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Blue Jays new updated top 30 from Baseball America... 21. Hagen Danner | RHP Hagen Danner Born: Sep 30, 1998 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'2" Wt.: 210 Signed By: Joey Aversa Minors: 1-2 | 5.28 ERA | 28 SO | 7 BB | 16 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/High Track Record: Danner was drafted as a two-way player and toiled for the better part of three seasons as a catcher before committing to pitching full time prior to the 2020 pandemic. He returned in 2021 and flashed loud power reliever stuff in 25 appearances for High-A Vancouver and earned an addition to the 40-man roster. Danner spent much of 2022 injured and made just four appearances for New Hampshire. He returned in the Arizona Fall League, where he pitched in eight appearances with Salt River and flashed his signature stuff. Despite his injury-riddled season, the Blue Jays have kept Danner on the 40-man roster. Scouting Report: In Fall League play Danner sat 96-98 mph on his four-seam fastball and touched 99 at peak with ride and cut. His fastball has the ability to overpower hitters no matter where it lands in the zone, with exploding life as it nears the plate. His primary secondary is a high-80s slider with cutter-like shape and he'll flash a more traditional hammer breaking ball at 78-79 mph with depth and two-plane break. With a violent delivery and injury history, Danner is a high-risk relief prospect with immense, high-leverage relief upside. His strike throwing has been average in his small professional sample as a pitcher. If he can manage to stay healthy and show his command is average or better Danner's 2023 season might end among the Blue Jays relief corps. The Future: A potential fire-breathing dragon at the backend of a bullpen, Danner's future depends heavily on his ability to stay healthy and throw strikes. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 70. Curveball: 55. Slider: 50. Control: 45. 22. Damiano Palmegiani | OF Damiano Palmegiani Born: Jan 24, 2000 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 195 Minors: .292/.400/.482 | 7 HR | 4 SB | 168 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 40/High Track Record: Palmegiani was born in Venezuela but grew up in Canada. The Blue Jays twice drafted Palmegiani, first in the 35th round of the 2018 draft out of high school and again in 2021 out of Southern Nevada JC. He debuted out of the draft in the Florida Complex League and hit .333/.458/.538 over 17 games. He was assigned to Low-A Dunedin to start 2022 and hit .256/.351/.508 in the power-starved Florida State League. He was promoted to High-A Vancouver, where he hit .224/.335/.443 with 13 home runs over 62 games with his hometown Canadians. Palmegiani grew up a Blue Jays fan living in British Columbia. Scouting Report: A bat-first prospect, Palmegiani provides a robust combination of plate skills similar to fellow Blue Jays prospect Spencer Horwitz. While his profile is slanted towards power, he's shown a unique ability to avoid strikeouts. He's an above-average contact hitter, with an above-average approach, who rarely expands the zone, and limits his swing and miss in-zone. While his raw power is just average his ability to backspin the ball allows his power to play a half grade above his raw power. Palmegiani can handle third base but his most likely defensive home is first base long term, as a limited defender overall and below-average runner. The Future: A bat-first prospect with a good combination of contact, approach and power, Palmegiani may hit enough to carve out a role as platoon bat or offensive-driven, second-division regular at first base. Scouting Grades: Hit: 55. Power: 55. Run: 40. Field: 40. Arm: 50. 23. Davis Schneider | 2B Davis Schneider Born: Jan 26, 1999 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 5'10" Wt.: 190 Minors: .261/.380/.523 | 12 HR | 5 SB | 176 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 40/High June Update: It's been a slow burn for Schneider, who was a 2017 28th-round pick out of Eastern High in Voorhees, N.J. He broke out in 2022, climbing three levels and hitting .253/.366/.457 across 113 games. He returned to Triple-A to begin 2023 and has shown improved power both in his home run total and his exit velocity data. In 2022 Scheider showed a strong combination of approach, contact and average power. He's now showing above-average impact in games as his average exit velocity jumped from 88 mph in 2022 to 91 mph so far in 2023. This added impact makes Schneider an interesting hitter with above-average impact and plate skills. He's a versatile defender who's seen time at second, in the outfield corners and his natural position of third base. Scouting