Atkins would have seen Merryweather for 1.5 seasons in Cleveland, which means that this is a player he knows more about than some other random prospect. Believe it or not, this actually means something. Who gives a crap if he hasn't seen him pitch this season? Recovery from TJ is normal nowadays, and he's already seen what he can do when healthy.
The Indians actually added him to their 40 man roster AFTER his "terrible" 2017 season, so even they saw something that they obviously liked in an overage pitcher with a 5.32 ERA (ohhh nooo, ERA!!) otherwise they wouldn't have used a roster spot on him. You'd see what it is that they liked if you actually read a scouting report, but that is probably asking too much from you, and why would you need to do that when statline scouting exists and a 5.32 ERA season obviously means he's terrible?
The Toronto Blue Jays have the fifth-best farm system in baseball according to MLB Pipeline’s ranking from last month and general manager Ross Atkins spoke glowingly of the team’s prospects over the weekend.
ESPN senior writer Keith Law doesn’t agree.
“It’s not a top 10 system. I think that’s absurd. I understand that teams like to boast about their own farm systems, but the objective evidence is simply not there. I find that really empty,” Law said Wednesday on Landsberg in the Morning.
“Look, everybody thinks they have a good farm system, but it is disturbing when you exaggerate to that extent. The Blue Jays have a top-heavy system. They have arguably three prospects who are among the elite in the game and then below that it gets very thin very quickly.”
The three Law is referring to are likely Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Danny Jansen, who has held his own in 44 at-bats at the big-league level.
Law, who worked for the club from 2002 to 2006 in the scouting department and as a special assistant to GM J.P. Ricciardi, disagrees, saying the Jays’ system lacks depth.
“Farm systems that look like this are never in my top 10,” Law said. “The top 10 systems in baseball, objectively, should have both star-calibre prospects and quite a bit of depth of future average-or-better major leaguers. They don’t have the latter.”
The Jays added to their prospect pool with a flurry of trades this summer, but Law isn’t overly excited about the return.
“If you look at the results from the trades now, really they waited too long to trade a couple of key pieces and the returns have been very meager,” he said.
The Toronto Blue Jays have the fifth-best farm system in baseball according to MLB Pipeline’s ranking from last month and general manager Ross Atkins spoke glowingly of the team’s prospects over the weekend. ESPN senior writer Keith Law doesn’t agree.
https://www.tsn.ca/law-on-jays-it-s-not-a-top-10-system-1.1168004
The Toronto Blue Jays have the fifth-best farm system in baseball according to MLB Pipeline’s ranking from last month and general manager Ross Atkins spoke glowingly of the team’s prospects over the weekend. ESPN senior writer Keith Law doesn’t agree.
https://www.tsn.ca/law-on-jays-it-s-not-a-top-10-system-1.1168004
Atkins would have seen Merryweather for 1.5 seasons in Cleveland, which means that this is a player he knows more about than some other random prospect. Believe it or not, this actually means something. Who gives a crap if he hasn't seen him pitch this season? Recovery from TJ is normal nowadays, and he's already seen what he can do when healthy.
The Indians actually added him to their 40 man roster AFTER his "terrible" 2017 season, so even they saw something that they obviously liked in an overage pitcher with a 5.32 ERA (ohhh nooo, ERA!!) otherwise they wouldn't have used a roster spot on him. You'd see what it is that they liked if you actually read a scouting report, but that is probably asking too much from you, and why would you need to do that when statline scouting exists and a 5.32 ERA season obviously means he's terrible?
That's odd phrasing by KLaw...he acknowledges all teams boast about their systems, yet somehow the Jays are the only team that's pulled the wool over the eyes of the scouting services to get them to "exaggerate" their ranking...just because?
The Toronto Blue Jays have the fifth-best farm system in baseball according to MLB Pipeline’s ranking from last month and general manager Ross Atkins spoke glowingly of the team’s prospects over the weekend. ESPN senior writer Keith Law doesn’t agree.
https://www.tsn.ca/law-on-jays-it-s-not-a-top-10-system-1.1168004
“Farm systems that look like this are never in my top 10,” Law said. “The top 10 systems in baseball, objectively, should have both star-calibre prospects and quite a bit of depth of future average-or-better major leaguers. They don’t have the latter.”
State of the System: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. alone carries enormous value, and the combination of Vlad Jr. and Bo Bichette gives the Blue Jays the best prospect duo in the game. Yet the Blue Jays also have impressive depth as well, with big leaps forward from Kevin Smith, Cavan Biggio and Sean Reid-Foley, impressive returns from a 2017 international class led by 17-year-old righthander Eric Pardinho and a strong 2018 draft class.
The Toronto Blue Jays have the fifth-best farm system in baseball according to MLB Pipeline’s ranking from last month and general manager Ross Atkins spoke glowingly of the team’s prospects over the weekend. ESPN senior writer Keith Law doesn’t agree.
https://www.tsn.ca/law-on-jays-it-s-not-a-top-10-system-1.1168004
I dislike this FO....but if they overhaul the FO this quickly after the short-term waste is already done, it'll be an even bigger joke.
just sell the team to MLSE already.
No it isn't and no it doesn't.Valid concerns. Aside from the 3 mentioned and Nate Pearson it does get a little dicey after that.
Valid concerns. Aside from the 3 mentioned and Nate Pearson it does get a little dicey after that.
Valid concerns. Aside from the 3 mentioned and Nate Pearson it does get a little dicey after that.
# of current top-100 prospects: 5
# of former top-100 prospects: 3
# of 45 or higher FV prospects: 14
Valid concerns. Aside from the 3 mentioned and Nate Pearson it does get a little dicey after that.
Huh? I mean all that really does is have Rogers sell half the team to Bell (and some Tanenbaum combination)
How does that improve the fortunes of the club at all?
"Everybody thinks they have a good farm system", but I don't so listen to me and not them.The Toronto Blue Jays have the fifth-best farm system in baseball according to MLB Pipeline’s ranking from last month and general manager Ross Atkins spoke glowingly of the team’s prospects over the weekend. ESPN senior writer Keith Law doesn’t agree.
https://www.tsn.ca/law-on-jays-it-s-not-a-top-10-system-1.1168004
Negative nancy at your service.Valid concerns. Aside from the 3 mentioned and Nate Pearson it does get a little dicey after that.
Yeah but it gets dicey.
# of current top-100 prospects: 5
# of former top-100 prospects: 3
# of 45 or higher FV prospects: 14