2025 prospect voting has closed!

[Harold Hutchison]

1. Cooper Pratt
2. Ernesto Martinez
3. Jesus Made
4. Craig Yoho
5. Jacob Misiorowski
6. Tyler Black
7. Jeferson Quero
8. Chad Patrick
9. Luis Pena
10. Braylon Payne
11. Jadher Areinamo
12. Logan Henderson
13. Mike Boeve
14. Robert Gasser
15. Carlos F Rodriguez
16. Luke Adams
17. Eric Bitonti
18. Luis Lara
19. Josh Adamczewski
20. Caleb Durbin

[sveumrules]

1. Jacob Misiorowski
   Still have him over Jesus on account of proximity and the chance he manages to stick as a potential top of the rotation SP.
2. Jesus Made
   Crazy that he has maybe even exceeded already redonkumongous expectations.
3. Cooper Pratt
   Holding his own as one of the youngest players in the Southern League. Interesting profile change with a 8.5 BB% | 9.6 K% | .159 ISO so far this year versus a career 10.2 BB% | 20.0 K% | .125 ISO entering the season.
4. Logan Henderson
   Dazzled in his MLB debut. Work on that slider/cutter in Nashville and wait for the call.
5. Braylon Payne
   Best OF prospect in the system. Just love seeing this kid succeed, especially after all the consternation over the pick in the draft thread.
6. Luis Pena
   As nuts as Jesus has been maybe even more nuts that Luis has continued to keep pace.
7. Jeferson Quero
   Injury Holding Pattern.
8. Craig Yoho
   Getting acclimated to MLB.
9. Chad Patrick
   Has held his own for an injury riddled rotation.
10. Robert Gasser
    Injury Holding Pattern.
11. K.C. Hunt
    Results aren't quite there yet here at the outset, but best combination of stuff/proximity after Misio/Henderson.
12. Bishop Letson
    Pretty dominant 1.65 ERA / 2.08 FIP in early Midwest League action.
13. Bryce Meccage
    Holding his own 2.92 ERA / 3.65 FIP in first taste of full season ball.
14. Caleb Durbin
    Has helped solidify an ugly 3B situation in Milwaukee.
15. Ernesto Martinez
    Raking in Nashville waiting for a call.
16. Josh Adamczewski
    Destroying the Carolina League, have to imagine he'll se Wisconsin soon.
17. Marco Dinges
    Bat looks ready for Wisco, will just depend on how the catching part comes along.
18. Carlos F Rodriguez
    Has been lights out in Nashville with his 1.26 ERA and 2.66 FIP ranking 3rd and 5th among 55 International League pitchers with at least 20 IP at the time of this typing.
19. Luke Adams
    He and Brock Wilken have matching .169 AVG | .183 ISO at the moment. Give Adams the edge for being two years younger and having a more stable looking 13.5 BB% | 19.1 K% compared to a 25.5 BB% | 28.6 K% for Wilken.
20. Eric Bitonti
    Strikeouts (34.4 K%) and zero HR are a little concerning, but his eight doubles are tops in the Carolina League so hopefully a little breakout is forthcoming.

Dang, what a tough vote. Easily another ten pitchers (Cornielle, Hardin, Rodriguez, Holobetz, Gillis, Bjorn, Travis Smith, Melvin Hernandez, Stiven Cruz) and five position players (Areinamo, Alastre, Di Turi, Burke, Wilken) that have made legit cases for those last few spots after Dinges at #17 in the early going.

And that's not even mentioning the injury holding pattern guys like Coleman that just came back or Black/Boeve who are yet to play and have been Top 5 to 10 org guys in the past. Or Knoth who we won't be seeing again until next year.

Then you've got the new crop of DSL guys (Antunez, Fenelon, Acosta) and ACL guys (Anderson, Corobo, Ortuno) that we have to look forward to later in the summer. Fun stuff.

