News and analysis of Toronto Blue Jays prospects
Play got underway in the Dominican Summer League this weekend, another sign of summer's impending, if not tardy arrival in this neck of the woods. The Blue Jays spent the lion's share ($3.5 million) of their close to $5 million bonus pool on Domincan SS Orelvis Martinez, who will start the season stateside. The best … Continue reading A Look at the DSL Blue Jays
In the last post, we looked at players in the Blue Jays minor league system who were likely to make their MLB debuts in 2020. Time to examine the next wave of players who should have an ETA sometime in 2021 or 2022. Predicting players this far out becomes a bit dicey. You certainly want … Continue reading Who’s Next in Blue Jays Prospects: The Third Wave
A look at the top performing Blue Jays prospects over the last week and a half..... 1. Forrest Wall .528/.605/.861 Everything is coming together for Wall, who came to the Blue Jays organization at the trade deadline last year, and was a contributor to New Hampshire's Eastern League title run. Wall is repeating AA this … Continue reading Blue Jays Last Ten Prospect Hot Sheet
This marks the FBJ debut of Mason McRae , an avid student of the game. In his first dispatch, he takes a look at the Blue Jays recent draft history, and players they have been rumoured to have been following in advance of selecting 11th overall in the first round. You can follow Mason on … Continue reading Blue Jays Draft Preview
The bats were out in full force in the lower levels of the Blue Jays farm system last night. In his second game since returning from a 50-game suspension for a positive PED test, Griffin Conine had a career night for Lansing, banging out a pair of Home Runs and a pair of Doubles as … Continue reading Down on the Blue Jays Farm – 5/30
In our last post, we discussed likely promotion candidates, and lo and behold, Justin Shafer gets the call 24 hours later. We didn't see Jacob Waguespack moving up, however. His place on the roster appears to be as a placekeeper for Elvis Luciano, who is on the Bereavement List. But more power to the undrafted … Continue reading The Second Wave of Blue Jays Prospects: 2020
With the return of Lourdes Gurriel Jr, and the addition of Cavan Biggio to the 40 man, quickly followed by his promotion to Toronto, who are the next likely Blue Jays promotion candidates? 1. Sean Reid-Foley Forget the unsightly 6.60 ERA. SRF has pitched at least six innings in each of his last four starts, … Continue reading Who’s Next? Likely Blue Jays Promotions
With news that the Blue Jays have promoted potential super utility player Cavan Biggio to the majors, two-thirds of the trio that propelled AA New Hampshire to great first and second half heights last year are now in Toronto. With the call up of Vladimir Guerrero Jr to Toronto several weeks ago, only Bo Bichette, … Continue reading What to Expect From Cavan Biggio
Heading into his start today against Rochester, Buffalo's Sean Reid-Foley sported an impressive 10.2K/9, the fourth-highest rate among starting pitching prospects in the Blue Jays system. The other side of that coin was his 7.8/9 walk rate, highest in the organization by a fair margin. The 30+-pitch inning has long been SRF's nemesis, but if … Continue reading Reid-Foley Dials it Back, Finds More of Strike Zone
New Hampshire RHP Yennsy Diaz was the star of the show in the Blue Jays minor league system last night. Diaz tossed seven shutout innings for the second consecutive start (stretching his scoreless streak to 15 innings), and a pair of relievers tossed zeroes as well as New Hampshire blanked the Pirates' Altoona affiliate, 5-0. … Continue reading Down on the Farm – 5/21