Spanky99

Okay, Term.

Damn, Kirk robbed of a basehit in consecutive at bats by their MIF.

We should find out this inning.

You talking about samples is hilarious.

The Silver Fox for MVP!!!

lol... like I said, they're both s***.

Splitting hairs bro, at least Craig's son has a 119 wRC+ over the last 2 weeks.

Nice sequence, he had no shot.

LETS GO BLUE JAYS *CLAP, CLAP* *CLAP, CLAP, CLAP* LETS GO BLUE JAYS *CLAP, CLAP* *CLAP, CLAP, CLAP* LETS GO BLUE JAYS *CLAP, CLAP* *CLAP, CLAP, CLAP*

Go f*** yourself old man.

Yes, just wrote it wrong, same point though.

Kiermaier's injured, DTD... is why Espy's in.

Says the guy that lives in the Ignorant World of Bliss. I said Good Day!

Moreno... -2.7 Kirk... -2.1

Stats are hard, I get it.

What are you laughing at Kelly, it's statistically true at this point?

This dude don't get it.

Moreno has been a worse baserunner than Kirk, and slightly better defensively and swings a pool noodle.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't believe this to be true.

Vlad's worth more than Belt and Springer? I just noticed, hah!

Lourdes just hit a 3 run jack... MVP!

June 10 (double the points Saturday) Bichette - 2 Point - Varsho - 4 Points - Springer - 4 Points - Belt - 4 Points - jaysblue Vladdy - 6 Point - Abomination, JaysAllMighty,Dylan, Omar Chapman - 6 Points - wilko Kirk - 8 Points - Merrifield - 12 Points - Spanky Espinal - 14 Points - Off the bench: 20 Points -

Ignorance is bliss.

