3 Blue Jays prospects who are expendable, 2 they should keep for 2025

Expendable: OF Dasan Brown

A third round pick by the Jays from the 2019 MLB Draft, it has taken quite some time for outfielder Dasan Brown to develop his game in the past few seasons. Despite beginning his professional baseball career with the organization way back in 2019, the Canadian has only managed to reach Double-A level just this past year. With speed and defense being his main calling card, Brown has been working hard to develop his bat. But to date, it has produced just mixed results.

In 2024, Brown had made some progress in High-A Vancouver when he batted a solid .257 with a .774 OPS, with 51 runs scored, 15 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs, 39 RBI, 22 stolen bases and a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 74 games played. However, following his promotion to Double-A New Hampshire, he struggled mightily to just a .217 average, .586 OPS, with 12 runs scored, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 0 home runs, 2 RBI, 13 stolen bases, along with a greater than 5:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 32 games of action.

At the rate at which things have been going for Brown, he is likely panning out to be a fourth outfielder that specializes in pinch running and defense at the major league level. With the Jays in dire need of offense more than anything at this moment, along with the presence of promising outfield prospects in Alan Roden, Charles McAdoo and even Jonatan Clase ahead of him in the prospect depth chart, there doesn’t appear to be a role for Brown with the club in the near future. As a result, he could serve better as trade bait for a team potentially looking for a young, defensive specialist off the bench to man their outfield late in games.