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Here goes nothing.. 1. Keston Hiura, 2B 2. Corey Ray, OF 3. Tristen Lutz, OF 4. Zack Brown, RHP 5. Mauricio Dubon, 2B 6. Brice Turang, SS 7. Aaron Ashby, LHP 8. Payton Henry, C 9. Joe Gray, Jr, OF 10. Lucas Erceg, 3B 11. Eduardo Garcia, SS 12. Troy Stokes, Jr, OF 13. Mario Feliciano, C 14. Braden Webb, RHP 15. Tyrone Taylor, OF 16. Trey Supak, RHP 17. Pablo Abreu, OF 18. Jacob Nottingham, C 19. Adam Hill, RHP 20. Larry Ernesto, OF 21. Marcos Diplan, RHP 22. Lun Zhao, RHP 23. Adrian Houser, RHP 24. Trent Grisham, OF 25. Eduarqui Fernandez, OF 26. Drew Rasmussen, RHP 27. Felix Valerio, 2B 28. David Fry, C 29. Weston Wilson, UT 30. Micah Bello, OF

1. Lewis Brinson, OF 2. Keston Hiura, 2B 3. Corbin Burnes, RHP 4. Brett Phillips, OF 5. Luis Ortiz, RHP 6. Isan Diaz, 2B 7. Brandon Woodruff, RHP 8. Monte Harrison, OF 9. Freddy Peralta, RHP 10. Lucas Erceg, 3B 11. Tristen Lutz, OF 12. Trent Clark, OF 13. Mauricio Dubon, SS 14. Cody Ponce, RHP 15. Corey Ray, OF 16. Phil Bickford, RHP 17. Jake Gatewood, 1B/3B 18. Mario Feliciano, C 19. K.J. Harrison, C/1B 20. Troy Stokes, OF 21. Jordan Yamamoto, RHP 22. Marcos Diplan, RHP 23. Trey Supak, RHP 24. Kodi Medeiros, LHP 25. Adrian Houser, RHP 26. Bubba Derby, RHP 27. Taylor Williams, RHP 28. Gabriel Garcia, 1B 29. Payton Henry, C 30. Josh Pennington, RHP

1. OF Lewis Brinson 2. LHP Josh Hader -- Basically tied with Brinson for me. Love what I've seen at the big league level. 3. 2B Keston Hiura 4. RHP Luis Ortiz -- Almost a full year younger than everyone's new favorite Burnes. Workhorse potential. 5. 2B Isan Diaz -- Disappointing year, but still great tools. 6. OF Corey Ray -- See Diaz, Isan 7. OF Brett Phillips -- At worst a 4-tool player, just needs the hit tool to progress a bit. 8. 3B Lucas Erceg -- Much better since May, seems to be adjusting. 9. RHP Brandon Woodruff 10. RHP Corbin Burnes -- Hard to put him this low, just prefer the ceiling of the players ahead on the list. 11. IF Mauricio Dubon -- At worst, likely a good utility man. At best, could be an answer at 2B. 12. OF Trent Clark -- Needs to make more contact, but love the walk rate, speed, and improving power output. 13. RHP Freddy Peralta 14. OF Monte Harrison -- Have a gut feeling this will look low soon enough. Freak athlete starting to put it together (stay healthy!) 15. OF Tristen Lutz 16. C Mario Feliciano -- My favorite catcher in the system. Holding his own as an 18 year old in A ball. 17. RHP Cody Ponce 18. IF Jake Gatewood -- Has come back to earth a bit, still strikes out too much, but the bat is interesting. 19. RHP Marcos Diplan 20. RHP Phil Bickford -- Looking forward to seeing him in box scores again. 21. LHP Kodi Medeiros -- I'm becoming more of a believer. 22. RHP Trey Supak 23. RHP Jordan Yamamoto 24. OF Demi Orimoloye 25. C/1B K.J. Harrison -- Would be great if he can make it at catcher. Bat seems legit. 5 that were hard to keep off: 26. RHP Josh Pennington 27. RHP Caden Lemons 28. RHP Bubba Derby -- Must admit, surprised with his upper-level success this year. Maybe we have something. 29. OF Troy Stokes -- 41 XBH, 21 SB in a really nice season for the 21 year old. 30. 1B Gabriel Garcia -- Love the OBP, and overall the offensive output for this teenager in rookie ball.

1. Lewis Brinson, OF 2. Josh Hader, LHP 3. Isan Diaz, 2B 4. Corey Ray, OF 5. Luis Ortiz, RHP 6. Brett Phillips, OF 7. Lucas Erceg, 3B 8. Trent Clark, OF 9. Brandon Woodruff, RHP 10. Mauricio Dubon, SS 11. Marcos Diplan, RHP 12. Cody Ponce, RHP 13. Phil Bickford, RHP 14. Jorge Lopez, RHP 15. Ryan Cordell, OF 16. Freddy Peralta, RHP 17. Corbin Burnes, RHP 18. Monte Harrison, OF 19. Jordan Yamamoto, RHP 20. Gilbert Lara, 3B 21. Taylor Williams, RHP 22. Mario Feliciano, C 23. Jake Gatewood, 3B 24. Jacob Nottingham, C 25. Kodi Medeiros, LHP Last 5 Out: 26. Devin Williams, RHP 27. Nathan Kirby, LHP 28. Demi Orimoloye, OF 29. Braden Webb, RHP 30. Josh Pennington, RHP

Haven't ordered or read his reports yet, but some still believe Hader won't stick as a SP. While I don't agree, it's not like it's a crazy opinion. That uncertainty can drop his stock a bit. That's why I like taking in all the information, it's all good stuff. Woodruff's ranking has been all over the map. That's what happens when someone comes out of the blue (somewhat) to post a monster season. Yep, agree. He's quite complimentary of Hader in the piece, summing him up as a potential #2 SP or nasty backend reliever, depending on the change up and command. He just likes the 5 above him more, which is a compliment to our system. And Woodruff is a complete pop-up prospect with a great fastball and average secondaries. He's all over the place in the various online rankings.

