What the Blue Jays Should Be Willing to Pay for Starting Pitching Help
(Title photo courtesy of slgckgc, https://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/14138684259) The Blue Jays need for starting pitching has been well-documented. For years now, the team has struggled to put together a full rotation of quality starting pitchers. This season, they are 25th in baseball in terms of xFIP- with a mark of 111 (ERA- of 112). Last year, 22nd and the year before, 23rd. It’s been an issue and for the past two years,...
Looking for Inefficiencies in MLB Draft Demographics | A Study
The 2015 MLB Rule 4 Draft concluded two weeks ago after three days of intense drafting, a few months of planning and years of scouting. The draft is a spectacle unmatched in scope — forty rounds that see thousands of players being drafted and many more being scouted but falling short (some sign as undrafted free agents). Most of the draft involves players being drafted solely for the qualities they can bring to lower-level...
Do Prospects Like Aaron Sanchez Improve Their Control? An Investigation
(Photo credit to Keith Allison https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/) Aaron Sanchez is a divisive figure these days. His abilities have long been held in high regard by scouts and prospect evaluators, yet his statistical record hasn’t matched up. Sanchez throws in the mid-90s with a plus curveball, has a starter’s build and a pretty clean injury history. At the same time, his minor league strikeout and walk numbers...
Projecting Hitting Prospects’ MLB Primes
It’s that time of year again when all your favourite prospect buffs and baseball sites are coming out with their top prospects lists heading into the season. Most of the lists are based on scouting and the perceived ability of the player. Age versus level is also brought up fairly often when talking about how a prospect handles a certain league at a certain age. Are these prospects going to perform well enough to stay in the...
Rule 5 Draft Preview: Blue Jays
After a inauspicious and nondescript three days spent in Florida, the Blue Jays Winter Meetings experience will officially conclude on Thursday with the annual Rule 5 draft. What is the Rule 5 Draft? The Rule 5 draft is an annual major league player draft, designed to keep teams from stockpiling young players in their minor league affiliates, rather than promoting them within the system or to their big league rosters. How does it...
Prospect Chat with Marc Hulet, FanGraphs
As the offseason begins to hit a fever pitch and with Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos’ stated preference to improve his major league roster through trade rather than free agency, some fans are understandably anxious about what any potential upgrades may cost to the Blue Jays’ already depleted prospect pool. It wasn’t very long ago that Toronto was ranked by the respected baseball website FanGraphs as having...
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