1. Ricky Tiedemann | LHP Ricky Tiedemann Born: Aug 18, 2002 Bats: L Throws: L Ht.: 6'4" Wt.: 220 Signed By: Joey Aversa. Minors: 0-1 | 4.97 ERA | 23 SO | 7 BB | 13 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 60/High June Update: The injury bug finally bit Tiedemann as he's been on the shelf for a month with what's been billed as a biceps injury. After dealing with a shoulder issue at the end of spring training this was unwelcome news for the Blue Jays top prospect. The Blue Jays have managed Tiedemann's workload dating back to prior to the 2022 All-Star Break, as he's only exceeded 60 pitches just once since July 8 of 2022. There's some concern that the current injury could shelve Tiedemann for a good chunk of the summer. Track Record: A popup prospect out of Lakewood High in California, Tiedemann rapidly became a top player in the 2020 draft class but went unpicked after teams didn't meet his bonus demands in the shortened five-round draft. He decommitted from San Diego State and enrolled at Golden West (Calif.) JC to make himself available for the 2021 draft. The Blue Jays drafted him in the third round and signed him for a below-slot $644,800. Tiedemann immediately turned heads with a velocity spike after signing and carried that through his first professional season. He climbed three levels of the minors to Double-A and led the organization with a 2.17 ERA. Scouting Report: A tall, physical specimen whose frame balances strength and athleticism, Tiedemann sets up on the third base side of the rubber and delivers the ball from a low arm slot. This creates a difficult angle for both lefthanded and righthanded hitters and allows him to wear out the armside half of the plate. Tiedemann mixes three pitches, topped by a plus mid-90s four-seam fastball with heavy armside run. His sweepy slider sits 80-82 mph with a foot of horizontal break and is another plus pitch he mostly throws against lefthanded batters. His changeup is a plus-plus mid-80s offering with tumble and fade that plays off his fastball and annihilates righthanded hitters. Tiedemann is a good athlete who throws all three of his pitches for strikes with above-average control. All of his pitches drive swings and misses, and he has the ability to keep hitters off-balance with advanced sequencing. The Future: Tiedemann's strong three-pitch mix, unique release characteristics and power from the left side give him the ingredients to develop into a front-of-the-rotation stalwart. He'll see Triple-A and possibly the majors in 2023. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 65. Slider: 60. Changeup: 70. Control: 55 2. Orelvis Martinez | SS/3B Orelvis Martinez Born: Nov 19, 2001 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 190 Drafted/Signed: Dominican Republic, 2018. Signed By: Alexis de la Cruz/Sandy Rosario Minors: .200/.298/.521 | 15 HR | 0 SB | 165 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 55/Extreme June Update: The 2022 season was an odd one for Martinez, who set a Double-A New Hampshire single-season record with 30 home runs but hit just .203. While batted ball luck has hindered Martinez's line in 2023, he's hitting for more power than last season while cutting his strikeout rate by 25% and growing his walk rate by over 50%. Martinez, despite the batting average, has shown significant growth to his hit tool this season and looks like he might be on the verge of a breakout season. Track Record: Martinez signed with the Blue Jays out of the Dominican Republic for $3.51 million in 2018 and started his professional career hot. He ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2019 and led the Low-A Florida State League in home runs, slugging percentage and OPS in 2021 before receiving a late promotion to High-A Vancouver. Martinez impressed in big league camp in 2022 and received an aggressive assignment to Double-A New Hampshire, where the 20-year-old struggled for the first time in his career. He hit a career-high 30 home runs, but also had the sixth-lowest batting average (.203) and on-base percentage (.286) in the Eastern League. Scouting Report: Martinez's game is driven by his tremendous bat speed and plus power. He has the ability to turn around premium velocity and feasts on fastballs, sending them out a long way to all fields with loud exit velocities. Martinez does immense damage on contact, but his hyper-aggressive approach was exposed by higher-level pitching at Double-A in 2022. He has an extreme tendency to chase and expand the strike zone, making him easy prey for pitchers who are happy to let him get himself out. Martinez makes contact on pitches in the zone with a knack for hard contact and steep launch angles, but he's a well below-average hitter who will have to vastly improve his strike-zone discipline and swing decisions to make enough contact at higher levels. Martinez is a fringy defender at both shortstop and third base. His plus arm and average athleticism give him a chance to be playable at third base. The Future: A talented but enigmatic player, Martinez requires a lot of polish to make the jump from low minors standout to future major league regular. He'll likely repeat Double-A in 2023. Scouting Grades: Hitting: 30. Power: 60. Run: 45. Field: 45. Arm: 60 3. Brandon Barriera | LHP Brandon Barriera Born: Mar 4, 2004 Bats: L Throws: L Ht.: 6'2" Wt.: 180 Minors: 0-2 | 5.40 ERA | 18 SO | 6 BB | 14 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 55/Extreme June Update: An elbow injury has put Barriera on the injured list a month after