Our final winner was Yermin Mercedes http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-josh-bell-jersey , squeaking in at No. 50. Thank you for all 9,333 votes!e RecapsGamethreadsMinorsOffbeatFull ArchiveExclusives South Side Sox Hall of FameCard of the MonthDeep DiveDigitsFlashbackFranchise FactsKnow Your EnemyMost Essential White SoxRace to the BottomSix Pack of StatsSouth Side SnapSouth Side StumperSSS Literary SupplementSuper Stats PackThe Game I’ll Never ForgetTwitterpatingUnder the RadarView From the Other SideWhite Sox on SB Nation HomeStoriesScheduleRosterStatsWhite Sox on Yahoo! HomeDepth ChartTransactionsMasthead MastheadMeet the Players!Links White Sox Web LinksSouth Side Sox standardsCommunity GuidelinesOdds Shop StubHub 鉁昗hite Sox MinorsWhite Sox ProspectsBirmingham BaronsSouth Side Sox Prospect Vote roundupNew,1commentOur final winner was Yermin Mercedes, squeaking in at No. 50. Thank you for all 9,333 votes!CDTShareTweetShareShareSouth Side Sox Prospect Vote roundupNow slugging for Birmingham, Mercedes slipped a bit from last year’s poll.Winston-Salem DashThis concludes the SSS Prospect Vote. An impressive 9,333 votes were cast over 50 polls, an average of 187 per round — impressive even considering the bizarre Russian bot spike that seemed to scandalize Round 10.All 50 of these votes are factoring into our overall list of Top 100 Prospects, which will continue in earnest and conclude right before the 2019 draft. Thanks to whitesoxman20051917 for the bulk of the copy on all of these player capsules, straight from his stellar Deep Dive series this offseason. And for those of you shedding a tiny tear for the loss of (almost) daily polling Corey Dickerson Jersey , fret not. Something will pop up.Voting results for Round 50In the final vote, it wasn’t much of a fight. Yermin Mercedes pushed forward by almost doubling the nods given his second-place competition, earning 25 of 62 (41%) votes. Mercedes ranked 42nd in last year’s poll.2019 South Side Sox Prospect Vote Winners 2019 South Side Sox Prospect Vote Top CatchersHere’s the positional breakdown for the Prospect Vote results:Catchers 4 (8%)First Basemen 2 (4%)Second Basemen 3 (6%)Third Basemen 3 (6%)Shortstops 6 (12%)Infielders 18 (36%)Left Fielders 1 (2%)Center Fielders 4 (8%)Right Fielders 3 (6%)Outfielders 8 (16%) Right-Handed Starting Pitchers 11 (22%)Left-Handed Starting Pitchers 4 (8%)Starting Pitchers 15 (30%)Right-Handed Relief Pitchers 7 (14%)Left-Handed Relief Pitchers 2 (4%)Relief Pitchers 9 (18%)Righthanders 18 (36%)Lefthanders 6 (12%)Hitters 26 (52%)Pitchers 24 (48%)More information on our polling. The Indians may have found their first baseman for next season and beyond"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections NewsAnalysis & EditorialsCleveland Indians prospects & minor leaguesGame RecapsTransactionsAnalysis & EditorialsThe future is now for Jake BauersNew,198commentsThe Indians may have found their first baseman for next season and beyondByBlake RuaneDec 13, 2018,2:35pm ESTShareTweetShareShareThe future is now for Jake BauersKim Klement-USA TODAY SportsI realize we’re all mourning the trade of Yandy Diaz, who will no doubt follow the path of Jesus Aguilar and find success somewhere other than Cleveland after failing to muscle his way into a regular spot in the Indians’ lineup over the last two seasons. But as the saying goes, when the Indians’ front office closes one door, another one opens.And today it is Jake Bauers standing on the other side of that door.Just this morning, the Tampa Bay Rays SB Nation site Austin Meadows Jersey , DRays Bay, anointed Bauers the Rays’ starting first baseman for next season. Something tells me that won’t be happening now that Bauers has been traded to the Indians in exchange for Diaz and a Player To Be Named Later.Bauers was a seventh round pick in the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft, drafted out of high school by the San Diego Padres. He was shipped to Tampa Bay the following year in a three-team trade between the Padres, the Rays, and the Washington Nationals.The 23-year-old first baseman, who opened the 2018 season as a Top 5 prospect in the Rays’ farm system, was slashing .279/.357/.426 as a left-handed hitter for the Durham Bulls when he was called up to Tampa Bay on June 7, 2018, to make his MLB debut.His calling card as a minor league prospect was his raw power, plate discipline Colin Moran Jersey , and a compact swing with a knack for putting the barrel to the ball. And for two months Bauers lived up to the billing, with eight home runs, a .243/.340/.491 slash line, and a 128 wRC+.Unfortunately, August and September were a different story. His strikeout percentage increased from 24 to 29.8 percent and his isolated power dropped from .249 to .107, with three home runs. His slash line over that span amounted to an ugly .153/.290/.260.So what happened? Opposing pitchers changed their plan of attack. In the month of August alone, Bauers was seeing more pitches out of the zone (56.3 percent) than at any point in the season, and unfortunately he was chasing more pitches out of the zone (22.3 percent) than at any other point in the season. Which explains why his percentage of barreled balls cratered from 12.7 percent in July to 4.3 percent in August. That kind of weak contact likely contributed to a .208 BABIP over the final two months of the season.As recently as Monday, Rays manager Kevin Cash expressed confidence that Bauers would be able to recover from his slump to end the season:So clearly Bauers has some work to do after four months at the big league level, but he is young David Freese Jersey , has a lot of upside, and will be under team control for the foreseeable future (and at a more affordable price than either of the players who manned first base for the Indians last season).It is also possible Bauers could be a corner outfielder for the Indians next season, if not an everyday first baseman. In the minor leagues, he spent about 25 percent of his innings in the outfield, and the Rays were comfortable putting him in right or left field for 20 games last season. If the Indians are unable to trade Yonder Alonso this offseason, and with Carlos Santana returning to the fold, Bauers could lay claim to one of the vacant outfield spots.One thing is for certain: You’ll be seeing plenty of Jake Bauers, next season and beyond.