Toronto Blue Jays minor league players

Jon Berti

Jonathon David Berti (born January 22, 1990) is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Berti attended Troy High School in Troy, Michigan, where he played for the school's baseball team. The Oakland Athletics selected Berti in the 36th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft, but he did not sign. Berti enrolled at Bowling Green State University, where he played college baseball for the Bowling Green Falcons baseball team. Berti set Falcons' single-season records with a .423 batting average, 93 hits, and tied the single-season record with six triples. His 17 career triples were also a record.

The Toronto Blue Jays selected Berti in the 18th round, with the 559th overall selection, of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. With the Vancouver Canadians of the Short Season-A Northwest League, he had 23 stolen bases, and hit .291 with 21 RBI. In 2012, he played for the Lansing Lugnuts of the Class A Midwest League and the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Advanced-A Florida State League (FSL). In 110 combined games, Berti hit .241 with 2 home runs, 40 RBI, and 34 stolen bases. In 2013, Berti played for Dunedin and stole 56 bases, the most in the FSL. That offseason, Berti played for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) in the 2013–14 ABL season. He stole 31 bases in 46 games, setting an ABL record, and hit .309 with 18 RBI. He stole another four bases in the 2013 Asia Series.

In 2014, Berti played for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Double-A Eastern League. He stole 38 bases, was named an Eastern League All Star, and was assigned to the Arizona Fall League after the regular season. He also set career-highs in games played (136), home runs (7), and RBI (50). In the offseason, Berti played 20 games with the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League, and batted .292 with 3 home runs, 8 RBI, and 6 stolen bases. He would split time in 2015 with New Hampshire and the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. In 103 total games, he hit .249 with 3 home runs, 34 RBI, and 23 stolen bases.

Berti was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 10. He started the season with New Hampshire, and was assigned to Buffalo on April 27. Berti played in 86 total games in 2016, and hit .256 with four home runs, 33 RBI, and 36 stolen bases.

Berti's father, Thomas, played in minor league baseball with the Detroit Tigers organization.

Cavan Biggio

Cavan Thomas Biggio (born April 11, 1995) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Biggio attended St. Thomas High School in his hometown of Houston, Texas. He lettered four times in both baseball and football, and was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 29th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and chose to attend the University of Notre Dame. In three seasons with the Fighting Irish, Biggio batted .272 with 15 home runs, 70 runs batted in, and 33 stolen bases.

Biggio was considered a top prospect heading into the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, and was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth round. Biggio signed with the Blue Jays for the full draft slot bonus of $300,000 on June 17, and was assigned to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. On July 26, Biggio was named an All-Star for Vancouver. He would finish the 2016 season as a member of the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts. In 62 games, Biggio would bat .273 with 26 RBI and 11 stolen bases. He also exhibited above-average plate discipline, walking 33 times while striking out 35 times.

Biggio is the son of Patricia and Craig Biggio, who is a member of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. He has a brother, Conor, and a sister, Quinn. Conor was a 34th round draft selection by the Houston Astros in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, and as of 2016 worked as an intern in the Commissioner's Office.

Ryan Borucki

Ryan J. Borucki (born March 31, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He played for Mundelein High School before being drafted in the 15th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He is ranked 16th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Borucki attended Mundelein High School in his hometown of Mundelein, Illinois. He was selected by the Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, and was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. Borucki pitched 6 innings in the GCL, posting a 1–0 record and a 3.00 ERA before undergoing Tommy John surgery, which caused him to miss the entire 2013 season. In 2014, he pitched for the Bluefield Blue Jays and the Vancouver Canadians, and earned a combined record of 3–2, a 2.37 ERA, and 52 strikeouts in 57 innings pitched. Borucki made only 3 appearances in the 2015 season, posting an 0–1 record, 3.18 ERA, and 7 strikeouts. He was assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 minor league season. Borucki struggled with Dunedin, posting a 14.40 ERA through 6 starts before being assigned to the Class A Lansing Lugnuts. He fared much better with Lansing, making 20 starts and posting a 10–4 record, 2.41 ERA, and 107 strikeouts. The Blue Jays added Borucki to their 40-man roster after the season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Wil Browning

Wilson Charles Browning (born September 8, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Browning attended Kosciusko High School in Kosciusko, Mississippi, and later the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He signed with the Blue Jays as an undrafted free agent in 2012, and was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. He pitched in 7 games, totalling 6 ²⁄₃ innings with a 1.35 earned run average (ERA) and 12 strikeouts before being promoted to the Rookie-Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League. He made 10 relief appearances for the team, pitching to a 0–1 win–loss record, 0.82 ERA, 16 strikeouts, and 4 saves in 11 total innings and was promoted again, this time to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. Browning would finish the 2012 season in Vancouver, making 5 appearances and posting a 1.50 ERA and 5 strikeouts in 6 innings pitched. In 2013, he split time with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts and Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. Making 42 total appearances out of the bullpen, he pitched to a 4–3 record, 2.03 ERA, 81 strikeouts, and 4 saves in 62 innings. Browning was a mid-season All-Star for Lansing in 2013.