[streetsahead]

1. Jacob Misiorowski
2. Jesus Made
3. Cooper Pratt
4. Jeferson Quero
5. Luis Pena
6. Robert Gasser
7. Logan Henderson
8. Braylon Payne
9. Tyler Black
10. Carlos F Rodriguez
11. Josh Adamczewski
12. Craig Yoho
13. Eric Bitonti
14. Luke Adams
15. Brock Wilken
16. Mike Boeve
17. Bishop Letson
18. Ernesto Martinez
19. Marco Dinges
20. Bryce Meccage

[Outlander]

1. Jacob Misiorowski
2. Jesus Made
3. Jeferson Quero
4. Logan Henderson
5. Cooper Pratt
6. Luis Pena
7. Craig Yoho
8. Braylon Payne
9. Carlos F Rodriguez
10. Robert Gasser
11. Brock Wilken
12. Eric Bitonti
13. Mike Boeve
14. Caleb Durbin
15. Luke Adams
16. Luis Lara
17. Ernesto Martinez
18. Tyler Black
19. Marco Dinges
20. Josh Knoth

[jl419]

1. Jesus Made
2. Cooper Pratt
3. Jeferson Quero
4. Jacob Misiorowski
5. Luis Pena
6. Braylon Payne
7. Logan Henderson
8. Robert Gasser
9. Mike Boeve
10. Eric Bitonti
11. Josh Adamczewski
12. Tyler Black
13. Carlos F Rodriguez
14. Craig Yoho
15. Blake Burke
16. Luis Lara
17. Jadher Areinamo
18. Luke Adams
19. Bryce Meccage
20. Ernesto Martinez

[Jim Goulart]

1. Jesus Made
2. Jacob Misiorowski
3. Cooper Pratt
4. Jeferson Quero
5. Craig Yoho
6. Luis Pena
7. Robert Gasser
8. Logan Henderson
9. Josh Adamczewski
10. Braylon Payne
11. Mike Boeve
12. Bishop Letson
13. Bryce Meccage
14. Brock Wilken
15. Jadher Areinamo
16. Ernesto Martinez
17. Eric Bitonti
18. Luis Lara
19. Alexander Cornielle
20. Chad Patrick

[JoseMiesesPalmBall]

1. Jesus Made
2. Jacob Misiorowski
3. Luis Pena
4. Cooper Pratt
5. Jeferson Quero
6. Craig Yoho
7. Josh Adamczewski
8. Braylon Payne
9. Logan Henderson
10. Mike Boeve
11. Carlos F Rodriguez
12. K.C. Hunt
13. Bryce Meccage
14. Bishop Letson
15. Caleb Durbin
16. Marco Dinges
17. Tyler Black
18. Robert Gasser
19. Jadher Areinamo
20. Chad Patrick

[Jim Goulart]

1. Jesus Made
2. Jacob Misiorowski
3. Cooper Pratt
4. Jeferson Quero
5. Craig Yoho
6. Luis Pena
7. Robert Gasser
8. Logan Henderson
9. Josh Adamczewski
10. Braylon Payne
11. Mike Boeve
12. Bishop Letson
13. Bryce Meccage
14. Brock Wilken
15. Jadher Areinamo
16. Ernesto Martinez
17. Eric Bitonti
18. Luis Lara
19. Alexander Cornielle
20. Chad Patrick

[Harold Hutchison]

1. Cooper Pratt
2. Ernesto Martinez
3. Jesus Made
4. Craig Yoho
5. Jacob Misiorowski
6. Tyler Black
7. Jeferson Quero
8. Chad Patrick
9. Luis Pena
10. Braylon Payne
11. Jadher Areinamo
12. Logan Henderson
13. Mike Boeve
14. Robert Gasser
15. Carlos F Rodriguez
16. Luke Adams
17. Eric Bitonti
18. Luis Lara
19. Josh Adamczewski
20. Caleb Durbin

[Ro Mueller]

1. Logan Henderson
2. Jacob Misiorowski
3. Jeferson Quero
4. Cooper Pratt
5. Jesus Made
6. Robert Gasser
7. Carlos F Rodriguez
8. Craig Yoho
9. Chad Patrick
10. Braylon Payne
11. Luis Pena
12. Caleb Durbin
13. Tyler Black
14. Mike Boeve
15. Manuel Rodriguez
16. Luis Lara
17. K.C. Hunt
18. Josh Knoth
19. Bishop Letson
20. Jadher Areinamo

Adams and Adamczewski are the odd men out for me, as I've made room for Patrick, Durbin and Letson. I was high on Henderson and Manuel Rodriguez in prior lists, so I'm pleased they're continuing to progress.

