It is opening day for the DSL. Here is who Ba say to keep an eye on....

This year’s two big players in the DSL for the Blue Jays are Venezuelan catcher Juan Caricote ($1,847,500) and Dominican outfielder Michael Mesa ($797,500). Caricote has a smooth, whippy lefthanded swing, the strength projection to grow into 15-20 home run power and is an athletic catcher with the agility and receiving skills to stick behind the plate. Mesa is strong for his age at 6-foot-2, 210 pounds and is a lefthanded corner outfielder who stands out for his offensive upside, likely as a corner outfielder.

Other Blue Jays hitters to watch in the DSL this year include Dominican outfielder Aneudi Severino (signed for $697,500) and a $70,000 sleeper from Venezuela, shortstop Gabriel Porras. Severino is 5-foot-8, 203 pounds, a strong, stocky build that doesn’t scream prospect, but his barrel explodes through the zone to drive the ball with high-level impact for a 17-year-old and he is an above-average runner, though that tool will likely back up as he ages. Porras is 5-foot-8, 162 pounds with a sound swing from both sides of the plate, good bat-to-ball skills with gap power and above-average speed.

Asterisk = promoted
Double Asterisk = demoted

I've decided to clean it up a bit and show only minimum 40pa at level....with a few exceptions for guys who just got to that level but are notable anyways.



AAA

UT Schneider (27): 28pa, 39.3b%, 7.1k%, .214bip, .188avg, .063iso, 158wrc+
OF Munguia (27): 47pa, 8.5b%, 6.4k%, .395bip, .366avg, .098iso, 142wrc+
C Simoneit (29): 88pa, 9.1b%, 29.5k%, .375bip, .282avg, .269iso, 136wrc+
OF Pinango (24): 92pa, 10.9b%, 23.9k%, .357bip, .288avg, .200iso, 124wrc+
OF Ward (26): 78pa, 7.7b%, 34.6k%, .350bip, .264avg, .278iso, 121wrc+
OF Schreck (25): 223pa, 16.6b%, 19.3k%, .262bip, .229avg, .179iso, 114wrc+
3B McAdoo (24): 207pa, 14.0b%, 20.3k%, .283bip, .250avg, .182iso, 112wrc+

Schneider's not gonna walk his way back up the bigs so we're waiting for him to start making consistent good contact again. Munguia/Simoneit/Ward all showing potential mlb bench usefulness but nothing crazy yet.

Pinango/Schreck/McAdoo all showing solid mlb potential but not yet screaming mlb bat.


1B Jimenez (29): 43pa, 11.6b%, 20.9k%, .308bip, .257avg, .114iso, 106wrc+
IF Kasevich (25): 224pa, 10.7b%, 13.4k%, .321bip, .278avg, .086iso, 98wrc+
IF Mendoza (26): 194pa, 19.6b%, 17.0k%, .269bip, .217avg, .053iso, 92wrc+
C MacIver (29): 154pa, 11.0b%, 24.0k%, .319bip, .248avg, .124iso, 92wrc+

Kasevich not taking the next step yet, but still a solid line aside from the lack of power, meaning he probably wouldn't embarass himself as an mlb bench bat even now.


IF Lantigua (28): 151pa, 14.6b%, 22.5k%, .264bip, .211avg, .125iso, 83wrc+
1B Tirotta (27): 178pa, 10.7b%, 29.8k% .247bip, .197avg, .185iso, 79wrc+
IF Rivera (25): 178pa, 9.0b%, 30.3k%, .240bip, .194avg, .188iso, 68wrc+
OF Clase (24): 117pa, 15.4b%, 27.4k%, .238bip, .177avg, .115iso, 64wrc+
UT McCarty (27): 53pa, 7.5b%, 24.5k%, .306bip, .224avg, .000iso, 42wrc+

Gotta be close to writing most of those guys off, at least the older ones. Clase obviously the one you have the most patience with here, and he does seem to be steadily but very slowly working his way back into form.

But really there's a bunch of older guys here who could easily be replaced by older AA bats like Keys Bohrofen Goodwin Micheletti already.



