As many expected, Carlos Gutierrez ran away with the twelfth spot in this year's ranking.  Gutierrez collected 117 of the 262 votes cast (44%) in today's shortened poll.  Adrian Salcedo was second with 38 votes.

All of the players received more than two percent, thus, none will be dropped from the next round.  Added to the voting for the thirteenth ranked player will be starter Deolis Guerra.  Guerra returns after being eliminated earlier in this year's voting.  Guerra, who is currently pitching very well in his native Venezuela, is poised to take the big step up to AAA sometime next summer.

Voting for this round will be open until 3pm on Friday, Christmas Eve.