Official MiLB/Prospects Thread

[King]

[Krylian]

What was he/agent looking for again?

 

I think $2m.

[Frenchsoup]

 

Nice recovery, pretty bad to overrun a popup like that though.

[King]

Looks like Clinton Hollon's on a baseball missions trip in Honduras (with other baseball players, like Andrew Heaney and Steven Matz). Should be a good experience for a guy with prior makeup concerns.

 

 

 

[Spanky__99]

Looks like Clinton Hollon's on a baseball missions trip in Honduras (with other baseball players, like Andrew Heaney and Steven Matz). Should be a good experience for a guy with prior makeup concerns.

 

King, who was that pitcher that was in our system, and his uncle always posted, nice guy.

[King]

King, who was that pitcher that was in our system, and his uncle always posted, nice guy.

 

Matt Dermody

[Spanky__99]

Matt Dermody

 

Damn... your fast bro.

[Sammy225]

Damn... your fast bro.

 

Thats what most girls say about him

[King]

Damn... your fast bro.

 

I always appreciated his uncles insight. Smart guy. Wish he still posted.

[Spanky__99]

I always appreciated his uncles insight. Smart guy. Wish he still posted.

 

Same.

[Spanky__99]

That thread was abolished, and we haven't heard from him since. Modz R Dumn.

[King]

That thread was abolished, and we haven't heard from him since. Modz R Dumn.

 

He hasn't been on since March: http://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/members/465-IowaJay

[King]

Marc Hulet ‏@marchulet 3m3 minutes ago

With #BlueJays depth challeneged w/ loss of prospects in trades I can't believe they're going to leave Smith Jr., Perdomo, Burns unprotected

 

Marc Hulet ‏@marchulet 35s35 seconds ago

Not to mention Tom Robson, whom the #cubs were sniffing around... #BlueJays

[Spanky__99]

He hasn't been on since March: http://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/members/465-IowaJay

 

So, around that time...

[Spanky__99]

Marc Hulet ‏@marchulet 3m3 minutes ago

With #BlueJays depth challeneged w/ loss of prospects in trades I can't believe they're going to leave Smith Jr., Perdomo, Burns unprotected

 

Marc Hulet ‏@marchulet 35s35 seconds ago

Not to mention Tom Robson, whom the #cubs were sniffing around... #BlueJays

 

I like Tom Robson, not cause he's Canadian, but that submarine style delivery, and ridiculously high gb%

[King]

I like Tom Robson, not cause he's Canadian, but that submarine style delivery, and ridiculously high gb%

 

Wat?

[Spanky__99]

Wat?

 

I might be misrembering, thought he was a submarine pitcher? Or am I thinking of someone else?

[King]

I might be misrembering, thought he was a submarine pitcher? Or am I thinking of someone else?

 

You're probably thinking of this article from Breaking Blue, in which he was compared to 2 other submarine pitchers:

 

http://www.breakingblue.ca/2013/11/15/blue-jays-prospect-tom-robson-is-a-freak/

[Spanky__99]

You're probably thinking of this article from Breaking Blue, in which he was compared to 2 other submarine pitchers:

 

http://www.breakingblue.ca/2013/11/15/blue-jays-prospect-tom-robson-is-a-freak/

 

That's it, thanks fam.

[GD]

That's it, thanks fam.

 

Go Spanky go

[Spanky__99]

Go Spanky go

 

lol

[King]

DSJ ranks in MLB.coms top 10 rule 5 draft prospects (also, former jays prospect Tirado)

 

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/157830358/top-10-prospects-available-in-rule-5-draft

 

Perhaps it's not the most rousing battle cry one will hear, but all 30 teams spent countless hours making decisions about which prospects to protect on the 40-man roster and which ones to leave eligible for December's Rule 5 Draft. While it might seem like the Rule 5 is a selection of the "not quite good enoughs" in the Minors, every year big league talent is found.

Case in point was last year's Major League phase. Just 14 players were taken, but many of them not just stuck in the big leagues but made major contributions, even to postseason teams. Delino DeShields picked up more than 400 at-bats and was an everyday outfielder for the American League West-champion Texas Rangers. He went 7-for-24 in their AL Division Series vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. Lefty Sean Gilmartin gave the Mets 57 1/3 quality innings out of the bullpen and pitched in the World Series. Mark Canha with the A's (16 homers, 70 RBIs in 441 at-bats) and J.R. Graham of the Twins (63 2/3 innings pitched) also got significant playing time.

