Niall O’Donohoe C’s Plus Baseball and Gerry McDonald Batters Box talking Vancouver Canadians Baseball, Season Four Episode 24

Yep, we got him.

Well, the winter keeps going and we're nearing Spring Training so what is the status vs past Jays teams?

Well, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner were all elected to Hall of Fame. 1 vote shy of 100% for Ichiro.

5 years, opt out after 4, Jays can lock in year 5 with a guarantee for year 6. Appears to be for $92.5 mil with a max value of $110 if the extra year happens.

Well, the old thread is over 400 now, as our emotions get played with yet again.

In this thread, we will talk about some of the players who missed out on the Top 30 as well as some more background on the ins and outs of the Top 30. One player from last year's list was traded, Yosver Zulueta. Three others graduated, Addison Barger, Leo Jiménez and Spencer Horwitz.

On to the Top 10.

The middle 10 of our top 30 prospects is a real mix of players, from newly drafted pitchers to several players in AAA.

Welcome to the Blue Jays Top 30 list for another year. It is the 21st edition of the Top 30, we are all grown up. It was a tough year on the farm with pitchers undergoing Tommy John surgery being the top story.

Three of last year's Top 30 graduated to the major league team, Spencer Horwitz, Leo Jiménez and Addison Barger. One member of last year's top 30 was traded, that being Yosver Zulueta. That leaves 26 players from last year's list and 15 of them are repeating on this list. Between the graduates, the trade and the sropped players, there is room for 15 new prospects.

The other big story of the season was the trades made at the end of July. The trades added players to the system as did the 2024 draft. Several of those players are now on this top years top 30. That left room for six players who were in the system in 2023 and improved to get on this list.

Figured I had to come up with a new topic as the old one is getting pretty full, so why not compare last years offense to all Jays teams from 1977 to now while we wait to see where Anthony Santander, Alex Bregman, and other top free agents sign (such as Jack Flaherty, Pete Alonso, Jeff Hoffman who wants to be a starter again, and others) sadly, they probably all sign outside of Toronto given how this winter has gone.

So what to talk about? Jays are kind of stuck right now waiting on Teoscar, Santander, and Burnes to make up their minds as to who they go to, and maybe waiting on Bregman as well

Well, the old thread was overflowing so time for a new one.

The baseball winter meetings start Monday in Dallas. The big news is expected to be a Juan Soto signing, possibly as early as Sunday evening. There are many other players looking for a new team and a Soto signing would start the process of getting other players off the shelf. There are several very good pitchers yet to sign.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats schedule.