Before I go any further…
- James Wood (1)
- Dylan Crews
- Brady House (4)
- Yohandy Morales
- Drew Millas
- Daylen Lile
- Jacob Young
- Chrithian Vaquero (6)
- Robert Hassell
- Trey Lipscomb (10)
Others receiving votes: Andrew Pinckney, Elijah Green, Nathaniel Ochoa Leyva, Darren Baker
That four holdovers (in parentheses), with two coming in at the same rank as 2022. The ’23 Draft picks were this year’s trade-deadline acquisitions, though I’m a bit surprised Pinckney did not make the cut.
One rather obvious trend here, which I’ve seen before when the big club is screwing the pooch: Guys who can or will contribute immediately are getting a lot of love.
And that’s fair because the opposite is also true: The guys who took a step (or seventeen) back developmentally were dropped like a live hand grenade. Still, it’s kind of weird to see how Elijah Green got votes while T.J. White was shut out despite being only five months older and striking out almost four dozen times fewer.
Now, I think you see why I’m not keen on ranking overall. Does it really matter when it’s pretty clear both guys are going need more time than originally thought (or hoped).
Now, that we’ve had dessert, it’s time for the castor oil that will be the pitchers…