This is getting tougher to do, which is a good thing I suppose. It'll be interesting to see if we add more prospect talent this off-season that can permeate this top-25 group. 1. Lewis Brinson 2. Josh Hader 3. Luis Ortiz 4. Isan Diaz 5. Brett Phillips 6. Corey Ray 7. Phil Bickford 8. Trent Clark 9. Marcos Diplan 10. Lucas Erceg 11. Brandon Woodruff 12. Cody Ponce 13. Jorge Lopez 14. Jacob Notthingham 15. Freddy Peralta 16. Gilbert Lara 17. Devin Williams 18. Ryan Cordell 19. Jordan Yamamoto 20. Corbin Burnes 21. Jake Gatewood 22. Demi Orimoloye 23. Wei-Chung Wang 24. Miguel Diaz 25. Monte Harrison Next 5: 26. Clint Coulter 27. Jacob Barnes 28. Kodi Mederios 29. Michael Reed 30. Braden Webb

1. SS Orlando Arcia 2. OF Lewis Brinson 3. LHP Josh Hader 4. RHP Luis Ortiz 5. OF Brett Phillips 6. OF Corey Ray 7. RHP Phil Bickford 8. OF Trent Clark 9. 2B Isan Diaz 10. RHP Cody Ponce 11. RHP Jorge Lopez 12. RHP Marcos Diplan 13. C Jacob Nottingham 14. 3B Lucas Erceg 15. 3B Gilbert Lara 16. RHP Devin Williams 17. RHP Brandon Woodruff 18. RHP Freddy Peralta 19. OF Michael Reed 20. 3B Jake Gatewood 21. OF Demi Orimoloye 22. LHP Kodi Medeiros 23. LHP Wei-Chung Wang 24. RHP Miguel Diaz 25. OF Monte Harrison Just Missed: 26. RHP Corbin Burnes 27. 2B Wendell Rijo 28. OF Clint Coutler 29. OF Joantgel Segovia 30. LHP Nathan Kirby

1.7 Braxton Garrett, LHP

1.6 Nick Senzel, 3B As mentioned above, just feels like an A's kind of pick.

I'd really like to see a pitcher, but I'm guessing... 1.5 Delvin Perez, SS

1.4 Riley Pint, RHP

Well now, you say to exclude the top 25, and then mentioned Diplan on your Wisconsin list I agree with Collymore, Houle, Salas, and Cooper. I check for them regularly. I'll add the following: David Denson, Wisconsin -- I just can't forget the raw power. Hopefully the light just goes on someday. George Iskenderian, Brevard -- There's potential in his bat, and if he can stick at 2B he could be interesting. Chris McFarland, Biloxi -- Dude has just steadily climbed and flashed some speed (72 career steals) and some contact skill. Victor Roache, Biloxi -- I don't know if he's "fringe" as a former first-rounder, but I can't ignore the power. Jacob Barnes, Colorado Springs -- His 2015 AFL stint sparked my interest; hopefully he can be an effective bullpen piece for us.

I'm surprised anyone is advocating for Young. He's 30. He has a career .642 OPS (.610 in '14, .464 in '15). And his ability to dabble at 2B may not be all that consequential for a team that very well could be rostering 5 infielders with 2B experience/chops in Gennett, Walsh, Villar, Rivera, and Hill. I think we have that position covered. Of the 3 candidates left, I guess I'd go Nieuwenhuis...he's younger than EY, and was a 1+ win player as recently as '14. Or, again, maybe only keep 4 true outfielders.

I tend to agree. If you keep Walsh, he has OF experience (86 games in the minors). I have no idea how good he is out there, but he gives you that 5th OF if needed during a game. Then your lineup/bench could be: C Lucroy 1B Carter 2B Gennett 3B Hill SS Villar LF Braun CF Broxton RF Santana C Maldonaldo 1B/3B Middlebrooks UTIL Rivera 2B/OF Walsh OF Flores

1. Orlando Arcia, SS 2. Brett Phillips, OF 3. Jorge Lopez, RHP 4. Trent Clark, OF 5. Josh Hader, LHP 6. Jacob Nottingham, C 7. Isan Diaz, 2B 8. Cody Ponce, RHP 9. Gilbert Lara, SS 10. Devin Williams, RHP 11. Kodi Medeiros, LHP 12. Michael Reed, OF 13. Zach Davies, RHP 14. Clint Coulter, OF 15. Monte Harrison, OF 16. Adrian Houser, RHP 17. Marcos Diplan, RHP 18. Demi Orimoloye, OF 19. Tyrone Taylor, OF 20. Jake Gatewood, SS 21. Miguel Diaz, RHP 22. Yadiel Rivera, SS 23. Garin Cecchini, 3B 24. Colin Walsh, 2B 25. Keon Broxton, OF 26. Nathan Kirby, LHP 27. Rymer Liriano, OF 28. Javier Betancourt, 2B 29. Bubba Derby, RHP 30. Victor Roache, OF