The regular season has ended and that means it is time for the annual Blue Jays top 30 prospects list. But that's not all. Over the next ten days we will also have interviews with minor league field coordinator Doug Davis and roving pitching instructor Dane Johnson.
2009 was a tough year for the major league team and its prospects. Many of the prospects did not develop and at the end of the season it was a reach to find thirty prospects. 2010 has been a much better year. Both New Hampshire and Dunedin made the playoffs and Lansing and the GCL Jays were in the hunt for a playoff spot until the last few days of the season. In addition there has been an influx of talent into the system through trades, the draft and international signings. And finally many prospects had very good seasons and, as a result, we have seen Jays prospects featuring in Baseball America's league top 20's lists.
The net of all this talent in the system is that, for 2010, several very good players have been left off our top thirty list due to the higher level of competition.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, we will start with numbers 30-21 of our top thirty. The list will be continued on Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday we will review some of the players who just missed the list.
After a break for some turkey, we will resume on Tuesday with the Doug Davis interview and finally, on Wednesday, Dane Johnson will wrap up our minor league end-of-season coverage.
In the words of Hank Williams, "are you ready for some baseball?", the minor league kind.
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