he made his professional debut. Added strength has come at the expense of his athleticism. His performance was up and down over four appearances but the quality of his stuff looks to be as advertised coming out of American Heritage High in Florida. Track Record: The latest standout from national prep power American Heritage High in South Florida, Barriera pitched for USA Baseball's 12U and 15U national teams and emerged early as one of the top high school pitchers in the 2022 draft class. He entered his senior season with considerable hype and went 5-0, 2.27 over eight starts before deciding to sit out the remainder of the year to prepare for the draft. The Blue Jays drafted Barriera 23rd overall and signed him for a tick under $3.6 million--a bonus that trailed only Dylan Lesko and Brock Porter among prep pitchers drafted in 2022--to forgo a Vanderbilt commitment. In his first post-draft interview on MLB Network, Barriera vowed the 22 teams who passed him up were 'going to regret this.' Scouting Report: Barriera is an athletic lefthander with a prototypical pitcher's build, whippy arm speed and lots of physical projection remaining. He mixes four pitches but primarily works off of his fastball and slider. His plus fastball sits 92-95 mph and touches 98-99 with cut and explosive late life. His nearly plus-plus slider is his most dominant pitch as a low-80s sweeper with late bite that elicits ugly swings. Barriera flashes a mid-70s curveball and mid-80s changeup which project to be average pitches, but his fastball and slider combination account for a majority of his usage. The development of Barriera's changeup in the coming years could dictate his ultimate role. It flashed above-average as an amateur, leading many to believe it can develop into a consistent weapon. He throws everything for strikes with average control. The Future: Barriera has the stuff and physicality to blossom into a midrotation or better starter if everything clicks. He is set to make his pro debut in 2023. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Curveball: 50. Slider: 65. Changeup: 50. Control: 50 4. Addison Barger | SS/3B Addison Barger Born: Nov 12, 1999 Bats: L Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 175 Minors: .231/.333/.321 | 1 HR | 1 SB | 78 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 50/High Track Record: Barger impressed as one of the top all-around high school players in the 2018 draft class and signed with the Blue Jays for $271,100 as a sixth-round pick. He took time to gel as a professional and spent most of 2019 on the restricted list, but he emerged from the coronavirus shutdown stronger and with a more power-focused swing to begin his ascent. Barger enjoyed an encouraging campaign at Low-A Dunedin in 2021 and broke out loudly in 2022, rising three levels to finish the season at Triple-A Buffalo. He led the Blue Jays organization in hits (144), runs (80), RBIs (91), slugging percentage (.555), OPS (.933) and total bases (259) and earned an assignment to the Arizona Fall League. Scouting Report: Barger transformed from a contact hitter to an overly aggressive power hitter before finding a good balance between the two approaches in 2022. Barger has an unorthodox setup at the plate with an upright, open stance and a pronounced leg kick he uses as a timing mechanism. He looks to do damage on the inner half and shoots balls to his pull side, with 24 of his 26 home runs in 2022 going to right field. After previously struggling to control his aggressiveness, Barger has become more subdued to cut down his chase swings and make more contact in the zone. He's still a fringy hitter who doesn't walk much, but he makes enough contact to get to his power. Barger can play multiple positions on the infield. His sound actions and plus arm strength should allow him to stick at shortstop as an average defender, and he can also capably play second base or third base. The Future: Barger's power and defense give him a chance to be a regular in the middle infield. He is in position to make his major league debut in 2023. Scouting Grades: Hitting: 45. Power: 55. Run: 50. Field: 50. Arm: 60 5. Yosver Zulueta | RHP Yosver Zulueta Born: Jan 23, 1998 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 190 Drafted/Signed: Cuba, 2019. Signed By: Sandy Rosario/Luis Natera. Minors: 1-2 | 4.76 ERA | 35 SO | 24 BB | 29 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 50/High Track Record: Zulueta signed with the Blue Jays out of Cuba for $1 million in 2019 but had a run of bad luck that kept him off the mound for nearly three years. He had Tommy John surgery shortly after signing, spent the 2020 pandemic rehabbing and faced only one batter in 2021 before he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee covering first base in his first game back for Low-A Dunedin. Finally healthy in 2022, Zulueta began the year in Low-A and rocketed up four levels to Triple-A in a breakout campaign. He earned a selection to the Futures Game and was frequently requested by opposing teams in trade negotiations. Scouting Report: Zulueta is a high-powered righthander with a fastball that can reach triple-digits with ease. His fastball comfortably sits at 96-97 mph as a starter and repeatedly reaches 100 with heavy armside run, making it particularly effective against lefthanded hitters. His fastball can play down at times and be hittable, especially against righthanded batters, but he's able to offset that with a plus, mid-80s slider that features a foot of horizontal break. Zulueta throws his slider nearly as often as his fastball against righthanded hitters and commands his slider better, landing it for strikes more consistently. Zulueta's arsenal is built around his fastball and slider. He has a mid-80s changeup that will flash above-average, but he struggles to execute it consistently. His curveball is a softer variation of his slider with greater depth at 78-80 mph. Zulueta split 2022 between starting and relieving. He has below-average control and may profile best as a reliever, but the Blue Jays say they were just managing his innings. The Future: Zulueta's power stuff and feel for sequencing give him a chance to start. His powerful fastball/slider combination gives him a fallback as a high-leverage reliever. