The Prospect/Minor Leagues Thread

[Caper]

Pompey got his first hit today.... a triple.

[SJE32]

Football not just yet, Alford CF and leading off tonight

[flafson]

So, is tomorrow the international draft thingy?

How come we don't have a thread for that?

[GD]

Meza and Perez signing (probably)

 

want Acosta

[flafson]

We have a thread for it, and it's not a draft.

 

Where?

[Atothe]

 

wow they really believe in his approach to put him in Lansing for real

[Atothe]

Where?

 

its called July 2nd international free agent something, search for it

[Atothe]

So this gets interesting. If Alford stays and plays baseball in Lansing (big if?), he becomes a legitimate prospect again.

 

I hope he does but football means a lot more to Alford

[Angrioter]

[Atothe]

 

Ang you know about the Mexican outfielder the jays are linked to?

[Atothe]

Guadalupe Chavez

[Angrioter]

Ang you know about the Mexican outfielder the jays are linked to?

 

Who?

[Atothe]

I found a Jose Guadalupe Chavez who plays for Rojos del Águila but he's a shortstop. the one i'm talking about apparently is an outfielder and younger

[Atothe]

15/16 year old OF/RHP, Ben Badler is reporting Jays are linked to him

[Atothe]

Get it from Battersbox, Ben Badler's article from Baseball America is referenced

[Atothe]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/international-forecasts-30-teams/, anyone have a subscription?

[Angrioter]

 

Next tuesday

[ace3113]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/international-forecasts-30-teams/, anyone have a subscription?

 

Enjoy.

 

Toronto Blue Jays

 

The Blue Jays have done well filling the lower levels of the system with promising Latin American talent. This year their top priority appears to be Venezuelan righthander Juan Meza, one of the top 2014 pitchers. They have also been connected to Kevin Vicuna, one of the better defensive shortstops in the class. Both players train with Carlos Guillen. Righthander Guadalupe Chavez, a converted outfielder with Quintana Roo in the Mexican League, is another played who’s been mentioned as a Blue Jays target.

[43211234]

Are there any latin players of note outside of Labourt, Tirado, Barreto, Lugo and Castro?

[burlingtonbandit]

Richard Urena, Jesus Tinoco, Francisco Rios, Hansel Rodriguez, Deiferson Barreto, Yeltsin Gudino, Freddy Rodriguez, Bryan Lizardo. Probably more but that's just off the top of my head. Michael De La Cruz is a catcher to keep an eye on. Gabriel Cenas, C/3B.

 

Deiferson Barreto has put up pretty good numbers and has a really nice walk and k rate. What is the scouting report on him? Also plays an up the middle position.

[burlingtonbandit]

Unfortunately, it's very hard to say because there are almost no reports coming out of GCL/DSL unless you follow Chris King on twitter or know someone within the organization. Luckily, Ang gets out to DSL games quite often so he could probably give you a pretty good report on Deiferson. I'm hoping to learn more about him as he moves up to Bluefield/Vancouver possibly later this season.

 

That was my thought as well. Didn't really find anything when trying to look him up. Would be nice if there was a "Chris King" that was solely at the Blue Jays complex as he seems to travel to different complexes with the Phillies being a constant.

[GD]

Nick Wells made his debut today. 1IP 3H 2ER 1BB 0K

 

Btw Lane Thomas kid can really hit

 

90 wRC+ lol

[Angrioter]

Manny Acta and George bell really love Gustavo Pierre (Pop, Speed but crappy hit tool), and I don't know why.

[Angrioter]

He's a hacker. 0 plate discipline, he would get carved the f*** up at the MLB level.

 

Manny Acta's nephew Guerrero is playing CF.

[theblujay]

Anything interesting happen in the last 4 days?

[Angrioter]

Yup he made his CF debut yesterday. Moved from SS for good?

 

He's slow (At D), no great footwork but his bat play in the CF. I've known him since he was a child, he's a decent athlete

 

Greg Polanco doby

[Angrioter]

 

Fap fap fap

[G-Snarls]

With our top picks signed, are we a sure thing to be a mid tier (10-20) or better farm system again?

[theblujay]

With our top picks signed, are we a sure thing to be a mid tier (10-20) or better farm system again?

 

Yes

[theblujay]

We'll have a much better presence on the top 100 list with Sanchez, Norris, Pompey, Hoffman, Pentecost...