It might be too early to know who the 2016 version of DeShields will be, but after Friday's 8 p.m. ET deadline to add players to the 40-man roster came and went, it's at least known what the pool of talent teams can draw from looks like. Here's a quick look at 10 intriguing prospects -- a pitching-heavy list because arms tend to be popular in the Rule 5 -- who are eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 10.

Corey Black, RHP, Cubs (No. 19): Black made the move to the bullpen for the first time in 2015. Though he struggles with command, he throws hard and could stick as a reliever if he throws enough strikes with his fastball-slider combination.

Onelki Garcia, LHP, White Sox (No. 22): Garcia actually made it to the big leagues in 2013 with the Dodgers. He missed nearly all of '14, then the White Sox claimed him off waivers. He struggled this year, but a lefty who touches 95 mph is often a popular selection.

Reymin Guduan, LHP, Astros (No. 16): Speaking of lefties who throw hard, Guduan works regularly in the upper 90s now that he's a reliever full-time. He doesn't always know where it's going, but the fastball-slider combo is intriguing.

Teoscar Hernandez, OF, Astros (No. 17): The Astros have six from their top 30 eligible, a testament to how deep their farm system is. Hernandez is a toolshed with an exciting power-speed combination, albeit an unfinished one who needs to work on his approach.

Zack Jones, RHP, Twins (No. 23): The Twins have so many hard-throwing relievers in their system, they can't keep them all. Jones is almost entirely all fastball, but it's one that sits in the upper-90s with movement.

Luis Perdomo, RHP, Cardinals (No. 11): The 2015 Futures Gamer is another flamethrower, one who is developing as a starter. But if he's put in a bullpen, he can run his fastball into the upper 90s, with a hard breaking ball and even a feel for a changeup.

T.J. Rivera, SS, Mets (No. 26): Though he may not be as exciting as a pitcher who can approach triple digits, all Rivera has done in the Minors is hit. He carries a career .318 average and .366 on-base percentage through five Minor League seasons, and he's seen considerable time at all four infield positions.

Sam Selman, LHP, Royals (No. 27): The former Vanderbilt standout and second-round pick struggled as a starter when he started moving up the ladder, so the Royals moved him to the bullpen. He can touch 97 mph and his slider shows flashes of being a plus pitch, but he struggles finding the strike zone.

Dwight Smith, OF, Blue Jays (No. 13): Perhaps the choice as next year's DeShields, if only because he is also the son of a former big leaguer. He has shown an ability to hit for average and draw walks, albeit without much power.

Alberto Tirado, RHP, Phillies (No. 14): Part of the return from the Blue Jays for Ben Revere, Tirado gave up just one earned run in 16 innings following the trade. He struck out 16 and held opponents to a .130 batting average, but he also walked 18. He's yet to pitch above Class A Advanced, but if he can harness his upper-90s fastball, he has a chance.

Players first signed at age 18 must be added to 40-man rosters within five seasons or they become eligible to be drafted by other organizations through the Rule 5 process. Players signed at 19 years or older have to be protected within four seasons. Clubs pay $50,000 to select a player in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft. If that player doesn't stay on the 25-man roster for the full season, he must be offered back to his former team for $25,000.

In other words, an international player or high school Draft pick signed in 2011 -- assuming he was 18 or younger as of June 5 that year -- must be protected. A college player taken in the '12 Draft is in the same boat.

Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLBPipeline.com and writes a blog, B3. Follow@JonathanMayo on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

[Laika]

Isn't Angel Perdomo eligible? He signed in 2011. Surprised Toronto didn't protect him and Andy Burns.

 

Perdomo is exactly the type of guy that gets picked. A lefty that throws hard.

 

I don't really see the point in protecting DSJ. Pretty bad numbers for a corner outfield prospect.

 

Toronto can also get Wuilmer Becerra back if they want... lol

[King]

Yes Perdomo is eligible

 

Marc Hulet ‏@marchulet Nov 18

Those are, uh, interesting choices. If #bluejays don't protect Angel Perdomo I'm predicting 85% chance he goes...

 

Marc Hulet ‏@marchulet 3m3 minutes ago

With #BlueJays depth challeneged w/ loss of prospects in trades I can't believe they're going to leave Smith Jr., Perdomo, Burns unprotected

Marc Hulet ‏@marchulet 35s35 seconds ago

Not to mention Tom Robson, whom the #cubs were sniffing around... #BlueJays

[King]

http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2015/11/24/blue-jays-prospect-rowdy-tellez-turns-heads-in-arizona-fall-league.html

 

Before we get into the baseball bona fides of Blue Jays prospect Rowdy Tellez, let’s first deal with his name.

