Ryan Noda Becomes PTBNL

The Blue Jays announced today that 1B/OF Ryan Noda, the club’s 15th round pick in 2017, has been declared the Player to Be Named Later in the deal that brought RHP Ross Stripling to the club from the Dodgers last season. Noda, along with RHP Kendall Williams, went to Los Angeles in the deal. Noda …

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Five Prospects to Keep an Eye on in 2019

As 2018 slowly winds its way down, it's a good time to look at players who put up solid numbers last year, but have been overlooked somewhat in the overall Blue Jays prospect picture. Ryan Noda What he did:   Noda led the minor leagues in walks with 109 last year, as did his .421 OBP.  …

Blue Jays Minor League All-Star Team

Catcher - Danny Jansen  .275/.390/.473 (MiLB numbers) Jansen solidified his label as the Blue Jays Catcher of the Future with a good season on both sides of the plate, and earned a late season call up as a result. Jansen has long been lauded for his leadership skills, and his ability to handle a Pitching …

Blue Jays Last Ten Prospect Hot Sheet

This is another in a series of posts about the hottest prospects in the Blue Jays system over the past ten days (or so).  It's not a re-ranking of the top Blue Jays prospects - that will come out after the minor league season. 1.  Cal Stevenson, OF Bluefield. The 10th round pick from Arizona …

Blue Jays Last Ten Hot Sheet

Ok, if you're scoring at home, it's been a little more than ten days since the last post. This is not a ranking of the Blue Jays Top 10 prospects - it's a snapshot of who the top performers have been. 1.  Ryan Noda, Lansing Noda tops the charts for the second straight time.  This …

Blue Jays Last Ten Days Hot Sheet

Here's a little project that has been long in the thinking process, but has only recently come into execution. The following are the top five Blue Jays prospects based on their performance over the past week and a half.  It's not a re-ranking of the top prospects, but just a snapshot of the hottest players …

There’s Another Team to Watch in the Blue Jays System

The AA Eastern League's New Hampshire Fisher Cats have been receiving most of the attention from Blue Jays prospects watchers so far this season, and rightly so, but there's another team in the system that has been just as successful. The Lansing Lugnuts took 3 of 5 games from cross-state rival West Michigan Whitecaps this …

The Incredibly Patient Ryan Noda

Blue Jays 1B/LF/DH Ryan Noda is one selective guy at the plate. Not only did the 2017 Appy League MVP lead the league in Average, OBP, and Slugging, he saw more pitches than any other hitter in the loop - interestingly, teammates Chavez Young and Kevin Smith were second and third, respectively. There is some …

Lansing Lugnuts Announce Roster

Lansing's roster often is one of the more interesting ones to wait for every spring. For the other three full-season affiliates, it's fairly easy to project their rosters.  There may be the odd surprise, but you can generally count on players moving up to the next level if they were successful the season before. The …

Top Blue Jays Prospect Story Lines for 2018 – Beyond the Obvious Ones

If you've visited this site hoping to find out if Vladimir Guerrero Jr will continue to be one of the top prospects in baseball, or if Bo Bichette will continue to hit everything in sight, or if Nate Pearson will continue to dominate with a fastball in the upper 90s, let me save you some …