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Here is the rest of our voting schedule (end dates):
Nov 27 #34-36
Nov 30 #37-39
Dec 2 #40-42
Dec 4 #43-46
Dec 7 #47-50
Dec 11 Honorable Mention (vote for 5, additive list)
Dec 15 Voting for additional prospects added via trade34- Dutkanych
35- Winquest
36- M. HernandezFolks making their case for guys around these picks truly does make a difference, especially for the lower level guys.
Voting has never been tighter!! It’s just about anyone’s ballgame here!
Unfortunately, our voting here most likely will possess more excitement and suspense than next year’s Cardinals games. I literally burnt the midnight oil until the wee hours last night figuring out just who was going to be my 36th selection. And I’m still not 100% sure that I made the correct choice.
34. Kenly Standford Hunter
35. Andrew “The Duke of Diamonds” Dutkanych
36. Hancel Alexander Rincon#34. Cade Crossland (my #25)
#35. Andrew Dutkanych (my #27)
#36. Miguel Hernandez (my #28)I didn’t expect to be voting for Crossland this late into the process still. He is my #25. Starting caliber pitcher upside with his fastball + changeup combo.
Hernandez is another exciting DSL guy who performed well. I really hope to see Hernandez keep growing and putting on muscle mass. I really like that Hernandez does a good job of hitting fly balls and line drives which should help him tap into power if he puts some muscle mass on. Obviously a significant amount of risk with a DSL guy so a year from now this ranking could look silly, but the upside makes him my #28 prospect
#34 Kenley Hunter
#35 Hancel Rincon
#36 Yaxson LucenaVenzuelan teen Lucena cut his strikeout rate nearly in half from ’24 to ’25 while still hitting for decent power, and in right field he’s posted approximately one Baserunner Kill (outfield assist, for the traditionalists) per four games played in his very brief career. Yes you read that correctly, one per four games.
Two hours to go in the voting, and it’s still close. I may be a touch delayed in posting results (family Thanksgiving, of course), but they will be in sometime early in the afternoon.
Voting is closed. Your tallies…
34. Andrew Dutkanych, RHP
35. Kenly Hunter, OF
36. Hancel Rincon, RHP
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, OF
27. Jack Gurevitch, IF
28. Bryan Torres, IF/OF
29. Mason Molina, LHP
30. Won-Bin Cho, OF
31. Nate Dohm, RHP
32. Sebastian Dos Santos, IF
33. Leonel Sequera, RHP
34. Andrew Dutkanych, RHP
35. Kenly Hunter, OF
36. Hancel Rincon, RHPVoting is now open for the #37-39 prospects. Voting will close at 12 PM CT/1 PM ET on Sunday, November 30th.
37. Young (my24)
38. Crossland (my 28)
39. Kross (my 31)My picks are all getting well passed up at this point. Young and Crossland are particularly surprising to me.
3-3 gentlemen! Batting 1000 is always a sweet thing. I think an encore performance is in order here with picks 37-39:
37. Yaxson Alberto Lucena
38………I think I need a bit more time to refine matters here at 38 & 39.#37 Yaxson Lucena
#38 Noah Mendlinger
#39 Miguel HernandezUtilityman Mendlinger’s own organization hates him, sticking him in AA for three years; but once they finally gave him his overdue promotion he hit quite well for Memphis in his one-month look-see (127 OPS+ and a mere 8% K rate).
Shortstop Hernandez fanned too much for the DSL, but was quite young — he’ll still be 17 on Opening Day, 2026 — and showed pop, patience, and speed.
37. Ethan Young Similar to Cade Crossland but LH.
38. Cade Crossland Similar to Ethan Young but RH.
39. Michael Watson Search ‘Michael Watson’ at TCN.(I’m taking Koperniak out of my ranking because I don’t think he should be ranked this far out.)
37. Honeyman
38. Young
39. CrosslandBrian and Kyle have their 39th posted now, so this is the vote where the two top 50 lists crossover each other.
37. Cade Winquest (my #29)
38. Matt Koperniak (my #30). Shaking my head a bit that former voters will leave the rest of us out to dry by switching votes. Either he’s better than your guys ranked below or not. Koperniak has a better chance to be a big leaguer than most voted on right now.
39. Royelny Strop, OF (my #34). Sons of former big leaguers just have a way of turning out better than those who aren’t. Strop is a little bigger physically than most coming out of the Dominican. He had a great last month and I think he’ll use that as a springboard to a helium filled 2026.
37. Miguel Hernandez
38. Frank Elissalt – 3.41 ERA and 1.08 WHIP in his first season across two levels and three teams
39. Yaxson LucenaKoperniak has a better chance to be a big leaguer than most voted on right now.
I agree with this. But Koperniak is something of an outlier in that he’s almost 28 years old and did not impress in 2025. I didn’t give up on Koperniak. I decided to stop voting for him rather than saddling him with a ranking this far past where I think he belongs.
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