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Slider: 60. Curveball: 50. Changeup: 50. Control: 40 6. Kendry Rojas | LHP Kendry Rojas Born: Nov 26, 2002 Bats: L Throws: L Ht.: 6'2" Wt.: 190 Signed By: Erick Ramirez/Luis Natera Minors: 2-1 | 2.29 ERA | 39 SO | 10 BB | 36 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 55/Extreme June Update: The 20-year-old lefthander has been the breakout player of the Blue Jays system over the first few months of the season. Rojas has been Low-A Dunedin's best pitcher over his eight appearances, striking out 27.5% of the batters he's faced while walking just 7%. Rojas has added 3 mph of velocity onto his four-seam fastball and slider, his two primary offerings. The four-seamer has shown marked improvement as he's added velocity while maintaining his above-average ride on the pitch. Track Record: After signing out of Cuba for $215,000 during the 2020 international signing period, Rojas debuted in the Florida Complex League in 2021 and made eight appearances, with 39 strikeouts over 23.2 innings. He was assigned to Low-A Dunedin to begin his season and made eight appearances before going down with a lat injury that put him on the shelf for all of June and July. He returned in Mid-August and made four starts, throwing 11.2 innings, and allowed three earned runs. With 12 strikeouts and just two walks. Scouting Report: Rojas is a low-slot lefthander with an athletic, repeatable operation and projectable ceiling in both his frame and pitch mix. He sits low-90s on a four-seam fastball with average ride that plays up out of his low slot. He pairs his fastball with a low-80s slider and a mid-80s changeup, both of which he sells with arm speed and his deceptive arm slot. He shows the ability to command his secondaries as both his slider and changeup had above-average strike rates this season. He is still learning to command his fastball and is prone to missing arm side. The Future: With added power to his pitch mix and improved fastball command, Rojas could take a step forward into legitimate starting pitching prospect territory in 2023. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 55. Changeup: 50. Control: 50. 7. Leo Jimenez | SS Leo Jimenez Born: May 17, 2001 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 195 Drafted/Signed: Panama, 2017. Signed By: Alex Zapata/Sandy Rosario. Minors: .304/.367/.417 | 2 HR | 4 SB | 115 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 50/High Track Record: While Panama isn't a hot bed for prospects, it historically has produced several strong players and numerous major leaguers. When Jimenez signed for $825,000 he was considered one of the best Panamanian prospects in recent memory. He debuted in the Gulf Coast League in 2018 at just 17 years old. He broke camp with Low-A Dunedin in 2021 but played just 54 games after dislocating his left shoulder in early July. He missed nearly two months before returning to Dunedin for their final three series. Jimenez was assigned to High-A Vancouver out of camp in 2022 and played 69 games for the Canadians before he broke his hand in mid-August and missed the remainder of the season. Scouting Report: Jimenez has a contact-driven profile with an advanced approach and is capable of filling in at multiple spots around the diamond. His bat-to-ball skills are above-average and he pairs that with a discerning eye that has led to high walk totals as a professional. He's not an empty power bat either. He utilizes a lofty swing that's geared to ambush fastballs over the plate. While Jimennez is fairly physical already, he's still growing into his frame and shows the ability to backspin the ball, with the potential to develop fringe-average power at peak with natural strength gains. He's just an average runner, likely to slow down as he ages, and baserunning is not a major part of his game. Defensively he shows strong infield actions, has a quick first step and a good internal clock that allows him to handle shortstop with an average arm. The Future: Jimenez has upside if he can add power and stay healthy in the coming years, but for now looks like a utility player with solid contact and approach skills. Scouting Grades: Hit: 55. Power: 40. Run: 45. Field: 55. Arm: 50. 