarod Plummer, Eammon Portice, Chad Povich, Ryan Pressly, Chris Province, Roberto Ramos, Josh Reddick, David Renfroe, Ernesto Reyes, Aaron Reza, Jason Rice, Dustin Richardson, Manny Rivera, Anthony Rizzo, Juan Rodriguez, Ken Roque, Charlie Rosario, Pete Ruiz, Derward Ruiz, Kyle Rutter, Jordan Sallis, Maykol Sanchez, Felix Sanchez, Wilfi Santana, Seth Schwindenhammer, Luis Segovia, Matt Sheely, Alfredo Soto, Jered Stanley, Jon Still, Kyle Stroup, Junichi Tazawa, Francisco Taveras, Oscar Tejeda, Michael Thomas, Jason Thompson, Juan Ugas, Luis Urena, Will Vazquez, Christian Vazquez, Raynel Vellette, Felix Ventura, Jose Vinicio, Kendal Volz, Mark Wagner, Richie Wasielewski, Timmy Webb, Ty Weeden, Kyle Weiland, Ryan Westmoreland, Shannon Wilkerson, Fabian Williamson, Alex Wilson, Tyler Wilson, Doug Wogee, Tyler Yockey, Madison Younginer, Armando Zerpa
Other Details
-Rank the top 40. Feel free to go beyond 40, just note that any players listed beyond 40 will not be tallied. Also, if you fail to get to 40, that throws off the math. Unfortunately, if you fail to get to 40, your entire vote will not be tallied.
-Voting will go through Monday, September 7 at 5:00 pm ET. You can edit your rankings until then.
-The cumulative tallied votes will be taken into consideration in setting the final 2009 end-of-season rankings.
Thanks and have fun.
-Mike
Time to voice your vote on the Red Sox prospect rankings. You know the drill - rank your top 40 Red Sox prospects. Please keep the discussion to a minimum in this particular thread - this thread is specifically for taking and tallying everybody's rankings. Discussion of the rankings can go in this thread. Criteria for rankings should be your opinion of each prospect's "expected value" at the big league level, NOT solely based on ceiling. If you want some generic guidance on the site's rankings philosophies, check out the FAQ entry on prospect rankings. We're not going to set any additional guidelines as to how you should rank prospects, except that we do ask that you follow one rule - please only vote for eligible prospects and do not exclude players from eligibility based on your own criteria. This is because we want to keep the pool of players the same across the board, so some members aren't over-excluding or over-including certain players. In order to keep it consistent, if you vote for an ineligible player, your vote will not be tallied.
Eligibility
As always, prospect eligibility is based on age and MLB rookie status. Generally, players who have exhausted their MLB rookie status are not eligible. Players who are 26 years old as of September 1, 2009 are not eligible. To make this easy, here is a list of all eligible prospects:
Raul Alcantara, Mario Alcantara, Michael Almanzar, Antony Alvarado, Jose Alvarez, Lars Anderson, Chez Angeloni, Juan Apodaca, Austin Bailey, Luis Bastardo, Aaron Bates, Anatanaer Batista, Jeremiah Bayer, Ronald Bermudez, Richardo Betancourt, Carson Blair, Juan Bonifacio, Michael Bowden, Drake Britton, Michael Bugary, Dan Butler, Cesar Cabral, Jose Capellan, Yeiper Castillo, Hunter Cervenka, Chia-Chu Chen, Chih-Hsien Chiang, Pedro Chourio, Caleb Clay, Robert Coello, Randy Consuegra, Chris Court, Bryce Cox, Enrique Cuevas, Eric Curtis, Zach Daeges, Keury De La Cruz, Mitch Dening, Ryan Dent, Tom Di Benedetto, Luis Diaz, Danny Dilon, Drew Dominguez, Curtney Doran, Felix Doubront, Tom Ebert, Reid Engel, Justin Erasmus, Leonel Escobar, Rafael Espinoza, Luis Exposito, Tim Federowicz, Roberto Feliz, Kyle Fernandes, Stephen Fife, Jordan Flasher, Reymond Fuentes, Joantoni Garcia, Samuel Garcia, Jose Garcia, Seth Garrison, Zach Gentile, Derrik Gibson, Miguel Gonzalez, Pedro Gonzalez, Aly Gonzalez, Dreily Guerrero, Javier Gutierrez, Alex Hassan, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Miles Head, Drew Hedman, Jon Hee, Mitch Herold, Pete Hissey, Willie Holmes, Jennel Hudson, Swen Huijer, Brock Huntzinger, Jose Iglesias, Brandon Jacobs, Iago Januario, Jorge Jimenez, Javier Jimenez, Kris Johnson, Hunter Jones, Mike Jones, Ronaldo Juan, Ryan Kalish, Jeremy Kehrt, Casey Kelly, Kade Keowen, Ryan Khoury, Sean Killeen, Raoell Kortstam, Nestor Lastreto, Will Latimer, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryne Lawson, Mike Lee, Michael Lennox, Richie Lentz, Wang-Li Lin, Che-Hsuan Lin, Derrick Loop, Eddie Lora, David Mailman, Leandro Marin, Miguel Marquez, Alexander Mateo, Blake Maxwell, Lance McClain, Chris McGuiness, Eduardo Medina, Roman Mendez, Heiker Meneses, Dustin Mercadante, Will Middlebrooks, Ryne Miller, Adam Mills, Moko Moanaroa, Boss Moanaroa, Yamaico Navarro, Dennis Neuman, Yunior Ortega, Renny Parthemore, Pedro Perez, Israel Perez, Oscar Perez, Bryan Peterson, Wilfred Pichardo, Stolmy Pimentel, Derwin Pinto, Jason Place, Jarod Plummer, Eammon Portice, Chad Povich, Ryan Pressly, Chris Province, Roberto Ramos, Josh Reddick, David Renfroe, Ernesto Reyes, Aaron Reza, Jason Rice, Dustin Richardson, Manny Rivera, Anthony Rizzo, Juan Rodriguez, Ken Roque, Charlie Rosario, Pete Ruiz, Derward Ruiz, Kyle Rutter, Jordan Sallis, Maykol Sanchez, Felix Sanchez, Wilfi Santana, Seth Schwindenhammer, Luis Segovia, Matt Sheely, Alfredo Soto, Jered Stanley, Jon Still, Kyle Stroup, Junichi Tazawa, Francisco Taveras, Oscar Tejeda, Michael Thomas, Jason Thompson, Juan Ugas, Luis Urena, Will Vazquez, Christian Vazquez, Raynel Vellette, Felix Ventura, Jose Vinicio, Kendal Volz, Mark Wagner, Richie Wasielewski, Timmy Webb, Ty Weeden, Kyle Weiland, Ryan Westmoreland, Shannon Wilkerson, Fabian Williamson, Alex Wilson, Tyler Wilson, Doug Wogee, Tyler Yockey, Madison Younginer, Armando Zerpa
Other Details
-Rank the top 40. Feel free to go beyond 40, just note that any players listed beyond 40 will not be tallied. Also, if you fail to get to 40, that throws off the math. Unfortunately, if you fail to get to 40, your entire vote will not be tallied.
-Voting will go through Monday, September 7 at 5:00 pm ET. You can edit your rankings until then.
-The cumulative tallied votes will be taken into consideration in setting the final 2009 end-of-season rankings.
Thanks and have fun.
-Mike