Browning began the 2014 season in Dunedin, and earned a late-season promotion to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. With Dunedin, he would post a 5–1 record, 1.65 ERA, and 57 strikeouts in 43 ²⁄₃ innings. He struggled in his brief stint with New Hampshire, pitching to a 7.11 ERA in 6 ¹⁄₃ innings. Browning began the 2015 campaign with Dunedin, pitching as the team's closer. He would post a sterling 0.78 ERA, 40 strikeouts, and 22 saves in 31 appearances totaling 34 ²⁄₃ innings. For the second time in his career, he was named a mid-season All-Star. He finished the 2015 season with New Hampshire, where he improved upon his statistics from the previous season, posting a 3.86 ERA, 16 strikeouts, and 3 saves in 13 appearances.

Browning was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 10. He played the majority of the season with New Hampshire, and earned a late promotion to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. In 47 total relief appearances, Browning pitched to a 3–2 record, 2.06 ERA, 64 strikeouts, and 10 saves in 52 ¹⁄₃ innings.

Taylor Cole

Taylor James Cole (born August 20, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Cole was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 26th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. He did not sign and attended the College of Southern Nevada. He was drafted again, this time by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 31st round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft, and again did not sign. Cole did not play baseball in 2009 and 2010 while he was on his Mormon Missionary. He returned to pitch in 2011 for the Brigham Young University Cougars baseball team.

Cole was drafted a third time, by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 29th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Blue Jays and made his professional debut with the Vancouver Canadians, making 11 appearances (8 starts) in 2011 and posting a 1–3 win–loss record, 5.88 ERA, and 25 strikeouts in 33 ²⁄₃ innings. Cole played the entire 2012 season in Vancouver and greatly improved, posting a 6–0 record, 0.81 ERA, and 57 strikeouts in 66 ¹⁄₃ innings. He played the majority of the 2013 season with the Lansing Lugnuts, and made 1 start for the Dunedin Blue Jays at the end of the season. Cole would pitched to a combined 7–12 record, 3.94 ERA, and 103 strikeouts in 137 innings.

In 2014, Cole pitched mostly for Dunedin and made two starts for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He finished the season with a combined 8–11 record, 3.43 ERA, and an MiLB-leading 181 strikeouts. Cole played the entire 2015 season with New Hampshire, pitching to a 7–10 record, 4.06 ERA, and 128 strikeouts in a career-high 164 innings.

Cole was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 12. He battled injuries in 2016, pitching only 77 total innings and posting a 4–4 record, 3.97 ERA, and 62 strikeouts.

D. J. Davis

Dylan Jaleel Davis (born July 25, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Davis was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of Stone County High School in Wiggins, Mississippi. He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Blue Jays that year. He also played for the Bluefield Blue Jays and Vancouver Canadians, and batted a combined .250 with 5 home runs, 18 RBI, and 25 stolen bases. He played the 2013 season with Bluefield, batting .240 and hitting 6 home runs with 25 RBI. He was promoted to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to start the 2014 season, and spent the entire season there. In a career-high 121 games played, Davis batted .213 with 8 home runs and 52 RBI. Davis remained with Lansing for the 2015 season, and set career-highs in several offensive statistics, including batting average (.282), hits (140), and RBI (59). Davis was assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 minor league season. He had a disappointing campaign, hitting just .197 with one home run and 15 RBI in 83 games for Dunedin. In the offseason, Davis was assigned to the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League (ABL).

His father, Wayne Davis, also played in the Blue Jays organization.

Matt Dean

Matthew Christopher Dean (born December 22, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman and third baseman in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Dean played high school baseball for The Colony High School and was drafted by Toronto in the 13th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He played his first professional season in 2012 with the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League, where he batted .222 with 2 home runs and 24 RBI in 49 games. Dean stayed in Bluefield for the 2013 season and greatly improved on his previous season, batting .338 with 6 home runs and 35 RBI over 63 games played. He was promoted to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts of the Midwest League for the 2014 season. In 113 games played for Lansing, Dean batted .281 with 9 home runs and 51 RBI. Dean continued his progression through the minors in 2015, playing the entire season with the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. In a career-high 123 games played, he batted .253 with 14 home runs and 63 RBI.

Dean was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 12. He was assigned to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats to open the season. Dean played 65 games with the Fisher Cats, hitting .215 with five home runs and 28 RBI before going on the disabled list at the end of June. He played four games with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays as a rehab assignment, and finished the season with Dunedin. Dean appeared in 17 games in Advanced-A, and batted .237 with one home run and six RBI.

