Official MiLB/Prospects Thread

[John_Havok]

I like him alot

 

He's 21 in a few days, he needs to be up a level or 2 before he gets into worthy prospect status. Love the numbers, but his age/level isnt ideal.

 

Good to keep an eye on though. What's his stuff like?

[Krylian]

This minor league system makes me sad in the pants.

[King]

He's 21 in a few days, he needs to be up a level before he gets into worthy prospect status. Love the numbers, but his age/level isnt ideal.

 

Good to keep an eye on though. What's his stuff like?

 

I don't think age is a huge deal, he's not young for the level but he's not old either.

Edited April 27, 2016 by King

[burlingtonbandit]

I feel like age matters a lot less for pitchers.

[Angrioter]

He's 21 in a few days, he needs to be up a level or 2 before he gets into worthy prospect status. Love the numbers, but his age/level isnt ideal.

 

Good to keep an eye on though. What's his stuff like?

 

I saw Castro, Perdomo and Rios pitch in the DWL 2013. Rios touched 92-93 with tons of movement, but lack of command.

[King]

27. Francisco Rios, RHP, age 20 (DOB: 5/6/95), last year: unranked

 

 

Rios was signed in July 2012 as a 17 year old international free agent from Mexico. Over the last three years, he's worked his way from the Dominican Summer League in 2013, stateside for 2014 all the way up to Bluefield, before spending 2015 in Vancouver's starting rotation where he was one of the few bright spots in pretty dismal 2015.

 

 

In 2015, Rios posted a medicore 4.27 ERA, but his peripherals were better as he posted a 3.28 FIP on the back of 59 strikeouts and 25 strikeouts while allowing just one home runs. He worked with a fastball in the low 90s, touching 93-94 with a slurvy breaking ball as his primary secondary pitch.

 

 

In 2016, he should move up to Lansing and work in the starting rotation, and we'll get a better idea of what he can do in full season ball. Rios is very much a lottery ticket, but if you're looking for a guy to come out of nowhere, he's a candidate. His ranking this highly is frankly primarily a reflection of the vastly reduced depth in the system.

 

http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2016/2/5/10922490/the-2016-bluebird-banter-top-40-prospects-26-30

 

Going into this season

[burlingtonbandit]

NH got no hit tonight lol.

[King]

Angel Perdomo

 

2ip 1h 0er 1bb 4k

 

Perdomo fast riser.

[Captain Adama]

Angel Perdomo

 

2ip 1h 0er 1bb 4k

 

Perdomo fast riser.

 

And he was left on waivers to boot.

[King]

And he was left on waivers to boot.

 

If you mean wasn't protected for the rule 5 draft yeah. If he keeps it up he'll have to be protected in the offseason for sure.

[nowayjose]

Perdomo 4 IP 7K

 

The new lansing trio : Rios, Perdomo and Sean.

[King]

Perdomo: 4IP 3H 0ER 2BB 7K

 

New Lansing 3

Francisco Rios

Angel Perdomo

Sean Reid Foley

 

 

Anyone know what happened to Harris? Hasn't started since April 14.

[King]

Perdomo 4 IP 7K

 

The new lansing trio : Rios, Perdomo and Sean.

 

You bastard. Same order too

[nowayjose]

lol great minds think alike

[Angrioter]

Perdomo: 4IP 3H 0ER 2BB 7K

 

New Lansing 3

Francisco Rios

Angel Perdomo

Sean Reid Foley

 

 

Anyone know what happened to Harris? Hasn't started since April 14.

 

Maybe he quit of baseball because he suxx

[King]

Maybe he quit of baseball because he suxx

Blue Jays Moves ‏@BlueJaysMoves Apr 19

Apr 18: Lansing Lugnuts (A) place RHP Jonathan Harris on the temporarily inactive list. #bluejays

 

 

TEMPORARY INACTIVE LIST- This list is used only during the season for short absences and may be used at the team's discretion for bereavement leave, family events which require a player to be away from his team, or other non-injury related reasons.. Players placed on the temporary inactive list must remain on the list for a minimum of three consecutive days.

[Angrioter]

Perdomo 4 IP 7K

 

The new lansing trio : Rios, Perdomo and Sean.

 

You should change your avatar. No way Jose ---->

1st Dominican WWE

[nowayjose]

You should change your avatar. No way Jose ---->

1st Dominican WWE

 

Jose no way

[Nafro]

Perdomo with a good start. Hey Ang, you know anything about Juan Kelly?

