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Several have said that they would like to continue the tradition of posters voting for the Top 50 prospects this off season.
Brian has approved. I’ve never done the vote counting before, but will try. If anyone else would like to help, please jump in.(Carlson and Cabrera no longer qualify).
TCN Community Top Prospect List 2021
1. Nolan Gorman
2. Matthew Liberatore
3. Ivan Herrera
4. Zack Thompson
5. Elehuris Montero
6. Jordan Walker
7. Andrew Knizner
8. Johan Oviedo
9. Masyn Winn
10. Angel Rondon
11. Trejyn Fletcher
12. Jhon Torres
13. Tink Hence
14. Malcom Nunez
15. Kodi Whitley
16. Junior Fernandez
17. Jake Woodford
18. Edmundo Sosa
19. Tony Locey
20. Mateo Gil
21. Luken Baker
22. Ian Bedell
23. Justin Williams
24. Alec Burleson
25. Julio Rodriguez
26. Edwin Nunez
27. Patrick Romeri
28. Andre Pallante
29. Griffin Roberts
30. Seth Elledge
31. Jack Ralston
32. Justin Toerner
33. Alvaro Seijas
34. Juan Yepez
35. Ludwin Jimenez
36. Pedro Pages
37. Edgardo Rodriguez
38. Levi Prater
39. Alex FaGalde
40. Logan Gragg
41. Delvin Perez
42. Evan Mendoza
43. Chandler Redmond
44. Tommy Parsons
45. LJ Jones IV
46. Evan Kruczynski
47. Edgar Escobar
48. John Nogowski
49. Kramer Robertson
50. Lars Nootbaar
51. Brendan Donovan
52. Brady Whalen
53. Dennis Ortega
54. Anthony Shew
55. Conner Capel
56. Steven Gingery
57. Michael YaSenka
58. Angel Cuenca
59. Garrett Williams
60. Tyler Reichenborn
61. Darlin Moquete
62. Jeremy Rivas
63. Joerlin De Los Santos
64. Tyler Statler
65. Francisco Justo
66. Connor Lunn
67. Jacob Buchberger
68. Irving Lopez
69. David Vinsky
70. Nathanael Heredia
71. Jake Walsh
72. Diego Cordero
73. Nick Dunn
74. Jake Burns
75. Gianluca Dalatri1. Matthew Liberatore. The glowing reports after Springfield camp won me over. It sounds like he picked up a little velocity and really pitched well to impress the Cardinals brass. I’m a believer that “Libby” may be a special arm for the Cards for a long time.
Gorman-He showed much improved plate discipline in spring training and against AA-AAA pitchers. Would have probably reached Springfield and should split 2021 between Springfield and Memphis.
This will be a hard year for voting. Without having stats or competition to judge improvement, it is hard to change a previous listing.
I will have to say Nolan Gorman as #1. I know reports out of Springfield is that Liberatore was impressive. However, Gorman also was impressive in Springfield this summer.
I’ll go with Liberatore although I gave Herrera a lot of thought based on reports of his offense and his improving defense, and his overall drive.
Gorman beats out Liberatore by a nose at the wire. He has an open spot to fill and the Cards are already penciling him in there as are many Card fans.
2. Liberatore. While Gorman will be good, like an infield version of Holliday, Libby is gonna be our next Waino. I predict he wins 150 games in Cardinal red and turns Arozarena into the JD Drew of his deal (who, if you recall, had an amazing year after we traded him for Waino).
Since “Libby” rhymes with “Gibby” and “Liberatore” rhymes with another old tyme favorite of mine, Wladziu Valentino Liberace, how could I not tab Matthew Joseph Liberatore as Top Prospect #2 of the St. Louis Cardinals?
Hey Cranny, you’ll do just fine as our top dog on this thread. If you have any questions, feel free to ask Carioca. Back in ……I think it was 2007, your’s truly manned our Top 50 Prospect thread. Any of you fellow old timers remember “The Sheriff”?
5 votes for Libby for #2 so far. If this continues, we’ll probably close out the voting for #2 at 6pm CST today.
* Mudville & Nigel T……you two guys crack me up!
I’ll get the ball rolling here in Round 3 with Ivan Aaron Herrera. I can’t wait until this guy is ready. At age 20, I’ll have to be patient. Contact hitter who I think will end up whacking you 15-20 dingers. He’ll never be Yadi defensively……but then who will? Just in name only, you have “Ivan” for ex-Rangers catching great, Ivan Rodriguez Torres aka “Pudge”. “Aaron” for Braves superstar, Henry Aaron. And “Herrera” for “Herr” (Tommy Herr) and “era”. Now that’s a baseball player’s name if I ever heard one.
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