Most Essential White Sox Vote: Round 30/31

Two players finished Round 30 tied for first, at 18%. So as before, we’re going to re-rack the vote and name two winners based on Round 30-31 voting.

Also, there are new wrinkles to voting that will ideally give us more accurate results, a wrinkle as of now we’ll plan to carry over into 2019’s polling.

One is the write-in vote. Because the previous results (in the roster ranking and top prospects polls) feed this most essential poll, we tend to have a ballot that can be a bit stale. For example, Dylan Covey was a very late addition to the roster ranking poll due to his “26th man” sort of status on the roster at the time; he’s become a valuable pitcher in his month with the team this year, so a write-in vote can get him on the ballot more quickly than waiting for him to be added organically.

Cast your write-in votes in the comments below.

The second wrinkle is a sort of relegation. For example, we were excited enough when Trayce Thompson was reacquired around the midpoint of the roster ranking, but almost literally no one believes TT is an essential White Sox now. In this last poll, Thompson got zero votes, so he falls off the ballot, for a minimum of one round.

Depending on how many write-in candidates materialize, we may not add every player written in every time. At the very least, the player with the most write-in votes/recs will be added to the ballot. We’ll play it by ear.

With Thompson falling off of the ballot, Adam Engel is added to this round of polling.

South Side Sox Most Essential White Sox Vote for 2018

1. Yoán Moncada — 34% (Jiménez 28%, Abreu 21%, Kopech 11%, López/Robert 2%, Cease 1%, Anderson/Giolito/Hansen 0%)
2. Eloy Jiménez — 38% (Kopech 26%, Abreu 17%, López 7%, Rodon 5%, Anderson 4%, Giolito 1%, Cease/Hansen/Robert 0%)
3. Michael Kopech — 59% (Abreu 14%, López 10%, Robert 7%, Rodon 4% [8], Anderson 4% [7], Giolito/Dunning 1%, Cease/Hansen 0%)
4. Dane Dunning — 26% (López 20%, Abreu 17%, Rodon 13% [36], Robert 13% [34], Anderson 6%, Giolito 4%, Cease 1%, Burdi/Hansen 0%)
5. Reynaldo López — 31% (Abreu 21%, Robert 19%, Anderson 9%, Giolito 8%, Rodon 7%, Cease 5%, Hansen 2%, Burger/Burdi 0%)
6. Luis Robert — 33% (Abreu 25%, Rodon 18%, Anderson 12%, Cease 7%, Giolito 3%, Hansen/A. García 1%, Burger/Burdi 0%)
7. José Abreu — 33% (Rodon 27%, Anderson 18%, Cease 11%, Hansen 5%, Giolito 3%, Burdi 2%, Rutherford/Burger 1%, A. García 0%)
8. Carlos Rodon — 39% (Anderson 25%, Cease 13%, Sánchez 11%, Giolito 5%, Hansen 4%, Rutherford/A. García 1%, Burdi/Burger 0%)
9. Tim Anderson — 44% (Cease 20%, Hansen 13%, Sánchez/Giolito 8%, A. García 3%, Burdi/Davidson 2%, Burger 1%, Rutherford 0%)
10. Lucas Giolito — 31% (Cease 23%, Hansen 18%, Sánchez 16%, Davidson 4%, A. García/Rutherford/Burdi 2%, Fulmer/Burger 0%)
11. Dylan Cease — 50% (Hansen 19%, Sánchez 10%, Burdi 5%, Burger 4%, Davidson/Fulmer/A. García 3%, Jones 2%, Rutherford 1%)
12. Alec Hansen — 50% (Sánchez 14%, Davidson 7%, Adolfo/Burdi/Rutherford/A. García 6%, Fulmer/Jones 3%, Burger 1%)
13. Yolmer Sánchez — 21% (Adolfo 18%, Burdi 17%, Rutherford 16%, A. García 8%, Davidson 6%, Burger 5%, Fulmer/Jones 4%, Basabe 2%)
14. Micker Adolfo — 27% (Burdi 19%, A. García 16%, Rutherford 12%, Davidson 11%, Jones 6%, Burger 4%, Basabe 2% Fulmer/Delmonico 1%)
15. Zack Collins — 37% (Burdi 18%, Davidson 13%, A. García 12%, Rutherford 5% [7], Basabe 5% [6], Burger/Fulmer 4%, Jones/Delmonico 2%)
16. Blake Rutherford — 22% (Burdi 21%, A. García 14%, Davidson 13%, Basabe 10%, Burger 8%, Adams 5%, Fulmer 4%, Jones 2%, Delmonico 1%)
17. Zack Burdi — 27% (Clarkin 18%, Davidson 15%, A. García 9%, Burger 8%, Basabe/Adams 7%, Fulmer 6%, Jones 2%, Delmonico 1%)
18. Ian Clarkin — 26% (Burger 16%, A. García/Davidson 15%, Basabe 11%, Fulmer 6%, Adams/Jones 4%, Sheets 3%, Delmonico 0%)
19. Matt Davidson — 25% (Burger 20%, A. García 16%, Zavala 14%, Basabe 12%, Fulmer 7%, Adams 4%, Sheets 2%, Delmonico 1%, Jones 0%)
20. Luis Alexander Basabe — 27% (Burger 26%, A. García 14%, Zavala 13%, Adams 7%, Fulmer 5%, Jones 4%, Sheets 2%, Castillo/Delmonico 1%)
21. Jake Burger — 26% (A. García 14%, Zavala 13%, Adams 7%, Fulmer 5%, Jones 4%, Sheets 2%, Castillo/Delmonico 1%)
22. Seby Zavala — 28% (A. García 26%, Stephens 10%, González/Fulmer 9%, Adams 8%, Jones 5% [7], Sheets 5% [6], Castillo 1%, Delmonico 0%)
23. Avisail García — 34% (González 22%, Adams 15%, Fulmer 9%, Stephens/Sheets 6%, Cordell 3%, Delmonico 2%, Jones/Castillo 1%)
24. Spencer Adams — 26% (González 23%, Stephens 17%, Fulmer 15%, Jones 6%, L. García/Delmonico 4%, Castillo 3%, Sheets/Cordell 2%)
25. Luis González — 23% (Stephens 18%, Fulmer 15%, Jones 5%, L. García 4%, Sheets 3%, Castillo 2%, Delmonico/Cordell 1%)
26. Jordan Stephens — 33% (Fulmer 32%, L. García 9%, Jones 8%, Sheets 7%, Delmonico 4%, Guerrero 3%, Cordell 2%, Puckett 1%, Castillo 0%)
27. Carson Fulmer — 36% (Sheets 18%, L. García/Vieira 12%, Jones 11%, Delmonico/Puckett/Guerrero 3%, Cordell/Castillo 1%)
28. Gavin Sheets — 28% (L. García/Jones 16%, Guerrero/Vieira 9%, Delmonico 7%, Puckett/Cordell/Castillo 4%, Thompson 1%)
29. Lincoln Henzman — 27% (L. García 21%, Delmonico 15%, Jones 12%, Cordell 9%, Vieira 8%, Guerrero 7%, Castillo 1%, Puckett/Thompson 0%)