2011 Blue Jays Season Thread

[Cheese]

this should filter the picks out to Round 14 or so...

Picks

12 of the picks are pitchers
2 Short Stops
3 Outfielders
1 3B

more here as well...
http://www.mymlbdraft.com/2011/round14/

and here is the wrap..

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/st...-roundtwo.html

[Frequitude]

Is that how the MLB draft normally goes...just draft a crapload of pitchers?

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Frequitude

Is that how the MLB draft normally goes...just draft a crapload of pitchers?

Nope, just how the Jays do it. You can never have too many arms.

Marcum is about what most of the top end picks we made project to become, and we got one of the best prospects in all of baseball for him, and we didn't really lose much from our staff by trading him.

[Frequitude]

Go Jays

[zukes]

Heard an interview with Beede last night and it sure sounds like if the Jays throw cash at him, he will sign.

[Caged Great]

AA was on the radio yesterday and was saying that they could've taken players that they could be sure to sign, but they aren't as good players than the ones they decided to take. He figured that even if they only sign 5 of the top 8 that they're better off with the upside guys that the more developed but easier to sign guys.

[Cheese]

^^^ and that in itself is a marked improvement from the last regime.

[bluejays]

^^ and that in itself should be something the Flames should adopt with their first couple round picks. Kris Chuko, argh.

[dustyanddaflames]

Tim Erixon is living proof of the risks involved. Its a great idea, and if you have a farm system stockpiled with talent like the Jays do - then I'd agree. The Flames' farm system isn't even in the same realm.

[Matty81]

So Escobar is day to day now and Arencibia has a minor thumb injury - which makes me ridiculously thankful Lind's back healed or or the infield could look like this;

Nix-McCoy-Hill-Rivera/Encarnacion
Molina

Fortunately Lind is back, Arencibia and Escobar are short term with minor injuries and Lawrie is about to get called up because that would be one of the worst MLB infields I've ever seen.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by Matty81

So Escobar is day to day now and Arencibia has a minor thumb injury - .

When did Arencibia get hurt? I thought he played the full game yesterday as the Catcher?

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by flambers

When did Arencibia get hurt? I thought he played the full game yesterday as the Catcher?

According to sportsnet he re-aggravated a thumb injury from last week and his status for today is unknown. It looked in the game like he just has a cut on his thumb or something and you're right he didn't come out so hopefully its brushed off and he plays.

[Jiggy_12]

IIRC he took a couple fouled picthes off his thumb while catching, probably just bruised-swollen.

[Sylvanfan]

Yeah, they asked JPA about his thumb in the post game interview, and he admitted it hurt and felt like ti was going to fall off.

I wonder if he's a guy they think could hit enough to warrant a position conversion. It's great to have a productive catcher, but man do you ever take a beating playing that position. I wonder if a guy like Arencibia could be a LF or 3B if they felt he'd take too much punishment behind home plate.

[Gozer]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

I wonder if he's a guy they think could hit enough to warrant a position conversion. It's great to have a productive catcher, but man do you ever take a beating playing that position. I wonder if a guy like Arencibia could be a LF or 3B if they felt he'd take too much punishment behind home plate.

I generally disagree with this sentiment. Maybe have him start in LF or DH once in a while, but moving him from C to LF also moves him from being an offensive juggernaut (potentially/ideally) to above-average.

Posada would have been a fine player for the Yankees as a 1B or an outfielder, but that would have meant that a guy like Damon doesn't play.

Even Mauer in his MVP season: a .936 OPS is terrific by any measure - and spectacular as a catcher - but if he's playing LF every day then there's an argument that a CF with an .899 OPS is just as valuable (like Wells that same season).

[Ruttiger]

Originally Posted by Matty81

Fortunately Lind is back, Arencibia and Escobar are short term with minor injuries and Lawrie is about to get called up because that would be one of the worst MLB infields I've ever seen.

Not anymore:

"Brett Lawrie's ascension to the big leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays has been pushed back indefinitely after a small non-displaced fracture was discovered in his left hand. The injury, initially identified as a bruise after the Canadian third base prospect was hit by a pitch May 31 with triple-A Las Vegas, was found through a CAT Scan taken after swelling in his hand subsided. Lawrie will be sidelined for a minimum of 2-3 weeks."


http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/201...8/lawrie_jays/

[Frequitude]

Does the super 2 thing look at total games played or total days since first call up?

[Gozer]

Originally Posted by Frequitude

Does the super 2 thing look at total games played or total days since first call up?

Total days - Ant has talked about how waiting for Super 2 is silly because players are often bounce back down to AAA.

[Gozer]

Friendly reminder, 2 o'clock game (MST) today.

[Caged Great]

With the first signing already underway, here's a complete list of the players that the Jays drafted.

Pitcher

Tyler Beede - 1st round
Joe Musgrove - 1st Supplemental round - Signed
Kevin Comer - 1st Supplemental round
Daniel Norris - 2nd round
Jeremy Gabryszwski - 2nd round
John Stilson - 3rd round
Thomas Robson - 4th round
Anthony Chin - 5th round
Anthony DeSclafani - 6th round
Mark Biggs - 8th round
Andrew Suarez - 9th round
Aaron Garza - 10th round
Nicolas Wiper - 14th round
Cody Glen - 15th round
Brady Dragmire - 17th round
Luke Weaver - 19th round
Joel Seddon - 20th round
Aaron Nola - 22nd round
David Rollins - 24th round
Cole Taylor - 29th round
Kramer Champlin - 33rd round
Jerrick Suiter - 35th round
Andrew Sikula - 36th round
Leslie Williams - 37th round
Chris Cox - 39th round
Shane Davis - 42nd round
Jake Eliopoulos - 43rd round
Colby Broussard - 44th round
Shane Farrel - 46th round
Charlie Lamar - 49th round
Eric Brown - 50th round

C

Luis Munoz - 34th round

1B

Richard Prigatano - 16th round
Eric Arce - 25th round
Kevin Patterson - 30th round
John Coy - 45th round

2B

Jonathan Berti - 18th round

SS

Christian Lopes - 7th round
Andrew Burns - 11th round
Peter Mooney - 21st round
K'Shawn Smith - 23rd round
Justin Atkinson - 26th round
Jorge Vega-Rosado - 28th round Signed
Austin Nola - 31st round
Cody Barrett - 41st round

3B

Matt Dean - 13th round
Austin Davis - 47th round

Outfielders

Jacob Andersen - 1st Supplemental round
Dwight Smith - 1st Supplemental round
John Norwood - 12th round
Derrick Lovelace - 27th round
Kevin Pillar - 32nd round
Nico Taylor - 38th round
Nick Baligod - 40th round
Jacob Wakamatsu - 48th round