AA

Very Young for Level

IF Nimmala (20): 72pa, 9.7b%, 22.2k%, .408bip, .308avg, .062iso, 106wrc+

Solid enough start before injury. Babip's way too high but the power hasn't shown yet so that likely balances out soon enough.


Young for Level

nil

Age Appropriate

OF Arias (22): 61pa, 8.2b%, 27.9k%, .222bip, .196avg, .250iso, 81wrc+
IF Coffey (22): 152pa, 10.5b%, 38.2k%, .382bip, .224avg, .097iso, 73wrc+

Not a great start for Arias but likely a lot of babip in that. Coffey seems to be slowly but surely getting past his awful start.


Slightly Old for Level

3B Keys (23): 197pa, 13.2b%, 23.9k%, .317bip, .276avg, .270iso, 148wrc+
IF Harry (23): 142pa, 3.5b%, 25.4k%, .409bip, .333avg, .267iso, 145wrc+
C Parker (23): 109pa, 14.7b%, 31.2k%, .370bip, .261avg, .141iso, 112wrc+
OF Burgos (23): 112pa, 14.3b%, 15.2k%, .286bip, .253avg, .147iso, 105wrc+
IF Pinto (23): 79pa, 11.4b%, 15.2k%, .304bip, .261avg, .145iso, 103wrc+

This whole group looking pretty good now.

Keys just keeps on being elite. Not much holding him down to this level at this point tbh.

Harry's red hot but it's hard not to notice that babip, especially with the lack of walks, and the outlier power so far. This isn't a line that screams promotion to me yet.

Parker though seems to be turning in an actual quality year. Early on it was all babip and no power, but as the babip has started to fall the power has started to show and now he's putting up a very solid line for a catcher. If his defense is good (and iirc the glove has always been a strength) there shouldn't be much holding him from a promotion.

Burgos seems to be putting in a solid year too, though i know nothing about his defense and the bar for corner OF is high.

Pinto only ok since returning from injury but i'm sure this is the low point for him.


Old for Level

OF Bohrofen (24): 169pa, 11.8b%, 32.5k%, .346bip, .264avg, .333iso, 150wrc+
IF Goodwin (24): 108pa, 13.9b%, 16.7k%, .246bip, .244avg, .244iso, 130wrc+
OF Micheletti (24): 197pa, 12.7b%, 16.8k%, .270bip, .253avg, .205iso, 117wrc+

Bohrofen's got a great line, but the Ks are creeping up from "acceptable for his power" ~30% up into more dangerous mid-30s lately. Still though, at his age this line is definitely promotion ready.

Goodwin and Micheletti also putting in very good lines despite low babips. They can also move up whenever imo.


Too Old for Level

C Winkel (26): 66pa, 12.1b%, 22.7k%, .415bip, .333avg, .211iso, 151wrc+
OF Munguia* (27): 68pa, 11.8b%, 10.3k%, .360bip, .345avg, .109iso, 131wrc+
1B Hornung (25): 163pa, 7.4b%, 28.8k%, .343bip, .253avg, .160iso, 92wrc+

eh.




A+

Young for Level

SS Nimmala* (20): 105pa, 15.2b%, 22.9k%, .283bip, .241avg, .241iso, 128wrc+

Age Appropriate

3B Chirinos (21): 103pa, 8.7b%, 38.8k%, .306bip, .187avg, .121iso, 67wrc+

Not good enough.


Slightly Old for Level

UT Toman (22): 157pa, 14.6b%, 27.4k%, .337bip, .240avg, .093iso, 101wrc+
IF Beltre (22): 140pa, 7.9b%, 23.6k%, .278bip, .224avg, .128iso, 81wrc+
C Duran (22): 28pa, 3.6b%, 32.1k%, .111bip, .074avg, .037iso, -43wrc+

Toman's early babip hotness is all gone now. Beltre not giving much either. Duran a cold start returning from injury but had a couple decent games recently.


Old for Level

OF Hernandez (23): 180pa, 10.6b%, 21.1k%, .336bip, .289avg, .224iso, 139wrc+
IF Latta (23): 153pa, 16.3b%, 23.5k%, .333bip, .258avg, .105iso, 115wrc+
UT Gleed (23): 168pa, 10.1b%, 20.8k%, .292bip, .252avg, .168iso, 109wrc+
UT Freethy (23): 174pa, 14.9b%, 29.9k%, .297bip, .200avg, .097iso, 85wrc+

Hernandez has moved his line up to promotion-ready at his age imo. Rock solid line all the way through.

