B Jones, JB Woodman and J Palacios are all about the same age and size. Jones is the youngest.

I assume that Palacios and Woodman have the better raw tools than Jones.

I could not find a write up on the strengths of B Jones.

Spectacular pitching fail by Gose in Dunedin game.
⅓ inning, 3 Earned runs.

Jones was an 18th rounder who signed for 60K - not the highest pedigree indeed.  Bluefield broadcaster Bailey Angle picked him as the 2016 MVP after he lead the league in HRs.  Jay Blue worries that he's a free swinger, but he has reduced his K% by 3.6% this year while raising his BB% and upping his wRC+ by 15.  He's played all over the IF, SS aside, since signing.  He'll be 22 in June and looks ready for a promotion to an age-appropriate level to me - Matt Dean and Carl Wise are two corner IFs in Dunedin and shouldn't block anybody.

There's a nice write-up on him at BP Toronto.  One scout has him as having plus power and solid tools across the board.  BP praises his athleticism and scrappy attitude and notes that he played SS in HS, which bodes well for his D, as do his 16 SBs and 4 errors in 400 innings last year.

http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/05/11/the-best-kept-secret-in-the-blue-jays-organization-bradley-jones/

I've got him at the bottom of our top 20 prospects right now and he could be top 15 by the end of the year if he keeps this up. 

Roemon Fields was scuffling in AA but has been on fire in AAA.  SSS, but the K% and BB% are heading into strong territory.  The BABIP of .439 can't last, but I'm starting to get optimistic bout the kid.

6 innings of 1 run ball from Rowley tonight. Zeuch also went 6, giving up 1 ER.

Fields now hitting over .400 as Bisons laying a 17 hit licking on Charlotte.

That Gose for Travis trade looks better every day. Found the article for the trade - I actually wrote it.

Keith Law saw it as a so what trade. I wonder how he keeps working somedays as little I've seen from him the past few years has been good. He once seemed good but boy has he fallen into the 'say something to provoke' category.

Travis has been a solid contributor when healthy - key element there. Gose is now pitching in A ball. Think that says all that needs to be said.

Any thoughts on whether Fields has finally turned a corner?  Or is this a small-sample blip?

In three minor-league seasons before this year, he has never hit very well, and his career OPS in the minors is just .651.  Since he is now 26, it seems unreasonable to expect him to sustain anything like his current Buffalo numbers.

On the other hand, it's certainly true that he got a very late start in professional baseball -- he was an undrafted free agent, selling hats and delivering mail when the Jays found him at a tournament in 2013. Maybe he's just been catching up to the normal progression.

His power surge at Buffalo is entirely doubles and triples, which is perhaps partly due to his speed, and might be something he could replicate to some extent in the majors. But what I really like about his Buffalo numbers is the OBP of .465, with his 8 walks balanced nicely against 11 strikeouts.  And for the season as a whole, he has 16 stolen bases, versus just 3 caught-stealing.  If he can sustain any of this, he could be valuable for the Jays, who still lack speed. 

It's intriguing, also, that the Bisons are playing him mostly at CF (whereas New Hampshire had him more often in LF/RF), so his defence might be another asset.   A speedster who can find ways to get on base would be a valuable 3rd or 4th OF for the Jays.

Law has always been a fraud imo. And fields is a blip imo.

Nice to see rowdy start getting some hits. His progress has been slow but pretty steadily getting better. He's maintained his good BB/K numbers so he's not getting overwhelmed but he just hasn't been striking the ball well so far, based on his babip and iso. He's got his head almost back above water now but it would be a good time for him to get legit hot.

It's possible to be successful as a speedy left handed batter. The path from the box to first is shorter and you just need to slap it the other way for an infield single. A 4th outfield who doesn't play regularly is more likely to have issues with his timing. Fields is hitting .439 in his last 10 game. That's a hell of a nice blip.

Fields now has 87 plate appearances for Buffalo this season, so he's beginning to approach a sample size that we can't totally ignore.  He has managed to get on base in almost half of those 87 plate appearances (32 hits and 8 walks), which is pretty impressive.

Of course he's had 843 plate appearances at the AA level and didn't even reach a .600 OPS, so I'd understand anyone who prefers the bigger sample.  My optimistic take is that he didn't get any professional coaching until 2014, so it's reasonable to give greater emphasis to what he's done lately, rather than his first couple of years.

I would like to initiate a discussion on some hard to understand concepts for me. Sometimes I forget key facts and other times these facts may never be revealed in which case they may exist but have to be considered speculation.

1) Certain teams draft well but are lacking in development skills.
Chip Cannon:- Bad example. Sorry!! We all know the story. His hitting flaws got exposed or he got injured.

CWS 2015 1st round Carson Fulmer:- He is pitching against Buffalo today. I think he was a high pick, in the teens. In 2015 he had 23 IP all dominant. 2016 he pitched in AA, AAA and in the ML. The AA and AAA were Ok but not dominant IMO. In the ML his 11.2 IP all in relief were terrible. This year he has only pitched in AAA and the numbers are just Ok, not dominating IMO.
So he has burned 1 option which bothers me a lot. The CWS were not in the playoff hunt in 2016 IMO, so to me it just makes it a waste.

Regarding forgetting or not knowing key facts has led me to speculation. C Sale moved to the Majors very fast and became very good also very fast. Here is what I am not sure about...... his agent signed a contract with clauses that he get to the Majors in his draft year. I am guessing the high signing bonus and unique clauses made a lot of teams shy away from him....speculation. But currently his contract is a great bargain. Again I speculate the team and agent did not expect him to become as good as he became.

AA signed Vlad. He definitely wanted him IMO and thankfully got his man. AA paid a high $ value and managed to reduce the penalty. The MO of AA.

Vlad was born in Montreal, and his father is arguably a bigger star in Canada than in the US.
The only baseball cap I have is an Angel cap because that's where he was playing after the Expos folded.
That was a really nice signing and I hope it really works out.

There's a lot of interesting historical info about the drafts, however, I feel the tightening of the rules renders most of it moot. Good scouting and a good farm system should produce results and what I see looks encouraging.

I mentioned Fields' .439 BABIP upthread - that's a cause for concern, and after his 4 hits yesterday, it's now .478.  He has a career of .290

Dan Farnsworth at FG likes him - good contact skills, 80 speed and the tools to stick in CF.  He looks like a legit 4th OF to me, and will need to be added to the 40 in the fall.  If he keeps on raking, I could see him in Toronto this summer.  People were lobbying for him to be a Terrance Gore type pinch runner as early as last year. 

Thanks, Jer.  Good point on the BABIP.  And the report from the FG analyst is interesting.