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2016 DRaysBay Community Prospect No. 3 runoff

After a weekend of voting, it'll take one more day to decide the team's third-best prospect

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Here's how the voting will work this week: for one day only, you can choose between Jake Bauers and Taylor Guerrieri in this runoff vote. Tuesday will be the start of a two-day period for voting for the No. 4 prospect, and then another new poll, hopefully for the No. 5 prospect and not a runoff, will run from Thursday through Sunday.

For the No. 3 prospect, it's Bauers or Guerrieri.

1B Jake Bauers (L/L, 6'1 195, 20 in 2016)

2015 statistics with Class A-Advanced Charlotte and Double-A Montgomery: 534 PA, .272/.342/.418, 45 XBH, 9.4 BB%, 13.9 K%

Bauers was certainly not the focus of last winter's three-team trade with the Rays, Padres and Nationals, but he has quietly emerged as a solid prospect. He has a great approach, and while his future power production is up in the air, his ISO improved by 28 points. He's a good defender at first base, but an experiment in the outfield in the Arizona Fall League could really improve his stock.

RHP Taylor Guerrieri​ (6'3 195, 23 in 2016)

2015 statistics with Class A-Advanced Charlotte and Double-A Montgomery: 78 IP, 1.85 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 5.9 BB%, 22.4 K%

Guerrieri missed April easing back from 2013 Tommy John surgery, and he was able to return in strong form. He limited his walks and struck out an above-average number of batters, leading to his 1.85 ERA for the season. He has an above-average to plus fastball that sits 91-95 and an above-average curve as well. He has worked in a changeup as well, but as of now it is fringy.