Brew Crew Ball Community Top Prospects Vote: #18

The late push by the #TeamDiplan camp to get Marcos into the top 20 has succeeded in it's second attempt, and once again the #17 spot in our countdown is filled by a prospect who seemingly gained steam out of nowhere. There's nothing inappropriate about the ranking though -- Diplan's composite ranking between the sites we have listed is 15.67, so we've actually underrated him compared to the experts.

Yesterday, the Brewers claimed lefty Sean Nolin, who was waived by the Athletics as part of the Khris Davis trade, which essentially made that trade a 3-for-1 deal. Today, we add Nolin to our countdown. Like yesterday's addition to the poll, Wei-Chung Wang, Nolin has technically exceeded his eligibility for rookie status, but we're not bound by any laws governing such here. There's only one law here, folks, the law of the jungle: kill or be killed. Nolin was a part of the Josh Donaldson trade that also included Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman and A's top prospect Franklin Barreto. Here's your list so far:

1. SS Orlando Arcia	11. LHP Kodi Medeiros
2. OF Brett Phillips	12. SS Isan Diaz
3. RHP Jorge Lopez	13. OF Clint Coulter
4. OF Trent Clark	14. OF Monte Harrison
5. LHP Josh Hader	15. OF Demi Orimoloye
6. SS Gilbert Lara	16. OF Tyrone Taylor
7. C Jacob Nottingham	17. RHP Marcos Diplan
8. RHP Cody Ponce	18.
9. RHP Zach Davies	19.
10. RHP Devin Williams	20.

Again, if you need a little guidance, here are the organizational lists that have been released up to this point. Our list will of course supersede all of them as the definitive Brewers prospects ranking once complete:

Minor League Ball
Baseball America
Baseball Prospectus: 1-10, 11-20
ESPN/Keith Law

Voting will be live until the following day (or Monday, for polls posted on Friday) at noon for each poll in this countdown. If at any point there's a player you would have voted for and think others would as well, just let me know in the comments.

2B Javier Betancourt (20)

Acquired: Traded from Detroit in 2015

2015 with High-A Lakeland (Tigers): .263/.304/.336, 3 HR, 4 SB, 5.5 BB%, 8.3 K%, 94 wRC+ (531 PA)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: 20
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: 22
Keith Law: 18

3B Garin Cecchini (24)

Acquired: Traded from Boston in 2015

2015 with Triple-A Pawtucket: .213/.286/.296, 7 HR, 9 SB, 8.5 BB%, 21.3 K%, 69 wRC+ (469 PA)
2015 with Boston: .000/.000/.000, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0.0 BB%, 75.0 K%, -100 wRC+ (4 PA)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: N/A
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: N/A
Keith Law: N/A

OF Ramon Flores (23)

Acquired: Traded from Seattle in 2015

2015 with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees): .286/.377/.417, 7 HR, 3 SB, 12.1 BB%, 13.4 K%, 133 wRC+ (321 PA)
2015 with Triple-A Tacoma (Yankees): .423/.524/.654, 2 HR, 0 SB, 17.5 BB%, 9.5 K%, 217 wRC+ (63 PA)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: N/A
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: N/A
Keith Law: N/A

SS Jacob Gatewood (20)

Acquired: Supplemental first round draft pick in 2014

2015 with Rookie-level Helena: .274/.331/.476, 6 HR, 3 SB, 7.6 BB%, 28.6 K%, 102 wRC+ (238 PA)
2015 with Low-A Wisconsin: .209/.275/.316, 4 HR, 5 SB, 7.3 BB%, 33.7 K%, 74 wRC+ (193 PA)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: 12
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: 20
Keith Law: N/A

RHP Adrian Houser (23)

Acquired: Traded from Houston in 2015

2015 with High-A Lancaster (Astros): 4.35 ERA, 4.04 FIP, 9.97 K/9, 3.62 BB/9, 12 G, 8 GS (49.2 IP)
2015 with Double-A Corpus Christi (Astros): 6.21 ERA, 5.70 FIP, 6.21 K/9, 4.05 BB/9, 7 G, 5 GS (33.1 IP)
2015 with Double-A Biloxi: 2.92 ERA, 3.55 FIP, 7.78 K/9, 1.46 BB/9, 7 GS (37.0 IP)
2015 with Milwaukee: 0.00 ERA, 6.12 FIP, 0.00 K/9, 9.00 BB/9, 0 G, 2 GS (2.0 IP)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: 14
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: 15
Keith Law: 9

LHP Nathan Kirby (22)*

Acquired: Supplemental first round draft pick in 2015

2015 with Low-A Wisconsin: 5.68 ERA, 4.18 FIP, 4.97 K/9, 4.97 BB/9, 5 G, 2 GS (12.2 IP)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: 11
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: 21
Keith Law: N/A

OF Rymer Liriano (24)

Acquired: Traded from San Diego in 2016

2015 with Triple-A El Paso (Padres): .292/.383/.460, 14 HR, 18 SB, 11.7 BB%, 24.0 K%, 128 wRC+ (549 PA)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: N/A
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: N/A
Keith Law: N/A

LHP Sean Nolin (26)

Acquired: Acquired on waivers from Oakland in 2016

2015 with Triple-A Nashville (Athletics): 2.66 ERA, 4.82 FIP, 7.23 K/9, 3.61 BB/9, 14 G, 12 GS (47.1.0 IP)
2015 with Oakland: 5.28 ERA, 5.13 FIP, 4.66 K/9, 3.72 BB/9, 6 G, 6 GS (29.0 IP)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: N/A
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: 14 (Oakland)
Keith Law: N/A

OF Michael Reed (23)

Acquired: Fifth round draft pick in 2011

2015 with Double-A Biloxi: .278/.379/.422, 5 HR, 25 SB, 14.1 BB%, 21.2 K%, 129 wRC+ (377 PA)
2015 with Triple-A Colorado Springs: .246/.351/.381, 0 HR, 1 SB, 13.5 BB%, 20.9 K%, 100 wRC+ (148 PA)
2015 with AFL Surprise: .211/.388/.237, 0 HR, 3 SB, 22..4 BB%, 14.3 K%, 93 wRC+ (49 PA)
2015 with Milwaukee: .333/.313/.338, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0.0 BB%, 23.3 K%, 123 wRC+ (6 PA)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: 19
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: 18
Keith Law: 5

LHP Wei-Chung Wang (23)

Acquired: First round Rule 5 draft pick in 2013

2015 with High-A Brevard County: 3.54 ERA, 3.58 FIP, 5.86 K/9, 2.51 BB/9, 25 GS (139.2 IP)
2015 with Triple-A Colorado Springs: 0.00 ERA, 1.93 FIP, 7.50 K/9, 0.00 BB/9, 1 GS (6.0 IP)

Ranks on other lists:
Baseball Prospectus: N/A
Baseball America: N/A
Minor League Ball: N/A
Keith Law: N/A

All stats courtesy of FanGraphs

*Will miss entire 2016 season after Tommy John Surgery