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The 2011 Amateur Draft still has a chance to produce major leaguer talent for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2018 and beyond Minor league baseball players develop at their own pace. There are no magic formulas that will make every 21-yr-old drafted become a major league talent after four minor league seasons. Scouts spend months or years courting these young men. The … [Read more...]
There appears to be a curse on the Toronto Blue Jays backup catcher. It doesn't seem to matter which player is occupying the role, they suck While 'they suck' might be a little harsh, it is accurate. We all remember Josh Thole, well even he produced more during his three seasons in a Blue Jays uniform than Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Raffy Lopez, Luke … [Read more...]
Blue Jays Top Prospect Anthony Alford is healthy, victimizing Northeastern League pitchers, and for a September call up The Promotion A mid-May promotion for outfield prospect Anthony Alford was expected to be no longer than a game or two. That was until a series of injuries forced the Blue Jays to retain the promising outfielder's services for … [Read more...]
The Toronto Blue Jays are flush with young, cheap, controllable bullpen arms with much more being developed on the farm Not only do the Toronto Blue Jays have the best young closer in the game in the form of Roberto Osuna, they have a bullpen which consists of cheap controllable arms. The Pen Here is a breakdown of what I mean by cheap and … [Read more...]
After a slow start, Dunedin Blue Jays left fielder D.J. Davis has posted some the system's best offensive number in the 2nd half Class of 2012 The 2012 Draft has turned out to be a fruitful one for the Toronto Blue Jays. Budding staff ace Marcus Stroman was taken in the 1st round. This year a pair of outfielder from the 3rd and 7th round, Anthony Alford and Ian … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch highlights the accomplishments of Dunedin Blue Jays power right-handed reliever, Jackson McClelland Roberto Osuna, Aaron Loup, Ryan Tepera, Danny Barnes, Matt Dermody, and Tim Mayza. These are all products of the Blue Jays farm system who are currently holding down spots in Toronto's bullpen. Aside from Roberto Osuna, none of the … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch drops in on 1st round Nate Pearson in Vancouver. The Blue Jays may have struck gold with the 28th pick The Toronto Blue Jays used their 1st round, 28th overall, pick to select a 6-foot-6 right-handed pitcher out of Junior College of Central Florida. Anytime you can draft a pitcher who routinely hits 100 mph with his fastball, it's a good day. … [Read more...]
After conquering Advanced-A and Double-A, Blue Jays catching prospect Danny Jansen has gotten off to a hot start with Triple-A Buffalo Bisons After a season of injury and disappointment in 2016, no one would have blamed you for doubting the validity of catcher Danny Jansen's April numbers. Between April and mid-May, the hard luck catcher played 31 games for the … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch follow the Blue Jays Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays starting pitchers with highlights from the past 5 days The Dunedin Blue Jays are currently 2.5 games back of the Tampa Yankees for first in the Florida State League North division. The D-Jays rotation is adjusting to the loss of Ryan Borucki to a promotion and Angel Perdomo to injury. T.J. Zeuch is … [Read more...]
A closer look at Blue Jays outfield prospect Jonathan Davis' 2017 stats uncover a more consistent Jonathan Davis than 2016 After struggling to find consistency in his first three seasons in the Toronto Blue Jays system, Jonathan Davis broke out in 2016. Dunedin As a member of the 2016 Dunedin Blue Jays, in an outfield with Anthony Alford and … [Read more...]
Blue Jays Single-A outfielder Edward Olivares aims to finish 2017 with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases as a member of the Lansing Lugnuts The Toronto Blue Jays minor league system has received a lot of attention in 2017. The emergence/development of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette has stolen the show this season. The pair put up impressive … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch follows the Blue Jays Double-A Fisher Cats starting pitchers with highlights from the past 5 days Conner Greene Greene took a no decision in the Fisher Cats 4-3 win over Bowie on August 2nd. Greene allowed 3 runs on 8 hits over 6 innings earning a game score of 46. He threw 58-of-91 pitches for strikes, walking one and striking … [Read more...]
The Toronto Blue Jays are in the upper half of the league in home runs, yet this team struggles to score runs... When you think about the type of baseball the Toronto Blue Jays play, home runs are typically front and center. Me too and why not? Jose Bautista became every Blue Jay fan's favorite when he mashed 50 plus home runs what feels like an eternity ago. … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch revisits the success and failure of Blue Jays Triple-A Buffalo Bisons starting rotation last five starts I am going to try a new series this exactly what the title suggests, "One Time Through the Rotation". I'd like to take a look at how each levels starting pitchers fared during their previous start. There are 8 levels which will be a lot of … [Read more...]
Bluefield Blue Jays Yorman Rodriguez has collected more hits than any other Blue Jay in the previous 30 days Let me start by stating three very important facts. This is the Blue Jays Yorman Rodriguez, not the Cincinnati Reds Yorman Rodriguez The Bluefield Blue Jays play in the Appalachian League which is about 6 levels away from the … [Read more...]
Blue Jays power reliever Carlos Ramirez has thrown 22 scoreless innings out of the New Hampshire bullpen in 2017 New Hampshire Fisher Cats Carlos Ramirez wasn't the first baseball prospect to retire the bat in favor of pitching. He also won't be the last. Signed as an outfielder in 2009, Ramirez made Single-A Lansing before hanging up the batting … [Read more...]
You can't teach speed. Speedy Blue Jays Roemon Fields is dominating with the Bisons but is still being overlooked as a 4th outfielder With all the chatter this summer surrounding the poor Blue Jays outfield defense or Toronto's inability to manufacture runs because of the lack of overall team speed, it blows my mind that Buffalo Bisons' Roemon Fields continues to … [Read more...]
Jays From the Couch takes a minute to recognize one the Blue Jays hottest hitting prospects in July, Connor Panas With a lineup consisting of Top Prospects Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette, Max Pentecost, and Cavan Biggio, you wouldn't expect to hear the name Connor Panas too often. Since the beginning of July, the Toronto native has put on a … [Read more...]
The Toronto Blue Jays added LHP Thomas Pannone at the Trade Deadline, he immediately becomes one of Toronto's top pitching prospects The Toronto Blue Jays landed themselves a left-handed starting pitcher when they sent reliever Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians at the Trade Deadline. The Trade Can confirm that Indians are sending … [Read more...]
The Toronto Blue Jays acquired Teoscar Hernandez along with veteran outfielder Nori Aoki for left-handed pitcher Francisco Liriano According to Baseball America, Teoscar Hernandez was rated as the Houston Astros 8th best prospect in their system. MLB.com have already updated their Top 30 Pipeline Prospect List and Hernandez slides in at … [Read more...]
