It's time, once again, for the great and inquiring minds here at RR to choose our top prospects for 2011. If you haven't been a part of this before, here's how it works. Each day you can vote on who you think are the top prospects in the Reds system. Each vote will last one day. Today you'll vote on the #1 prospect, tomorrow we will announce the winner, and you'll get a chance to vote on #2.
We here at the RR Minor League Bureau will give you a pool of players to choose from, and once we feel the pool is small enough, we'll add a new bunch of players for consideration. After the Travis Wood Debacle of 2010, we understand you may have a favorite player that we aren't including (yet), so feel free to speak up in the comments and let us know.
After the jump you'll find, just for fun, the final list y'all came up with last year, as well as stats and rankings for each candidate for #1 in 2011. We've included John Sickels' ranking for each player (found here), and once Baseball America releases their Reds' rankings on Wednesday, we'll include those as well.
So let us hear from you. Who is the Reds best prospect?
2010 Top 25 Reds Prospects
1. Aroldis Chapman
2. Todd Frazier
3. Yonder Alonso
4. Mike Leake
5. Chris Heisey
6. Juan Francisco
7. Travis Wood
8. Yorman Rodriguez
9. Zack Cozart
10. Matt Maloney
11. Chris Valaika
12. Brad Boxberger
13. Neftali Soto
14. Devin Mesoraco
15. Billy Hamilton
16. J.C. Sulbaran
17. Enerio Del Rosario
18. Matt Klinker
19. Daniel Tuttle
20. Juan Duran
21. Donnie Joseph
22. Logan Ondrusek
23. Daniel Dorn
24. Josh Fellhauer
25. Sam LeCure
2011 #1 Prospect Candidates
Yonder Alonso, 1B
John Sickels Rank: 3
2010 RR CPR Rank: 3
Age: 23
Draft/Acquisition Details: Round 1 (Pick 7), 2008, Reds
Highest Level Played: MLB (Reds)
2010 Statistics:
Carolina (AA): 31 G, 101 AB, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 4 SB, .267/.388/.406/.794
Louisville (AAA): 101 G, 406 AB, 12 HR, 56 RBI, 9 SB, .296/.355/.470/.825
Aroldis Chapman, LHP
John Sickels Rank: 1
2010 RR CPR Rank: 1
Age: 22
Draft/Acquisition Details: Signed in 2010 out of Cuba, by way of Andorra
Highest Level Played: MLB (Reds)
2010 Statistics:
Louisville (AAA): 39 G, 13 GS, 3.57 ERA, 95.2 IP, 125 K, 52 BB, 1.35 WHIP
Cincinnati (MLB): 15 G, 2.03 ERA, 13.1 IP, 19 K, 5 BB, 1.05 WHIP
Yasmani Grandal, C
John Sickels Rank: 5
2010 RR CPR Rank: N/R
Age: 22
Draft/Acquisition Details: 1st round (12th), Reds, 2010
Highest Level Played: Rookie (AZL Reds)
2010 Statistics:
U of Miami (College): 62 G, 222 AB, 15 HR, 60 RBI, 1 SB, .401/.528/.721/1.249
AZL Reds (Rookie): 8 G, 28 AB, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, .286/.394/.321/.715
Billy Hamilton, SS/2B
John Sickels Rank: 4
2010 RR CPR Rank: 15
Age: 20
Draft/Acquisition Details: 2nd round (57 overall), Reds, 2009
Highest Level Played: Rookie (Billings)
2010 Statistics:
Billings (Rookie): 69 G, 283 AB, 2 HR, 24 RBI, 48 SB, .318/.383/.456/.839
Devin Mesoraco, C
John Sickels Rank: 2
2010 RR CPR Rank: 14
Age: 22
Draft/Acquisition Details: 1st round (15th), Reds, 2007
Highest Level Played: AAA (Louisville)
2010 Statistics:
Lynchburg (A+): 43 G, 158 AB, 10 HR, 31 RBI, 2 SB, .335/.414/.620/1.034
Carolina (AA): 56 G, 187 AB, 13 HR, 31 RBI, 1 SB, .294/.363/.594/.957
Louisville (AAA): 14 G, 52 AB, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 0 HR, .231/.310/.462/.772
Yorman Rodriguez, OF
John Sickels Rank: 10
2010 RR CPR Rank: 8
Age: 18
Draft/Acquisition Details: Signed in 2008 out of Venezuela
Highest Level Played: Rookie (Billings)
2010 Statistics:
Billings (Rookie): 43 G, 171 AB, 2 HR, 39 RBI, 12 SB, .339/.361/.456/.817