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This is a tie-breaking run-off vote between Shawon Dunston Jr and Jose Rosario for the Cubs #36 prospect (serious votes only, please!). Please post your rationale below. The loser of the run-off vote will be the #37 prospect. Also, please let me know if you want to keep going.

If someone convinces you that the other player should be higher, please feel free to change your vote anytime between now and Tuesday.

Results so far:

#1: Javier Baez
#2: Jorge Soler
#3: Albert Almora
#4: Arodys Vizcaino
#5: Dan Vogelbach
#6: Brett Jackson
#7: Juan Paniagua
#8: Christian Villanueva
#9: Dillon Maples
#10: Josh Vitters
#11: Pierce Johnson
#12: Junior Lake
#13: Jeimer Candelario
#14: Duane Underwood
#15: Matt Szczur
#16: Arismendy Alcantara
#17: Ronald Torreyes
#18: Marco Hernandez
#19: Gioskar Amaya
#20: Alberto Cabrera
#21: Logan Watkins
#22: Rob Whitenack
#23: Barrett Loux
#24: Ben Wells
#25: Paul Blackburn
#26: Hector Rondon
#27: Tony Zych
#28: Jae-Hoon Ha
#29: Trey McNutt
#30: Steve Bruno
#31: Michael Jensen
#32: Trey Martin
#33: Tayler Scott
#34: Jose Arias
#35: Ryan McNeil

I do like Dunston Jr. enough (granted, I still think this is a touch high overall ... by 3-4 spots), but unless Rosario's injury is serious, he really should be ahead by a good notch or two.

Agree there. But I voted Dunston here, in part because without knowing anything favorable about Rosario's injury, my default is that it was serious. The game account of his injury day sounded very serious, and it was clearly arm, not an oblique or an ankle or anything like that. Maybe he never had surgery, but I'm not sure on that, and even if he didn't that doesn't mean his arm is and will be 100%.

This is a case that will be fun to see play out. If we get reports in the month upcoming that he's throwing fast and fine, and he shows up in a regular April rotation pitching regular innings with good effectiveness, those doubts will fade.

That's fair. No news could be bad.