It's time, ladies and gentlemen, to launch the third edition of the Brew Crew Ball Community Prospect Rankings. A lot has changed since the last time we did this: Two members of last year's top 17 are no longer in the organization, and at least a couple members of last year's top five probably won't even make the list this year.
Here's the basic plan for the proceedings: Today I'll present five candidates for the #1 spot, and open a poll for you to choose our winner. Tomorrow at this time we'll close the voting, announce the winner for #1 and open voting for #2. This process will continue each weekday until we've named our top 17.
Here are the five nominees for the #1 spot:
Jed Bradley
Scooter Gennett
Taylor Jungmann
Wily Peralta
Tyler Thornburg
Follow the jump for more on these five players, then vote in the poll below.
Jed Bradley, LHP
Age: 21
Top Level Reached In 2011: (none)
2011 Stats:
Peoria (Arizona Fall League): 8.1 IP, 6.48 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 4 BB, 8 K
Other Rankings:
| Source | Rank | Out Of |
| John Sickels | 4 | 20 |
| FanGraphs | 4 | 15 |
| Baseball America | 3 | 10 |
Scooter Gennett, 2B
Age: 21
Top Level Reached in 2011: A+
2011 Stats:
Brevard County (A+): 601 PA, .300/.334/.406, 9 HR, 11 SB, 10 CS, 27 BB, 69 K
Peoria (Arizona Fall League): 100 PA, .411/.470/.556, 2 HR, 2 SB, 0 CS, 10 BB, 15 K
Other Rankings:
| Source | Rank | Out Of |
| John Sickels | 7 | 20 |
| FanGraphs | 6 | 45 |
| Baseball America | 5 | 10 |
Taylor Jungmann, RHP
Age: 22
Top Level Reached in 2011: (none)
Other Rankings:
| Source | Rank | Out Of |
| John Sickels | 3 | 20 |
| FanGraphs | 1 | 15 |
| Baseball America | 2 | 10 |
Wily Peralta, RHP
Age: 22
Top Level Reached in 2011: AAA
2011 Stats:
Huntsville (AA): 119.2 IP, 3.46 ERA, 1.287 WHIP, 48 BB, 117 K
Nashville (AAA): 31 IP, 2.03 ERA, 1.032 WHIP, 11 BB, 40 K
Other Rankings:
| Source | Rank | Out Of |
| John Sickels | 1 | 20 |
| FanGraphs | 3 | 15 |
| Baseball America | 1 | 10 |
Tyler Thornburg, RHP
Age: 23
Top Level Reached in 2011: A+
2011 Stats:
Wisconsin (A): 68.2 IP, 1.57 ERA, 1.078 WHIP, 25 BB, 76 K
Brevard County (A+): 68 IP, 3.57 ERA, 1.147 WHIP, 33 BB, 84 K
Peoria (Arizona Fall League): 5.1 IP, 3.38 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 4 BB, 3 K
Other Rankings:
| Source | Rank | Out Of |
| John Sickels | 2 | 20 |
| FanGraphs | 2 | 15 |
| Baseball America | 4 | 10 |