Toronto Blue Jays Preliminary Prospect List

Not that I disagree, per se, but I’ve seen his name pop up twice (on other sites) as a sleeper for 2012

I think Anthony DeSclafani has a good chance at sticking on this list & he was a real value pick in my opinion whre he was selected. I think he might have the best skillset to potentially be an upper level short reliever in the system right now among current Toronto farmhands with the exception of fellow 2011 draftee John Stilson.

Thon had medical issues (blood disorder), so it wasn’t just a case of being outplayed. That said, I’d love to see Vega make the list if possible, though I understand if he’s a depth casuality

talk about jumping off the deep end (rolls-eyes)

stilson and woj are pretty questionable cuts even with woj having a bad season overall. He was good in he 2nd half.

In my opinion - tough call.

Do you have an interesting report on him or something? I don’t recall any buzz around him at draft time or subsequently, and otherwise I can’t see him on belonging on this list given other guys who won’t be.

If not, he makes sense to remove. As for the second, for me it’s toss-up between Barnes, DeSclafani, and Vega. In their own right, they all merit inclusion, but someone has to be cut.

I like the two but not ahead of the others on that list.

could be cut…..He’s canadian yes but he’s light years away without any reason to get too excited right now.

Chad Beck is still a prospect after being a september call-up. Not that he needs written up just bringing it to your attention in case you overlooked him.

Shane Opitz played as a 19 yr old in the NWL at SS, rather him than Robson.

I agree with Rollins, Desclafini and Robson as cuttable players.

Good report.

but given the little John looks at DSL results, it’s probably less value to cover such guys until they hit the mainland and get some comparable stats under their belts.

How many of these guys pile up numbers on players who just don’t have major league talent? On your typical Low A team, you’re doing great if you have a handful of guys who can even make serious noise in the upper levels, let alone project as useful major league players.

Not so much to offset his distance from the majors and lack of professional data.

are probably utility infielders in the long run.

Opitz, as a 19 year old with decent (not great) draft pedigree was, at time, the only position-player worth tracking on the Vancouver Canadians. That said, he was never too impressive. My season summary of him:
I have long held that SS Shane Opitz was the most interesting position player on the Canadians’ roster. Although he has no secondary skills of which to speak (.026 ISO, .073 isolated patience), he was the youngest regular on the team and young for the league at 19. Also, playing a decent SS helps. Finally, I was impressed by his adjustments, as his walk rate sky-rocketed in August (12 walks in his last 29 games after walking only 7 times in his first 34).

My player of the year for the Vancouver affiliate. My season summary of him:
Drafted in the 18th round this June, 2B Jonathon Berti was a college shortstop for whom it was anticipated that he could fill a spot on a roster and maybe reach AA one day. He hit for high averages in Bowling Green State, but minimal power. The native of Troy, Michigan was assigned directly to Vancouver, where he was immediately converted into a 2nd baseman. And he got his pro career off with a bang, hitting .353 with a .976 OPS in June. Those figures dropped to .323 and .799 respectively in July and finally bottomed out at .253 and .657 in August. Across those three months, Berti’s ISO descended from .147 to .086 to .040. One of the reasons for Berti’s getting this award was that the only players better did not play much more than half as much as him (1B Kevin Patterson, C Garrett Maines) and the other primary contender, CF Jonathan Jones, was repeating the short-season level, after being demoted from Lansing before Vancouver began play. An older player, repeating the level will always bear with it a black mark against any player. Further helping sway my vote in Berti’s favour were his two home runs in the playoff drive including one in the decisive game, and, more appropriately, his good base running, having swiped 23 bases in 28 attempts, for an above-average 82.1% success rate.