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The calendar has finally turned over to 2018, meaning that the Major League Baseball offseason is now almost complete. Only another two weeks until pitchers and catchers report!
Our local nine blew the doors of the offseason last week, dealing away four good prospects to the Marlins to bring in Christian Yelich. That sort of renders this list outdated before it’s even been complete, but we’ll forge ahead and continue voting! So now it’s your turn to parse through Milwaukee’s top prospects and vote for where you think they stack up in the farm system. You’ll be given guidance from the top prospect lists that have already been released, and once outlets like MLB Pipeline and Minor League Ball update their lists for 2018, those will be included, too.
Yesterday, Adrian Houser had edged out the competition for the title of top prospect #23. Today, he has been removed from the list and Jorge Lopez has been added as we'll vote for top prospect #24 through the weekend:
LHP Kodi Medeiros (age 22)
Drafted 1st round (12th overall) round in 2014
2017 stats (A+):
128.1 IP || 4.98 ERA || 121 K || 53 BB || 7 HR || 1.309 WHIP
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fangraphs: 25
Prospects 1500: 39
Brewers Farm: 21
SS Jean Carmona (age 18)
Signed as an international free agent in July 2017
2017 stats (Rookie):
248 PA || .266/.367/.406 || 1 HR || 10 SB || 51 K || 28 BB
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fangraphs: 18
Prospects 1500: 24
Brewers Farm: 27
OF Troy Stokes (age 22)
Drafted 4th round in 2014
2017 stats (A+-AA):
579 PA || .251/.341/.447 || 20 HR || 30 SB || 111 K || 63 BB
Baseball Prospectus: 11-20
Fangraphs: 28
Prospects 1500: 33
Brewers Farm: 23
RHP Caden Lemons (age 19)
Drafted 2nd round in 2017
2017 stats (Rookie):
2.2 IP || 6.75 ERA || 1 K || 0 BB || 1 HR || 0.750 WHIP
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fangraphs: 19
Prospects 1500: 21
Brewers Farm: 19
C Jacob Nottingham (age 21)
Acquired from OAK (2/2016)
2017 stats (AA):
385 PA || .209/.326/.369 || 9 HR || 7 SB || 87 K || 37 BB
Baseball Prospectus: 11-20
Fangraphs: 30
Prospects 1500: 36
Brewers Farm: 21
RHP Jorge Lopez (age 25)
Drafted 2nd round in 2011
2017 stats:
AA: 103.2 IP || 4.25 ERA || 105 K || 38 BB || 7 HR || 1.254 WHIP
MLB: 2.0 IP || 4.50 ERA || 0 K || 1 BB || 0 HR || 2.500 WHIP
Baseball Prospectus: n/a
Fangraphs: 27
Prospects 1500: 28
Brewers Farm: 26
Statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference
Poll
Who is Milwaukee’s #24 prospect?
This poll is closed
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6%
Jean Carmona
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14%
Kodi Medeiros
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26%
Troy Stokes
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18%
Caden Lemons
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21%
Jacob Nottingham
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12%
Jorge Lopez