Jays Journal http://jaysjournal.com A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:50:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 John Sickels Answers Some (Blue Jay) Questions http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/04/john-sickels-answers-some-blue-jay-questions/ http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/04/john-sickels-answers-some-blue-jay-questions/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:59 +0000 Scott Barber http://jaysjournal.com/?p=10546 If you haven’t visited minor league ball.com yet, pull yourself out from whatever rock you’ve been hiding behind and check it out. The site is home to one of the more recognized prospect writers John Sickels, who offers up stellar scouting reports, prospect lists and just about anything a prospect crazed baseball fan could want. Yesterday, Sickels answered questions from readers and there were several interesting Jays tidbits worth reading; here they are: … [visit site to read more]

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]]> If you haven’t visited minor league ball.com yet, pull yourself out from whatever rock you’ve been hiding behind and check it out. The site is home to one of the more recognized prospect writers John Sickels, who offers up stellar scouting reports, prospect lists and just about anything a prospect crazed baseball fan could want.

Yesterday, Sickels answered questions from readers and there were several interesting Jays tidbits worth reading; here they are:

… [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/04/john-sickels-answers-some-blue-jay-questions/feed/ 0 Jays Journal Top 50 Blue Jays Prospects: No. 39 Deivy Estrada http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/02/jays-journal-top-50-blue-jays-prospects-no-39-deivy-estrada/ http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/02/jays-journal-top-50-blue-jays-prospects-no-39-deivy-estrada/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:49:25 +0000 Jared Macdonald http://jaysjournal.com/?p=10542 The latest entry on our top 50 prospects list at No. 39 is probably one you haven’t heard of… No. 39: Deivy Alexander Estrada Starting pitcher / 19 years old / 5′11″ 175 lbs Born: August 22, 1992 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela Bats: Right    Throws: Right High School: N/A College: N/A Signed: As an international free agent by the Blue Jays in 2009 Pre-2011 Rank: 26 … [visit site to read more]

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]]> The latest entry on our top 50 prospects list at No. 39 is probably one you haven’t heard of…

No. 39: Deivy Alexander Estrada

Starting pitcher / 19 years old / 5′11″ 175 lbs

Born: August 22, 1992 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela

Bats: Right    Throws: Right

High School: N/A

College: N/A

Signed: As an international free agent by the Blue Jays in 2009

Pre-2011 Rank: 26

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]]> http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/02/jays-journal-top-50-blue-jays-prospects-no-39-deivy-estrada/feed/ 2 Goldstein: Execs Favor Yoenis Cespedes Over Colby Rasmus http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/01/goldstein-execs-favor-yoenis-cespedes-over-colby-rasmus/ http://jaysjournal.com/2012/02/01/goldstein-execs-favor-yoenis-cespedes-over-colby-rasmus/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:30:45 +0000 Jared Macdonald http://jaysjournal.com/?p=10538 In Kevin Goldstein’s latest over at Baseball Prospectus, he asks eight Major League executives whether they’d take newly-established Dominican Republic resident and international free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes over five other young MLB outfielders — Colby Rasmus, Drew Stubbs, B.J. Upton, Chris Young and Adam Jones — who haven’t quite reached their full potentials yet. The executives, “many with extensive international experience and in-person looks at Cespedes,” Goldstein writes, were hypothetically offered each of the six outfielders for free, so cost wasn’t a factor in their decision. Rasmus leads off the article (before the paywall hits for those of you [...]

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]]> In Kevin Goldstein’s latest over at Baseball Prospectus, he asks eight Major League executives whether they’d take newly-established Dominican Republic resident and international free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes over five other young MLB outfielders — Colby Rasmus, Drew Stubbs, B.J. Upton, Chris Young and Adam Jones — who haven’t quite reached their full potentials yet.

The executives, “many with extensive international experience and in-person looks at Cespedes,” Goldstein writes, were hypothetically offered each of the six outfielders for free, so cost wasn’t a factor in their decision.

Rasmus leads off the article (before the paywall hits for those of you that aren’t BP subscribers), but let’s just say that the results aren’t pretty, and six of the eight executives polled chose Cespedes over the Blue Jays center fielder.

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