Also, some of the players contributing in 2019 were drafted by former General Manager Alex Anthopoulos. An issue to explore is how well did the Blue Jays draft and develop players that were selected in the 2005-2015 years.
Alex Anthopoulos was the General Manager of the Blue Jays from October 2009 until October 2015. He was preceded by J.P. Ricciardi who held that position from November 14, 2001, until October 3, 2009. The reasons why the 2005-2015 drafts were chosen for analysis are as follows:
- The 2005-2009 draft years are sufficient to demonstrate how poor the Blue Jays were at drafting and developing players during the Ricciardi regime
- The 2010-2015 period covers the Anthopoulos tenure as GM
- June Drafts subsequent to 2015 were excluded because it is too soon to credibly evaluate how well or poorly teams did at the June 2016-2019 draft tables
The data presented was sourced from Baseball-Reference and is as of August 18, 2019.