I'm not giving up on Hunt despite a relatively slow start to 2025. But I have dropped Wilken (15th in my last list).

[Seth Stohs]

1. Jesus Made
2. Jacob Misiorowski
3. Cooper Pratt
4. Braylon Payne
5. Jeferson Quero
6. Logan Henderson
7. Luis Lara
8. Carlos F Rodriguez
9. Luis Pena
10. Tyler Black
11. Josh Adamczewski
12. Eric Bitonti
13. Blake Burke
14. K.C. Hunt
15. Josh Knoth
16. Craig Yoho
17. Ernesto Martinez
18. Bishop Letson
19. Manuel Rodriguez
20. Alexander Cornielle

this was tough, but it was also really fun. What an interesting group of prospects. There is a lot of depth. There are 6-8 really strong prospects. Recent high draft picks don't look great, but recent well-over-slot lower round picks. And also, what do you do with prospects that were top ten prospects but didn't show a ton in their debuts and/or got hurt and have missed significant time. I'm very curious to see what these rankings look like. 

[CheeseheadInQC]

1. Jesus Made
2. Jacob Misiorowski
3. Cooper Pratt
4. Luis Pena
5. Jeferson Quero
6. Braylon Payne
7. Logan Henderson
8. Bishop Letson
9. Robert Gasser
10. Mike Boeve
11. Tyler Black
12. Bryce Meccage
13. Josh Knoth
14. Craig Yoho
15. Caleb Durbin
16. Luis Lara
17. Josh Adamczewski
18. Carlos F Rodriguez
19. Eric Bitonti
20. Ernesto Martinez

Areinamo, Patrick, Wichrowski, Wilken and M. Rodriguez just missed and are on the same tier as 16-20. As much as I am looking forward to Anderson , Ortuno, Corobo and Encarnacion getting going in the ACL and Fenelon and Antunez debuting in the DSL, it is tough for me to have them crack the top 25 right now. I considered Dinges as well, but the likelihood of sticking behind the plate would have to go from possible to probable or he'd have to display this offensive aptitude at a higher level before I would have him crack this group. If the Brewers weren't still having Luiyin Alastre hitting behind Walling in the Mudcats order, I might have snuck him at least higher on the also-ran list.

[Jake McKibbin]

1. Jeferson Quero
2. Jesus Made
3. Jacob Misiorowski
4. Cooper Pratt
5. Braylon Payne
6. Luis Pena
7. Logan Henderson
8. Robert Gasser
9. Bishop Letson
10. Josh Adamczewski
11. Josh Knoth
12. Luis Lara
13. Eric Bitonti
14. Mike Boeve
15. Bryce Meccage
16. Brock Wilken
17. Tyson Hardin
18. Marco Dinges
19. Ernesto Martinez
20. Jadher Areinamo

[Spencer Michaelis]