8. Tucker Toman | SS/3B Tucker Toman Born: Nov 12, 2003 Bats: S Throws: R Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 190 Minors: .233/.351/.337 | 2 HR | 2 SB | 172 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 55/Extreme Track Record: Toman grew up around the game as the son of longtime college coach Jim Toman, who most recently coached at Middle Tennessee State. Tucker established himself early as one of the top high school hitters for his age and was drafted by the Blue Jays in the supplemental second round with the 77th overall pick in 2022. He signed for an above-slot $2 million to forgo a Louisiana State commitment and made his professional debut with a strong, albeit abbreviated, showing in the Florida Complex League. Scouting Report: Toman is a gifted switch-hitter with advanced plate discipline and a knack for contact. He's a pure hitter who displays plus bat speed and feel for the barrel from the left side and makes consistent hard contact. His righthanded swing lacks loft and doesn't have much power behind it, but his discerning eye and advanced command of the strike zone allow him to be a threat from both sides of the plate. He's at least an above-average hitter and could grow into average power with physical maturity. While views on Toman's long-term upside were split among amateur evaluators, few questioned Toman's ability to hit with wood in pro ball. The Blue Jays drafted Toman as a shortstop, but he projects to move to second base. He's a fringy runner with fringy arm strength that plays up with a quick release and solid accuracy. He has a chance to be an average defender at the keystone with more development. The Future: Toman projects out to be a bat-first second baseman who hits for a high average with above-average power projection from the left side of the plate. Improvements to his righthanded swing could pay dividends and also hint at untapped upside. Toman will open his first full season at Low-A Dunedin in 2023. Scouting Grades: Hitting: 55. Power: 50. Run: 45. Field: 45. Arm: 45 9. Hayden Juenger | RHP Hayden Juenger Born: Aug 9, 2000 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 180 Minors: 4-1 | 5.68 ERA | 44 SO | 13 BB | 32 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: Juenger spent three seasons pitching out of Missouri State's bullpen and was one of the top college relievers available when the Blue Jays selected him in the sixth round of the 2021 draft. He worked as a traditional reliever in his pro debut for High-A Vancouver after signing, but the Blue Jays aggressively pushed him to Double-A to begin his first full season in 2022. Juenger worked three to four innings as an opener for New Hampshire. He flourished with the new arrangement and received a midseason promotion to Triple-A Buffalo, where he worked as a more traditional multi-inning reliever in the second half of the season. Scouting Report: A slight but athletic righthander, Juenger mixes three pitches that all play up with unique characteristics. His drop-and-drive delivery and three-quarters arm slot create an unusually low release height, giving his pitches an unfamiliar trajectory for hitters, which creates uncomfortable at-bats. Juenger's plus fastball ranges from 93-97 mph early in outings before dropping to 91-94 in subsequent innings, when he often loses the zone. His 83-84 mph slider with late horizontal break and mid-80s changeup with heavy armside run are both average pitches which give him effective weapons against hitters on both sides of the plate. Juenger leans on his fastball heavily and throws it nearly 60% of the time. His usage for each secondary pitch could be higher, but he often pockets them for long stretches while focusing on attacking with his fastball. Juenger throws all three of his pitches for strikes with average control. The Future: Juenger projects best as a multi-inning weapon out of the bullpen, but he is capable of filling a variety of roles. He is in position to make his major league debut in 2023. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Slider: 50. Changeup: 50. Control: 50 10. Josh Kasevich | SS Josh Kasevich Born: Jan 17, 2001 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'2" Wt.: 200 Minors: .317/.396/.338 | 0 HR | 2 SB | 139 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: After an impressive Covid-Freshamn campaign with Oregon, Kasevich followed it up with a standout third year for the Ducks. He hit .310/.383/.445 with seven home runs while striking out far less than he walked. He was named to the first team All Pac-12 Conference Team, as well as the Conference All-Defensive and Academic teams. The Blue Jays selected Kasevich with the 60th overall pick in the second round and signed him for a below-slot bonus of $997,500. Scouting Report: A well-rounded contributor on both sides of the ball in college, Kasevich is a sure-handed shortstop with a hit-over-power profile at the plate. Kasevich fits in with a Blue Jays system that values high-end bat-to-ball skills and advanced plate discipline. Kasevich possesses both of those characteristics in spades. With a simple righthanded swing, Kasevich shows the ability to hit anything thrown inside the zone with little effort, with loose adjustability in his hands and level bat path that generates hard line drives and hard ground balls on his best contact. Kasevich rarely strikes out and shows the ability to avoid chase swings. His game power is below average at present but his exit velocity data hints at average raw power in his lean 6-foot-2 frame. He is a fringe-average runner and not a base-stealing threat. Kasevich, while not a slick defender, is instead practical, polished and fundamentally sound. He rarely, if ever, makes mistakes in the field and shows enough arm strength to handle shortstop long term. The Future: A strong defender with above-average contact and on-base skills, but little power. Kasevich looks like an average everyday shortstop with enough offense and defensive value to play everyday. Scouting Grades: Hit: 55. Power: 45. Run: 45. Field: 55. Arm: 55.