Roemon Fields

Roemon C. Fields (born November 28, 1990) is an American professional baseball center fielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Fields attended Rainier Beach High School, and was not drafted in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He then attended Yakima Valley Community College for a year, before transferring to Bethany College in Kansas. In 2012, Fields was invited to take part in a pre-draft workout at Kauffman Stadium, but again went undrafted, and returned to Bethany College. In 2 seasons at Bethany, he batted .399 with 59 stolen bases. After the 2013 collegiate season, Fields stopped playing baseball and worked at a Lids franchise in addition to delivering mail for the post office.

Later in 2013, Fields' manager at Yakima invited him to participate in the 2013 World Baseball Challenge, as he was coaching the USA team. Fields' batted .379 with 3 stolen bases in 8 games in the tournament, earning him a contract offer with the Blue Jays organization. Fields signed on August 27, 2013, and made his professional baseball debut with the Vancouver Canadians in 2014. In 72 games, Fields hit .269 with one home run and 26 RBI. He also established a new Canadians franchise record for stolen bases in a single season, with 48.

Fields played in five spring training games for Toronto in 2015, and began the season with the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. He advanced to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and then to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He was returned to New Hampshire on August 12. In total for 2015, Fields played in 121 games and hit .262 with two home runs, 33 RBI, and 46 stolen bases. Fields was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 12. He was assigned to New Hampshire to open the 2016 minor league season. In 130 games for the Fisher Cats, Fields hit .227 with four home runs, 32 RBI, and 44 stolen bases.

Conner Greene

James Conner Greene (born April 4, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 6th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Greene attended Santa Monica High School, where he posted a 1.63 ERA and 76 strikeouts in his senior year, and was drafted by the Blue Jays in the seventh round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays for the 2013 season, and pitched to a 1–1 record, 5.28 ERA, and 20 strikeouts in 30 ²⁄₃ innings. Greene split the 2014 season with the GCL Blue Jays and the Bluefield Blue Jays, and posted a 3–4 record, 3.03 ERA, and 51 strikeouts in 59 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched.

Greene began the 2015 season with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, where he posted a 7–3 win–loss record, 3.88 ERA, and 65 strikeouts in 67 ¹⁄₃ innings, before being promoted to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. He debuted for Dunedin on July 4 and took the loss, allowing 4 runs on 9 hits. On August 6, Greene set a career-high in strikeouts, with 10, while pitching 7 shutout innings for Dunedin. He was then promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and took the win in his debut on August 13, pitching 6 shutout innings against the Akron RubberDucks. Greene made 26 starts in the 2015 season, posting a combined 12–7 record, 3.54 ERA, and 115 strikeouts in 132 ¹⁄₃ innings.

Greene was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 10. Greene was assigned to the Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 minor league season. He was promoted to Double-A New Hampshire in early July, and pitched his first career complete game and shutout on July 26, defeating the Harrisburg Senators 1–0. Greene made 27 total starts in 2016, and pitched to a 10–9 record, 3.51 ERA, and 99 strikeouts in a career-high 146 ¹⁄₃ innings. After the 2016 season, the Blue Jays assigned Greene to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. He made four starts for Mesa and struggled with his control, walking 11 batters in 10 total innings.

Greene is an avid surfer, and has also worked as a model. He is friends with actor Charlie Sheen, and has made several appearances on the television series Anger Management.

Danny Jansen

Daniel Robert Jansen (born April 15, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 22nd on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Jansen attended Appleton West High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, and was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 16th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He was assigned to the Rookie level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays for the season, appearing in 36 games and hitting .246 with 18 RBI. He showed great plate discipline that season, walking 21 times while striking out only 10 times. In 2014, Jansen was promoted to the Rookie-Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays. In 38 games, he batted .282 with 5 home runs and 17 RBI. Jansen was assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts in 2015, and was placed on the disabled list on May 30. He played 7 games in the Gulf Coast League for rehab, and rejoined Lansing in August. In 53 total games, he hit .210 with 5 home runs and 30 RBI.

Jansen was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 12. He was assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 minor league season. In 57 total games, Jansen hit .218 with one home run and 25 RBI in 2016. After the 2016 season, the Blue Jays assigned Jansen to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. He appeared in 20 games for the Sox and hit .282 with 11 RBI and the first two triples of his professional career.

Casey Lawrence

Casey Lee Lawrence (born October 28, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Lawrence attended Delone Catholic High School in his hometown of McSherrystown, Pennsylvania. Undrafted out of high school, he then went to Albright College, where he pitched and played first base. In four seasons for Albright, Lawrence pitched to an 18–8 win–loss record and 2.81 earned run average in 256 ²⁄₃ innings. He holds the all-time strikeout record for Albright, with 251. As a first baseman, he batted .256 with four home runs and 41 runs batted in.

