Vlad Guerrero Jr.

Blue Jays 2017 Farm System in Review: The Hitters

The Vancouver Canadians are champions of the Northwest League. The Dunedin Blue Jays are co-champions of the Florida State League. The Bluefield Blue Jays and the DSL Blue Jays made post-season appearances. While there were some setbacks, on the whole, the system was replete with success stories. Let’s review. The Canadians made post-season magic on […]

Reese McGuire

Blue Jays Minor League Report: A Cornucopia of Catchers

By the time I write the next bi-weekly installment of this feature, the minor league seasons, even the playoffs, will have finished. In fact, the DSL Jays played their last game Saturday and Bluefield’s last regular season game is Thursday. At this point in the year whatever conclusion one might draw from statistical results and […]

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Blue Jays Minor League Update: Down the Stretch Edition

It’s the closing stretch of the minor league season now, any team not making the playoffs has only a little over three weeks, at most, left to play. Observers, qualified and otherwise, can begin to draw some pretty firm conclusions about most of the guys in the system who stayed healthy enough to get significant […]

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Blue Jays Minor League Update: International Signings Edition

Yesterday, major league teams started eagerly throwing big (and small) piles of money at international free agents, almost entirely teenagers from Latin America. Prospect watchers annually anticipate the day, and its second only to the recently completed Rule Four draft. However, like the draft, expectations have to be tempered by the realization that over 90 percent […]