3 Blue Jays prospects whose stock could dramatically rise this fall

With the start of the Arizona Fall League (AFL), Blue Jays fans can get back involved in October baseball and cheer on some top prospects in their farm system. Toronto sent eight players to suit up for the Scottsdale Scorpions this fall, including five pitchers and three position players.

The 2024 AFL Opening Day was this past Monday, with a 30-game “regular season” concluding with the AFL Championship Game on November 16. Scottsdale won their opener 9-7 over the Salt River Rafters, with 25-year-old Blue Jays prospect Ryan Jennings (1.93 ERA in 60.2 innings at two stops this year in the Blue Jays system at High-A Vancouver and Double-A New Hampshire) tossing a scoreless inning in relief, with 2 strikeouts to earn a hold.

Given the raft of injured pitchers in the Jays system this year, with top prospects Ricky Tiedemann, Brandon Barriera, Landen Maroudis, Chad Dallas, Nolan Perry and Carson Pierce all undergoing Tommy John surgeries, there is a clear opportunity for pitching prospects to take advantage of the fall league exposure and potentially pitch their way onto Toronto’s 40-man roster.

As Jays Journal contributor Joe Olenick wrote recently, “A few of the expected Blue Jays prospects are on the Jays Journal Top 30 Prospects list, including Brock (ranked number 22), Estrada (17), and Rojas (8).” They all have an opportunity to move higher in that ranking.

Given the wide open opportunity for these pitchers to make a name for themselves this fall with so many prospects above them rehabbing through next year from Tommy John, that gives us a perfect jumping off point to dig into three Blue Jays prospects whose stock could rise dramatically this fall.