Once upon a time the Blue Jays had arguably the best crop of minor league pitching in baseball. They had a dynamic group that included Marcus Stroman, Aaron Sanchez, Noah Syndergaard, Daniel Norris, Justin Nicolino, Jeff Hoffman, Miguel Castro, and many more in their minor league pipeline, which was the envy of many teams around baseball. I can fondly recall spirited debates about who the Blue Jays’ best pitching prospect was, and there were good arguments for a few of them.
We know how a lot of that ended up course, with Syndergaard ending up in New York in the infamous R.