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 […]
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Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the Season
As the calendar turns to July, half of the baseball season is now in the rearview mirror. In watching the first half of the Jays’ 2016 season, we have come to establish a new set of ideas about what the 2016 team is. Things that we would have never believed at the start of the […]
Minor League Update: June 11th Edition
News News from Dunedin last night trumps everything else you are likely to have on your mind, in terms of the Blue Jays farm system, and this is what we know as of late Friday night, per MiLB.com: DUNEDIN, FL – CF Anthony Alford was taken off the field on a stretcher with a neck […]
Non-Roster Invites in Blue Jays Camp: The Prospects
Every year at spring training, there there are a numbers of non-roster invitees (NRIs) that may seem surprising; some are there more as instructors and mentors while others are projects returning from injuries or just looking for another shot at the big leagues. This year the Blue Jays have 29 players in camp who aren’t on […]