11. Sem Robberse | RHP Sem Robberse Born: Oct 12, 2001 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 180 Drafted/Signed: Netherlands, 2019. Signed By: Andrew Tinnish. Minors: 0-4 | 4.72 ERA | 56 SO | 20 BB | 54 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: While baseball is a global game, few legitimate major league prospects have come from Europe. Robberse, who grew up in The Netherlands, is looking to make a name for himself as a true European major leaguer. After signing for $125,000 during the 2019 international signing period, Robberse blossomed into a legitimate starting pitching prospect. He spent a majority of his 2022 season at High-A Vancouver and made 17 starts for the Canadians before seeing a late-season promotion to Double-A New Hampshire. Scouting Report: A slight righthander with a long arm action and true three-quarters slot, Robberse mixes three pitches predominantly in his fastball, slider and changeup combination. He sits 89-92 mph on a four-seam fastball that has natural cut and mixes in a low-to-mid-80s slider with moderate sweep. The two pitches account for over 75% of his pitch usage. He shows a mid-to-high-80s changeup to lefthanded hitters that generated high rates of whiffs and chase swings. Robberse lacks power but repeats his delivery well and shows the ability to tunnel both his slider and changeup off his fastball. Overall it's a strong pitch mix with improving feel and command. The Future: Robberse has the look of a pitchability back-of-the-rotation starter. If Robberse can add strength, and subsequently velocity, he has a chance to crack a big-league rotation. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 50. Changeup: 55. Control: 50. 12. Dahian Santos | RHP Dahian Santos Born: Feb 26, 2003 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 5'11" Wt.: 160 Signed By: Francisco Plasencia/Jose Contreras Minors: 2-3 | 4.18 ERA | 35 SO | 19 BB | 33 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 50/Extreme Track Record: Santos signed with the Blue Jays for $150,000 during the 2019 international signing period. Since that time Santos has blossomed into one of the top young pitchers in the Blue Jays system. Santos made his professional debut in 2021 with the Blue Jays Florida Complex League squad and struck out 53 batters over 35.1 innings. He earned a late-season promotion to Low-A Dunedin where he returned to begin the 2022 campaign. With Dunedin in 2022, Santos made 19 appearances, including 14 starts, and pitched to a 4-5 record with a 3.44 ERA and 120 strikeouts--the second most in the Florida State League. He was promoted to High-A Vancouver where he made four starts for the Canadians. Scouting Report: An athletic righthander who oozes projection from his slender frame, Santos employs a true tall-and-fall operation with long whippy arm action and slings the ball from a sidearm slot. This unique arm action and release allows all of Santos' pitches to play up, particularly his sweeping slider. Santos mixes three pitches including a low-90s side-spinning four-seam fastball, a low-80s slider with over a foot of horizontal break and a mid-80s changeup he shows an innate ability to kill lift and spin on. It's the makings of three average or better pitches with his 2,700-rpm sweeping slider the crown jewel of his arsenal--a future plus pitch. Santos' command has been below average and with a unique operation and arm action it's never likely to get to anything more than average. The Future: A talented and projectable pitcher who could add strength and velocity in the coming years, Santos projects as a back-of-the-rotation starter with a reliever floor. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 50. Slider: 60. Changeup: 55. Control: 40. 13. Manuel Beltre | SS Manuel Beltre Born: Jun 9, 2004 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 5'11" Wt.: 165 Drafted/Signed: Dominican Republic, 2021. Signed By: Sandy Rosario/Lorenzo Perez. Minors: .240/.345/.312 | 1 HR | 3 SB | 125 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: Beltre signed out of the Dominican Republic during the January 2021 signing period for $2.35 million as one of the top players available in that year's class. He debuted in the Dominican Summer League in 2021 a little more than a month after his 17th birthday. He made his stateside debut in 2022 with the Blue Jays Florida Complex League squad before he was promoted to Low-A Dunedin in the final week of the season. Scouting Report: Beltre is an undersized righthanded-hitting shortstop with a big swing and natural twitch. He's still a work-in-progress at the plate. His big, righthanded swing does make a high rate of contact, particularly in-zone, despite a longer bat path and he shows average plate discipline by staying inside the zone with some loft in his swing. At present, Beltre's game power is well below average, but he's shown traits that should portend future power gains, like bat speed and lift in his swing. He's an average runner, but a high-energy player who never dogs it down the line. Defensively, Beltre is an above-average defender with an opportunity to stick at shortstop long term. The Future: Overall, Beltre is a righthanded-hitting contact-driven profile with some potential for increased power with the actions and range to stick in the dirt long term. Scouting Grades: Hit: 50. Power: 45. Run: 50. Field: 55. Arm: 50. 