The others just passable, with Freethy lagging but catching up lately.


Too Old for Level

UT Williams (25): 126pa, 19.0b%, 15.1k%, .350bip, .289avg, .113iso, 141wrc+
UT Cunningham (25): 217pa, 15.7b%, 31.3k%, .323bip, .240avg, .257iso, 139wrc+
C Sharp (24): 106pa, 9.4b%, 20.8k%, .288bip, .273avg, .227iso, 123wrc+
C Gilliland (24): 101pa, 17.8b%, 23.8k%, .273bip, .220avg, .159iso, 113wrc+
OF Scannell (24): 120pa, 20.8b%, 33.3k%, .283bip, .172avg, .097iso, 87wrc+
UT Orf (24): 110pa, 24.5b%, 31.8k%, .261bip, .159avg, .098iso, 95wrc+

Org doesn't seem to think much of these guys keeping them down here at this age, but the two 1B could easily move up, and the two catchers are hitting very well and with catchers age means less than other slots.



A

Very Young for Level

IF Sanchez (18): 144pa, 9.0b%, 28.5k%, .286bip, .205avg, .118iso, 75wrc+

Sanchez starting to look like the best prospect at this level imo. His atrocious start (0wrc+ in first 15gms) seems to be a thing of the past now - over the ensuing 18gms he's put up a 136wrc+ with pretty solid underlyings tho with a little babip help too.


Young for Level

IF Parker (19): 198pa, 16.2b%, 26.8k%, .324bip, .231avg, .138iso, 110wrc+
OF Bullard (19): 192pa, 7.3b%, 30.2k%, .349bip, .253avg, .165iso, 101wrc+

Age Appropriate

OF Bonilla (20): 48pa, 6.3b%, 33.3k%, .407bip, .289avg, .156iso, 109wrc+
IF Gaxiola (20): 167pa, 4.2b%, 26.3k%, .311bip, .253avg, .182iso, 101wrc+
IF Ramon (20): 155pa, 11.0b%, 16.1k%, .240bip, .217avg, .147iso, 100wrc+
C Rosas (20): 38pa, 15.8b%, 36.8k%, .250bip, .161avg, .097iso, 71wrc+

Solid stuff from all these 19-20yr olds, but nothing spectacular yet. Parker the best line here but the lack of both average and power means he definitely needs some time here.


Slightly Old for Level

OF Shaw (21): 16pa, 12.5b%, 31.3k%, .625bip, .385avg, .077iso, 160wrc+
OF DeLosSantos (21): 83pa, 10.8b%, 37.3k%, .341bip, .194avg, .042iso, 59wrc+

I'm assuming Shaw will be moved up soon, as he already earned a promotion to A+ last year.


Old for Level

OF Licourt (22): 144pa, 15.3b%, 45.8k%, .383bip, .210avg, .235iso, 111wrc+
IF Snow (22): 155pa, 11.6b%, 16.8k%, .327bip, .269avg, .060iso, 94wrc+
OF Cook (22): 53pa, 18.9b%, 26.4k%, .321bip, .220avg, .049iso, 89wrc+
UT Beckles (22): 96pa, 16.7b%, 31.3k%, .319bip, .208avg, .078iso, 89wrc+
C Cresswell (22): 73pa, 8.2b%, 49.3k%, .233bip, .108avg, .031iso, -1wrc+

Too Old for Level

OF Smith (23): 127pa, 16.5b%, 19.7k%, .206bip, .168avg, .069iso, 66wrc+

Nothing interesting in these olders guys yet at this point.

Really only 3 pitching prospects i'm following at the moment, at least until Bloss and/or Tiedemann show something at a decent level.



LHP J.King (19, A+): 10gms, 3.3ip/gm, 33.1k%, 15.5b%, .286bip, 50era-, 73fip-, 94xfip-

Pretty much 2 years young for the level, this is a pretty phenomenal line. Obviously needs to clean up the walks and go deeper into games but for his age and level this is close to elite. Gotta be our best pitching prospect by a healthy margin at this point.