Lawrence was not selected in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an undrafted free agent. In lieu of a signing bonus, Lawrence received a plane ticket to Dunedin, Florida. He was assigned to the Short Season-A Auburn Doubledays, where he was named a mid-season All-Star, and earned a promotion to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts before the end of the season. In total, Lawrence went 7–2 in 2010, with a 2.33 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 77 ¹⁄₃ innings. Lawrence pitched the majority of the 2011 season with Lansing, and was called up to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays four separate times for brief stints. On July 1, he held a 5–8 record and 4.40 ERA with Lansing but managed to turn his season around, going 9–1 with a 1.93 ERA from that point onward. In his four starts for Dunedin in 2011, Lawrence went 3–1 with a 2.84 ERA and 14 strikeouts.

Lawrence opened the 2012 campaign with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. After struggling in three appearances, he was assigned back to Dunedin, where he finished the season. In 151 ¹⁄₃ total innings, he posted a 9–7 win–loss record, 3.87 ERA, and 96 strikeouts. Lawrence went to Major League spring training with the Blue Jays as a non-roster invitee, and was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on April 8. He was demoted to Dunedin the following day, and remained with Dunedin for most of the 2013 season, making two appearances for both New Hampshire in August. All told, Lawrence finished the year with a 4–7 record, 4.53 ERA, and 63 strikeouts in 103 ¹⁄₃ innings. Lawrence pitched the entire 2014 season with New Hampshire, going 9–9 with a 3.69 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 151 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched. In the offseason, he made eight appearances for the Bravos de Margarita of the Venezuelan Winter League.

Lawrence participated in 2015 Major League spring training, and played mostly for New Hampshire that year, making one start for Buffalo in May. In August, he set the all-time wins record with New Hampshire after earning his 20th win as a Fisher Cat. In a career-high 167 ²⁄₃ innings, he went 12–14 with a 4.56 ERA and 97 strikeouts. Lawrence returned to the Bravos de Margarita in the offseason, pitching an additional 36 ²⁄₃ innings. 2016 saw Lawrence remain in Triple-A for the first significant amount of time in his career, as he split the year with the Bisons and Fisher Cats. In 28 total starts, he would post an 8–12 record, 4.17 ERA, and 108 strikeouts. On November 7, 2016, Lawrence elected free agency. He re-signed with the Blue Jays organization on November 14. For the third-consecutive offseason, Lawrence played winter ball with the Bravos de Margarita.

Justin Maese

Justin Alex Maese (born October 24, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 10th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Maese attended Ysleta High School, where he excelled in both baseball and football, and later had his jersey in both sports retired by the school. In his senior season, Maese, who played quarterback, led Ysleta to a 7–4 record by throwing for 5,328 yards and 38 touchdowns. He was scouted by several nearby colleges, and ultimately signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Texas Tech University.

Maese was drafted by the Blue Jays in the third round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, and signed with the team for a $300,000 bonus. Maese was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays for the 2015 season. In 35 ²⁄₃ total innings over 8 pitching appearances, he would post a 5–0 win–loss record, 1.01 earned run average (ERA), and 19 strikeouts. Maese began the 2016 season with the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League, and was the team's Opening Day starter. He would pitch five innings in a 5–3 win over the Spokane Indians, yielding only one run on two hits, with six strikeouts and no walks. In July, Maese was promoted to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts. Maese pitched to a 4–6 record in 15 total starts in 2016, with a 2.94 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 82 ²⁄₃.

Tim Mayza

Timothy Gerard Mayza (born January 15, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Mayza played baseball, basketball, and soccer for Upper Perkiomen High School in Red Hill, Pennsylvania. As a sophomore, he threw a no-hitter. In his final high school season, Mayza pitched to a 5–3 win–loss record, 2.73 earned run average (ERA), and 53 strikeouts in 51 innings pitched. He signed a letter of intent to attend Millersville University of Pennsylvania in November 2009. In his final year with Millersville, Mayza posted an 11–3 record, 1.55 ERA, and 91 strikeouts in 98 ²⁄₃ innings.

Mayza was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He received a $100,000 signing bonus and was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays to begin his professional career. After three appearances in the Gulf Coast League, Mayza was promoted to the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League. Mayza made 13 total appearances in 2013 and posted a 1–4 record, 7.76 ERA, and 27 strikeouts in 29 innings pitched. In 2014, he split time between Bluefield and the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. In 26 ²⁄₃ innings, Mayza worked to a 2–4 record, 6.75 ERA, and 20 strikeouts.

