There is plenty of turnover among the Top 30 prospects in the Blue Jays system according to the 2019 Baseball America Prospects Handbook.
2018 Blue Jays second-round pick Griffin Conine finds himself in the middle of the 2019 Blue Jays prospect rankings by Baseball America.
2018 Blue Jays fourth-round selection Sean Wymer also landed a spot just inside the top 30 Blue Jays prospect list from Baseball America.
Here is how Baseball America grades each player, based on the traditional 20-80 scouting scale:
- 75-80 - Franchise player/number one starter
- 65-70 - Perennial All-Star/number two starter
- 60 - Occasional All-Star/number three starter/game's best reliever
- 55 - First division regular/number three-four starter/elite closer
- 50 - Number four starter/elite set-up reliever
- 45 - Second division regular/platoon/number five starter/lower-leverage reliever
- 40 - Reserve player/fill-in starter/relief specialist
- Low - Likely to reach realistic ceiling, certain big leaguer barring injury
- Medium - player needs to refine tools but is fairly polished
- High - Most top draft picks in their first seasons, has plenty of projection involved, player with significant flaw or worrisome injury history
- Very High - Recent draft picks with limited track record or injury issues
- Extreme - Teenager in rookie ball, player with significant injury history or struggles with a key skill (pitcher's control or hitter's strikeout rate)
The Blue Jays have the 3rd best system in MLB according to BA, up five spots from 2018 and 17 from 2017.
Risk factors for each player are as follows: