Now that it’s over, we’re all looking ahead to 2018 and beyond, and it’s a time we obsessive types focus undivided attention on considering what the process looks like for Toronto’s player personnel acquisition team. What are the questions Ross Atkins and his staff have to wrangle with as the attempt to follow through on the […]
Author: Tammy Rainey
Blue Jays 2017 Farm System in Review: The Pitchers
Earlier this week, I took an exhaustive look at all the hitters you might be interested in next year, over 40 names in all, today I’ll take a similarly deep dive into the pitchers of interest down on the farm, divided into two sections: starters and relievers. For the sake of organization, I’ll arrange them by […]
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 […]
Forecasting Who’ll Make the Blue Jays 40-Man Roster
Much has been written over the last couple of years about the depletion of upper level talent in the Blue Jays organization as former GM Alex Anthopoulos made two different stabs at leveraging a mid-level team into the playoffs. Someday I might write an article taking a look at just what value the Blue Jays […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blue Jays Minor League Update: Trade Deadline Edition
As of this writing, there are less than 20 hours left before the MLB non-waiver trade deadline which arrives at 4 p.m. EDT today. Also as of this writing, the Blue Jays have yet to trade for any new prospects so should that change, the discussion of those players will be found in a separate […]
Blue Jays Minor League Update: Mid-Season Edition
Last summer, I dedicated one of my minor league updates to the unsung guys who virtually never make a top prospect list – the relief pitcher. The general truism, even in the majors, is that relievers are failed starters. That’s not strictly accurate, many of them are guys who were never viewed as starters to […]
Vlad and Bo are Set to Take Over the Futures Game
Every year since 1999 MLB has staged, as part of the hoopla surrounding the Major League All Star Game an event known as the Futures Game. Lightly noticed outside those who happened to be in attendance at first, the event has steadily grown in the imagination of baseball fans who may often be getting their […]
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 […]