14. Spencer Horwitz | 1B/OF Spencer Horwitz Born: Nov 14, 1997 Bats: L Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 190 Signed By: Coulson Barbiche Minors: .309/.432/.415 | 2 HR | 3 SB | 188 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 40/Medium Track Record: Signed out of Radford for $100,000 in the 24th round of the 2019 draft, all Horwitz has done is hit for the better part of two seasons coming off the pandemic. He hit .294/.400/.462 between High-A and Double-A in 2021 and followed that up with a strong Arizona Fall League performance where he hit.375/.460/.484 over 16 games. Assigned back to Double-A New Hampshire to begin 2022, Horwitz hit .297/.413/.517 over 70 games with the Fishercats before he was promoted to Triple-A in early July. Horwitz was added to the Blue Jays 40-man roster in November of 2022. Scouting Report: A bat-first prospect with some of the most well-rounded plate skills in the Blue Jays system, Horwitz flashes a strong lefthanded swing that allows him to make hard contact at a high rate. His bat-to-ball skills are average but his plate discipline is elite, as he rarely expands the zone, and works deep into at-bats. While his swing isn't naturally geared for power, he's added loft over the last few seasons which has allowed him to get to more of his above-average raw power. Horwitz is a culmination of good hitter traits that allow his profile to work. He's a well below-average runner, and defensively is best used at first base. He's played some outfield corner but he's very limited in the role due to a lack of range. The Future: If Horwitz continues to improve as a power hitter without sacrificing his approach, he has a chance to carve out a role as a 1B/DH on the strong side of a platoon. Scouting Grades: Hit: 55. Power: 50. Run: 30. Field: 40. Arm: 50 15. Chad Dallas | RHP Chad Dallas Born: Jun 26, 2000 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 5'11" Wt.: 206 Signed By: Nate Murrie Minors: 4-0 | 2.20 ERA | 57 SO | 21 BB | 49 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High June Update: A 2021 fourth-round pick out of Tennessee, Dallas has impressed in 2023 with improved stuff across his arsenal. Dallas mixes four pitches in his four-seam fastball, slider, curveball and changeup. His primary pitch is a sweepy low-to-mid-80s slider that he throws more than his fastball. His four-seam sits 92-94 mph and he saw his velocity tick up 1-2 mph this season. He will also throw a low-80s two-plane breaking curveball and a changeup. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 55. Curveball: 50. Changeup: 40. Command: 40 16. Cade Doughty | 2B/3B Cade Doughty Born: Mar 26, 2001 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 205 Minors: .231/.317/.408 | 5 HR | 1 SB | 147 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: Doughty was one of the top prospects in the 2019 high school class but fell to the Tigers in the 39th round because of his strong commitment to Louisiana State. His father Richard and older brother Braden both played baseball at LSU, and Doughty joined the family legacy by spending three seasons as a starter in the middle of LSU's lineup. He hit .301 with 30 home runs, 124 RBIs and .921 OPS in a decorated college career and was drafted 78th overall in the second round by the Blue Jays in 2022, signing for slot value at $833,600. Doughty played primarily second base in college and split his time between second and third base in his pro debut. Scouting Report: Doughty is an adept contact hitter who has progressively seen his power grow. He has above-average contact skills from the right side and gets the most out of his average raw power by aggressively attacking pitches throughout his at-bats. Those aggressive tendencies can get him in trouble. He's prone to expanding the strike zone, but his power production keeps increasing. He hit six homers in 26 games for Low-A Dunedin in his pro debut despite modest exit velocities and launch angle data. Doughty is a fringe-average defender at second base with an average arm. He's a fringy runner who isn't a threat to steal bases. Doughty's tools are all roughly average, but he is a savvy player with a high baseball IQ that helps everything play up. He takes advantage of defensive mishaps with smart baserunning and plays hard in all facets. The Future: Doughty's contact skills and feel for the game give him a chance to play above his tools and become a solid, if unspectacular, everyday second baseman in the major leagues. He'll see High-A Vancouver during his first full season in 2023. Scouting Grades: Hitting: 50. Power: 50. Run: 45. Field: 45. Arm: 50 17. Alan Roden | OF Alan Roden Born: Dec 22, 1999 Bats: L Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 215 Minors: .293/.411/.451 | 3 HR | 5 SB | 164 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High June Update: A four-year player at Creighton, Roden redshirted his freshman year and after the Covid season in 2020 was technically a freshman for three seasons as a collegiate player. He was viewed as one of the better older college hitters in last July's draft and has been impressive with High-A Vancouver to start the season. Roden possesses sneaky athleticism and advanced plate skills. Roden has plus bat-to-ball skills, above-average or better swing decisions and average impact. While Roden's swing isn't tailor-made for home run hitting he peppers line drives to his pull side. He's an average defender in an outfield corner and could find more impact with slight tweaks to his bat path. Roden is a sleeper in the Blue Jays system with the type of plate skills they've been successful in developing. Scouting Grades: Hitting: 55. Power: 45. Running: 50. Fielding: 50. Arm: 55 18. Gabriel Martinez | OF Gabriel Martinez Born: Jul 24, 2002 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 170 Minors: .235/.297/.355 | 4 HR | 0 SB | 166 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: Martinez signed out of Venezuela in 2018 and