Blue Jays Minor League Baseball Blog

With the hitters, the Fisher Cats also had their share of solid pitchers.  Here’s the best of the lot.

Joel Carreno – The ace of the rotation, Carreno only went 7-9, but he struck out 152 in 134 2/3 innings.  His solid performance eventually led him to the big leagues where he had a solid finish in the Jays pen.  Walks are a concern (he had 68) and while his batting average against is .208, he gives up a lot of fly balls so he could have a rough transition to the big leagues.

Reidier Gonzalez – Gonzalez is more of a pitch to contact pitcher and it’s a little surprising that he went 8-3 with a 3.36 ERA.  He did it while having a .292 batting average against and he struck out just 52 batters in 99.  He only had 27 walks and two home runs though.  He was hammered in five starts for Las Vegas so it’ll be interesting to see if his luck holds out in the PCL.

Nestor Molina – Molina only made five starts, but he gave up just one earned run in 22 innings with a 33/2 strikeout to walk ration.  This was after a very solid season with Dunedin.  This kid is only 22 (soon to be 23) and he looks to be a keeper.

Here’s the Top Ten Prospect list released by Baseball America

1)  Travis d’Arnaud  C
2)  Anthony Gose OF
3)  Jake Marisnick  OF
4)  Daniel Norris LHP
5)  Justin Nicolino LHP
6)  Aaron Sanchez  RHP
7)  Noah Syndergaard  RHP
8)  Deck McGuire  RHP
9)  Drew Hutchison  RHP
10)  Asher Wojciechowski  RHP

New Hampshire won their division and when you look at some of their offensive standouts, you can see why.  Here’s a look at the best of the best.

Travis d’Arnaud – d’Arnaud raked all season long.  He led the team in home runs (21), RBIs (78) and OPS (.914).  Oddly, he hit better against left handers but 20 of his 21 home runs came off of right handed pitching.

Mike McDade – McDade led the team with 37 doubles and he was right behind d’Arnaud with 74 RBIs.  McDade is a solid switch hitter but he did a lot better while hitting from the left side of the plate.  He didn’t draw many walks (28) so hopefully he can work on his batting eye going forward.

Moises Sierra – Sierra was second on the team with 18 home runs and he led the team with 81 runs.  He struck out 93 times but he did draw 39 walks and that all equated to a .778 OPS.  He’s having a tough time in the Dominican Winter League though but he’s only 23.  There’s some time for him to develop further.