RHP G.Stanifer (22, AA): 9gms, 4.3ip/gm, 27.1k%, 14.7b%, .316bip, 95era-, 96fip-, 103xfip-

After absolutely dominating A (slightly old) and A+ (age appropriate) last year, Stanifer has been very much just ok at an age appropriate 22 in AA. Ks have dropped and BBs have risen so that his over 3:1 k:bb from last year is now under 2:1 this year.


RHP N.Perry (22, A+): 5gms, 5.0ip/gm, 41.7k%, 9.4b%, .318bip, 24era-, 58fip-, 63xfip-
RHP N.Perry (22, A): 5gms, 4.2ip/gm, 41.0k%, 7.7b%, .189bip, 38era-, 53fip-, 59xfip-

Absolutely dominant elite stuff, but slightly old for A+ and definitely old for A. Each pitcher is unique so who knows what their plan is but based on how they've treated other pitchers I wouldn't at all be surprised to see him in AA soon, where he'll be absolutely age appropriate for a top prospect.


But even though Perry is having a hugely better year than Stanifer, it's still hard to necessarily call his performance better, given that Stanifer dominated A/A+ last year at age 21 just as much as Perry is this year at 22.

RHP N.Perry (22, A+): 5gms, 5.0ip/gm, 41.7k%, 9.4b%, .318bip, 24era-, 58fip-, 63xfip-
RHP G.Stanifer (21, A+): 18gms, 4.2ip/gm, 36.5k%, 11.7b%, .340bip, 74era-, 52fip-, 68xfip-

RHP N.Perry (22, A): 5gms, 4.2ip/gm, 41.0k%, 7.7b%, .189bip, 38era-, 53fip-, 59xfip-
RHP G.Stanifer (21, A): 7gms, 3.7ip/gm, 36.9k%, 11.7b%, .196bip, 16era-, 52fip-, 63xfip-



Close enough performance that if someone preferred Perry I wouldn't argue too much.

The stuff comparison seems mixed. As far as i can gather their current stuff looks like:

Stanifer: 96 fb, plus slider, ok change
Perry: 96 fb, avg slider, avg curve, ok change

But the reports on their stuff are mixed tbh.

Checking in on Kendry Rojas since the trade - fyi now he's injured (elbow).

MLB (23): 5gms, 2.9ip/gm, 23.0k%, 16.4b%, .306bip, 30era-, 83fip-, 114xfip-
AAA (23): 5gms, 5.0ip/gm, 24.2k%, 8.1b%, .325bip, 48era-, 72fip-, 92xfip-
AAA (22): 8gms, 3.8ip/gm, 19.3k%, 15.9b%, .386bip, 136era-, 119fip-, 124xfip_

Some good results this year despite some pretty mixed underlyings. The dominant K numbers he showed last year at the lower levels haven't shown up at the higher levels yet, and the walks have jumped. Might just be vets not chasing stuff that kids chase, or the elite k rates might have been a one year blip that we sold high on. We'll see.


Pre-Trade

AA (22): 4gms, 4.7ip/gm, 40.0k%, 2.7b%, .390bip, 100era-, 46fip-, 28xfip-
A (22): 4gms, 3.3ip/gm, 39.1k%, 6.5b%, .217bip, 0era-, 45fip-, 58xfip-
A+ (21): 11gms, 5.1ip/gm, 27.0k%, 5.3b%, .313bip, 61era-, 74fip-, 79xfip-
A (20): 20gms, 4.2ip/gm, 23.4k%, 9.4b%, .279bip, 81era-, 93fip-, 94xfip-

AA

K.Rojas (22): 4gms, 4.7ip/gm, 40.0k%, 2.7b%, .390bip, 100era-, 46fip-, 28xfip-
G.Stanifer (22): 9gms, 4.3ip/gm, 27.1k%, 14.7b%, .316bip, 95era-, 96fip-, 103xfip-
N.Perry (22): ---

