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BCB Community Prospect Rankings #6

Your choice for the Brewers No. 5 prospect is Luis Sardinas. Today we vote for No. 6.

"Hey look! I found a baseball!" -Chris Perez
"Hey look! I found a baseball!" -Chris Perez
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Hello and welcome to day six of our community prospect ranking project. Yesterday we held the vote for the Brewers Number 5 prospect. Your choice was Luis Sardinas.

1. Orlando Arcia 11.
2. Tyrone Taylor 12.
3. Clint Coulter 13.
4. Monte Harrison 14.
5. Luis Sardinas 15.
6. 16.
7. 17.
8. 18.
9. 19.
10. 20.

We'll continue today with ten candidates for the Number 6 spot. I'll let you scroll down to see the new additions to the polling.

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 1-5051-100 (MLB)
MLB Pipeline Top 100 (MLB)

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.

Taylor Jungmann

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 25, Ht: 6'6'', B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2011 Draft Rd 1-12th overall
Top level reached in 2014: AAA

2014 Stats
AA: Games: 9, Starts: 9, IP: 52.0, 20.9 K%, 6.8 BB%, 0.69 HR/9, .257 AVG, 1.29 WHIP, 2.77 ERA, 3.46 FIP
AAA: Games: 19, Starts: 18, IP: 23.1 K%, 10.6 BB%, 0.62 HR/9, .233 AVG, 1.32 WHIP, 3.98 ERA, 4.32 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source Ranking
Baseball Prospectus N/R
Baseball America N/R
Kieth Law/ESPN 12
Minor League Ball 5
Miller Park Prospects 8

Gilbert Lara

Position: Third Baseman, Age: 17, B/T: R/R, Acquired: International signing 2014
Top level reached in 2014: Did not play

2014 Stats
Not applicable

Highest ranking on other lists:

Source Ranking
Baseball Prospectus 6
Baseball America 6
Kieth Law/ESPN 9
Minor League Ball 14
Miller Park Prospects 7

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.

Devin Williams

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 20, Ht: 6'3'' B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2013 Draft Rd 2-54th overall
Top level reached in 2014: Rk-Helena

2014 Stats
Rk: Games: 15, Starts: 8, IP: 66.1, 23.2 K%, 7.0 BB%, 0.68 HR/9, .281 AVG, 1.42 WHIP, 4.48 ERA, 4.02 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source Ranking
Baseball Prospectus 3
Baseball America 9
Kieth Law/ESPN 3
Minor League Ball 6
Miller Park Prospects 5

Taylor Williams

Position: Starting Pitcher, Age: 23 Ht: 5'11'', B/T: R/R, Acquired: 2013 Draft Rd 4-122nd overall
Top level reached in 2014: A+

2014 Stats
A: Games: 22, Starts: 12, IP: 107 , 26.4 K%, 5.4 BB%, 0.34 HR/9, .197 AVG, 0.94 WHIP, 2.36 ERA, 2.69 FIP
A+: Games: 5, Starts: 5, IP: 25.1, 23.2 K%, 4.6 BB%, 1.42 HR/9 , .284 AVG, 1.34 WHIP, 4.26 ERA, 4.18 FIP

Highest rank on other lists:

Source Ranking
Baseball Prospectus 4
Baseball America 8
Kieth Law/ESPN N/R
Minor League Ball 7
Miller Park Prospects 9

This poll closes at 12 pm on Tuesday. Make sure you log your votes before then. I'll have the poll for #7 up shortly after noon on Tuesday.

Statistics courtesy of Fangraphs