My yearly bible finally found its way to my door! The Baseball America 2014 Prospect Handbook has compiled its top 30 prospects for all 30 major league teams. The Toronto Blue Jays farm system is right in the middle of the pack according to BA - ranking 15th out of 30 teams - a drop of three spots from 2013.
Mitch Nay made the biggest leap in the Top 30 rankings, jumping 20 spots from last year to rank as the Jays' fourth best prospect in 2014.
No.# | Player | Position | Grade | Risk | 2013 Rank |
1 |
Aaron Sanchez |
RHP |
65 |
High |
3 |
2 |
Marcus Stroman |
RHP |
55 |
Medium |
5 |
3 |
D.J. Davis |
OF |
60 |
Extreme |
6 |
4 |
Mitch Nay |
3B |
55 |
High |
24 |
5 |
Franklin Barreto |
SS |
60 |
Extreme |
13 |
6 |
Daniel Norris |
LHP |
55 |
High |
9 |
7 |
Roberto Osuna |
RHP |
55 |
High |
4 |
8 |
Alberto Tirado |
RHP |
60 |
Extreme |
15 |
9 |
Dawel Lugo |
SS |
55 |
Extreme |
26 |
10 |
Sean Nolin |
LHP |
45 |
Low |
19 |
11 |
Chase DeJong |
RHP |
55 |
Extreme |
22 |
12 |
Jairo Labourt |
LHP |
55 |
Extreme |
28 |
13 |
Matt Smoral |
LHP |
55 |
Extreme |
9 |
14 |
A.J. Jimenez |
C |
50 |
Medium |
11 |
15 |
Clinton Hollon |
RHP |
55 |
Extreme |
NR |
16 |
Tom Robson |
RHP |
50 |
High |
NR |
17 |
Dalton Pompey |
OF |
50 |
High |
NR |
18 |
Rowdy Tellez |
1B |
55 |
Extreme |
NR |
19 |
Andy Burns |
3B/2B |
50 |
High |
NR |
20 |
Kevin Pillar | OF |
45 |
Low |
21 |
21 |
John Stilson |
RHP |
45 |
Medium |
7 |
22 |
Kenny Wilson |
OF |
45 |
High |
NR |
23 |
Santiago Nessy |
C |
50 |
Extreme |
14 |
24 |
Richard Urena |
SS |
50 |
Extreme |
NR |
25 |
Matt Dean |
1B |
50 |
Extreme |
17 |
26 |
Miguel Castro |
RHP |
50 |
Extreme |
NR |
27 |
Dwight Smith Jr. |
OF |
45 |
High |
16 |
28 |
Jake Brentz |
LHP |
50 |
Extreme |
NR |
29 |
Ryan Goins |
2B/3B |
40 |
Low |
NR |
30 |
Yeltsin Gudino |
SS |
50 |
Extreme |
NR |
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