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Honorable Mention:
Noah Mendlinger
Juan Garcia
Alan Reyes
Yeferson Portolatin
Chase HeathAmong the 746 Dominican Summer League batters with at least 50 plate appearances, Portolatin posted the highest walk rate at nearly 30%. So maybe he’s too passive; but maybe he has an unusually discerning eye at the dish. (Probably some of each.) The switch-hitting keystoner has an okay defensive rep, and he swiped 23 bases in 27 tries, in just 40 games played. His excellent OPS+ of 145 was second only to Sebastian Dos Santos among DSL Redbirds.
Backstop Chase Heath only got 58 trips to the plate after being drafted in the 20th round out of Central Mizzou — but he hit very, very well in those 58 PA’s, and very, very well in college, and very, very well in two tries against summer league competition. Fun fact: last two years of college, he homered 25 times with just 27 whiffs. Also, homered in 3 of his last 7 games for Palm Beach, all at Roger Dean Stadium. Real sleeper.
Another, for simply entertainment value, since we all hope for proper add ons in trades would be throwing out the new acquired names, one at a time? So starting around 2/1/26, where they would be placed on the list, people vote and rearrange the list before 3/25/26.
Just a random thought, but better than shoveling snow.
Remember that honorable mention votes are additive, meaning that each individual vote counts for one, whether they are your first or last pick. Each player voted for will slot into a pick.
Additionally, any trades added this week will be voted on after this round is over. Thanks for your participation!
Since I’m pretty sure I had the worst record of anyone in turning my picks into votes, all my honorable mentions are guys I had in my top 50:
Royelny Strop (my #34)
Mason Burns (my #40)
Ty Van Dyke (my #42)
Payton Graham (my #43)
Branneli Franco (my #44)Not sure this is the place for it, but thus far, Brian and Kyle have 5 in their top 50 who missed the community top 50:
Clemente (their 41)
Van Dyke (43)
Campos (48)
Miura (49)
Burns (50)I am curious which 5 on our list won’t make theirs. (I’m guessing it’s just 5 on their list not on ours. All of their 29-40 ranked players have made our top 50.) My bet:
Love (our 49)
Lucena (42)
Winquest (40)
Young (38)
Rincon (36)I’m betting they like Crossland and Honeyman more than Rincon and Young, but we’ll see! The double digit separations: We like Sequera, Molina, Gurevitch, Granillo, and Padillo by at least 10 spaces each more than do Brian and Kyle. Brian and Kyle like Elissalt and Holiday by at least 10 more paces than the community.
Swap my 5th pick for HM from Segura to Jalin Flores since I overlooked that Segura had been voted for already.
Swap my 5th pick for HM from Segura to Jalin Flores since I overlooked that Segura had been voted for already.
I also hate to do this, but…you voted for Flores in your first post with the 5th HM pick. You did mention Franco as your other Top 50 not voted for. Do you want him as your last HM?
A couple more days before we close voting. I want to make sure everyone has a shot to get their picks in, and give us more time to add anyone we trade for at the winter meetings.
I also hate to do this, but…you voted for Flores in your first post with the 5th HM pick. You did mention Franco as your other Top 50 not voted for. Do you want him as your last HM?
Ah yes sorry. Thanks for being so diligent to identify these mistakes and help us correct.
Geesh…..Stlcard25 is more of a stickler than my 5th grade AT (Advanced Trigonometry) teacher, Mr. Simon Barnes……you can’t get away with anything when they’re on watch and in charge. Keep up the great work, Stlcard25!
You took Advanced Trig in 5th grade, Pugs? I’m gonna call that suspicious…haha.
At any rate, the Cards lost Cade Winquest in the rule 5, and gained Matt Pushard. He will be eligible for a rank after we finish our list up tomorrow. I will edit my list when voting for this round finishes tomorrow.
Thanks for adding your honorable mention picks, everyone. Here is our updated rankings:
2026 Top 50 Prospects
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, RHP
37. Cade Crossland, LHP
38. Ethan Young, RHP
39. Travis Honeyman, OF
40. Cade Winquest, RHPLost in Rule 5
41. Frank Elissalt, RHP
42. Yaxson Lucena, OF
43. Matt Koperniak, OF
44. Michael Watson, LHP
45. Josh Kross, C/IF
46. Cesar Prieto, IF
47. Brian Holiday, RHP
48. Max Rajcic, RHP
49. Austin Love, RHP
50. Miguel Hernandez, SSBest of the Rest
51. Ty Van Dyke, RHP
52. Mason Burns, RHP
53. Noah Mendlinger, IF
54. Randel Clemente, RHP
55. Royelny Strop, OF
56. Branneli Franco, RHP
57. Payton Graham, RHP
58. Jacob Odle, RHP
59. Miguel Ugueto, OF
60. Matthew Miura, OF
61. Ryan Campos, C
62. Alan Reyes, RHP
63. Keiverson Ramirez, RHP
64. Jon Jon Gazdar, IF
65. Zack Showalter, RHP
66. Jalin Flores, IF
67. Brandt Thompson, RHP
68. Tre Richardson, IF
69. Jonathan Mejia, IF
70. Skylar Hales, RHP
71. Jeremy Rivas, IF
72. Juan Garcia, RHP
73. Yeferson Portolatin, IF
74. Chase Heath, C
75. Hendrick Cana, LHPWe have two more eligible prospects that been acquired since the beginning of our voting. A third player acquired, Richard Fitts, is not eligible due to too many MLB innings.
The two eligible players are Brandon Clarke, LHP and Matt Pushard, RHP.
How we will add them is as follows.
Please vote for each prospect as if you were slotting them into the TCN site list noted above (NOT your own personal list). Please vote for both players, with a “NR” or “Not Ranked” vote for a player if you would not vote them into the top 75 for the site. A vote should look like this:
Brandon Clarke – #X or NR
Matt Pushard – #x or NRVote tabulation will be on a majority consensus. So the place that a prospect gets the majority of their vote will be the place they end up. In case of a tie, they will be slotted in the later spot. For an example, if Clarke has 20 votes and 8 votes at one spot, 9 the next spot and 3 at the next spot, all in a row, he will be slotted into the 2nd slot. If Pushard gets 10 votes at a spot near the end of the list and 10 votes of NR, with he will be Not Ranked.
Voting will end on Tuesday, December 15th at noon CT/1 PM ET.
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