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To combine the lists, I used the points system that the NCAA employs for their polls. First place is worth 30 points, second place is worth 29 points, all the way down to 30th place being worth one. To break ties, I went with the player who had the smaller standard deviation.
|
# |
Player |
Total |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Jake Odorizzi |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
118 |
|
2 |
Hak-Ju Lee |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
114 |
|
3 |
Enny Romero |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
111 |
|
4 |
Taylor Guerrieri |
5 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
111 |
|
5 |
Alex Colome |
3 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
105 |
|
6 |
Andrew Toles |
11 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
94 |
|
7 |
Kevin Kiermaier |
9 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
92 |
|
8 |
Nate Karns |
6 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
89 |
|
9 |
Ryan Brett |
13 |
9 |
11 |
6 |
85 |
|
10 |
Curt Casali |
7 |
11 |
10 |
14 |
82 |
|
11 |
Nick Ciuffo |
12 |
13 |
13 |
7 |
79 |
|
12 |
Matt Andriese |
8 |
14 |
14 |
10 |
78 |
|
13 |
Ryne Stanek |
14 |
12 |
9 |
12 |
77 |
|
14 |
Riley Unroe |
15 |
8 |
15 |
20 |
66 |
|
15 |
Oscar Hernandez |
21 |
16 |
12 |
13 |
62 |
|
16 |
Richie Shaffer |
16 |
15 |
22 |
16 |
55 |
|
17 |
Tim Beckham |
22 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
53 |
|
18 |
Jake Hager |
19 |
19 |
16 |
19 |
51 |
|
19 |
Blake Snell |
17 |
20 |
19 |
22 |
46 |
|
20 |
Jose Mujica |
25 |
18 |
20 |
17 |
44 |
|
21 |
Jose Castillo |
26 |
21 |
21 |
18 |
38 |
|
22 |
Jeff Ames |
18 |
22 |
23 |
25 |
36 |
|
23 |
Brandon Guyer |
10 |
23 |
|
|
29 |
|
24 |
Mikie Mahtook |
24 |
26 |
30 |
23 |
21 |
|
25 |
C.J. Riefenhauser |
|
25 |
24 |
26 |
18 |
|
26 |
Josh Sale |
20 |
24 |
|
|
18 |
|
27 |
Tyler Goeddel |
|
30 |
25 |
21 |
17 |
|
28 |
Justin O'Conner |
27 |
|
18 |
|
17 |
|
29 |
Grayson Garvin |
23 |
|
|
24 |
15 |
|
30 |
Dylan Floro |
28 |
|
27 |
27 |
11 |
Also receiving votes: David Rodriguez (9), Jacob Faria (8), Kean Wong (3), Joey Rickard (3), Luke Maile (2), Steve Geltz (2), Andres Gonzalez (1)
Odorizzi rises to the top of the list after checking in fifth last year. Two players graduated, and injuries lowered the stocks of Guerrieri and Lee. In total, three players on last year's list graduated, five are in other organizations, and six dropped out of the rankings.
The top five in the list is nearly unanimous. Except for Ian's list deviating in the fifth spot, everyone has Odorizzi, Lee, Romero, Guerrieri and Colome in some order. Ian had Colome sixth, and after that, the lists went in their own directions.
The players disagreed on most obviously include the players not appearing on all four lists, seven in total. That's not unusual when you get to the bottom, but three of them probably stand out: Guyer, Sale and O'Conner.
O'Conner is more a case of a player with interesting tools without much in-game performance so far. Guyer has probably been debated more than any other minor leaguer in the organization this off-season, but Sale is an interesting player to discuss.
On one hand, Sale comes with a first round pedigree, and he probably still has one of the highest ceilings in the organization. Weighing that heavily should land him on the list, I don't disagree with putting him on there at all. However, working against him are the completely lost 2013 season, the short track record of performance of any player in the system, and a handful of injuries limiting him early on.
