Brew Crew Ball Community Top Prospects Vote #4

The calendar has finally turned over to 2017, meaning that the Major League Baseball offseason is now roughly halfway complete. Only another five weeks 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, you all selected Corey Ray as Milwaukee’s #3 prospect. Today, he has been removed from the list and Lucas Erceg has been added as we’ll vote for top prospect #4:

OF Brett Phillips (22)

Acquired from HOU (7/2015)

2016 stats (AA):

517 PA || .229/.332/.397 || 16 HR || 12 SB || 154 K || 67 BB

MLB Pipeline: 7
Baseball Prospectus: 5
Baseball America: n/a
Fanrag Sports: 14
USA Today: n/a

RHP Luis Ortiz (21)

Acquired from TEX (8/2016)

2016 Stats (A+-AA):

90.2 IP || 3.08 ERA || 78 K || 23 BB || 9 HR || 1.312 WHIP

MLB Pipeline: 4
Baseball Prospectus: 5
Baseball America: 3
Fanrag Sports: 4
USA Today: 4

SS/2B Isan Diaz (20)

Acquired from ARI (1/2016)

2016 Stats (A):

587 PA || .264/.358/.469 || 20 HR || 11 SB || 148 K || 72 BB

MLB Pipeline: 8
Baseball Prospectus: 4
Baseball America: 5
Fanrag Sports: 3
USA Today: n/a

OF Trent Clark (20)

Drafted 1st round (15th overall) in 2015

2016 Stats (A):

262 PA || .231/.336/.344 || 2 HR || 5 SB || 68 K || 37 BB

MLB Pipeline: 6
Baseball Prospectus: 7
Baseball America: 6
Fanrag Sports: 2
USA Today: 5

3B Lucas Erceg (21)

Drafted 2nd round in 2016

2016 Stats (R-A)

295 PA || .327/.376/.518 || 9 HR || 9 SB || 54 K || 20 BB

MLB Pipeline: 17
Baseball Prospectus: 8
Baseball America: 9
Fanrag Sports: 7
USA Today: n/a

Statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference