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Jacob Heatherly won a narrow final vote over the likes of Gavin LaValley, Aristides Aquino, and most importantly, Nick Howard.
And with that, we draw our 2018 Community Prospect Rankings to a close. It’s actually a really good year down on the farm, with several lottery ticket types that have tools for days that we didn’t even get to.
We’ll wrap with a comparison of this years list to 2017’s, just to see how much smarter we all are this year. That’s it. We’re all just so much smarter...
2017-2018 Community Prospect Rankings
| 2018 Top Prospects | 2017 Top Prospects |
|---|---|
| 2018 Top Prospects | 2017 Top Prospects |
| 1. Nick Senzel | 1. Nick Senzel |
| 2. Hunter Greene (drafted in 2017) | 2. Jesse Winker |
| 3. Taylor Trammell (+3) | 3. Cody Reed |
| 4. Jesse Winker (-2) | 4. Amir Garrett |
| 5. Tyler Mahle (+10) | 5. Robert Stephenson |
| 6. Jose Siri (not ranked in 2017) | 6. Taylor Trammell |
| 7. Shed Long (+6) | 7. Luis Castillo |
| 8. Tony Santillan (+3) | 8. Aristides Aquino |
| 9. Vladimir Gutierrez | 9. Vladimir Gutierrez |
| 10. Jeter Downs (drafted in 2017) | 10. Tyler Stephenson |
| 11. Tyler Stephenson (-1) | 11. Tony Santillan |
| 12. Alex Blandino (+9) | 12. Sal Romano |
| 13. Jose Israel Garcia (signed 2017) | 13. Shed Long |
| 14. Stuart Fairchild (drafted in 2017) | 14. Phil Ervin |
| 15. Jimmy Herget (not ranked in 2017) | 15. Tyler Mahle |
| 16. Jose Lopez (not ranked in 2017) | 16. TJ Fridel |
| 17. TJ Friedl (-1) | 17. Alfredo Rodriguez |
| 18. Scott Moss (not ranked in 2017) | 18. Chris Okey |
| 19. Chris Okey (-1) | 19. Ian Kahaloa |
| 20. Phil Ervin (-6) | 20. Jackson Stephens |
| 21. Tanner Rainey (not ranked in 2017) | 21. Alex Blandino |
| 22. Keury Mella (+1) ???? | 22. Rookie Davis |
| 23. Ariel Hernandez (not ranked in 2017) | 23. Keury Mella |
| 24. Miles Gordon (not ranked in 2017) | 24. Gavin LaValley |
| 25. Jacob Heatherly (drated in 2017) | 25. Nick Travieso |
So, who did we miss? Who’s your favorite under the radar prospect? Send your emails directly to aaron dot michael at red reporter dot com.