Comments on: Jays Draft Aggressively, Draft 19 High School Players in Top 22 Picks

By: Denny Gooch

Denny Gooch — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:20:40 +0000

R u kidding me, T Robson has been pitching for team Canada for three years now and look at his stats this last year! He is a genuine athlete/pitcher that has proved he can play with the best upcoming prospects/pros…he takes care of himself and is still only 17! He isnt making any demands with $ and is Canadian! Great Fit.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:55:50 +0000

Great write up by the way !!!

I should have mentioned Christian Lopes as well. Between Lopes, Dean and Smith Jr we could have some very high quality hitters who would be coming up with Marisnick and well, he’s really our only other impact bat after Lawrie.

I say we give Beede 3 mil, Norris the same, Musgrove/Comer/Suarez each 1 mil; Dean and Smith get 1.5 a piece; Lopes gets 1.1 and Anderson gets 900K

So you sign all your key guys for 14 million. After everyone else it prob takes you to the 20 mil that AA said he was prepared to spend on the draft.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:42:39 +0000

I voted for Norris, but Matt Dean was a very very close second. Top 60 guy, even better in terms of avaiable hitters, unlike Bryant last year he actually projects to be a good 3B down the road and hits quite well, hopefully the Jays give him the Dickie Thon special 1.5 mil and get this guy under contract.

Matt Dean and Smith Junior could easily become two of our best hitters in a few years, to be honest our system is kind of weak in the bat department and these two could do a lot to give us some impact position players down on the farm.

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:31:40 +0000

STEAL NUMBER 5:

Andrew Chin, HS, LHP. 6’2″ 185. He’s just had Tommy John surgery. Before the injury he was touted to go as high as the Top 20 overall. A GREAT STEAL! He’ll be ready to go just about the time in 2012 that the Short Season teams start up!

By: Mylegacy

Mylegacy — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:26:50 +0000

STEAL NUMBER 5:

Andrew Chip a HS, LHP who has just had Tommy John and before getting hurt was rated a top 20 Prospect! If he signs – and we can show him how we’ve supported McGowan (among many others) he’ll be ready to start up about the time short season 2012 rolls around. GREAT PICK!

By: NoScoutHere

NoScoutHere — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:24:05 +0000

There is no “Steal” of the draft until it becomes a “Sign Here” of the draft.

What i think the Jays may try is to convince all these top picks that they could all be within a world series in 3-5 years if they all jump on to the Jays bandwagon now.

The money is a factor but you convince these young kids that they all have an ability to make their mark on this franchise.

Nice write-up.

By: Theo_Adorno

Theo_Adorno — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:23:50 +0000

Considering the jays spent $10 to sign Hechavarria I believe that they can and should make every effort to sign all of these guys.

I like Brett Lawrie as much as the next guy but lets slow down on the best Canadian in the MLB talk. Lawrie does not have a single at bat in the show and their are a couple of guys named Votto and Morneau as well.

By: batman

batman — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:51:17 +0000

personally, i really like Robson

I saw him pitch for the Canadian juniors and he looks like a keeper

By: FenixL

FenixL — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:32:14 +0000

This was an impressive draft. I voted norris as the steal because he’s so talented and i think he will end up signing, but if Matt Dean signs (and i really, really hope he does) he could be the steal of the draft all the way at 409. I cant wait for AA to start busting out the check book.