Blue Jays Discussion: Thank you, Gibby!

[Mach85]

Zeuch was really close. Jansen too low IMO.

Someone tweet this to KLaw for the lulz.

 

[Longshot]

Big shock, Sanchez has another hang nail. It will probably keep him out until mid-March...

 

[Suntouchable13]

Big shock, Sanchez has another hang nail. It will probably keep him out until mid-March...

It's too bad really. The guy has some special talent.

 

[Garbs]

Toronto booing this piece of shit is giving me life.

 

[Nineteen67]

He’s always been a whiny baby.

 

[Nineteen67]

Big shock, Sanchez has another hang nail. It will probably keep him out until mid-March...

He’s going to end up back in the Bullpen

 

[Discoverer]

Zeuch was really close. Jansen too low IMO.

Pardinho belongs there, too.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

The 2018 Eastern League belonged to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The club opened with an indomitable lineup that included the league’s top two prospects—third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and shortstop Bo Bichette—as well as the league’s eventual home run and batting champions in second baseman Cavan Biggio and outfielder Harold Ramirez.

That fearsome offense backed up an excellent pitching staff that included righthanders T.J. Zeuch, who finished second on the circuit with a 3.08 ERA, and Jordan Romano, who started the league’s all-star game.
Prospects don’t always translate to wins in the minor leagues, but they certainly did for the Fisher Cats. The club earned a wild-card bid to the playoffs, then swept its way through Trenton and Akron to claim the championship.

Eastern League Top 20 Prospects

Shout out to the overrated Jays farm system, and the rest of Double-A for letting them win (without the #1 prospect in baseball) because of Shapiro bribery and black magic, etc.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

Zeuch was really close. Jansen too low IMO.

I don't think TJ was all that close. He wasn't even ranked among the top-20 prospects in the Eastern League. Not enough swing and miss to be ranked in the top-100, apparently.

Doesn't mean he's not a quality prospect. Probably ends up being one of those guys who's not super-highly heralded until he makes an impact in the Big Leagues. (like a Clevinger or Hendricks)

 

[deletethis]

He’s going to end up back in the Bullpen

I remember going through this stuff with Al Leiter for 4 years before he permanently sorted it out. In Florida and New York unfortunately...

The simple solution is toughening up the skin. I think that happens naturally as you age but there must be a way to force it through chemical stress. Look at the hands of mechanics, carpenters and other people who work with their hands. Do you think these dudes would get a blister from gripping a baseball?

 

[Nineteen67]

I remember going through this stuff with Al Leiter for 4 years before he permanently sorted it out. In Florida and New York unfortunately...

The simple solution is toughening up the skin. I think that happens naturally as you age but there must be a way to force it through chemical stress. Look at the hands of mechanics, carpenters and other people who work with their hands. Do you think these dudes would get a blister from gripping a baseball?

I don’t believe it’s a blister problem. They’re talking surgery on the finger, which I assume, he hurt in the suitcase accident.

 

[ShaneFalco]

 

[canucksfan]

I don't think TJ was all that close. He wasn't even ranked among the top-20 prospects in the Eastern League. Not enough swing and miss to be ranked in the top-100, apparently.

Doesn't mean he's not a quality prospect. Probably ends up being one of those guys who's not super-highly heralded until he makes an impact in the Big Leagues. (like a Clevinger or Hendricks)

I got it from here

Close could mean something else and not related to the top 100.

 

[Anthrax442]

He’s going to end up back in the Bullpen

He will be a fine closer

 

[Cor]

I got it from here

Close could mean something else and not related to the top 100.

Can someone explain this to me? The scouts wanted to see him get more strikes against? Is that a different way of saying they want to see him get the bat off his shoulder?

 

[zeke]

Jansen should have been top-25.

SRF and Pardinho could easily have been top-100.

 

[zeke]

Can someone explain this to me? The scouts wanted to see him get more strikes against? Is that a different way of saying they want to see him get the bat off his shoulder?

zeuch is a pitcher.

 

[Cor]

zeuch is a pitcher.

I've only had one coffee

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

I got it from here

Close could mean something else and not related to the top 100.

The "close" Norris was referring to in his chat was the top-20 prospects for the EL. Understandable misunderstanding.

As an aside, its quite interesting that the guys that have the highest likelihood of being the cornerstones of the future rotation (Borucki, Zeuch) are not considered blue chip guys. While Pearson and Pardinho, and to a lesser extent SRF (who was a top-100 guy in '16) are super high variance for different reasons.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

I've only had one coffee

Was there gin in it?

 

[Cor]

Osuna signed a peace bond for 1 year, the crown dropped the charges.

 

[ShaneFalco]

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

A peace bond can be issued by a criminal court judge or a Justice of the Peace. A peace bond is usually issued when the Crown Prosecutor is convinced that a strong case does not exist against the accused. A person does not plead guilty when they enter into a peace bond. Thus, there is no finding of guilt or conviction registered if a person agrees to sign a peace bond. One of the reasons why a person may agree to enter into a peace bond is to avoid a criminal trial, and ultimately the possibility of being convicted in a court of law of the offence for which they were charged. Being convicted in a court of law would entail receiving a criminal record.

Welp...at least the court of public opinion found him guilty.

We'll always have Paris.

 

[Longshot]

One of the reports on Twitter said his ex girlfriend refuses to come to Canada from Mexico to testify against Osuna. Without her testimony there was no hope of conviction.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

One of the reports on Twitter said his ex girlfriend refuses to come to Canada from Mexico to testify against Osuna. Without her testimony there was no hope of conviction.

Funny...we never did hear from the victim, did we? And yet, we've been painted a vivid picture of what occurred that night. Huh...interesting.