News and analysis of Toronto Blue Jays prospects
Coming in at number 16 is Patrick Murphy, once a highly touted arm in the system. He’s turned into a fringe Blue Jay in the future. Coming off a stellar 2018 season in New Hampshire and Dunedin, he took a step backwards in 2019 after making some serious mechanical adjustments, and having a … Continue reading Blue Jays Top 25 Under 25: #16 Patrick Murphy
When you've been writing about the Blue Jays farm system for some time, you develop a network of contacts in various roles inside and outside of the organization. It's immensely helpful when you can't see more than a fraction of games across the system in person. When it comes to the disappointing season the Blue … Continue reading Blue Jays Need to Clean House in Vancouver
By Mason McRae With fifteen Blue Jays games remaining, it’s safe to say that the Jays will be selecting fifth overall in the 2020 MLB Draft. They currently sit two games behind the Royals for the fourth overall pick and three and a half games ahead of the Mariners, who sit with the sixth overall … Continue reading Blue Jays End of the Year 2020 Draft Update
By Mason McRae Coming in at number 17 is an interesting player in Elvis Luciano, the Rule 5 pick for the Jays an offseason ago. Luciano was the first player born in the 21st Century to make it to the majors, and was easily the youngest player in the game on Opening Day. So, failure … Continue reading Blue Jays Top 25 Under 25: #17 Elvis Luciano
By Mason McRae Coming in at number 18 is Miguel Hiraldo, a 19 year old from the Dominican Republic. Hiraldo can play the entire infield and has a really good shot at being the Future Blue Jays 3rd Baseman of the future. Hiraldo started the year and played the majority of it in Rookie … Continue reading Blue Jays Top 25 Under 25: #18 Miguel Hiraldo
Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons penned a column today entitled "The Fight to Bring Bo Bichette to the Blue Jays." Normally, I don't tend to bite when a Toronto media guy who usually covers hockey dangles a bit of clickbait, but this article is not much more than a thinly disguised Shatkins pile on. I won't even … Continue reading A Toronto Sun Columnist and the ‘Real’ Story on Bo Bichette
By Mason McRae Coming in at number 19 is Kendall Williams, a second-round pick in the most recent MLB draft out of IMG Academy. Williams impressed in his short time in the minors this season, tallying up 19 K’s in 16 Innings, with a 1.13 ERA and a 0.81 WHIP. He only gave up … Continue reading Blue Jays Top 25 Under 25: #19 Kendall Williams
LHP Anthony Kay makes his MLB debut tonight for the Blue Jays vs Tampa. One of two arms (Simeon Woods Richardson being the other) obtained from the Mets for Marcus Stroman, Kay is a back of the rotation/potential mulit inning bullpen guy. Rated as the Blue Jays #4 prospect by MLB Pipeline since coming over … Continue reading What to Expect from Anthony Kay
By Mason McRae Coming in at number 20 is Kevin Smith - now this is where this list gets juicy. Pretty much every player listed from now on WILL be a Blue Jays one day. Kevin Smith was kind of disappointing in New Hampshire this season, spending the entire season in AA was … Continue reading Blue Jays Top 25 Under 25: #20 Kevin Smith
A look at the top performing players in the Blue Jays system for the final month of the season. 1. Otto Lopez, Lansing. Why he's here: .376/.411/.496 58 Total Bases The versatile Lopez rode a hot month to a Midwest League batting title, and earned a lot of prospect admiration along the way. Lopez split … Continue reading Blue Jays Prospects of the Month – August