[Cyborg]

Perdomo now with 24 K in 17.2 IP with only 7 BB and 7 H.

 

Should probably be in Dunedin soon.

[Cyborg]

Rios and Perdomo in org top 10?

[Angrioter]

Perdomo with a good start. Hey Ang, you know anything about Juan Kelly?

 

Good bat speed, 40/80 pop with no defensive position.

[Nafro]

Good bat speed, 40/80 pop with no defensive position.

 

Thanks Ang. Funny I had absolutely no pop and could play every defensive position.

[King]

Sean Reid Foley

 

3IP 4H 1ER 0BB 5K

 

Dunedin when Hollon is back from suspension?

[King]

http://jaysjournal.com/2016/04/28/blue-jays-converting-6-foot-10-ncaa-basketball-champion-to-pitcher/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Hidden away in Dunedin, Florida participating in the Toronto Blue Jays extended spring training is a recent signing unlike any other.

 

Tyler Olander comes to the Blue Jays a decorated NCAA athlete, having won Division One national championships in both 2011 and 2014 with the University of Connecticut before playing professionally in Lithuania and Spain.

 

Standing 6-foot-10, Olander immediately becomes one of the tallest players in all of professional baseball. That size was his most imposing trait with the Huskies, where he appeared in 135 games including 59 starts.

 

For the basketball team.

 

Olander had recently come to the realization that his potential in professional basketball was limited, so he decided to contact Andy Baylock, the coach of UConn’s baseball team up until 2003 who just happened to be a family friend.

 

Baylock and Olander have worked to build his mechanics from the ground up, and Baylock, now 77, was immediately impressed with how quickly the tall left-hander adapted. “When I saw how much he wanted this, I said, ‘I’m going to be right there with you,'” he told Dom Amore of the Hartford Courant.

 

After building up to pitching full bullpen sessions after Olander fully overcame a foot fracture he suffered in Spain, Baylock convinced a former player from his UConn coaching days to come take a look at his new project.

 

Toronto Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker.

 

“I was cautiously optimistic,” Walker told the Courant. “Because I know Andy Baylock and have so much respect for his knowledge of pitching. And I knew Tyler had played for UConn, played for Jim Calhoun, the national championships, so I knew the work ethic would be there. I was curious.”

 

Olander has reportedly been throwing in the mid-80s with his fastball, a number that will climb as his body familiarizes itself with the motions of the sport, and is also working on a slider. Blue Jays assistant general manager Andrew Tinnish is pleased with the raw pieces Toronto has to work with, and Walker continues to be impressed by his early reports out of Dunedin.

 

“When you look at his size,” Tinnish told Amore, “his athleticism, his competitiveness, the work ethic, he has a fresh arm … it’s a baseball project we were interested in. It was a low-risk, no-brainer.”

 

Tinish is right, given the potential upside for such a minimal investment. These “raw athlete” signings are something more familiar to the National Football League, especially with great tight ends like Tony Gonzalez or Jimmy Graham, both of whom come from basketball backgrounds.

 

The Blue Jays have recently signed a football player of their own in former University of South Florida quarterback Bobby Eveld (formerly a 50th round pick of the New York Mets in 2010).

 

As Major League organizations work to leave no stone unturned in their search for talent, these gifted athletes from other sports with baseball in their background, most likely at a high school level, could become a more common target. All it will take is for one to hit, and there won’t be a team in baseball that doesn’t try to follow.

 

Olander’s maturity and mental approach on the field will be critical as the organization looks move slowly with him. He found himself as the centre of attention for the wrong reasons twice at UConn, once for an arrest in Florida for trespassing while on spring break, the other for a DUI that was eventually dropped due to a lack of evidence.

 

In his new baseball career, Olander is starting from scratch, relatively speaking. If all goes according to plan, he could potentially see some innings in short-season ball later this summer.

[Krylian]

Sean Reid Foley

 

3IP 4H 1ER 0BB 5K

 

Dunedin when Hollon is back from suspension?

 

Why only 3 innings?

[King]

Greene is getting torched.

 

5IP 9H 4ER 3BB 1K (2hr)

[THANOS]

Greene is getting torched.

 

5IP 9H 4ER 3BB 1K (2hr)

 

Greene and SRF switching rank real soon.

[Maahfaace]

Greene and SRF switching rank real soon.

 

Greene needs to stop jerking off to himself in the mirror and focus on baseball

[Cyborg]

Greene and SRF switching rank real soon.

 

Switching? I never had Greene ahead.