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BCB Community Prospect Rankings #15

Your choice for the Brewers No. 14 prospect is Jacob Gatewood. Over the weekend we vote for No. 15.

John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports

Hello and welcome to day fifteen of our community prospect ranking project. Yesterday we held the vote for the Brewers Number 14 prospect. Your choice was Jacob Gatewood.

1. Orlando Arcia 11. Corey Knebel
2. Tyrone Taylor 12. Wei-Chung Wang
3. Clint Coulter 13. Kodi Medeiros
4. Monte Harrison 14. Jacob Gatewood
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 15 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
MLB Pipeline Top 30
Minor League Ball Top 20
Miller Park Prospects Top 40

FanGraphs Top 200 (MLB)
Baseball America Top 100 (MLB)
ESPN Top 1-5051-100 (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
MLB Pipeline 21
Minor League Ball N/R
Miller Par 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
MLB Pipeline 15
Minor League Ball 17
Miller Par 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 N/R
MLB Pipeline 19
Minor League Ball 8
Miller Par Prospects 18

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

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
MLB Pipeline 20
Minor League Ball 12
Miller Par Prospects 16

Johnny Hellweg

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 26 Ht: 6'9'', B/T: R/R, Acquired: Traded from Angels (2008 Draft Rd 8-499 overall)
Top level reached in 2014: Did not play

2014 Stats:
Did not play

Highest rank on other lists:

Source Ranking
Baseball Prospectus N/R
Baseball America N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN N/R
MLB Pipeline 16
Minor League Ball N/R
Miller Par Prospects 31

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
MLB Pipeline 12
Minor League Ball 10
Miller Par Prospects 10

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
MLB Pipeline 18
Minor League Ball N/R
Miller Par Prospects 19

Victor Roache

Position: Left Fielder, Age: 23, B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2012 Draft Rd 1-28 overall
Top level reached in 2014: A+

2014 Stats
A+: 481 PA, 7.7 BB%, 28.7 K%, 226/298/400, 17 Doubles, 2 Triples, 18 HR, 11 SB, .321 wOBA, 98 wRC+

Highest ranking on other lists:

Source Ranking
Baseball Prospectus N/R
Baseball America N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN N/R
MLB Pipeline 14
Minor League Ball 13
Miller Par Prospects 13

Jason Rogers

Position: First/Third Baseman, Age: 26, B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2010 Draft Rd 32-969 overall
Top level reached in 2014: MLB

2014 Stats
AA: 324 PA, 9.6 BB%, 17.3 K%, 282/355/432, 18 Doubles, 2 Triples, 7 HR, 5 SB, .358 wOBA, 112 wRC+
AAA: 232 PA, 9.5 BB%, 16.4 K%, 316/379/568, 11 Doubles, 4 Triples, 11 HR, 0 SB, .406 wOBA, 142 wRC+
MLB: 10 PA, 10.0 BB%, 10.0 K%, 111/200/222, 1 Doubles, 0 Triples/HR/SB, .197 wOBA, 16 wRC+

Highest ranking on other lists:

Source Ranking
Baseball Prospectus N/R
Baseball America N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN N/R
MLB Pipeline 22
Minor League Ball 15
Miller Par Prospects 15

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
MLB Pipeline 17
Minor League Ball 16
Miller Par Prospects 20

This poll closes at 10 am on Monday. Make sure you log your votes before then. I'll have the poll for #16 up shortly after 10 am on Monday.

Statistics courtesy of Fangraphs