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It feels a little weird to be voting for Bryan Torres because of his age. But who can argue with gscottar’s rationale.
#25. Bryan Torres
#26. Jack Gurevitch (All of the prospects mentioned in this round deserve consideration.)The downer about voting for the same guys for round after round is that you don’t get to vote for a lot of guys that you’d like to. So I will add some comments about guys that I didn’t get to vote for, and won’t get to as they’ve already been selected:
Jesus Baez (my #15) has that tantalizing mix of youth and some solid results already at a decent level. He will probably be a 21 year old at Springfield next year, and if you squint you can see a power hitting, solid fielding 3B there. He slid to 15 for me because of Kyle Reis’ assessment, basically. Fundamentally unsound players don’t play long term, at least not on contending level teams.
Yairo Padilla (my #17) is a bet on upside. There’s a world where he turns into a starting SS or CF at the big league level, with average pop and above average hit, base running and fielding tools. There is also a world where he turns into Delvin Perez and has the bat knocked out of his hands from a lack of power and can’t progress.
Nathan Church (my #19) has pretty much maxed out what he is, but what he is means a useful MLB piece. He’s probably a better hitter than Victor Scott, and having a right handed bat as your backup CF is helpful. Unfortunately, the Cards need offense in the OF so he probably won’t help the team next year that much. He may need to find his way elsewhere to have any success.
Ryan Mitchell (my #20) is raw but the tools are there and the Cards bet on that in the second round. It’s an interesting profile with a solid hit tool and hopefully burgeoning power. It will be fun to watch him try to jump into the FSL next season.
Braden Davis (my #22) has that lefty helium like Quinn Mathews had last year, albeit not quite as much rise. But he was another guy who looked better than his college stats would suggest. I guess the Cards were able to add a little velocity there (96.9 mph max at Palm Beach), which puts the arm on injury alert. Still, at this point that’s basically all pitchers. Another guy with a good changeup.
Andre Granillo (my #23) could be the Giovanny Gallegos of the bullpen for the next few years. The stats were sterling this year, and the peripherals basically backed that up. The difficulty is always that last jump to MLB. He was decent, not great in the Show. Should be at least a middle reliever going forward.
Blaze Jordan (my #24) is the Luken Baker replacement…not as much power, but at least should hit more than .200 at the big league level. The issue is that he’s a righty 1B/DH without a lot of (in-game) power. Those sort of guys don’t often pan out, but who knows?
Pete Hansen (my #32) is a nondescript starter. We get guys like this coming through the system from time to time (Alex FaGalde, Alex Cornwell anyone?) who have the results at lower levels and then proceed to struggle at the highest levels. He hasn’t shown a significant split the last two years, although his first full year he was much better against righties.
25- Gurevitch
26- Sebastian Dos SantosAll of the pitchers that I considered for these spots simply seem like possible BP arms at best.
SDS had a OPS over 1.0, which in that league I consider to be the floor. Also a 30/29 BB/K ratio, 13 SB and a .570 SLG%. He’s FAR away but a kid who is more exciting to me than a “maybe a BP” arm.
Great points stlcard25. Does everyone know Gurevitch struck out almost 40% in his SSS brief Cardinal debut. For some horrible reason I keep thinking he is a left-handed bat from the University of Arizona. Thankfully a poster pointed out he was from farther west. Still … he sure struggled to make any meaningful contact.
De Santos and and the other SS whose name escapes me… maybe Miguel Hernandez comes to mind are both very interesting bats moving forward.
Both guys are already 6 foot and filling out.Nigel, you are correct on M.Hernandez. The height part I always look at but the “filling out” part, by likely getting healthy and plenty of grub and a proper gym as close as possible has to be something all teams concentrate on…. And should throw money at.
It’s interesting to note players like Mautz and Levenson had their best years so far. Will they sustain it at higher levels? That’s why I don’t have them as high as others.
