The results of this year’s minor league fan poll are in … and the 86 players nominated surpassed last year’s poll by 16. With 362 votes cast, it easily outdistanced last season’s total of 236. In the end, infielder/ outfielder Tim Saunders pulled ahead of RHP Dillon Maples, OF Reggie Golden, and a last minute surge by 3B Jesse Hodges for the victory by six votes.
Over the next three weeks, there will be a poll of the top 20 vote-getters the right sidebar of the site and included in the weekly Down on the Farm Reports. Cast your vote on the ten players you want the CCO to post weekly stats updates on throughout the upcoming season. You may vote for as many players as you would like, up to 10, but only one voting session per IP address. Only the top 10 will be followed, so make sure to cast your votes …
The Top 20 vote-getters of the CCO’s Fan Poll
- Tim Saunders, IF/OF – 20
- Dillon Maples, RHP – 14
- Reggie Golden, OF – 14
- Jesse Hodges, 3B – 14
- Christian Villanueva, IF – 13
- Jorge Soler, OF – 11
- Dan Vogelbach, 1B – 11
- Juan Carlos Paniagua, RHP – 10
- Jeimer Candelario, IF – 9
- Pierce Johnson, RHP – 9
- Albert Almora, OF – 8
- Javier Baez, IF – 8
- Duane Underwood, RHP – 8
- Paul Blackburn, RHP – 7
- Stephen Bruno, IF/OF/C – 7
- Trevor Gretzky, 1B/OF – 7
- Barret Loux, RHP – 7
- Ronald Torreyes, 2B – 7
- Arodys Vizcaino, RHP – 7
- Logan Watkins, IF – 7
These players will now enter a separate poll to determine which ten will be followed by the Down on the Farm Report for the 2013 season.
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The breakdown of the players nominated was: 34 right-handed pitchers, 16 infielders, 16 outfielders, eight multi-position players, six left-handed pitchers, and six catchers.
Here is a list of the nominees and the number of votes received, in descending order:
- Tim Saunders, IF/OF – 20
- Dillon Maples, RHP – 14
- Reggie Golden, OF – 14
- Jesse Hodges, 3B – 14
- Christian Villanueva, IF – 13
- Jorge Soler, OF – 11
- Dan Vogelbach, 1B – 11
- Juan Carlos Paniagua, RHP – 10
- Jeimer Candelario, IF – 9
- Pierce Johnson, RHP – 9
- Albert Almora, OF – 8
- Javier Baez, IF – 8
- Duane Underwood, RHP – 8
- Paul Blackburn, RHP – 7
- Stephen Bruno, IF/OF/C – 7
- Trevor Gretzky, 1B/OF – 7
- Barret Loux, RHP – 7
- Ronald Torreyes, 2B – 7
- Arodys Vizcaino, RHP – 7
- Logan Watkins, 2B – 7
- Arismendy Alcantara, IF – 6
- Shawon Dunston Jr., OF – 6
- Kyle Hendricks, RHP – 6
- Junior Lake, IF/OF – 6
- Rock Shoulders, 1B/OF – 6
- Ben Wells, RHP – 6
- Zeke DeVoss, 2B /OF – 5
- Brett Jackson, OF – 5
- Trey Martin, OF – 5
- Ryan Searle, RHP – 5
- Tony Zych, RHP – 5
- Gioskar Amaya, IF – 4
- Jeffry Antigua, LHP – 4
- Michael Jensen, RHP – 4
- Justin Marra, C – 4
- Ryan McNeil, RHP – 4
- Garrett Schlecht, OF – 4
- Frank Batista, RHP – 3
- Austin Kirk, LHP – 3
- Tayler Scott, RHP – 3
- Matt Szczur, OF – 3
- Josh Vitters, 3B/1B – 3
- Yao-Lin Wang, RHP – 3
- Robert Whitenack, RHP – 3
- Jeffrey Baez, OF – 2
- Dallas Beeler, RHP – 2
- Alberto Cabrera, RHP – 2
- Marcelo Carreno, RHP – 2
- Ben Carhart, IF – 2
- Joshua Conway, RHP – 2
- Taiwan Easterling, OF – 2
- Eric Jokisch, LHP – 2
- Dong-Yub Kim, OF – 2
- Chadd Krist, C – 2
- Carlos Penalver, IF – 2
- Anthony Prieto, LHP – 2
- Bijan Rademacher, OF – 2
- Austin Reed, RHP – 2
- Zac Rosscup, LHP – 2
- Nick Struck. RHP – 2
- John Andreoli, OF – 1
- Jose Arias, RHP – 1
- Justin Bour, 1B – 1
- Michael Brenly, C – 1
- Lendy Castillo, RHP – 1
- Pin-Chieh Chen, OF – 1
- Steve Clevenger, C – 1
- Wilson Contreras, C/IF/OF – 1
- Rashad Crawford, OF – 1
- PJ Francescon, RHP – 1
- Dustin Geiger, 3B – 1
- Jae-Hoon Ha, OF – 1
- Marcus Hatley, RHP – 1
- Marco Hernandez, IF – 1
- Corbin Hoffner, RHP – 1
- Jay Jackson, RHP – 1
- Matt Loosen, RHP – 1
- Rafael Lopez, C – 1
- Carlos Martinez-Pumarino, RHP – 1
- Andrew McKirahan, LHP – 1
- Trey McNutt, RHP – 1
- Jacob Rogers, 1B/3B – 1
- Greg Rohan, 3B/1B/OF – 1
- Jose Rosario, RHP – 1
- Neftali Rosario, C – 1
- Austin Urban, RHP – 1