5 weeks of voting have resulted in your best guess for the list of Reds top prospects for 2011. NYC compiled what the so-called "experts" have had to say, so let's see how our list compares.
Listed here is the final RR list, plus mine and NYC's individual lists. The "honorable mention" spots are the players who received the most votes throughout the final week but didn't make the list.
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Red Reporter
1. Aroldis Chapman
2. Devin Mesoraco
3. Yonder Alonso
4. Billy Hamilton
5. Yorman Rodriguez
6. Yasmani Grandal
7. Todd Frazier
8. Juan Francisco
9. Zack Cozart
10. Dave Sappelt
11. Donnie Joseph
12. Kyle Lotzkar
13. Chris Valaika
14. Brad Boxberger
15. Henry Rodriguez
16. Kris Negron
17. Ryan LaMarre
18. Ismael Guillon
19. Ronald Torreyes
20. Sam LeCure
21. Junior Arias
22. Jonathan Correa
23. Drew Cisco
24. Neftali Soto
25. Juan Duran
Honorable Mention:
Didi Gregorius
Philippe Valiquette
Felix Perez
David Vidal
Jordan Hotchkiss
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nycredsfan
1. Aroldis Chapman
2. Devin Mesoraco
3. Yonder Alonso
4. Billy Hamilton
5. Yasmani Grandal
6. Todd Frazier
7. Yorman Rodriguez
8. Zack Cozart
9. Juan Francisco
10. Donnie Joseph
11. Ryan LaMarre
12. Brad Boxberger
13. Junior Arias
14. Kyle Lotzkar
15. Ismael Guillon
16. Chris Valaika
17. Henry Rodriguez
18. Dave Sappelt
19. Ronald Torreyes
20. Drew Cisco
21. Kris Negron
22. Jonathan Correa
23. Kyle Waldrop
24. David Vidal
25. Felix Perez
Honorable Mention:
Daniel Corcino
Didi Gregorius
Sam LeCure
Juan Duran
Jordan Hotchkiss
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BK
1. Aroldis Chapman
2. Devin Mesoraco
3. Yonder Alonso
4. Billy Hamilton
5. Yorman Rodriguez
6. Yasmani Grandal
7. Juan Francisco
8. Todd Frazier
9. Dave Sappelt
10. Donnie Joseph
11. Kyle Lotzkar
12. Brad Boxberger
13. Zack Cozart
14. Jonathan Correa
15. Kris Negron
16. Daniel Corcino
17. Ryan LaMarre
18. Junior Arias
19. Ismael Guillon
20. Drew Cisco
21. Ronald Torreyes
22. Henry Rodriguz
23. Chris Valaika
24. Philippe Valiquette
25. Kyle Waldrop
Honorable Mention:
Jordan Hotchkiss
Felix Perez
David Vidal
Scott Carroll
Juan Duran
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Agree, disagree? Let us know in the comments.
Another item of note. The Reds 13th round pick from last season, pitcher Lucas O'Rear, got injured playing basketball and will miss a good portion of next season with a broken ankle. If you're unfamiliar with O'Rear and his story, he's the guy who the Reds drafted out of Northern Iowa (even though UNI doesn't have a team) and was the 6th man of the year in the Missouri Valley conference last year on the hoops team. It's a tough blow for the Reds, as he put together a nice debut for them last year and didn't really have a future in basketball. Kind of raises the question though: was it a mistake for the Reds to draft a kid with such a significant injury risk waiting in another sport? Is there anything they could have done to better protect their investment?
