Top 20 prospect voting time, check out our cool shiny new feature!

[Brock Beauchamp]

You can thank some of the folks over at Brewer Fanatic for this one, as a user over there gave me this idea and started me down this path, which has taken nearly a year to complete.

This feature is really cool and the most exciting thing this site has launched since the original top 20 prospect tracker. But there are still some things to sort out so please read below:

1. You must have an account and be logged in to vote. If you don't have an account, click here. It literally requires 60 seconds to create an account.

2. Review our current top 20 prospect list, catch up on stats, rankings, etc.

3. Have your prospect list in your dirty little paws? Then flip on over to the new prospect voting page (after reading the rest of this, please).

4. Voting is super simple, you drag and drop players in the order you wish them to be. After you move a prospect, the list automatically renumbers so you don't lose track of the order. This works on mobile devices but it's a *vastly* better experience on desktop. Sorry, that's just how this kind of thing works. There's no great way to make something like this be as awesome on a phone screen.

5. Each prospect has a comment section where you can add any commentary you have on that player. At the bottom of the list, there is a general comment section to explain over-arching things you wish to mention.

6. Don't see a prospect you want to put on the list? Just pop back here and give me a mention (in a comment, start typing @Brock Beauchamp and then select my name when it appears). Mention the prospect you want added and I will do that asap.

7. Once you're done with all of it, click Save. You've now voted!

8. When the voting closes, a new thread will automatically generate in this forum with all of your rankings and comments for everyone to read and talk about.

9. You can only vote once. If you have voted in error, pop back here and again tag me, asking to have your vote deleted. I will remove it and you can vote again.

UPDATE: voting will now close at 11:59pm Tuesday July 18th!

If you have questions or comments, put 'em here!

[Dman]

@Brock Beauchamp can you add Rosario?  He is on MLB's top 30.

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Dman said:

@Brock Beauchamp can you add Rosario?  He is on MLB's top 30.

Done! Not sure how I missed him in the first pass but it's been a hell of a week. I'm ready to log off for a few days, that's for sure.

[Dman]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Done! Not sure how I missed him in the first pass but it's been a hell of a week. I'm ready to log off for a few days, that's for sure.

Just want to say you are awesome and I love the new format! Excellent, Excellent work!

[Brock Beauchamp]

I hope nobody was in the process of voting because I fat-fingered a setting and blew up the voting page for about five minutes.

[Dman]

@Brock Beauchamp  Hey I voted but for some reason it said I had already voted but I don't remember doing it.  Is there a way for to see what went through?

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Dman said:

@Brock Beauchamp  Hey I voted but for some reason it said I had already voted but I don't remember doing it.  Is there a way for to see what went through?

Yeah, it has you recorded as voting. Want me to wipe out your vote?

Your vote may have been a casualty of the page blowing up for a few minutes.

[Dman]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Yeah, it has you recorded as voting. Want me to wipe out your vote?

Yes please!

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Dman said:

Yes please!

Done, let me know if you still can't vote.

[Dman]

20 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Done, let me know if you still can't vote.

All good now. Thanks!

 

[Trov]

I thought Lewis has now played enough games to not be a "prospect" anymore. He is off the MLB lists. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

7 minutes ago, Trov said:

I thought Lewis has now played enough games to not be a "prospect" anymore. He is off the MLB lists. 

He's not on the voting list.

[Mike Sixel]

How do we check prospect status? Is Varland still a prospect, for example?

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

How do we check prospect status? Is Varland still a prospect, for example?

He is not. I check by hitting their MLB pages and checking: 130 ABs for position players, 50 IP for pitchers.

I ignore service time, it's just a bad way to evaluate these guys. It doesn't matter if Lewis has 150 days of service time if he's been on the IL for 137 of them.

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

He is not. I check by hitting their MLB pages and checking: 130 ABs for position players, 50 IP for pitchers.

I ignore service time, it's just a bad way to evaluate these guys. It doesn't matter if Lewis has 150 days of service time if he's been on the IL for 137 of them.

Thanks, I was pretty sure he wasn't anymore. 

[Mike Sixel]

It told me I had already voted? Did my amusing rankings make it?

[chpettit19]

Really cool feature, @Brock Beauchamp! Thanks for putting this together.

[DJL44]

Add Danny De Andrade, Bryan Acuna

[2wins87]

@Brock Beauchamp I see someone on my ballot named Walter Jenkins who, from the name, kind of sounds like he might be a HS chemistry teacher turned drug dealer. 

I take it this is supposed to be Walker?

I like the new feature though.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, 2wins87 said:

@Brock Beauchamp I see someone on my ballot named Walter Jenkins who, from the name, kind of sounds like he might be a HS chemistry teacher turned drug dealer. 

I take it this is supposed to be Walker?

I like the new feature though.

Sorry, that was supposed to read Walter White.

Fixed.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, DJL44 said:

Add Danny De Andrade, Bryan Acuna

Added

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

It told me I had already voted? Did my amusing rankings make it?

Yep!

[nicksaviking]

I voted, but had Jair Camargo been listed, he probably would have snuck in at 20ish for me. 

Can't be worse than Vazquez anyway!

[ashbury]

14 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

I voted, but had Jair Camargo been listed, he probably would have snuck in at 20ish for me. 

Can't be worse than Vazquez anyway!

I think Vazquez's rookie eligibility ran out some time ago.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I think mobile voting should be fixed if someone wants to give it a shot.

[FlyingFinn]

@Brock BeauchampPlease add Camargo.

[Sielk]

@Brock Beauchamp Really fun new feature, Brock. Works great on my phone.

Could you please add CF Byron Chourio? Thanks!

Edit: There's another thing that I noticed a while ago. Could you also change the picture of José Rodríguez on the prospect page? Because that's not him. (The kid in the picture is Ledwin Taveras, I believe.)

[Brock Beauchamp]

9 hours ago, Sielk said:

@Brock Beauchamp Really fun new feature, Brock. Works great on my phone.

Could you please add CF Byron Chourio? Thanks!

Edit: There's another thing that I noticed a while ago. Could you also change the picture of José Rodríguez on the prospect page? Because that's not him. (The kid in the picture is Ledwin Taveras, I believe.)

Chourio has been added!

Thanks for the tip on Rodriguez, I'll look into that further. Tracking down photos for guys, especially low minors guys, can be REALLY frustrating and they're labeled wrong far more often than is reasonable.

[Brock Beauchamp]

10 hours ago, FlyingFinn said:

@Brock BeauchampPlease add Camargo.

Added!

[Sielk]

53 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Chourio has been added!

Thanks for the tip on Rodriguez, I'll look into that further. Tracking down photos for guys, especially low minors guys, can be REALLY frustrating and they're labeled wrong far more often than is reasonable.

José Rodríguez is also in this picture, he is the one in the middle, with the 17. 

Hope this helps!

Edit: I also found a newer picture, in the bottom left: