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Prospect Positional Primer: Centerfield

Late last fall, with inspiration from Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus, I began writing a series of articles which I titled “Positional Primers”. I broke down the Blue Jays system into seven categories;…Read More

Breaking down the Blue Jays AFL Contributions

The Arizona Fall League doesn’t officially start until October 9th, but the Blue Jays contributions have been finalized. After playing for the Phoenix Desert Dogs in 2011, the team will be collaborating…Read More

Second Half Performers: Studs and Duds

The minor league season is a long, arduous process. The elevation of the west coast leads to rampant temperatures breaking the 100 Fahrenheit mark for months at a time, while the climate on the east coast…Read More

Blue Jays Prospect Hot Sheet: Week Nineteen

With Tuesday’s action in the books, all minor league teams have played their final regular season game, making this the final Blue Jays prospect hot sheet of the year. The list of six is led by one of…Read More

West Coast Roast: Jays Burned by Mariners and Eric Thames

If anyone had any expectation of the Jays pulling themselves a little closer to a wild card spot while they took care of business against the Seattle Mariners, they were just flat out wrong. That was…Read More

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Jays Make Couple of Controversial Moves

If Alex Anthopoulos was trying to get the attention of Toronto’s fan base, he definitely succeeded…Read More

Jays Journal Features: Travis Snider Returns

If you’re opinion is anywhere close to mine, you’re pulling with all of your mind for Travis…Read More

If Justin Upton is available, the Blue Jays need to call

Justin Upton is on the trade block… again. During the 2010 offseason, news leaked that Arizona might…Read More

Let the Swooning Ensue: Jake Marisnick Promoted to Double-A

In somewhat of a shocking early July move, the Blue Jays have promoted one of their top prospects, Jake…Read More

Blue Jays Prospect Hot Sheet: Week Eleven

I mentioned last week that with the three short season leagues beginning, the standards for making the…Read More

Blue Jays Prospect Hot Sheet: Week Five

The Blue Jays prospect hot sheet this week covers games between May 7th and 13th and had the best group…Read More

Blue Jays Prospect Hot Sheet: Week Three

The third edition of the Jays Journal Blue Jays prospect hot sheet is very hitter heavy as, thankfully,…Read More

Blue Jays Complete Prospect Report: April 30

Toronto’s minor league affiliates went 1-2 on the night, as New Hampshire and Dunedin both lost…Read More

Blue Jays Complete Prospect Report: April 7-8

Outside of the Lansing Lugnuts sweeping their doubleheader to go on a three-game win streak, it was a…Read More

John Sickels All (Blue Jay) Questions Answered

Another ‘All Questions Answered‘ thread was put up over at Minor League Ball by John Sickels.…Read More

7 Jays in Fangraphs Top 100 Prospects List

Marc Hulet of fangraphs posted his top 100 prospects list for 2012 today. To no ones surprise, the…Read More

John Sickels Answers Some (Blue Jay) Questions

If you haven’t visited minor league ball.com yet, pull yourself out from whatever rock you’ve…Read More

Lugnuts Manufacture Runs in Wild Win

Despite going 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and managing just six hits, the Lansing Lugnuts…Read More

Complete Minor League Recap: April 27

Here’s your recap of the Jays’ minor league affiliate games for April 27, complete with win/loss…Read More

Complete Minor League Recap: April 20

With the Lugnuts playing a doubleheader, the Jays’ minor league affiliates played a total of five…Read More