You can forgive Vancouver Canadians' fans for being a bit spoiled. The team won three consecutive Northwest League titles after they swtiched affiliation to the Blue Jays in 2011, and just missed a fourth in 2014. 2015 and 2016 were lean, sub .500 seasons for the short-season club, and there were some grumblings that the … Continue reading Vancouver Places 4 in BA’s Northwest League Top 20
Month: October 2017
GTA Product Panas Heads Blue Jays Contingent to Australia
Toronto's own Connor Panas, who had a breakout season in the Florida State League this season, will join fellow Blue Jays farmhands LHPs Tayler Saucedo and Dan Lietz shortly on the long flight to Australia, where the trio will suit up for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League. The Blue Jays have … Continue reading GTA Product Panas Heads Blue Jays Contingent to Australia
2 Bluefield Jays Named to BA’s Top 20 Appy League Prospects
The Blue Jays fielded one of their strongest teams at their Appalachian League affiliate Bluefield since the West Virgina town joined the organization in 2011. Bluefield won 46 games and took the Eastern Division title, but dropped their semi-final to the Yankees' Pulaski affiliate. With a good mix of 2017 draftees and international free agents from … Continue reading 2 Bluefield Jays Named to BA’s Top 20 Appy League Prospects
Mark Shapiro on the State of the Blue Jays
Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro recently welcomed Future Blue Jays to his surprisingly compact 3rd floor office for what was going to be an overview of the team's minor league system. As the last warm rays of Indian Summer danced off of the Lake Ontario waves outside his south-facing window, the half-hour conversation … Continue reading Mark Shapiro on the State of the Blue Jays
No Blue Jays Crack BA’s Top 20 GCL Prospects List
Baseball America recently released their Top 20 Gulf Coast League prospects, and after Bo Bichette made the list at number 4 last year (despite missing a month of the short season), no Blue Jays were to be found on the list this time around. BA's Ben Badler said that SS Luis De los Santos received … Continue reading No Blue Jays Crack BA’s Top 20 GCL Prospects List
A Change is as Good as a Rest…..
Welcome to the new Futurebluejays.com - the former clutchlings.blogspot.ca. Blogger fit me like my favourite glove, but after five years, like any glove, the pocket was kind of worn, and it was time for a change. Having written for some sites that have used WordPress in the past, I'm somewhat familiar with it, but web … Continue reading A Change is as Good as a Rest…..
Zeuch Continues Impressive Arizona Showing
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