The Prospect/Minor Leagues Thread

[metafour]

Trea Turner homers off Miguel Castro who makes his Lansing debut tonight. Castro did end up striking out 2 afterwards.

[ElNik2013]

Pompey: 1-3, BB, SB. Now hitting .295

[abola2121]

I know it's too early to discuss off-season moves, but Would Bautista/2 mid-level prospects be enough to pry Josh Bell from Pittsburgh?

[GD]

I know it's too early to discuss off-season moves, but Would Bautista/2 mid-level prospects be enough to pry Josh Bell from Pittsburgh?

 

How good do you realistically think Bell is that one of the best OFs in the game isn't even enough for him?

[metafour]

I know it's too early to discuss off-season moves, but Would Bautista/2 mid-level prospects be enough to pry Josh Bell from Pittsburgh?

 

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

 

We prob need to throw Stroman in too brah.

[imsorry4beatinU]

I know it's too early to discuss off-season moves, but Would Bautista/2 mid-level prospects be enough to pry Josh Bell from Pittsburgh?

 

Need to add Stroman, Norris and Barreto to make it work.

[abola2121]

How good do you realistically think Bell is that one of the best OFs in the game isn't even enough for him?

 

Bell + prospects/fillers. Mind you it's purely hypothetical. What would you consider realistic?

[GD]

It'd take a hell of a lot more than Josh Bell for Jose freaking Bautista.

[abola2121]

It'd take a hell of a lot more than Josh Bell for Jose freaking Bautista.

 

What if he demands a trade?

[GD]

What if he demands a trade?

 

Then it's going to take a hell of a lot more than Josh Bell for Jose freaking Bautista.

[burlingtonbandit]

What if he demands a trade?

 

Then a lot of teams will be wanting Jose Bautista and be offering more than Josh f***ing Bell.

[theblujay]

Not a terrible Lansing start for Castro

 

4IP 1BB 5K

 

5ER but 4 of them from 2 HRs and he had 6 GO and 1 FO

[Frenchsoup]

Jon Berti having a good year quietly. He's a really good defender as well.

[burlingtonbandit]

Not a terrible Lansing start for Castro

 

4IP 1BB 5K

 

5ER but 4 of them from 2 HRs and he had 6 GO and 1 FO

 

Only bad thing is the 2 HR. Not very often you strand zero runners on the bases. His xFIP would be very good lol.

[theblujay]

Only bad thing is the 2 HR. Not very often you strand zero runners on the bases. His xFIP would be very good lol.

 

He only gave up 3 flyballs and two of them were homers, so that 66% HR/FB rate is not gonna last lol.

[burlingtonbandit]

He only gave up 3 flyballs and two of them were homers, so that 66% HR/FB rate is not gonna last lol.

 

Exactly. He struck out a decent number of batters and limited the walks and flyballs. Very good outing.

[theblujay]

Has Castro passed Tirado now?

[jays4life19]

Dalton Pompey in AA: 115 PA - 134 wRC+

Max Pentecost in A-: 82 PA - 111 wRC+

 

Not bad at all.

[GD]

This has been just a stellar year for Jays prospects imo. Norris and Pompey broke out huge, Castro and Barreto are quickly making their way up the ranks, Lugo and Nay are coming out of slow starts, Pentecost and Hoffman are great adds, Sanchez and Stroman holding their owns in the bigs.. the only *real* disappointment I can think of has been Nolin.

[jays4life19]

This has been just a stellar year for Jays prospects imo. Norris and Pompey broke out huge, Castro and Barreto are quickly making their way up the ranks, Lugo and Nay are coming out of slow starts, Pentecost and Hoffman are great adds, Sanchez and Stroman holding their owns in the bigs.. the only *real* disappointment I can think of has been Nolin.

 

Don't forget Alberto Tirado. He's been just terrible this year. Adonys Cardona was also disappointing after getting hurt. Hoped he would make a jump this year.

 

Matt Smoral has been a nice surprise. Hopefully he can pull a Norris.

[GD]

Don't forget Alberto Tirado. He's been just terrible this year.

 

I'm still holding out a bit of hope for him. At least his arm hasn't exploded lol.

[KingKat]

This has been just a stellar year for Jays prospects imo. Norris and Pompey broke out huge, Castro and Barreto are quickly making their way up the ranks, Lugo and Nay are coming out of slow starts, Pentecost and Hoffman are great adds, Sanchez and Stroman holding their owns in the bigs.. the only *real* disappointment I can think of has been Nolin.

 

Kind of hard to know what to make of Sanchez. Is a move to the bullpen (albeit in the majors) progress? Not a wasted season by any stretch but not one that's brought much clarity either. No huge dissapointments overall though, Burns didn't show much for a player repeating AA and Jimenez doesn't look like he has much bat all but neither is a big deal. They have been overshadowed by higher upside talent and that's a good thing.

[burlingtonbandit]

Another guy who has taken a huge step back is DJ Davis. He looked like he could turn into something but now looks like a complete bust. The best part about his game is speed and he is terrible at stealing bases. I'll take a big step back from a guy who wasn't likely to make it anyway and have a ton of SS guys progress.

[Dylan]

Another guy who has taken a huge step back is DJ Davis. He looked like he could turn into something but now looks like a complete bust. The best part about his game is speed and he is terrible at stealing bases. I'll take a big step back from a guy who wasn't likely to make it anyway and have a ton of SS guys progress.

 

Agreed. He's been really disappointing. Wasn't long ago that he was in many peoples top 7

[G-Snarls]

Osuna is pitching for Dunedin today

[Atothe]

Osuna is pitching for Dunedin today

 

Osuna watch contines

[burlingtonbandit]

Hopefully he pitches well so he can be a nice trade chip again.

 

He's not a guy that you want to trade. His value to other teams is no where near his value to the Blue Jays. A guy who is 19 coming back from TJS is not your usual trade candidate.

[G-Snarls]

He's not a guy that you want to trade. His value to other teams is no where near his value to the Blue Jays. A guy who is 19 coming back from TJS is not your usual trade candidate.

 

Agree

 

He's a "keep and see". So is Hoffman.

 

I have to admit I do get pretty excited about the prospects of our starting rotation in a couple of years.

[burlingtonbandit]

I just hope our pitchers can stay healthy. With the amount of talent there could easily be 4 or 5 pitching top 100 prospects by next year.

[G-Snarls]

I just hope our pitchers can stay healthy. With the amount of talent there could easily be 4 or 5 pitching top 100 prospects by next year.

 

I also hope AA is savvy enough to sign some quality FA position players to fill holes if we do get that good cheap pitching staff we're dreaming of.