Blue Jays Draft Preview

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 …

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Down on the Blue Jays Farm – 5/30

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 …

The Second Wave of Blue Jays Prospects: 2020

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 …

Who’s Next? Likely Blue Jays Promotions

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, …

What to Expect From Cavan Biggio

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, …

Reid-Foley Dials it Back, Finds More of Strike Zone

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 …

Down on the Farm – 5/21

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.  …

Some Thoughts on Sitting Vlad…..

There are many ways in which a baseball team can get broken, and spend years wandering the baseball wilderness.  MLB has tried to give those teams a lifeline with the draft and IFA pools, but some teams, despite themselves, seem permanently stuck in the second division.  Poor scouting, inadequate development, and huge contracts to players …

Blue Jays Last Ten Prospect Hot Sheet

Your week and a half-ly look at the hottest players over that stretch in the Blue Jays farm system. 1.  Alejandro Kirk  Why he's here:   1.232 OPS, .444 BA Kirk was promoted to Dunedin from Lansing earlier this month, and all the streamlined Catcher (the 5'9" /220 Kirk is said to have come to spring …

MLB Draft Update: Jays Might Take a Stott

The draft is less than a month away.  Area Scouts have long since submitted their list of hopefuls, and cross checkers and other senior front office officials from all organizations are criss-crossing the country as teams begin the process of compiling their draft boards. A couple of things have become abundantly clear:  this draft crop …