Mayza pitched the entire 2015 season with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts. He made 26 appearances for the Lugnuts, and posted a 3–2 record, 3.07 ERA, and 62 strikeouts in 55 ²⁄₃ innings pitched. Mayza continued to progress through the Blue Jays organization, beginning the 2016 season with the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays. In June, he earned a promotion to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where he finished the year. Mayza made a career-high 42 pitching appearances in 2016, and went 3–3 with a 2.25 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 64 total innings. On January 19, 2017, Mayza was invited to Major League spring training.

Mayza is the eldest of four children born to Jerry and Marlene Mayza. His father played NCAA Division III basketball for Allentown College, and his sister Deanna plays basketball for the University of Hartford.

Ryan McBroom

Ryan P. McBroom (born April 9, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He attended Courtland High School in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and later West Virginia University. He is ranked 30th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

In the 2013 Major League Baseball draft he was selected in the 36th round by the Kansas City Royals, but did not sign and returned to finish college. He was then drafted in the 15th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by Toronto, and was assigned to the Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. In 70 games, McBroom batted .297 with 11 home runs and 59 RBI. His 11 home runs tied for the league lead. McBroom began the 2015 season with the Lansing Lugnuts. On June 5, he was named a Midwest League midseason All-Star. At that time, McBroom was batting .307 with 16 doubles. On August 24, McBroom was named the 2015 Midwest League MVP, becoming the third Blue Jays prospect to win the award after Kevin Pillar and Brian Dopirak. McBroom played in 127 games in 2015, and batted .315 with 12 home runs and 90 RBI. He was assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 minor league season. McBroom played in 119 games for Dunedin in 2016, as well as nine games with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He would bat a combined .266 with 22 home runs and 85 RBI. After the 2016 season, the Blue Jays assigned McBroom to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. He appeared in seven games for the Sox before being removed from the roster due to injury.

Blake McFarland

Blake Mackey McFarland (born February 2, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

McFarland attended Leigh High School in San Jose, and later San Jose State University. He was not drafted in 2011, and signed with the Blue Jays organization as an undrafted free agent. He was assigned to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians, and pitched the entire 2011 season with the team. In 14 games played, McFarland pitched to a 6–7 win–loss record, 5.32 earned run average, and 34 strikeouts in 64 ¹⁄₃ innings. In 2012, McFarland was promoted to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts and made 36 appearances, 7 of which were starts. In 90 ¹⁄₃ total innings, he posted a 5–6 record, 5.68 ERA, and 73 strikeouts. He continued to progress through the minors in 2013, playing the season for the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays exclusively out of the bullpen. In a career-high 48 appearances, McFarland posted a dismal 0–8 record, but improved his ERA to 3.72 and added 49 strikeouts in 46 innings.

McFarland began the 2014 season with Dunedin, and earned a midseason promotion to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. In total, he made 35 appearances in 2014, and pitched to a 2–2 record, 2.89 ERA, and 73 strikeouts in 62 ¹⁄₃ innings. In the offseason, McFarland joined the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League and played in 9 games, and did not allow an earned run in 12 ²⁄₃ innings. In 2015, he played for the Fisher Cats until late June, when he was promoted to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. In total, McFarland posted a 3–3 record, 2.03 ERA, and 72 strikeouts in 57 ²⁄₃ innings pitched. On November 18, 2015, McFarland was added to the Blue Jays' 40-man roster, to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

McFarland missed the entire 2016 minor league season after undergoing shoulder surgery in May. He was released and then re-signed to a minor league contract on August 2, 2016, in order to remove him from the 40-man roster.

During the offseason, McFarland paints and sculpts.

Patrick Murphy

Patrick Brian Murphy (born June 10, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 17th on MLB's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Murphy attended Hamilton High School in his hometown of Chandler, Arizona. In 2012, he underwent Tommy John surgery, and missed the entire 2013 season as a result. He had committed to attend the University of Oregon before being selected in the third round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He signed with the Blue Jays for a $500,000 bonus, and reported to Dunedin, Florida for rehab.

Murphy made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays in 2014. After pitching four innings, he was shut down with hand and arm numbness. It was later determined that one of his ribs was pinching a nerve, and underwent surgery to remove the rib shortly afterward. The numbness persisted, which led doctors to remove a nerve in his pitching elbow, which caused him to miss the entire 2015 season. Fully healthy for 2016, Murphy split time between the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians and the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts. He made 21 appearances during the 2016 season, 15 of which were starts, and posted a 4–6 win–loss record, 3.18 earned run average (ERA), and 68 strikeouts in 90 ²⁄₃ innings pitched.

