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With Top Prospect hitters in the heart of the Blue Jays Single-A lineup, the Lansing Lugnuts offense will be fun to watch In 2016 Juan Kelly lead the Lansing Lugnuts offense. Kelly was joined by Max Pentecost, Andrew Guillotte, Ryan Hissey and Connor Panas in pacing the Lugnuts to 69-71 record. The offense took a back seat to the Lugnuts … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch looks at how one of the Blue Jays top pitching prospects, Ryan Borucki, fared in his first start of 2017 Toronto Blue Jays Minor League system got under way Thursday. While Buffalo, new Hampshire, and Lansing were rained out on Opening Day, the Dunedin Blue Jays were able to get their Opener in, losing 3-1 to the Clearwater … [Read more...]
Can Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Blake McFarlan come back from 2016 shoulder surgery to challenge for spot in Toronto's bullpen? To say that 2017 is going to be a make or break season for Blue Jays Blake McFarland would be a giant understatement. McFarland missed all of 2016 after going under the knife to surgically repair his shoulder. … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch compares Toronto Blue Jays 2nd base situation to their American League East counterparts The Toronto Blue Jays have a rich history of very good second basemen. The keystone baton's been passed from Damaso Garcia to Nelson Liriano to Roberto Alomar. Unfortunately, after Alomar Toronto struggled to fill the void at second. The 'Alomar … [Read more...]
Blue Jays will play 22 of their first 31 games against AL East opponents. Will they sink or swim? It's not how a team starts but how they finish. Heading into the playoffs hot can lead to series wins and some exciting baseball; however, getting out of the gate poorly can make it if very difficult for a team to get to the playoffs. A … [Read more...]
Blue Jays Ryan Goins has proven to be a valuable bench piece for Toronto. Is it time to go in a different direction? In the midst of spring training games, Blue Jay fans have gotten a look at several of Toronto's minor league players. I choose to call them players and not prospects because the guys that I'll touch on should no longer be … [Read more...]
Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro is no stranger to negotiating long-term contracts, so why hasn't Aaron Sanchez signed one yet? Yesterday, Shaun talked about Blue Jays handling of Aaron Sanchez' contract renewal. In this piece, Shaun dropped the 'multi-year deal' bomb. Locking up young talent with long-term deals is an excellent way … [Read more...]
Blue Jays commitment to prospect development reaffirmed by President Mark Shapiro's comments It wouldn't be Spring Training if the performance of a prospect or two didn't cause Blue Jays fans to think the future. This pre-season 1st baseman Rowdy Tellez and left-handed reliever Tim Mayza have turned some heads. Many fans may feel they've … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch compares Toronto Blue Jays 1st base situation to their American League East counterparts Every Spring baseball blogs everywhere roll out articles to compare how their team stacks up against their competition. Jays From the Couch is no different. It seems that the Toronto Blue Jays will run with a pair … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch reviews the projected 2017 starting rotation for the Blue Jays Triple-A Buffalo Bisons Doing Triple-A projections at any position is my least favorite task of Spring Training. Seriously, a 33-yr-old 10-year minor league veteran doesn't cause any fan to get excited. I wouldn't blame you if you stopped reading right now because the Buffalo … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch review the projected 2017 starting rotation for Blue Jays' Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats The New Hampshire Fisher Cats fielded a talented team in 2016; unfortunately, much of the high-level talent could be found in the form of position players. Fisher Cat fans enjoyed a rotation mostly consisting of Blue Jays' organizational … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch review the projected 2017 starting rotation for the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays Toronto's Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays were the only Blue Jays full season minor league team to make the playoffs in 2016. The club used a strong bullpen and strong offensive production to finish 3rd in the Florida State League North division … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch reviews the projected 2017 starting rotation for the Full-Season A-Ball Lansing Lugnuts The 2016 Lansing Lugnuts starting rotation ran out several of the Toronto Blue Jays highly rated starting pitching prospects on the roster. Lansing Lugnuts fans will once again be treated to a rotation with … [Read more...]
With Spring Training games underway, Jays From the Couch compare Toronto Blue Jays starting rotation to the other American League East starting rotations After comparing the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen to those of their AL East opponents, I wanted to take a look at the starting rotations. I've generated tables for each of the ALE teams with the 5 … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch compares the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen to the other bullpens in the American League East Teams continue to place an emphasis on shortening the game. Once it was expected that a starter finished what he started. Then it was expected that he give his club 7 strong innings, turn it over to a pair of strong … [Read more...]
Join Jays From the Couch, as we review four corner infielders which didn't make this year's Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospect List Every year baseball fanatics put their heads together in an attempt to separate Top Prospects from Organizational Fillers. What should be an easy task, quickly turns into an internal struggle, especially for me. You see I am … [Read more...]
If you had it to do all over again, would you do it differently? A look at Blue Jays Marcus Stroman's 2012 Draft position In anticipation of the backlash that is sure to follow, I'd to like to explain to our Jays From the Couch readers, and Marcus Stroman supporters, that this article is meant to be a fun exercise. It is by no means an … [Read more...]
Join Jays From the Couch, as we review four corner infielders which didn't make this year's Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospect List Every year baseball fanatics put their heads together in an attempt to separate Top Prospects from Organizational Fillers. What should be an easy task, quickly turns into an internal struggle, especially for … [Read more...]
Join Jays From the Couch, as we review four corner infielders which didn't make this year's Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospect List Every year baseball fanatics put their heads together in an attempt to separate Top Prospects from Organizational Fillers. What should be an easy task, quickly turns into an internal struggle, especially for … [Read more...]
Join Jays From the Couch, as we review four middle infielders which didn't make this year's Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospect List Every year baseball fanatics put their heads together in an attempt to separate Top Prospects from Organizational Fillers. What should be an easy task, quickly turns into an internal struggle, especially for me. You see I am very very … [Read more...]
