Brew Crew Ball Community Top Prospects Vote #14

Football season has sadly ended in the state of Wisconsin, so it’s now time to officially shift our focus to the upcoming baseball season. Only three weeks now until pitchers and catchers report!

Our local nine has been only modestly active this winter, especially in comparison to last, though it can be argued that Slingin’ David Stearns has already completed most of the heavy lifting regarding the great Milwaukee Brewers Rebuild. While cutting swaths through the major league roster, Stearns (and his predecessor Doug Melvin) has left in his wake one of the top minor league systems in the game as rated by just about any outlet there is.

Now it’s your turn to parse through Milwaukee’s top prospects and vote for where you think they stack up in the rejuvenated farm system. You’ll be given guidance from the top prospect lists that have already been released, and once outlets like Fangraphs, MLB Pipeline, and Minor League Ball update their lists for 2017, those will be included, too.

Over the weekend, Marcos Diplan was voted as Milwaukee’s #13 prospect. Today, he has been removed from the list and Devin Williams has been added as we’ll vote for top prospect #14:

OF Ryan Cordell (24)

Acquired from Texas as PTBNL (9/2016)

2016 Stats (AA):

445 PA || .264/.319/.484 || 19 HR || 12 SB || 97 K || 32 BB

MLB Pipeline: 18
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fanrag Sports: n/a
Minor League Ball: 15

RHP Cody Ponce (22)

Drafted 2nd round in 2015

2016 Stats (A+):

72.0 IP || 5.25 ERA || 69 K || 17 BB || 6 HR || 1.403 WHIP

MLB Pipeline: 11
Baseball Prospectus: 10
Fanrag Sports: n/a
Minor League Ball: 18

SS Gilbert Lara (19)

Signed as international free agent (7/2014)

2016 Stats (R):

246 PA || .250/.293/.320 || 2 HR || 2 SB || 59 K || 12 BB

MLB Pipeline: 10
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fanrag Sports: 11
Minor League Ball: 17

RHP Devin Williams (22)

Drafted 2nd round in 2013

2016 Stats (A-A+):

97.1 IP || 3.79 ERA || 94 K || 46 BB || 6 HR || 1.408 WHIP

MLB Pipeline: 19
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fanrag Sports: n/a
Minor League Ball: 19

C Jacob Nottingham (21)

Acquired from Oakland (2/2016)

2016 Stats (AA):

456 PA || .234/.295/347 || 11 HR || 9 SB || 138 K || 29 BB

MLB Pipeline: 15
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fanrag Sports: n/a
Minor League Ball: 14

Statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference