Blue Jays prospects: Sleeper, bust and new legit guy

[King]

I say that as someone who has been fairly high on Jansen for the past few years. I thought the power he showed in Bluefield is still in there but the injuries (hamate bone) stunned his development. If he changed his approach to hit more groundballs then woof.

[saskjayfan]

You're completely missing the point here. I never said I believed Jansen to be nearly as good as Molina, I said that if he hits well enough to not be an embarrassment while playing the catching position well then that's at least a piece that you'd like to have. On the other hand, if the hitting changes are for real and he's a high contact, high OBP low power guy (like 2009 Yadier Molina offensively) and can have average offensive seasons then he's an asset.

 

Fair enough. I think you missed my point, which was to tell Jimmy to quit patting himself on the basis of less than 100 plate appearances.

[Orgfiller]

Fair enough. I think you missed my point, which was to tell Jimmy to quit patting himself on the basis of less than 100 plate appearances.

 

Oh yeah that's fair. It's way too early.

[Boxcar]

Personally if we're going for overrated catchers then I think Salvador Perez takes the cake there. However, unlike Jeter both of those guys legitimately play elite defense.

 

Yeah but Perez is overrated because he's a Royal. Can you think of a semi long time Royal that isn't overrated? Molina at least stands alone.

[Jimcanuck]

Fair enough. I think you missed my point, which was to tell Jimmy to quit patting himself on the basis of less than 100 plate appearances.

 

hook, line, and sinker

[TheHurl]

He has 5 XBH and .970 OPS at 21 yrs old in A+ with very good catching skills. What's not to like?

 

That he's 5th year in the minors. It's best to keep him in High A no matter what so that you don't need to protect him from the Rule 5. Give you one more year to see if he can fully recover from the injuries and find the power again. Baseball America said he's a good blocker behind the plate but terrible receiver.

[Nafro]

Legit Prospect: Max Pentecost

Sleeper: Kevin Vicuna

Bust: Conner Greene

[Jimcanuck]

Jansen has weird peripherals. From this year to last year, he has doubled his ground ball %, cut his flyball % in half, increased his line drive % by 10% and dropped his infield fly rate by 10%. Doesn't really seem like a recipe for success. He'll probably get promoted to AA at some point and then get exposed.

 

Still early but not exposed, so far.

[LGBJ29]

If you wanna get depressed take a look at the Fisher Cats stat page. Some extremely underwhelming seasons going on there.

[Angrioter]

Sleeper: Juan "Carlos Santana" Kelly

Bust: Conner Greene

New Legit Guy: T.J. Zeuch

 

Bump

[Jimcanuck]

Bump

 

C'mon Ang, no one likes someone tooting their own horn

[vilifyingforce]

If you wanna get depressed take a look at the Fisher Cats stat page. Some extremely underwhelming seasons going on there.

 

Nice to see Jansen off to a great start in AA though.