2025 DRaysBay Community Prospect List: How to Vote!
Voting starts on Monday!
Welcome back to the 15th annual DRaysBay Community Prospect List vote. Given that the Rays roster appears to be largely set, we are going to get this year’s voting started a little early this year on January 6th.
Here’s how you vote: There will be a selection of players listed in the article and then below in the comments. To vote, reply to the name you’d like to vote for with a +1 in the comment. Polls will be posted three times a week, with voting expected to occur on Monday. Wednesday, and Friday.
For the best voting experience, I recommend you filter the comment section by Oldest.
If you want to vote for a player who is not listed, there will be an “Others” comment. Reply to that comment with the name of your selection. This is incredibly rare because there will eventually be up to 10 players to choose from, but it’s possible a player you feel strongly about slipped through the cracks.
If you want to nominate a player to be included in the next poll, reply to the “Testers” comment with that player’s name. We will often limit the number of players accepted for the next poll to prevent the list from becoming cumbersome. All players in one poll who do not win the vote are automatically included in the next poll — there is no need to re-nominate.
Should the Rays make a trade that adds a prospect to the system, there will be a special election to determine where, if anywhere, the new player fits on the list in progress. Should the Rays trade away a player already on the list, we just update the numbers and continue voting.
Please vote using whichever criteria you prefer! If you like stats, use stats. If you like scouting reports, reference those reports. There’s no one right way to do this — that’s what makes this exercise fun. We encourage civil discussion with each vote after the “Discussion” comment. Make your case for your favorite prospects there!
I will launch the first poll on Monday. Here are some references you might need for the upcoming voting process:
- FanGraphs Prospect Board: 2025 (not live for Rays) | 2024 Updated
- MLB Pipeline Top 30
- Baseball America Top 10
- Baseball Prospectus Top 10
- The 2024 DRaysBay Community Prospect List
- The FanGraphs Scouting Primer