Blue Jays Minor League Highlights Thread

[Laika]

We have an entire subforum for MiLB content:
 

https://jayscentre.com/forums/forum/42-blue-jays-minor-league-talk/

... but this thread will just be for highlights and stuff.

For the people that don't care about how many innings Austin Cates threw last night, but might care about how far JoJo Parker's dingers are going these days. 

 

 

[John_Havok]

Nimmala went oppo taco yesterday for his 3rd HR. 

Avridge not so hot but the power still there

[Eat My Shatkins]

1 hour ago, John_Havok said:

Nimmala went oppo taco yesterday for his 3rd HR. 

Avridge not so hot but the power still there

If his defense will play at SS and he swings a power bat that'll work just fine. 

[AMS528]

Thank you for making this thread, I missed having a place to just casually note a performance or ask a question. 

On that note, Charles McAdoo seems to have had a great start to his season great power, reasonable strikeout numbers, solid patience etc. Be nice to have a reasonable option for callup if we have ongoing injury issues.  

[Terminator]

1 hour ago, AMS528 said:

Thank you for making this thread, I missed having a place to just casually note a performance or ask a question. 

On that note, Charles McAdoo seems to have had a great start to his season great power, reasonable strikeout numbers, solid patience etc. Be nice to have a reasonable option for callup if we have ongoing injury issues.  

I was looking into McAdoo today as well and I don't know what to make of him.

His average exit velo is really bad: https://prospectsavant.com/player/807727

[Laika]

55 minutes ago, Terminator said:

I was looking into McAdoo today as well and I don't know what to make of him.

His average exit velo is really bad: https://prospectsavant.com/player/807727

Average EV is a pretty bad stat 

His MaxEV and other stuff show that his pop is at least average

 

Damn, just noticed that Pinango has a 115.4 mph MaxEV this year. 4th best in AAA and it would be 11th best in MLB. 

uhhhhh boys 

 

Also JoJo Parker is the best hitter in A ball according to that website's little metric 

[Eat My Shatkins]

Sure would be nice to see some signs of life from Kasevich and Schreck.

[Terminator]

12 minutes ago, Laika said:

Average EV is a pretty bad stat 

 

Why is that?

[Terminator]

7 minutes ago, Eat My Shatkins said:

Sure would be nice to see some signs of life from Kasevich and Schreck.

Agreed, although they are both getting BABIP'd a little bit. Especially Schreck.

[Laika]

40 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Why is that?

I don't f***ing know I heard it once on a podcast

DYOR

[The_DH]

2 hours ago, Terminator said:

Agreed, although they are both getting BABIP'd a little bit. Especially Schreck.

Am I the only one that thinks of this when somebody says his name?

[AMS528]

4 hours ago, The_DH said:

Am I the only one that thinks of this when somebody says his name?

I'm fairly certain that's what everyone thinks actually. 

[AMS528]

Nimmala with another nice game so far. 12-1 in the 5th inning for Vancouver. 

He is 2/3 with a double and a walk. OPS is up to .851, four doubles and three homeruns so he is hitting for plenty of power. 

Landen Maroudis is alive. 3.2 innings, 4ks and most importantly 0 walks given up. Had no control after coming back from injury last year, 2.13 ERA so far this year. 

Also Tucker Toman out there showing signs of life. 

[Laika]

Another Nimmala double... .250 / .890 now

On fire. 8 for his last 14 with two homers and two doubles 

[jmomcc]

Some guys I haven't thought much about before on absolute heaters to start. 
 

Sean Keys, 6 HRs, 200wrc+, still 22 in double A. I know its doubtful he plays third so he is a tough fit, but encouraging. 

Ditto on Bohrofen with 6 homers but 24 in double A. Not sure if he can actually project in cf

Cunningham, Williams and Toman all white hot as well in vancouver. 

 

[Eat My Shatkins]

How has Maroudis velocity been? If I recall correctly it was down a few ticks when he first returned from TJS

[John_Havok]

9 hours ago, Eat My Shatkins said:

How has Maroudis velocity been? If I recall correctly it was down a few ticks when he first returned from TJS

In ST he was back up to touching 95. Not sure what he is at sitting at though

[Laika]

Arjun Nimmala is now up to a 138 wRC+

There are only 4 players in the NWL who are younger than him (and it is only by mere months) and two other 20 year olds older than him. Of those seven 20 year old players, he's the only one hitting that well and 5 of them have a wRC+ in the 60s or 70s. 

He spent all of 2025 in A+ so he's New Hampshire bound before summer, I think. 

 

[Brownie19]

15 hours ago, AMS528 said:

I'm fairly certain that's what everyone thinks actually. 

[Eat My Shatkins]

I'm liking this thread. Tantalizing.