Pearson, Groshans, SWR, Pardinho, and I'd argue that Kirk should be
For how deep the system is, there were a bevvy of guys who took big steps back: Kevin Smith, Chavez Young, Chad Spanberger, David Paulino, Eric Pardinho (not really his fault), Ryan Noda, Julian Merryweather, Patrick Murphy, etc. Then there's guys who haven't taken the leap forward as we'd hoped, like Otto Lopez, Cal Stevenson, Brock Lundquist, etc.
But, conversely, we get Moreno out of nowhere, Joey Murray out of nowhere, Kirk continuing to be the best hitting prospect for catchers and Manoah looks like he was a great pick and Phil Clarke is showing some very positive indicators.
Still a good system. People have no issue s***ing on the Jays' FO but you really should appreciate just how amazing they are are acquiring prospect talent. They have to be a top 3 team in this regard. The ability to recognize young talent is nothing short of amazing.
I may have been wrong about the Stroman trade. I softened on it already after Stro's disgrace of an exit, and I still think they should have squeezed something else; they had leverage and BVW is a dumn-dumn. However, it appears that they hit the bullseye with Big Sim.