It’s time for the monthly Toronto Blue Jays minor league system and prospect update. Let’s take a look at how the top names in the system performed for the month of May. All of the top rated prospects will be accounted for with a few exceptions, Daniel Norris, Jacob Anderson, Dwight Smith Jr, Joe Musgrove and Adonys Cardona are still in instructional league (rookie ball) and do not have registered stats yet this year.
Check out the full April review to compare numbers.
Any player rated or mentioned in my top 15 prospect piece are in bold.
LoA – Lansing Lugnuts, Record 44-20, 1st place
2012 | AB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | 2B | HR | BB | K |
(OF) Chris Hawkins | 232 | 310 | 347 | 397 | 743 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 34 |
(C) Carlos Perez | 189 | 265 | 341 | 423 | 764 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 28 |
(3B) Kellen Sweeney | 140 | 179 | 297 | 207 | 504 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 30 |
No real changes here with the exception of Kellen Sweeney, who might be making his last appearance on this list unless he shows a marked improvement. Perez continues to show a decent bat with some patience and a bit of pop.
2012 | IP | H | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WHIP |
Justin Nicolino | 47.0 | 38 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 1.34 | 1.00 |
Aaron Sanchez | 43.0 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0.84 | 1.05 |
Noah Syndergaard | 39.2 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 51 | 3 | 4.31 | 1.36 |
Syndergaard has really struggled since his dominating April, Nicolino has continued his dominance as has Aaron Sanchez.
HiA – Dunedin Blue Jays, 41-22, 1st place
2012 | AB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | 2B | HR | BB | K |
(OF) Jake Marisnick | 202 | 262 | 338 | 431 | 768 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 44 |
(OF) Michael Crouse | 128 | 195 | 297 | 297 | 594 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 44 |
(OF) Marcus Knecht | 213 | 221 | 321 | 418 | 739 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 71 |
Jake Marisnick hasn’t hit a homerun in over a month and has been scuffling at the plate.
2012 | IP | H | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WHIP |
John Stilson | 54.1 | 56 | 17 | 19 | 47 | 2 | 2.82 | 1.38 |
Asher Wojciechowski | 57.1 | 64 | 31 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 4.87 | 1.31 |
Sean Nolin | 72.2 | 62 | 19 | 17 | 73 | 7 | 2.35 | 1.09 |
Sean Nolin continues to raise his stock significantly with some dominating numbers while Stilson continues to strike out batters at a solid clip but is giving up too many hits. It was a rough month for Asher Wojciechowski who raised his ERA to 4.87 from 3.09.
Double-A – New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 22-40, 6th place
2012 | AB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | 2B | HR | BB | K |
(1B) Mike McDade | 225 | 311 | 391 | 498 | 889 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 42 |
(C) AJ Jimenez | 105 | 257 | 295 | 371 | 666 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
Ho-hum.
2012 | IP | H | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WHIP |
Joel Carreno | 29.2 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 4.25 | 1.11 |
Chad Jenkins | 51.0 | 67 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 6.35 | 1.59 |
Brett Cecil | 42.2 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 3.38 | 1.36 |
Deck McGuire | 64.1 | 73 | 48 | 25 | 45 | 9 | 6.72 | 1.52 |
Brett Cecil has finally started to turn it around after a dreadful start fighting off an injury. He might be called upon to help out the big league club if Brandon Morrow is hurt for any length of time.
Triple-A – Las Vegas 51s, 36-21, 3rd place
2012 | AB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | 2B | HR | BB | K |
(RF) Travis Snider | 96 | 333 | 411 | 604 | 1.015 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
(C) Yan Gomes | 166 | 349 | 379 | 590 | 970 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
(1B) David Cooper | 161 | 298 | 378 | 497 | 875 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 19 |
(CF) Moises Sierra | 232 | 297 | 358 | 474 | 832 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 53 |
(SS) Adeiny Hechavarria | 257 | 327 | 375 | 455 | 830 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 51 |
(C) Travis D’Arnaud | 231 | 333 | 383 | 593 | 976 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
(CF) Anthony Gose | 266 | 289 | 365 | 414 | 778 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 64 |
(1B) Adam Lind | 89 | 416 | 471 | 663 | 1.134 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
These numbers speak for themselves. Anthony Gose, Travis d’Arnaud and Adeiny Hechavarria have simply been on fire. I included Adam Lind for reference sake as he has been extremely hot since the demotion.
2012 | IP | H | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WHIP |
Jesse Chavez | 63.2 | 54 | 26 | 13 | 60 | 7 | 3.68 | 1.05 |