Jays Journal » Jairo Labour http://jaysjournal.com A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 14:40:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Out of the Top 50 Jays Prospects (for now): Jairo Labour and Julio Carmona http://jaysjournal.com/2011/04/12/out-of-the-top-50-jays-prospects-for-now-jairo-labour-and-julio-carmona/ http://jaysjournal.com/2011/04/12/out-of-the-top-50-jays-prospects-for-now-jairo-labour-and-julio-carmona/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:57:05 +0000 Mat Germain http://jaysjournal.com/?p=6658 There are prospects in the Jays system that deserve coverage  even though they didn’t make our top 50 list pre-2011. Most of these players are players that we foresee as possibly making the top 50 list in either mid-2011 or 2012. We continue the 25 extra prospect profiles with two Latin American wildcards… Out of the [...]

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]]> There are prospects in the Jays system that deserve coverage  even though they didn’t make our top 50 list pre-2011. Most of these players are players that we foresee as possibly making the top 50 list in either mid-2011 or 2012. We continue the 25 extra prospect profiles with two Latin American wildcards…

Out of the Top 50 Jays Prospects: Jairo Labour (more…)

]]> http://jaysjournal.com/2011/04/12/out-of-the-top-50-jays-prospects-for-now-jairo-labour-and-julio-carmona/feed/ 0 Jays Sign LHP Jairo Labour http://jaysjournal.com/2011/01/20/jays-sign-lhp-jairo-labour/ http://jaysjournal.com/2011/01/20/jays-sign-lhp-jairo-labour/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:13:04 +0000 Mat Germain http://jaysjournal.com/?p=4425 The Blue Jays continue to be aggressive in acquiring international talent under Alex Anthopoulos, as they signed16-year old left-handed pitcher Jairo Labour. He hails from the Dominican Republic , is already 6’4″ 185 lbs at only 16, and apparently has a good feel for breaking balls.In order to sign this big Latin lefty, the Jays [...]

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]]> The Blue Jays continue to be aggressive in acquiring international talent under Alex Anthopoulos, as they signed16-year old left-handed pitcher Jairo Labour. He hails from the Dominican Republic , is already 6’4″ 185 lbs at only 16, and apparently has a good feel for breaking balls.In order to sign this big Latin lefty, the Jays had to part with $350,000.

Labour did not make the top 33 list of international FA bonuses predicted by Baseball America in 2010, which is available here. It’s apparent that he worked his way to becoming a signed prospect this off season by improving on his stuff, particularly his velocity which has increased to a reported 92 MPH. When combined with an advanced feel for breaking stuff at his age, it leads to an attractive package of tools.

Hopefully, Baseball America and others will expand on his arsenal at some point in 2011. For now, we’ll have to wait and see how well he does while likely suiting up for the DSL Blue Jays this summer.

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