For starters, is that really what’s on his birth certificate?

Sadly, no.

Legally, he’s Ryan Tellez. But only the government calls him that. To everybody else, he’s always been Rowdy.

“My grandma, like, my Dad’s mom, she doesn’t know my real name,” Tellez says over the phone from Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was representing the Jays in the Arizona Fall League. “I’m not lying. I could ask her and she wouldn’t know my real name. I’ve got cousins that don’t know my real name. Half my teammates don’t. I went by Rowdy in high school. Some of my good friends just found out when I signed (with the Blue Jays) and it listed me as ‘Ryan Tellez,’ and they were like, ‘Is that you?’”

He actually earned his unusual moniker before he was born by making a restless first impression in utero.

“They didn’t know if I was a boy or a girl and I moved around a lot in my mom’s stomach,” Tellez says. “My grandma just said, ‘Oh, it’s ‘Baby Rowdy,’ and it stuck.”

It remains a fitting title for the beefy slugger, known for crashing riotous homers off minor-league scoreboards and light fixtures. At spring training earlier this year, the 20-year-old, left-handed-hitting first baseman was called up to big-league camp to fill in for Edwin Encarnacion in just one at-bat. He used his lone opportunity to smash a tape-measure homer off the executive offices beyond the right-field wall.

Tellez, who is listed as six-foot-four and 245 pounds, did much the same in Arizona as one of seven Jays farmhands selected for the six-week development league and showcase for Major League Baseball’s top prospects. The California native hit .293/.352/.488 with four homers and 17 RBIs in 21 games in the fall league, which wrapped up on the weekend.

“We’re very pleased with his performance,” Jays interim general manager Tony LaCava told the Star. “We challenged him as a young player to go (to the fall league) and he has far exceeded our expectations.”

LaCava describes Tellez as a “throwback” style of hitter. “He plays the game with a lot of naturalness,” LaCava explained. “It’s not a cookie-cutter swing. There’s a lot of rhythm to it, much like hitters in the past.”

Jays MVP Josh Donaldson also took notice of Tellez earlier this month, posting to Twitter soon after Tellez cracked a sweet-sounding, no-doubt homer into the desert sky.

“Turn on the TV just in time to see another Blue Jay bringing some rain!” Donaldson tweeted with a photo of Tellez. “I like those movements.”

While he has always garnered most of his attention for his prodigious power, Tellez has been focused lately on improving his defence, coming in early every day to take 100 ground balls and 30 picks before the team’s mandatory daily practice begins.

 

The Jays drafted Tellez in 2013 out of high school. He slipped to the 30th round due to signability concerns, but he was never a 30th-round talent and didn’t sign for 30th-round money, inking a $850,000 bonus.

While he likely remains at least another two years away from knocking on the door of the big leagues, Tellez is fast climbing the ranks of the Jays’ minor-league system, concluding last season with the high Class-A Dunedin Blue Jays, three rungs below the majors.

Tellez, who says he modeled himself after other power-hitting first basemen such as Jim Thome and Adrian Gonzalez, says he’s just happy to get back on the field after missing the last six weeks of the minor-league season with a broken hamate bone in his right hand. “The hand’s doing great now and I’m just having a blast out here facing all these top-notch guys from each organization.”

He says he’s not worried about what level the Jays will assign him to start next season. “I’m just going to go out and do the best I can anywhere I go, so anywhere they send me I’m going to try to exceed everybody’s expectations and make it to the big leagues, where everybody’s dreams are.”

[Laika]

Josh Donaldson likes his movements. Org top prospect.

[Nafro]

I have a feeling that we are going to be active in the Rule 5 for the first time in a while.

[Laika]

I have a feeling that we are going to be active in the Rule 5 for the first time in a while.

 

I could see them taking a catcher, just in case getting Navarro back or another backup doesn't work out. Maybe Taylor Davis (was on BA's list).

 

Obviously they could take any number of mid 90s relievers with control problems. Matt Bowman is kind of interesting as a SP.

[Nafro]

I could see them taking a catcher, just in case getting Navarro back or another backup doesn't work out. Maybe Taylor Davis (was on BA's list).

 

Obviously they could take any number of mid 90s relievers with control problems. Matt Bowman is kind of interesting as a SP.

 

I'm intrigued by Luis Perdomo. But a catcher would make sense.

[Nafro]

It would be kind of funny if we picked Tirado back up.