The Batter's Box Institute For Finding Meaningless Patterns Which Inform the Naming of Minor League Updates would like to inform you that all three minor league contests on Monday night ended in scores whose sums were 11. Only the best here at Batter's Box.
There were just two games on the schedule for the baby Jays on Easter Sunday. The clubs were 0-for-2 on the day. Since there wasn't much to report, I have included a bonus look at some of the young players in the system that face a make-or-break year in terms of their prospect status.
A snow out shorted Las Vegas’ game to 7 innings and New Hampshire was rained out. Lansing made us proud and Dunedin did not.
The Farm Boys bats came alive with a half a hundred hits on Friday Night.
3-1 for the affiliates with the good guys scoring five times in each. Except for Vegas who scored nine and lost.
A winning day on the farm, with a couple of big dingers.
The honorary Canadian was a big reason why the affiliates were .500 on the night. Two games were rained out.
Brad Mills pitches against Seattle at the Dome September 23.
In recent years the Toronto Blue Jays organization has not had a lot of success developing Latin America talent. In recent years, though, the club has returned to its roots and has started to invest heavily in that area once again.
Under former general manager J.P. Ricciardi the Dominican Summer League team was largely ignored. Any player that was lucky enough to receive a visa to come and play in the U.S. was used mostly as an organizational solider or roster-filler. The 2006 DSL team was a little different. A number of players caught the attention of the Player Development Staff and received brief opportunities (Bartolo Nicolas, Yensy Perez, Carlos Vasquez, Jimmy Gonzalez) but two pitchers had eye-opening seasons.
It was a very good night for the Jays' farm system (4-0), and for top prospects in particular. Zach Stewart, Deck McGuire, Eric Thames, Carlos Perez and Travis d'Arnaud all had good games, but none was as good as Mike McCoy.
The 2004 amateur draft did not go as planned for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Under the watchful eye of then general manager J.P. Ricciardi, the club
followed a college-player-heavy approach (47 of the 52 picks came from a
four-year or community college). The club had two first round picks
that season, as well as an extra third-round selection. With its first
two choices, the organization nabbed two college left-handed starting
pitchers: David Purcey out of the University of Oklahoma and Zach
Jackson out of Texas A&M University. Purcey was traded today to the Oakland Athletics for former Jays prospect and triple-A reliever Danny Farquhar.
The Jays affiliates won two games and lost three. The Lansing Lugnuts split a double-header with the Dayton Dragons and the two teams combined for 29 runs.
A pitching exhibition by Mike MacDonald leads the 51s to glory over Fresno, and the Baby Jays’ bats bring it on for Dunedin over cross bay rival Tampa.
The good guys on the farm turned in a 2 win and 2 loss evening.
Lansing won a squeaker, New Hampshire did too. Las Vegas went down despite 10 hits, scoring only once. Dunedin Jays managed 6 hits, but were shut out.
The affiliates went 2-2 in about the least exciting way possible. Lansing was actually able to play, but apparently didn't get the memo until it was too late.
