The calendar has finally turned over to 2017, meaning that the Major League Baseball offseason is now roughly halfway complete. Less than a month now until pitchers and catchers report!
Our local nine has been only modestly active this winter, especially in comparison to last, though it can be argued that Slingin’ David Stearns has already completed most of the heavy lifting regarding the great Milwaukee Brewers Rebuild. While cutting swaths through the major league roster, Stearns (and his predecessor Doug Melvin) has left in his wake one of the top minor league systems in the game as rated by just about any outlet there is.
Now it’s your turn to parse through Milwaukee’s top prospects and vote for where you think they stack up in the rejuvenated farm system. You’ll be given guidance from the top prospect lists that have already been released, and once outlets like Fangraphs, MLB Pipeline, and Minor League Ball update their lists for 2017, those will be included, too.
Over the weekend, you all voted for Trent Clark as Milwaukee’s #8 prospect. Today, he has been removed from the list and Cody Ponce has been added as we’ll vote for top prospect #9:
RHP Brandon Woodruff (23)
Drafted 11th round in 2014
2016 Stats (A+-AA):
158.0 IP || 2.68 ERA || 173 K || 40 BB || 6 HR || 1.019 WHIP
MLB Pipeline: 25
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Baseball America: 7
Fanrag Sports: 13
Cody Ponce (22)
Drafted 2nd round in 2015
2016 Stats (A+):
72.0 IP || 5.25 ERA || 69 K || 17 BB || 6 HR || 1.403 WHIP
MLB Pipeline: 11
Baseball Prospectus: 10
Baseball America: n/a
Fanrag Sports: n/a
SS Mauricio Dubon (22)
Acquired from Boston (12/2016)
2016 stats (A+-AA):
549 PA || .323/.379/.461 || 6 HR || 30 SB || 61 K || 44 BB
MLB Pipeline: 9
Baseball Prospectus: 9
Baseball America: n/a
Fanrag Sports: 10
RHP Phil Bickford (21)
Acquired from SF (8/2016)
2016 stats (A-A+):
120.0 IP || 2.92 ERA || 135 K || 42 BB || 6 HR || 1.150 WHIP
MLB Pipeline: 5
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Baseball America: 8
Fanrag Sports: 8
Marcos Diplan (20)
Acquired from Texas (1/2015)
2016 stats (A-A+):
113.1 IP || 3.02 ERA || 129 K || 50 BB || 7 HR || 1.288 WHIP
MLB Pipeline: 12
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Baseball America: 10
Fanrag Sports: 9
Statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference