If you’ve been paying close attention to the 2022 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, then you’ve probably noticed an issue that has run through McCovey Chronicles as we seek to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization: troll votes.
Lately we’ve been getting a large number of votes — often hundreds — that pop up overnight for one candidate. I’ve let it slide in the past, partially because I didn’t want the hassle of dealing with it, and partially because it never felt like it led to an egregious vote.