Grades: Hitting: 55. Power: 55. Running: 50. Fielding: 45. Arm: 45 24. Adam Kloffenstein | RHP Adam Kloffenstein Born: Aug 25, 2000 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'5" Wt.: 245 Drafted/Signed: HS--Magnolia, Texas, 2018 (3rd round). Signed By: Brian Johnston. Minors: 4-2 | 3.12 ERA | 64 SO | 22 BB | 52 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 40/High June Update: It’s taken a few years for Kloffenstein to get his footing in professional ball. A 2018 third-round pick, the righthander endured through up-and-down periods over his three and a half seasons and never looked like much of a prospect. Left unprotected in the 2022 Rule 5 Draft, Kloffenstein was at a crossroads entering 2023. So far this spring Kloffenstein has been impressive. As of June 8 he’s tied for the Eastern League lead in strikeouts and ranks seventh in xFIP. Kloffenstein has a deep arsenal of pitches, throwing a sinker, slider, changeup, cutter, four-seam fastball and curveball. A majority of his usage is split between his slider and sinker, his two primary pitches. His sinker is a low-90s offering with heavy drop from a steeper approach angle that saw a 2 mph jump year over year. His slider is his most used pitch, a sweeper in the low-to-mid 80s that’s by far his best pitch from a command and feel standpoint. His cutter, changeup, curveball and four-seam fastball are all fringe to below-average offerings. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 55. Curveball: 40. Cutter: 45. Changeup: 40. Control: 45 25. Connor Cooke | RHP Connor Cooke Born: Nov 2, 1999 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 203 Minors: 1-0 | 3.50 ERA | 36 SO | 7 BB | 18 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 40/High June Update: There's a set of relievers that fall into the category of having plus fastball shape and possessing feel for spin and Cooke is squarely within that group. Cooke was drafted in the 10th round of the 2021 draft out of Louisiana-Lafayette, and was converted to a relief role during his first full season. Out of the bullpen Cooke's stuff is electric, capable of going multiple innings with a four-seam fastball. The fastball sits at 94-96 mph and touches 97 mph at peak with ride and bore and an outlier vertical approach angle that makes it hard for hitters to barrel up. He pairs his fastball with a low-to-mid-80s slider with on average 17-18 inches of horizontal break and spin rates in the 2,900-3,000 rpm range. He'll show a changeup as well but feel for the offspeed lags behind his four-seam and breaking ball. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Slider: 55. Changeup: 45. Control: 45 26. Adam Macko | LHP Adam Macko Born: Dec 30, 2000 Bats: L Throws: L Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 170 Drafted/Signed: HS--Vauxhall, Alberta, 2019 (7th round). Signed By: Les McTavish/Alex Ross. Minors: 1-4 | 5.97 ERA | 40 SO | 13 BB | 35 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/Extreme Track Record: Macko was born in Slovakia and was first introduced to baseball in first grade. He taught himself to pitch by watching YouTube videos of Justin Verlander and David Price and developed a unique talent for the game, which he honed after his family moved to Ireland and eventually Canada. Macko blossomed with formal baseball instruction and became Canada's top prospect in the 2019 draft, leading the Mariners to draft him in the seventh round and sign him for $250,000. He became a hot trade commodity in 2021 and got off to a solid start at High-A Everett in 2022, but made only eight starts before having season-ending meniscus surgery in his right knee. Scouting Report: Macko's stuff was inconsistent in 2022 as he lowered his arm slot and dealt with injuries, but it's still plenty potent. His fastball ranges from 91-96 mph out of a low slot and release point from the left side that creates a tough angle for lefthanded hitters. His signature pitch is a plus curveball with tight spin and late drop in the low 70s, but at times it devolves into a sweepy, soft offering in the upper 60s. Macko also has an average horizontal slider in the mid-80s that gives lefties trouble and a fringy, low-80s changeup that is improving. Macko is a good athlete, but overthrows at times and nibbles at others, resulting in below-average control. His biggest concern is health. Macko has pitched only 95 innings in three seasons after missing most of 2021 with shoulder tenderness and most of 2022 with his knee injury. The Future: Macko has the arsenal to start, but his control and health point to a likely relief future. His primary goal will be to stay healthy in 2023. