Our 2020 Community Prospect List officially has its first member, as pitcher Jesus Luzardo breezed to the top of the inaugural ballot with 129 out of 146 votes. It’s the second straight year that Luzardo has earned the No. 1 spot on our CPL in a landslide, and the fourth time in five years that the rankings have been led by a lefty hurler, after Sean Manaea (2016) and A.J. Puk (2018). Here’s the current (somewhat lonely) list, including his winning margin (the difference between his % of the vote, and the % of the runner-up):
- Jesus Luzardo, LHP (+84%)
This first CPL vote was really a formality, because there was never any question about who would take the top spot.