A+

N.Perry (22): 5gms, 5.0ip/gm, 41.7k%, 9.4b%, .318bip, 24era-, 58fip-, 63xfip-
G.Stanifer (21): 18gms, 4.2ip/gm, 36.5k%, 11.7b%, .340bip, 74era-, 52fip-, 68xfip-
K.Rojas (21): 11gms, 5.1ip/gm, 27.0k%, 5.3b%, .313bip, 61era-, 74fip-, 79xfip-

A

K.Rojas (22): 4gms, 3.3ip/gm, 39.1k%, 6.5b%, .217bip, 0era-, 45fip-, 58xfip-
N.Perry (22): 5gms, 4.2ip/gm, 41.0k%, 7.7b%, .189bip, 38era-, 53fip-, 59xfip-
G.Stanifer (21): 7gms, 3.7ip/gm, 36.9k%, 11.7b%, .196bip, 16era-, 52fip-, 63xfip-
K.Rojas (20): 20gms, 4.2ip/gm, 23.4k%, 9.4b%, .279bip, 81era-, 93fip-, 94xfip-

I did not know the Jays signed an Italian left-hander last year, Giacomo Taschin. Went two perfect innings with three Ks today. Pretty good line in the FCL, can't find anything on what he throws.

MLB has finally updated their team minor league scoreboards to include the rookie leagues. This takes away an irritant that has been there for a couple of years.

Messina was dominante again but his next turn would, on four days, conflict with Bieber and on 5 days fall next Monday so I presume he gets one more in the complex, but he seems ready to move across town.

Looking at minor league stats for fun...

• : players over 1000 OPS with 50+ PA: Sam White 22 in rookie ball (IE: irrelevant) playing 1B 323/434/581 - if he could do that in A+ or AA I'd be impressed, but it is his first pro season (undrafted free agent signing)
• over 300 avg 50+ PA: Ismael Munguia LH 354 age 27 in AA/AAA in CF - cool, might be worth a callup at some point. Jay Harry 23 AA 333 at SS/LF/RF/CF/2B - future utility guy? Patrick Winkel 26 AA 333 at C - backup catcher. Franklin Rojas 19 rookie, 316/426/439 as a catcher - nice.
• SB: 19-1 for Blaine Bullard Sw 19 A CF 253/325/418, 12 round pick last year.
• HR: Sean Keys 12 LH age 23 in AA 3B/1B 276/401/546, 4th round 2024
• Most likely to be released: Will Cresswell A ball 22 108/192/138 - ick. 18th round pick in '25, played for Great Britain in the WBC (0 PA but got into a game defensively)

Always fun to look for extremes - good and bad. 89 hitters in the Jays minors at some point. 99 pitchers.

• Highest K/9 20+ IP: Nolan Perry 22 A/A+ 14.1 K/9 vs 2.9 BB/9 in 46 IP 1.37 ERA. Wow. 12 round pick in '22, missed all of '25, but before that had 55 walks in 84 1/3 IP (yuck). Talk about a turnaround. Also leads the system in total K (72 in 46 IP, 12 ahead of Daniel Guerra who K's "just" 12/9 IP)
• Wildest in 20+ IP: Carson Pierce 24 A+ 21 walks in 21 1/3 IP (glurg) plus 3 HBP. Put everyone to sleep when he pitches, yet has a 3.80 ERA somehow with a 3-0 record.
• Free baseballs to fans in the bleachers: Jay Schueler 2.1 HR/9 over 21 IP (5 HR) but somehow only allowed 8 ER. Weird.
• No dingers here: Hayden Juenger 0 HR in 20 IP, 3.15 ERA with 3.6 BB/9 vs 10.4 K/9 - now with the Jays.
• Minor Winner: Brendon Little - 5-0 record in AAA 2.89 ERA 12.1 K/9 but 8.2 BB/9. Has to learn the strikezone if he wants to come back up.
• Michael Plassmeyer in AAA (LH) has hit 5 guys in 23 1/3 IP so maybe call him up next time we face a team that likes to headhunt. Lluveres Severino in A+ has hit more (6) in 20 IP but at 22 with a 6.75 ERA he ain't climbing further anytime soon. Plassmeyer has a 1.93 ERA somehow.

Could do a batch more but those were the fun ones.

Two home runs for Juan Sanchez.

Davis has 14 walks in 7 games since demotion. 2 ks.