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 55. Curveball: 60. Slider: 50. Changeup: 45. Control: 40 27. Enmanuel Bonilla | OF Enmanuel Bonilla Born: Jan 22, 2006 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 180 VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/Extreme Track Record: The Blue Jays have hit on international signings at the top of the market (Vladimir Guerrero Jr.) down to the lower-dollar signings like Alejandro Kirk and Gabriel Moreno. For Jan. 15, 2023, Bonilla received a bonus in the $4 million area. Scouting Report: Bonilla has high-end bat speed and the ability to drive the ball with impact, giving him a chance to be a 25-plus home run threat. Scouts highest on Bonilla thought he had one of the best combinations of hitting ability and power in the class, with a sound swing path and a good approach. Others thought he was a good fastball hitter who would have to make adjustments to get better against breaking stuff with a power-over-hit offensive profile. Bonilla is an above-average runner with a strong arm, so he could start off in center field, though with his physicality it's likely he ends up in right field long term. The Future: He should make his debut in the DSL in 2023. Scouting Grades: Hit: 50. Power: 55. Speed: 50. Field: 45. Arm: 55 28. Rafael Sanchez | RHP Rafael Sanchez Born: Aug 22, 1999 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 215 Minors: 5-3 | 3.91 ERA | 58 SO | 10 BB | 53 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 45/Extreme June Update: The Blue Jays signed Sanchez out of Cuba in January of 2022 after he spent parts of four years in Cuba’s Serie Nacional. An older prospect who will turn 24 in August, Sanchez has so far beaten up on younger competition. While he primarily uses a fastball and slider, Sanchez throws a splitter with incredibly low spin rates that average below 1,000 rpm. His four-seam fastball sits 92-93 mph, touching 95 mph with average ride, his slider sits low-to-mid 80s with cut and his changeup shows classic splitter shape. He shows the ability to miss bats with his slider and splitter while using the four-seam to set up his strong pair of secondaries. Sanchez is likely an up-and-down depth starter but has the stuff to potentially make the jump to the bullpen. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 55. Splitter: 50. Control: 50 29. Ryan Jennings | RHP Ryan Jennings Born: Jun 23, 1999 Bats: R Throws: R Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 190 Minors: 2-3 | 4.36 ERA | 44 SO | 14 BB | 33 IP VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 40/High June Update: The results haven’t quite matched the stuff with Jennings as of yet, as the righthander has a deep arsenal of average or better pitches. Primarily Jennings works off of his four-seam fastball and curveball, mixing in a slider as well. His four-seam fastball sits 93-95 mph, touching 97 mph with cut from a flat vertical approach angle in the 4.2-degree neighborhood. His curveball is a power breaking ball with downer shape in the low 80s. He’ll mix in a gyro slider in the mid-to-high 80s and a very rare changeup. Jennings is starting now but looks like a potential reliever long term. Scouting Grades: Fastball: 50. Curveball: 50. Slider: 45 Changeup: 40. Control: 45 30. Peyton Williams | 1B Peyton Williams Born: Sep 14, 2000 Bats: L Throws: L Ht.: 6'0" Wt.: 255 Minors: .261/.353/.455 | 8 HR | 3 SB | 176 AB VIEW PLAYER CARD BA Grade/Risk: 40/High June Update: Williams is a big-bodied slugger who showed off a strong combination of plate skills and power during his time at Iowa as a collegiate. After a tough start to the season Williams got hot at the end of April and hit .366/.444/.677 from April 28 until May 29 when he was promoted to High-A Vancouver. Williams has average contact and approach with plus raw power, exemplified by his 106.5 mph 90th percentile exit velocity this season. Williams isn’t dissimilar to the Red Sox's Niko Kavadas as an advanced college slugger who will have to prove he can avoid swing-and-miss as he moves up the ladder. Scouting Grades: Hitting: 45. Power: 60. Running: 30. Fielding: 45. Throw: 45

*sighs*

He also stung one right at the guy, guess he needs to aim his line drives.

Contact play wasn't on, not with Bo on deck. s*** luck, period.

And Kirk, s*** happens.

Tough loss man.

To the IL you go. Congratz!

Had him too... Oof.

How's that for s*** luck, man.

Why is Dan, surprised?

Faaaaaaack!

Georgie's on it tonight!

This f***er throws GAS!!!

Dude isn't very bright.

Francis is the bulk reliever tomorrow Dan, just say it man.

Yeah, not bad on the eyes.

Just bean Correa behind the plate.

She an analytics specialist for SN.

Attaboy George!

Former Jay, Brock Stewart. He's throwing hard, seemingly out of nowhere.

Nice Chappy.

Damn. Missed a big chance there.

f***!

Fight me!

Sure does.