The Baseball America league top 20's started last week. This thread will capture all the relevant Blue Jay rankings and comments. Blue Jays listed so far:
GCL - Adonys Cardona #8
GCL - Joe Musgrove #13
Appy - Noah Syndergaard #4
Appy - Chris Hawkins #11
Appy - Aaron Sanchez #12
Northwest - Justin Nicolino #1
Midwest - Jake Marisnick #3
Midwest - Drew Hutchison #14
FSL - AJ Jimenez #10
FSL - Drew Hutchison #13
FSL - Deck McGuire #17
Eastern - Travis d'Arnaud #2
Eastern - Anthony Gose #3
Eastern - Henderson Alvarez #10
Eastern - Adeiny Hechavarria #19
PCL - Brett Lawrie #1
PCL - Eric Thames #15
That is 17 total Blue Jay prospects on the league top 20's. 18 seems to be the highest number.
Player condensed comments:
Cardona gets credit for his size, his 95 mph fastball and good change-up.
Musgrove's heavy sinking fastball is his major asset. He needs to develop hs secondary pitches.
Dickie Thon's strikeout rate is a concern for BA but some GCL managers did like his swing.
Santiago Nessy got a few mentions but his defense needs work.
Syndergaard's fastball is so good that he didn't need to use his curve or change much in the Appy league.
Hawkins looks awkward but has big tools. Arm is fringy but rest of game is solid, if raw.
Sanchez has inconsistent secondary pitches, control is shaky.
Kevin Pillar has solid tools that should get him to AA, at least.
Art Charles has holes in his swing.
Nicolino is the complete package with #2 starter potential. "He just has a great feel for pitching and the stuff to go with it," an American League scout said. "He just attacked people. If there's a surefire big leaguer, he's the guy."
The only Vancouver players that scouts liked were Nicolino, Syndergaard and Sanchez. Some managers liked Permison but not scouts.
Marisnick has five tool potential but one scouts questions his future power.
Hutchison has three solid pitches and an unusual delivery.
Michael Crouse does not have all Marisnick's tools but he could be a major league regular. scouts think his swing needs work.
AJ Jimenez has very good defense; runs well for a catcher; and has a good knack for making contact, power may be fringy.
Drew Hutchison has a strong aptitude for pitching, his fastball is not overpowering but has good life, change-up is good, needs to work on the slider.
Deck McGuire mixes his pitches well, needs to improve his FB command.
Asher Wojciechowski - still can be a starter but none of his pitches stood out.
Nestor Molina - still working on developing agood breaking pitch to go with FB and splitter.
Travis D'Arnaud - excellent hitter, defense still needs work.
Anthony Gose - still a raw hitter but excellent defender
Henderson Alvarez - never gets hit hard
Adeiny Hechavarria - excellent runner, defender and thrower but wont be an offensive zero
Drew Hutchison - Fastball command of renown (John Manuel)
Moises Sierra - raw hitting approach and has some plate coverage issues
Mike McDade - Randall Simon comp
Eric Thames - Better profile than Cooper, all field hitting and good bat speed.
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