Mike Ohlman

Michael Livingston Ohlman (born December 14, 1990) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Ohlman attended Lakewood Ranch High School in his hometown of Bradenton, Florida. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, and signed for a $995,000 bonus. He appeared in four games for the Gulf Coast League Orioles that year, and recorded a .182 batting average and one run batted in (RBI). Ohlman started the 2010 minor league season with the Class-A Delmarva Shorebirds, but was sent down to the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Orioles in June after struggling to compete in A-level baseball. Combined, Ohlman played in 84 games in 2010 and hit .208 with two home runs and 37 RBI. He spent the entire 2011 season with Delmarva, hitting .224 with four home runs and 51 RBI in 105 games. Before the start of the 2012 minor league season, Ohlman was involved in a serious car accident in which the truck he was driving flipped onto its roof. He was placed on the disabled list with a shoulder injury as a result of the crash. While still on the disabled list in April 2012, he was suspended 50 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a second time. Upon the completion of his suspension, Ohlman was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Orioles for eight games, and then moved up to Delmarva to end the season. Ohlman hit .300 in 2012, with three home runs and 31 RBI. In the offseason, he played in 43 games for the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League (ABL), batting .317 with six home runs and 27 RBI.

Ohlman continued his progression through the Baltimore minor league system, playing 100 games for the Advanced-A Frederick Keys of the Carolina League. He recorded a .313 batting average, 13 home runs, and 53 RBI. Ohlman appeared in 10 games for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League during the offseason, hitting .290 with four home runs and nine RBI. On November 20, 2013, the Orioles added Ohlman to their 40-man roster, to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. 2014 saw Ohlman make his Double-A debut, appearing in a career-high 113 games for the Bowie Baysox. He batted .236 with two home runs and 33 RBI. Ohlman played in the Arizona Fall League for the second consecutive offseason, appearing in 11 games for the Glendale Desert Dogs. On January 27, 2015, Ohlman was designated for assignment by the Orioles.

Ohlman was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals organization on February 3, in exchange for cash considerations. He was assigned to the Double-A Springfield Cardinals for the entire 2015 season, and batted .274 with 12 home runs and 69 RBI in 103 games. Ohlman also returned to the Arizona Fall League in the offseason, appearing in 11 games for Surprise. In 2016, he appeared in 78 games for the Double-A Cardinals and Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, hitting .287 with seven home runs and 44 RBI.

Ohlman signed a minor league contract that included an invitation to spring training with the Toronto Blue Jays on November 17, 2016.

Joshua Palacios

Joshua John Palacios (born May 7, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. The nephew of former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher Rey Palacios, he is ranked 15th on MLB's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Palacios attended the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, and was selected as the 2013 New York City High School Player of the Year. He was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead attended San Jacinto Junior College. In his first season of college baseball, Palacios batted .376 with six doubles and 26 runs batted in (RBI). In the offseason, Palacios signed a letter of intent to transfer to Auburn University for the 2016 season. As a sophomore with San Jacinto, he hit .364 with 12 doubles, nine triples, 36 RBI, and 29 stolen bases. At the end of the season, Palacios was named the 37th best junior college prospect in the country. In his lone season with Auburn, Palacios batted .385 with five home runs, 23 RBI, and 12 stolen bases.

Palacios was selected in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, and signed for a $438,100 bonus. He was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays and appeared in 13 games before being promoted to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. After 28 games in Vancouver, Palacios was promoted to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, where he finished his 2016 campaign. In 50 total games across three levels, Palacios batted .330 with 18 RBI.

Ángel Perdomo

Ángel David Perdomo (born May 7, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 20th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Perdomo signed with the Blue Jays as an international free agent on November 28, 2011. He was assigned to the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays for the 2012 season, where he pitched to a 5.40 earned run average (ERA), 13 strikeouts, and 13 walks in seven games totaling 11 ²⁄₃ innings. He remained with the DSL Blue Jays in 2013, pitching 26 ²⁄₃ innings and posting a 0–1 win–loss record, 3.04 ERA, and 43 strikeouts. Perdomo was promoted to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Blue Jays in 2014, and appeared in 13 games. He would compile a 3–2 record, 2.54 ERA, and 57 strikeouts in 46 innings.

Perdomo began the 2015 minor league season with the Rookie-Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays, and later earned a promotion to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. He pitched a combined 69 ¹⁄₃ innings in 2015, and posted a 6–1 record, 2.60 ERA, and 67 strikeouts. Continuing to progress through the Blue Jays minor league system, Perdomo was assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to open the 2016 season. In June he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game as an injury replacement for Dylan Unsworth. Perdomo made 25 starts and two relief appearances for the Lugnuts in 2016, and posted a 5–7 record, 3.19 ERA, and 156 strikeouts in 127 innings.

