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19th-round MLB Draft steal named Blue Jays' biggest prospect breakout

You never really know what to expect when the MLB draft moves into the later rounds. Sometimes it feels like teams are just picking a name out of a hat and hoping for the best. When the Toronto Blue Jays picked Gage Stanifer in the 19th-round of the 2022 draft, they were taking a 6'3" 210 pound high school pitcher who had 83 strikeouts in 38 innings as a senior. His fastball was sitting between 92-95 mph and he mixed in a hard-breaking slider and changeup.

The Blue Jays signed him for $125,000 and through his first two seasons he pitched just about as well as you would probably expect a 19-year-old 19th-round pick to pitch.