BCB Community Prospect Rankings #12

Hello and welcome to day twelve of our community prospect ranking project. Yesterday we held the vote for the Brewers Number 11 prospect. Your choice was Kyle Wren. This result is surprising and I'm sorry to say more than a little suspect.

I went to sleep late last night and the voting was close to a 3-way tie between Corey Knebel, Kodi Medeiros, and Wei-Chung Wang. I don't remember how many votes Wren had (I think it was actually zero), but I do remember there were about 67 total votes and now there are 140 (and counting). It seems unlikely that between 4:00 am and 10:00 am Wren would receive the majority if not all of the 73 additional votes. Not without some kind of cheating.

I hate to have to step in and make a judgement call like this, but I feel I must. Unfortunately, I'm compelled to disqualify the votes for Kyle Wren. Instead of him the No. 12 spot will go to the player with the next highest vote total: Corey Knebel.

Please remember, this is supposed to be a fun exercise for any and all Brewers fans. Vote once only and try to enjoy the process. If you can't do that, then please allow everyone else the courtesy.

1. Orlando Arcia	11. Corey Knebel
2. Tyrone Taylor	12.
3. Clint Coulter	13.
4. Monte Harrison	14.
5. Luis Sardinas	15.
6. Gilbert Lara	16.
7. Devin Williams	17.
8. Ty Wagner	18.
9. Taylor Williams	19.
10. Taylor Jungmann	20.

We'll continue today with ten candidates for the Number 12 spot. I'll let you scroll down to see the new addition to the poll.

In an effort to not influence anyone, I'll be listing the prospects alphabetically by their last name. But first I have some prospect lists to link for you to check out if you want to find more information on each prospect. Let me know in the comments if there's a list I missed that you think is worth including.

Baseball Prospectus Top 10
Baseball America Top 10
Keith Law/ESPN Top 10
Minor League Ball Top 20
Miller Park Prospects Top 40

FanGraphs Top 200 (MLB)
Baseball America Top 100 (MLB)
ESPN Top 1-50, 51-100 (MLB)
MLB Pipeline Top 100 (MLB)

David Denson

Position: First Baseman, Age: 19, B/T: L/R, Acquired: 2013 Draft Rd 15-452 overall
Top level reached in 2014: A

2014 Stats
A: 269 PA, 16.0 BB%, 29.7 K%, 243/354/350, 10 Doubles, 1 Triples, 4 HR, 3 SB, .341 wOBA, 113 wRC+

Highest ranking on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	N/R
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	14
Minor League Ball	N/R
Miller Park Prospects	22

Miguel Diaz

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 20 Ht: 6'1'', B/T: R/R, Acquired: International signing 2011
Top level reached in 2014: Rookie Ball-Phoenix

2014 Stats
Rk: Games: 13, Starts: 5, IP: 47.0, 25.7 K%, 9.7 BB%, 0.57 HR/9 , .230 AVG, 1.32 WHIP, 4.21 ERA, 4.07 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	10
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	11
Minor League Ball	17
Miller Park Prospects	26

Marcos Diplan

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 18 Ht: 6'0'', B/T: R/R, Acquired: Traded from Rangers (Int'l signing 2013)
Top level reached in 2014: (Rangers) Rookie League-Dominican Summer League

2014 Stats
Rk: Games: 13, Starts: 13, IP: 64.1, 22.4 K%, 14.1 BB%, 0.28 HR/9 , .152 AVG, 1.06 WHIP, 1.54 ERA, 4.05 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	N/R
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	8
Minor League Ball	N/R
Miller Park Prospects	18

*Note: Marcos Diplan was acquired in the Yovani Gallardo trade. Some of these prospect lists were released before that happened.