took a few years to marinate, but popped up during the summer of 2021 after hitting .330 in the Florida Complex League. He made his full season debut with Low-A Dunedin late in 2021 and returned to the level to begin 2022. There Martinez hit .288/.348/.483 with 11 home runs and a 17% strikeout rate across 65 games. He was promoted to High-A Vancouver in early August and finished the season hitting .324/.381/.490 over 28 games. Martinez was left off the 40-man roster this offseason and went unselected in the Rule 5 draft. Scouting Report: A true bat-first prospect, Martinez combines two key elements that drive his success at the plate. He possesses above-average bat-to-ball skills and above-average power and is capable of hitting a variety of pitch shapes and locations throughout the zone. He's physically strong with loose hands and mighty wrists that allow him to hit well-struck drives all over the field. Where Martinez gets into trouble is when he begins to expand the zone, and at times he is overly aggressive in his plan of attack. Martinez's strong contact skills have kept his strikeouts in check, however. Martinez is limited to an outfield corner, but could end up at first base due to a lack of range. The Future: Martinez will go as far as the bat will take him due to a lack of supporting tools. His tanteling hit and power combination could allow him to settle in as a hit-first regular in one of the outfield corners. Scouting Grades: Hit: 55. Power: 55. Run: 40. Field: 40. Arm: 50. 19. Rainer Nunez | 1B Rainer Nunez Born: Dec 4, 2000 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'3" Wt.: 180 Minors: .296/.370/.432 | 4 HR | 0 SB | 162 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: Nunez signed in 2017 out of El Niche's Academy in the Dominican Republic for $350,000 and quickly moved off shortstop to third base in his professional debut in 2018. In 2019 he moved from third base to first base. He spent two seasons in the Florida Complex League before making his full-season debut with Dunedin late in 2021. He returned to Dunedin to begin 2022 and hit .299/.328/.482 with 19 doubles and 15 home runs over 93 games. He was promoted to High-A Vancouver in early August and finished his season on a high note by hitting .321/.379/.491 with four home runs over 27 games. Nunez finished his season with Estrellas de Oriente of the Dominican Winter League and led the LIDOM with seven home runs. Scouting Report: Nunez is a bat-first prospect with a balance of average bat-to-ball skills and plus power. While Nunez's natural strength and ability to punish mistakes in the zone is noteworthy, it's often dragged down by his inability to differentiate balls from strikes. In fact, Nunez ran one of the highest whiff rates among Blue Jays prospects at a full-season level, and chased pitches outside of the zone over 43% of the time in 2022. Nunez's swing has several moving parts: he has a deep knee bend, a unique hand motion in his load where he extends the fingers on his bottom hand before swinging and a long powerful swing bath that sweeps through the zone. He hits for plus power, and advancements to his pitch recognition skills could go a long way toward tapping into his power ceiling. He is limited to first base only with below-average defensive ability and well below average speed. The Future: Nunez has a plus skill in his in-game power hitting ability but will need to refine his overzealous approach to carry the heavy offensive demands of everyday first baseman. Scouting Grades: Hit: 40. Power: 60. Run: 30. Field: 40. Throw: 50. 20. Dasan Brown | OF Dasan Brown Born: Sep 5, 2001 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 185 Drafted/Signed: HS--Oakville, Ont., 2019 (3rd round). Signed By: Kory Lafreniere. Minors: .189/.258/.238 | 1 HR | 16 SB | 164 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 50/Extreme Track Record: Brown, an Ontario native, signed with the Blue Jays to an above-slot $800,000 bonus as the 88th overall pick in the 2019 draft. He began his pro career as a 17-year-old in the Gulf Coast League. Following the 2020 pandemic Brown was assigned to Low-A Dunedin. He was once again assigned to Dunedin to begin 2022, but found his footing and hit .279/.369/.450 over 38 games before seeing promotion to High-A Vancouver. Scouting Report: There are few profiles in the amateur space more fraught with fool's gold than a tooled up, righthanded hitting prep outfielder from cold weather climates, but Brown took a sizable step forward in 2022 and solidified his prospect pedigree. A top-of-the-scale athlete, Brown is a 70-grade runner with explosiveness in everything he does. He uses a simple, hands-driven righthanded swing that utilizes little of his lower half and relies on his bat speed and quick twitch mechanisms. He's a below-average contact hitter with average approach and shows the ability to identify balls and strikes. While his power is below-average at present he projects to add more strength as he matures. His bat path is fairly level, but he showed the ability to barrel up on his best struck drives. Offensively Brown is work in progress but one that made strides at the plate in 2022. He's a double-plus runner who uses his speed most effectively in the field. Defensively he's one of the better center fielders in A-ball and showed gap-closing speed and precision in his route running. The Future: A standout center fielder who got an early start on his professional career. Brown will be 21 for all of 2023 and should return to High-A Vancouver to begin his season. He has potential for an everyday regular in center with gold glove defense. Scouting Grades: Hit: 45. Power: 45. Run: 70. Field: 70. Arm: 60.