Harold Ramírez

Harold Andrés Ramírez Lemus (born September 6, 1994) is a Colombian professional baseball outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 14th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Ramírez signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent in July 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Pirates. In 39 games, Ramírez batted .259 with one home run and 12 RBI. In 2013, he played for the Short Season-A Jamestown Jammers, and hit .285 with five home runs, 40 RBI, and 23 stolen bases in 71 games played.

In 2014, Ramírez was promoted to the Class-A West Virginia Power, where he appeared in 49 games and batted .309 with one home run and 24 RBI. He also set the team record for longest hitting streak. Ramírez continued to make his way through the Pirates minor league system, playing the entire 2015 season with the Advanced-A Bradenton Marauders. In 80 games, he would record a .337 batting average, four home runs, 47 RBI, and 22 stolen bases. The Pirates added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season. In the offseason, Ramírez played 15 games with the Venados de Mazatlán of the Mexican Pacific League, and hit .245 with one home run and 5 RBI against pitchers that were, on average, over eight years older than he was. In his first season with the Double-A Altoona Curve, he was selected to play in the 2016 Eastern League All-Star Game. He had been batting .300/.355/.401 in 70 games at the time of his selection.

On August 1, 2016, the Pirates traded Ramírez, along with Francisco Liriano and Reese McGuire, to the Blue Jays for Drew Hutchison. Ramírez was optioned to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He would play in just one game for New Hampshire before being placed on the disabled list, where he finished 2016. In 99 total games, Ramírez hit .311 with two home runs and 50 RBI.

Francisco Ríos

Jesus Francisco Ríos Alfaro (born May 6, 1995) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 18th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Ríos signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 20, 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays, appearing in 15 games. In 52 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched, Ríos would post a 4–6 win–loss record, 4.47 earned run average (ERA), and 48 strikeouts. In the offseason, he played with the Tomateros de Culiacán of the Mexican Pacific League. Ríos spent 2014 with the Rookie-Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays, and pitched to a 3–2 record, 5.91 ERA, and 38 strikeouts in 53 ¹⁄₃ innings.

Ríos was promoted to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians for the 2015 season, and in 15 total appearances, posted a 3–6 win–loss record, 4.27 ERA, and 59 strikeouts in 65 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched. He was assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to open the 2016 season. In 6 starts, Ríos went 2–0 with a 1.20 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 30 total innings. He was promoted to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays on May 10. In June he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game. Ríos made 21 starts and four relief appearances in 2016, and pitched to a 7–6 record, 2.91 ERA, and 108 strikeouts in 120 ²⁄₃ innings.

Dwight Smith, Jr.

John Dwight Smith, Jr. (born October 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is the son of former Major League Baseball player Dwight Smith.

Smith attended McIntosh High School and was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (53rd overall) of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. Smith made his professional baseball debut in 2012 and split the season with the Rookie Bluefield Blue Jays and Low-A Vancouver Canadians, hitting a combined .212 with 4 home runs and 29 runs batted in (RBI). He spent the 2013 season with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts, where he batted .284 in 109 games, with 7 home runs, 46 RBI, and 25 stolen bases.

Smith was promoted to the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays for the 2014 season. On April 6, 2014, he hit a pair of solo home runs against Cole Hamels, the first two home run game of his career. On August 26, the Blue Jays organization announced that Smith would play for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League at the completion of the 2014 season. He finished the 2014 season having batted .284 in 121 games played, with 12 home runs and 60 RBI. He stole 15 bases, and posted an OPS over .800 for the first time in his career. On September 24, Smith was named the MVP for Dunedin in 2014. He was promoted to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats at the start of the 2015 season, and played the entire season there, batting .265 with 7 home runs and 44 RBI in 117 games played. Smith was not added to the Blue Jays 40-man roster at the end of the 2015 season, making him eligible for the Rule 5 draft. MLB columnist Jonathan Mayo named him one of the top available prospects heading into the draft.

Smith was invited to Major League spring training on January 12, 2016, and reassigned to minor league camp on March 7. He was assigned to New Hampshire to open the 2016 minor league season. Smith played 126 games for the Fisher Cats in 2016, and hit .265 with a career-high 15 home runs and 74 RBI.

Glenn Sparkman

Glenn Michael Sparkman (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Sparkman attended Ganado High School in his hometown of Ganado, Texas. Undrafted out of high school, he attended Wharton County Junior College in Wharton, Texas. Sparkman was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 20th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.

Sparkman was assigned to the Rookie Idaho Falls Chukars for the 2013 season. He made 20 relief appearances and posted a 1–0 win–loss record, 1.72 earned run average (ERA), and 47 strikeouts in 36 ²⁄₃ innings pitched. He was promoted to the Advanced-A Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League for the 2014 season. Sparkman was named the Carolina League's Pitcher of the Year after pitching to an 8–3 record, 1.56 ERA, and 117 strikeouts in 121 innings pitched. Sparkman began the 2015 season with the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals, making four starts and going 2–2 with a 3.60 ERA before going on the disabled list with an arm injury. It was later determined that he needed Tommy John surgery, which caused him to miss the remainder of the season and the start of the 2016 season. Sparkman rehabbed with the Arizona League Royals, and also made starts for the Class-A Lexington Legends, Advanced-A Wilmington, and Double-A Northwest Arkansas in 2016. In 16 combined starts, he posted a 2–7 record, 5.22 ERA, and 65 strikeouts in 60 ¹⁄₃ innings.

On December 8, 2016, Sparkman was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2016 Rule 5 draft.

Rowdy Tellez

Ryan John "Rowdy" Tellez (born March 16, 1995) is an American professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 5th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Tellez, born in Sacramento, California, is the first-born child of Greg Tellez and Lori Bernick Tellez. His father said of him before he was born: "We didn't know the sex and we didn't want to know, and we stayed away from calling him 'Baby' or 'It.' But he was so active in there, moving around all of the time in the womb, that we ended up calling him 'Baby Rowdy,' and it stuck. Now he's just 'Rowdy,' and that's how everybody knows him."

Tellez attended Elk Grove High School, and was a 2013 Baseball America High School All-American, 2013 Rawlings First Team All-American, and 2013 Rawlings/Perfect Game All-Region First Team – California. He was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 30th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. Entering the draft, Tellez was ranked as the 59th-best player available by Baseball America, but he was passed over for a number of rounds as he had accepted a scholarship to attend the University of Southern California. He signed with the Blue Jays for an $850,000 signing bonus, which at the time was the most ever paid to a post-10th-round pick in the two years since the new draft rule was put in place.

He was assigned to the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays for the 2013 season. Tellez batted .234 in 34 games, with two home runs and 20 runs batted in (RBIs). Baseball America rated him the best power hitter in the Blue Jays minor league organization. He played the majority of the 2014 season with the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League, and earned a late-season promotion to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts of the Midwest League. In total, Tellez played 65 games in 2014, and batted .305 with six home runs and 43 RBIs.

Tellez opened the 2015 season with Lansing, and was Midwest League Player of the Week for the week ended May 18. He was named a Midwest League midseason All-Star. At that time, he led the league in RBIs, with 41. Tellez was promoted to the Dunedin Blue Jays of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League in late June, and hit 3 home runs in his first 4 games with the team, earning a spot on MLBPipeline's Prospect Team of the Week and being named Florida State League Player of the Week for the week ended June 29. He ended the 2015 season on the disabled list. Tellez set several career-highs in 2015, playing in 103 games and batting .289 with 14 home runs and 77 RBIs. In the offseason, he played 21 games with the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, batting .293 and leading the team with four home runs and 17 RBIs. He was named to the AFL All-Prospect Team, and AFL Rising Stars.

Tellez was invited to Major League spring training in 2016. He was assigned to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats to open the 2016 minor league season. Tellez was named an Eastern League mid-season All-Star, and one of 13 Full-Season Eastern League All-Stars. Tellez had a stellar 2016 season, posting career-highs in almost every offensive category. In 124 games, he hit .297 (10th in the Eastern League) with a .389 on base percentage (2nd), .530 slugging percentage (3rd), 23 home runs and 63 walks (4th), and 71 runs and 81 RBIs (6th). He was named an MILB.com Toronto Blue Jays Organization All-Star, and a Baseball America Double A All-Star.

Tellez was named the sixth-best first base prospect by MLB, and Toronto's 9th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline, heading into the 2017 season. In spring training in 2017, Jays manager John Gibbons described him as being the closest prospect in the team's minor league system to being ready for the major leagues.

J. B. Woodman

John Bryant "J. B." Woodman (born December 13, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He is ranked 13th on Major League Baseball's 2017 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.

Woodman attended Edgewater High School in his hometown of Orlando, Florida. He was selected in the 40th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Mets but did not sign, and instead attended the University of Mississippi. In his first season with the Ole Miss Rebels, Woodman batted .298 with two home runs and 20 runs batted in (RBI). In 2015, he was one of two Rebels to start all 58 games of the season, and hit .274 with seven home runs and 23 RBI. In his final collegiate season, Woodman became the 23rd All-American in Mississippi history, and was a finalist for the Ferriss Trophy, annually awarded to the best college baseball player in the state. He finished the season with an SEC-leading 14 home runs, a .323 batting average, and 55 RBI.

Woodman was selected in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays, and received a $975,000 signing bonus. He was assigned to the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians, and appeared in 54 games before being promoted to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts. In 63 total games in the 2016 season, Woodman hit .297 with four home runs, 29 RBI, and 10 stolen bases.