1. Jesus Made
   60 OFP Struggling to stay healthy thus far, but all bad luck injuries. Production has been there for him already and he looks the part.
2. Jeferson Quero
   55 OFP Just need him to get healthy and see what the arm looks like. If the arm is still there, I still believe he’s got a chance to be an all-star level catcher.
3. Luis Pena
   55 OFP Wow, he looks incredibly advanced at the plate for an 18 year old in full-season ball. His swing is explosive and after maxing out at 106 MPH EV’s last year he’s already shown higher than that multiple times. Very athletic and looks the part defensively, despite some iffy errors thus far. He’s a T100 type of prospect, if not T50.
4. Jacob Misiorowski
   55 OFP I think there’s a pretty decent chance he sticks as a starter at this point… The zone rate is up over 50%, and the delivery is as repeatable and mechanically sound as I’ve seen it. It feels like the worst case scenario for him at this point is a souped-up, younger version of Trevor Megill with his fastball, curveball combo. That’s not even mentioning the slider.
5. Braylon Payne
   50 OFP He’s been extremely impressive so far, in fact he could probably be in the 55 tier. The power is showing up (HR with a 110 MPH EV!), the speed is evident on the bases and in center. Defensively the instincts are lacking a bit, and he’s had multiple miscommunications out there, but that can be cleaned up. He has 5 tool potential.
6. Cooper Pratt
   50 OFP I love Pratt and he doesn’t look out of place at all in AA as one of the younger players at the level. I don’t think he has the ceiling of most of the players above him, but the floor is pretty high. There’s a good chance he’s an everyday SS, which is very valuable.
7. Logan Henderson
   45+ OFP Still hoping to see at least one of the cutter/slider offerings become a solid third pitch, but we saw in his debut how good it can look when the fastball and changeup are working. Two borderline plus pitches.
8. Bishop Letson
   45+ OFP I love me some Bishop Letson. We’ve seen him into the mid-90’s with the most extension in all of MiLB, helping the velo play up even more. He throws both a 4 and a 2 seam fastball, has a filthy slider and a decent changeup. The command is going to be there. I think ceiling wise, he’s got the second highest for pitchers behind Miz.
9. Robert Gasser
   45+ OFP Not much to say here, we saw that he can perform in MLB, just need him to get healthy and hopefully return to where he was.
10. Craig Yoho
    45+ OFP He’s just filthy. I can’t imagine it will be very common for me to put a reliever in my top 10, but Yoho has forced my hand. He’s not going back to AAA anytime soon.
11. Mike Boeve
    45 OFP Boeve needs to get healthy, but I really believe in the bat and I think there’s power that is going to start to show in games. Hopefully can handle third enough to make that an option for him defensively.
12. Eric Bitonti
    45 OFP As much raw power as I have seen from a Brewers prospect. Mostly showing in doubles in 2025, those will be homers soon. There’s a bit more of a hit tool than you’d think, though swing and miss will be a big part of his game. He seems to adjust very well pitch to pitch.
13. Josh Adamczewski
    45 OFP I’m nothing if not an Adamczewski truther. I really think he is going to hit his way to the big leagues eventually. The defense at second is solid enough, and he has good instincts in the field. Also has noticeably hustled to back up bases multiple times, saving bases/runs and even recording some extra outs.
14. Luke Adams
    40+ OFP Not surprising that he has struggled early at AA. Throw in a swing simplification (read: swing change) and it’s even less surprising. I still think that he will figure it out as he adjusts. He had a bit of a slow start in High-A as well.
15. K.C. Hunt
    40+ OFP Struggling a bit early on, but the stuff still looks pretty good. I do have slight concerns about how the fastball will play, but at the same time, the secondaries are so good. May have jumped the gun a bit on him last year, but he’s still a legit SP prospect.
16. Brailyn Antunez
    40+ OFP Hearing good things from down in the DR. He’s popping a decent amount of 100 MPH EV’s and showing pop. He’s a great athlete and I really like his swing. Very excited to see how he performs in the DSL.
17. Bryce Meccage
    40+ OFP Up and down in his first few pro starts, but you can see the stuff is there. Fastball in the mid-90’s, breaking balls look really good and the kick-change is a pretty nice pitch as well. Command has come and gone so far which is not surprising for a HS pick early in his career.
18. Brett Wichrowski
    40 OFP Hope to see him healthy soon. Rollercoaster 2024, but he adjusted well to AA by the end of the season. The stuff is good, the slider/sweeper is filthy. Excited to see what he looks like now that he’s more well-adjusted to the level.
19. Josh Knoth
    40 OFP Out for the season. Showed nice flashes last year. Probably punishing him too much here, but I do worry a bit about the developmental timeline for him after TJ. The fastball played really well last year and he can really spin the breaking balls. Changeup a big time WIP. Command also a WIP. Will be interesting to see what he looks like next year.
20. Brock Wilken
    40 OFP He’s impacting the ball decently, but he seems way too passive to me. Almost 60% of his PA’s have ended in a K or BB. Defense has looked really solid at third base. Some signs of a bounceback, but not enough to get super excited.

