8/13 Minor League Summary

by achengy on Aug 14, 2007 5:10 AM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays News

Jays Organization Player of the Day:
With the recent profiles done on Nate Starner and Joel Carreno, I'll give this one to Travis Snider by default.

Travis Snider:

Snider doesn't need an introduction to most hardcore Jays' fans. Since he was picked 14th overall in last year's draft he has been on fire. He is deemed as the next elite prospect to come from our system and he as done nothing to prove himself wrong. With the numbers he is putting up you could argue that the Jays organization is being patient by not having him promoted to Dunedin already. If he continues to hit the way he does he looks 2-3 years away but could even make it faster if he does happen to hit the way he does at higher levels. He is our #1 prospect and looks to remain that way (Lind is just filler at the moment).

Pawtucjket 8, Syracuse 6
JotG: Robinzon Diaz had 3 hits on the night.

Lansing 9, Beloit 4
JotG goes to both Nate Starner and Travis Snider. Starner pitched 5 shut out innings with 6Ks while Snider was 2 for 5 with a home run and 2 RBI.

GCL Jays 5, GCL Indians 0 (Game 1- 7 innings)
JotG: Jimmy Dougher with 5 shut out innings while striking out 2 in his start. Ahrens had two RBI and two hits.

GCL Jays 3, GCL Indians 1 (Game 2- 7 innings)
JotG: Joel Carreno pitched 5 2/3 innings with just 1 ER and 5Ks.

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Snider

Snider, though is hitting low power and striking out a lot. It's not that big of an issue if you look at his average that he posts. Seems he's starting to hit some HR's now though. he still walks at an average pace. Things like that will come though and he IS the future of this organization with Lind. Lind is struggling a bit lately though and just doesn't look as good as he did last year.

Diaz I hear has a great arm and can hit line drives very well. He may be the type of player/hitter to spark this lineup. Notice Thigpens line drive RBI last night? well we could use more of that from everyone in this lineup.

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by Rios39 on Aug 14, 2007 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

Hmm

didn't notice that he only has very average power at the moment. I tend to get lost in the other statistics.

I really like Thigpen from what I've seen. Great plate discipline. As for Lind I think it's clear that Snider has much more potential but I still think Lind looked very good despite his struggles.

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by achengy on Aug 14, 2007 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions