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Bust

 

Kalfus is a great pic. Anyone who judges a player from a handful of at-bats shows a lack of understanding of baseball. Brenden Kalfus is the real deal. Stars always rise to the top. You would trade Tex (from the Yankees) at the beginning of each season. Blue Jays know how to find talent and they scored with Kalfus.

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Kalfus is a great pic. Anyone who judges a player from a handful of at-bats shows a lack of understanding of baseball. Brenden Kalfus is the real deal. Stars always rise to the top. You would trade Tex (from the Yankees) at the beginning of each season. Blue Jays know how to find talent and they scored with Kalfus.

 

Welcome to the board, Brenden.

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This isn't Brenden, this is a true Blue Jays fan. Not someone who hates, but someone who loves the game and loves a player who can and will help bring the Blue Jays back to the top where we belong.
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Holy s***, you dare try and steal the title of resident Kalfus homer from me? I WILL DEFEND MY TITLE WITH HONOR!

 

And if you are our almighty Kalfus, WELCOME TO THE BOARD OUR SAVIOR!

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Somewhat old article from BA so it should be okay.

 

Fran (Hawaii): What have scouts said about Osuna's command?

 

Nathan Rode: There’s a lot of love out there for Osuna. For a pitcher his age, he’s very polished and has good command. When I saw him he was really working on fastball command so I didn’t see a lot of offspeed stuff, but he located to both sides of the plate very well and that’s what I hear from evaluators as well. His conditioning and body was a concern when he signed, but it looks like he’s done a very good job of keeping that in check so I’m sure those worries have been tempered a good bit.

 

Tom (San Francisco, CA): Nathan, does your gut tell you Sean Nolin is a starter, or a bullpen guy? Thanks.

 

Nathan Rode: I think he profiles as a starter, but for an organization like the Blue Jays he might crack the rotation with the depth and options they have to fill one out. He has an average fastball,plus changeup and solid curveball that shows some potential.

 

Horatio (Toronto): Hi Nathan, thanks for the chat. I am wondering which you heard anything of note about any of the Jays late round 2012 draft picks, any interesting sleepers in that bunch?

 

Nathan Rode: Keep an eye on Ryan Borucki out of Mundelein (Ill.) HS. Toronto took him in the 15th round and signed him for $426,000. He has some injury history that will give you pause, but when he’s healthy he’s a lefty with a lively 90-93 mph fastball and developing offspeed stuff.

 

Feng (New York): I understand that Osuna is labeled as really mature for his age, which seems to be why No.3 ceilingis given to him in most place. However, his velocity has ticked up this year and I've heard that he hits 96/97 and sits at 92-94. Isn't itconceivable for his fastball to tick up even higher given his age? Why is there such pessimism about his projection?

 

Nathan Rode: I don’t think anyone is really shocked his velo has increased since signing. He was so young and had some projection so when he turned some baby fat to muscle it figured to bringthe fastball along. The thing about his remaining projection is that there’s just not a ton left. He’s not your typical 6-foot-4+, lean pitcher with room to fill out. He’s listed at 6-2, 230 and there isn’t much room to fill out. But he’s shown he’s capable of staying in shape so far so it’s not as big of a concern as it was.

 

Jerry (Toronto, ON): Travis d'Arnaud is widely considered as perhaps the best catcher in the minors. Yet, you gave the title of "Best Defensive Catcher" to A.J. Jimenez this year. What does he possess that Travis doesn't?

 

Nathan Rode: I think you’re running into some semantics there. I think d’Arnaud is the best catching prospect in the minors in that he’s the best prospect that plays catcher. He’s a good defender and I don’t see any major reasons why he won’t stay there, but Jimenez is a superior defender. He has better arm strength, is quicker, is a better receiver. He’s thrown out 42 percent of base stealers so far in his career while d’Arnaud is usually hovers in that 25-30 percent range, which is obviously good. If d’Arnaud can do that in the big leagues while hitting what he’s capable of then he’s an all-star. But in the very specific category of best defensive catcher, Jimenez is the guy. And he received that vote overwhelmingly from Jays personnel too.

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what position player in our farm system do you think has the most upside?

 

Just pure upside? Probably Jimenez or Davis.

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Position players is definitely not our strength

 

that is why I am asking, because we don't seem to have much upside position players but our pitching has a lot of upside

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Christian Lopes seems like he could be a solid player

 

I agree about lopes I think he could become a solid player and in a position we need!

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It seems the farm is in a better position now then at the first of the year.

 

even with all the trades that AA has made over the offseason. I still like our farm system, we still have a lot of good players and a couple high upside players.

I think next year will be the year where everything falls into place and the farm system is once again in the top 5

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Are you kidding us?

 

Kalfus is a stud, 4 tools OF

 

no I agree kalfus could very well be a stud, but he was just drafted and has just started playing for our system. I wasn't excluding him but I wasn't including him as well in the question I asked..

 

nobody has yet to see kalfus play , and he could very well be a stud or he could very well be a bust in a few years.

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but yet weren't we saying marisnick was a 5 tool Of a year or two ago.. whats up now?

 

that's what im saying.. kids come and go.. kids becomes studs and some become busts. I haven't seen enough of kalfus to jump on his bandwagon yet lol

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no I agree kalfus could very well be a stud

 

--Kalfus bandwagon cap off--

 

Yeah, there's like a 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance of that.

 

--Kalfus bandwagon cap on--

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World Series here we come. Kalfus lead us to the promised land

 

Hits .750 down the stretch, hits .999 in the playoffs, walk off grand slam off of Justin Verlander in the ALCS, celebrates at home by making out with Kate Upton right in front of Verlander, goes on to go 20/20 in the WS with 20 HR

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I hate you guys for ruining this thread. Shut it down Admin. The joke is overdone

 

It isn't like anyone else posts ITT.

 

Can we PLEASE get a subforum for just prospects to keep the Kalfus-clutter out of the main board?

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