Jacob Gatewood

Position: Shortstop, Age: 19, B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2014 Draft Rd CBA-41 overall
Top level reached in 2014: Rk-Phoenix

2014 Stats
Rk: 222 PA, 5.9 BB%, 32.0 K%, 206/249/279, 6 Doubles, 0 Triples, 3 HR, 7 SB, .253 wOBA, 56 wRC+

Highest ranking on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	N/R
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	10
Minor League Ball	18
Miller Park Prospects	14

David Goforth

Position: Relief Pitcher, Age: 26 Ht: 6'0'', B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2011 Draft Rd-7, 221 overall
Top level reached in 2014: AA

2014 Stats
AA: Games: 54, Starts: 0, IP: 64.2, 16.3 K%, 10.3 BB%, 0.28 HR/9, .239 AVG, 1.38 WHIP, 3.76 ERA, 3.60 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	N/R
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	N/R
Minor League Ball	12
Miller Park Prospects	16

Jorge Lopez

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 22, Ht: 6'4'', B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2011 Draft Rd 2-70th overall
Top level reached in 2014: A+

2014 Stats
A+: Games: 25, Starts: 25, IP: 137.2, 20.4 K%, 7.9 BB%, 0.78 HR/9, .270 AVG, 1.38 WHIP, 4.58 ERA, 3.88 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	7
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	7
Minor League Ball	10
Miller Park Prospects	10

Kodi Medeiros

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 18, Ht: 6'2'', B/T: L/L, Acquired: 2014 Draft Rd 1-12th overall
Top level reached in 2014: Rookie League-Phoenix

2014 Stats
Rk: Games: 9, Starts: 4, IP: 17.1, 28.0 K%, 14.0 BB%, 1.02 HR/9, .304 AVG, 2.09 WHIP, 7.13 ERA, 4.94 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	9
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	13
Minor League Ball	9
Miller Park Prospects	6

Michael Reed

Position: Center/Right Fielder, Age: 22, B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2011 Draft Rd 5-161 overall
Top level reached in 2014: A+

2014 Stats
A+: 457 PA, 17.1 BB%, 17.3 K%, 255/396/378, 20 Doubles, 5 Triples, 5 HR, 33 SB, .369 wOBA, 130 wRC+

Highest ranking on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	N/R
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	6
Minor League Ball	N/R
Miller Park Prospects	19

Wei-Chung Wang

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 22 Ht: 6'1'', B/T: L/L, Acquired: Rule 5 Draft (Pirates Int'l Signing 2011)
Top level reached in 2014: MLB

2014 Stats
A: Games: 3, Starts: 3, IP: 13.2, 17.9 K%, 7.1 BB%, 0.00 HR/9, .250 AVG, 1.24 WHIP, 3.29 ERA, 2.90 FIP
A+: Games: 2, Starts: 1, IP: 9.2, 26.5 K%, 0.0 BB%, 0.00 HR/9 , .206 AVG, 0.72 WHIP, 1.86 ERA, 1.53 FIP
AFL: Games: 6, Starts: 6, IP: 23.0, 13.3 K%, 2.2 BB%, 0.39 HR/9, .253 AVG, 1.04 WHIP, 2.74 ERA, 3.64 FIP
MLB: Games: 14, Starts: 0, IP: 17.1, 14.1 K%, 8.7 BB%, 3.12 HR/9, .361 AVG, 2.19 WHIP, 10.90 ERA, 7.69 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	N/R
Baseball America	7
Kieth Law/ESPN	N/R
Minor League Ball	11
Miller Park Prospects	N/R

*Because of his Rule 5 status, Wei-Chung Wang needed to be kept on the major league roster for at least 90 active days and therefore lost his rookie eligibility. Therefore he may not be ranked on some lists.

Kyle Wren

Position: Center Fielder, Age: 23, B/T: L/L, Acquired: Traded from the Braves (2013 Draft Rd 8-253 overall)
Top level reached in 2014: AA

2014 Stats
A+: 336 PA, 8.9 BB%, 11.6 K%, 296/359/357, 10 Doubles, 4 Triples, 0 HR, 33 SB, .334 wOBA, 105 wRC+
AA: 227 PA, 7.0 BB%, 17.6 K%, 283/338/276, 11 Doubles, 4 Triples, 0 HR, 13 SB, .329 wOBA, 102 wRC+

Highest ranking on other lists:

Source	Ranking
Baseball Prospectus	N/R
Baseball America	N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN	N/R
Minor League Ball	16
Miller Park Prospects	20

This poll closes at 12 pm on Wednesday. Make sure you log your votes before then. I'll have the poll for #13 up shortly after noon tomorrow.

Statistics courtesy of Fangraphs