I'll go T50 this time with my OFP tiers for the players:

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40 OFP
21         Blake Burke        1B
22        Kenny Fenelon        OF
23        Carlos Rodriguez        RHP
24        Tyson Hardin        RHP
25        Ernesto Martinez        1B
26        Caleb Durbin        UTIL
27        Luis Lara        OF
28        Marco Dinges        C
29        Jadher Areinamo        UTIL
30        Tyler Black        UTIL
31         Yorman Galindez        RHP
32        Jorge Quintana        SS
33        Jose Anderson        OF
34        Chad Patrick        RHP
35        Jack Hostetler        RHP
36        Jason Woodward        RHP
37        Juan Baez        UTIL
38        Manuel Rodriguez        RHP
39        Coleman Crow        RHP
40        Luis Corobo        C
41         Yeuri Ramirez        RHP

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35+ OFP
42        Cristopher Acosta        SS
43        Hayden Robinson        RHP
44        Alexander Frias        OF
45        Gerlyn Payano        OF
46        Ryan Birchard        RHP
47        Jaron Deberry        RHP
48        Joseph Broughton        LHP
49        Handelfry Encarnacion        OF
50        Wande Torres        LHP

[wiguy94]

@Brock Beauchamp I don't know if you want to remove these names but Jorge Quintana, Christopher Acosta, Tanner Gillis, Matthew Wood, and Yerlin Rodriguez did not receive a single vote.

[sveumrules]

Interesting that Carlos Rodriguez made the list over Chad Patrick when they are the same general kind of pitcher but one is taking care of business in MLB versus AAA.

Also surprised Black came in higher ranked than EMJ considering Ernesto raked to end last year, and then again in spring training and continuing through to Nashville versus Black being underwhelming and now hurt for going on a year now

Mildly shocked Wilken, Lara and Knoth all held onto spots between injury and spotty performance when so many other players of the same calibre are healthy and producing right now.

Hard for me to include Mike Boeve too as a guy who is currently hurt and was trending towards being a contact only 1B prospect pre-injury, much less still in the Top Ten.

Thought I'd be in the minority with Misio over Made, but looks like that wasn't the case either.

[CheeseheadInQC]

On 5/1/2025 at 3:58 PM, sveumrules said:

Interesting that Carlos Rodriguez made the list over Chad Patrick when they are the same general kind of pitcher but one is taking care of business in MLB versus AAA.

Also surprised Black came in higher ranked than EMJ considering Ernesto raked to end last year, and then again in spring training and continuing through to Nashville versus Black being underwhelming and now hurt for going on a year now

Mildly shocked Wilken, Lara and Knoth all held onto spots between injury and spotty performance when so many other players of the same calibre are healthy and producing right now.

Hard for me to include Mike Boeve too as a guy who is currently hurt and was trending towards being a contact only 1B prospect pre-injury, much less still in the Top Ten.

Thought I'd be in the minority with Misio over Made, but looks like that wasn't the case either.

As for the injured players, I can't speak for others, but I generally just leave them at the same tier unless it is an injury that typically affects performance once the players come back.

With Lara, we've been spoiled with how fast other prospects have moved up successfully lately. Very few prospects from his signing class have reached AA, and outside of BABIP, his numbers are pretty much in line with someone like Nelson Rada of the Angels.

For me the surprise was Bishop Letson not being higher. He was comfortably in the top 9 for me with a clear tier break beneath him and Gasser. After them, 10 through about 30 were fairly tightly bunched.

[sveumrules]

1 hour ago, CheeseheadInQC said:

As for the injured players, I can't speak for others, but I generally just leave them at the same tier unless it is an injury that typically affects performance once the players come back.

With Lara, we've been spoiled with how fast other prospects have moved up successfully lately. Very few prospects from his signing class have reached AA, and outside of BABIP, his numbers are pretty much in line with someone like Nelson Rada of the Angels.

For me the surprise was Bishop Letson not being higher. He was comfortably in the top 9 for me with a clear tier break beneath him and Gasser. After them, 10 through about 30 were fairly tightly bunched.

Thought about keeping Knoth on the end of the list (he’s clearly got higher upside than CarRod for instance) but with that rehab timeline we won’t have any idea where he’s really at for over a year still and probably closer to sometime in 2027 when he presumably will be looking to stay healthy for a full season at AA (will that be his R5 year too? if so makes his recovery timeline that much more important).

Lara is a 5th OF for me until he shows more consistency impacting the ball. Being so young for AA and the defense are huge pluses for him, but I’m not sure how much physical projection is in there. He’s got 600 PAs now of unimpressive BABIP between last year and the start of this year.