The last vote once again is the deciding vote! Your 2026 TCN Community Top 50 votes are:
25. Zach Levenson, OF
26. Chase Davis, OF
Running List:
1. JJ Wetherholt, IF
2. Liam Doyle, LHP
3. Quinn Mathews, LHP
4. Rainiel Rodriguez, C
5. Joshua Baez, OF
6. Leonardo Bernal, C
7. Jimmy Crooks, C
8. Ixan Henderson, LHP
9. Brycen Mautz, LHP
10. Tekoah Roby, RHP
11. Jesus Baez, IF
12. Tink Hence, RHP
13. Cooper Hjerpe, LHP
14. Yairo Padilla, IF
15. Deniel Ortiz, IF
16. Chen-Wei Lin, RHP
17. Ryan Mitchell, OF
18. Braden Davis, LHP
19. Tanner Franklin, RHP
20. Nathan Church, OF
21. Luis Gastelum, RHP
22. Blaze Jordan, IF
23. Andre Granillo RHP
24. Pete Hansen LHP
25. Zach Levenson, OF
26. Chase Davis, OFVoting is now open for the #27 and 28 prospects. Voting will end at 12 PM CT/1 PM ET on Thursday, November 20th.
Adding mine…
27. Won-Bin Cho, OF. This is the sixth time I’ve voted for him. Eventually he’ll get some other votes, I hope.
28. Nate Dohm, RHP. The more successful of the two pitchers we got in the Helsley trade, he still struggled in the black hole that is Peoria. I like the ability to miss bats while keeping the walks relatively in check, and I think he was up to 99 in a relief role in college. So if he can’t cut it as a starter, he will have that to fall back on. This is a nice, all around profile that could be a #4ish type long term.
I want to vote for Bryan Torres and Jack Gurevitch again. But it looks to me like a vote for Torres is a wasted vote. I’m guessing that too many voters are turned off by the fact that he’s 28 years old, not 22-25 years old. For Gurevitch, I’m hoping that his elevated strikeout rate can be attributed to a rookie just swinging away at his first big league camp. Gurevitch was the Cardinals’ third round draft choice and signed for slot. I’ve been thinking about Nate Dohm for the last few rounds. It just seems like he should be able to outgrow his forearm issues, and if that happens, we have a very promising prospect. I’ve also been itching to vote for Andrew Dutkanych IV. The problem with Dutkanych is that he hasn’t pitched since his surgery. Reportedly, he has a high ceiling as a starting pitcher. Jesus Baez ought to at least be in our top 30, IMO. All of these last three players could be ranked considerable higher going into 2027. Won-Bin Cho will get ranked soon. Bryan Torres should eventually get ranked, also.
27. Gurevitch
28. DohmI’ve also been itching to vote for Andrew Dutkanych IV. The problem with Dutkanych is that he hasn’t pitched since his surgery. Reportedly, he has a high ceiling as a starting pitcher. Jesus Baez ought to at least be in our top 30, IMO
A couple of things, mud. Dutkanych did pitch this year, both in the FCL and FSL. He fared pretty decently at Palm Beach, which was most of his innings, and was shelled in the FCL.
Also, Jesus Baez was our #11 prospect.
As our resident voter for Cho, I would say that there’s no such thing as a wasted vote. Maybe you’ll convince some others to vote for Torres (who BTW was one voter from being selected last round, so your swap out could cost him selection). Three others have already voted for him.
I stand corrected. Should have done my homework instead of relying on my tired memory. Had a rough night last night. Thank you.
27- Gurevitch
28- Dos Santos – 17, and only a $75k BonusStats: 38 G, 166 PAs, .313/.452/.570, 18.1 BB%, 17.5 K%, .258 ISO, .367 BABIP, 164 wRC+
27. Gurevitch
28. YoungBoth of these 2 may be top 15 or even top 10 by this time next year. I don’t think anyone else on our list has that kind of upside left. Maybe Dutkanych. I guess maybe Cho. I don’t see anyone else though who might have star power – at least not without some serious upgrading.
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