Blue Jays Draft 2019: Part I – The Strategy

Before making their picks in the upcoming 2019 amateur draft, the Toronto Blue Jays will need to ask themselves some strategic questions.

This is the first in a three-part series about the Blue Jays and the upcoming June 3rd-5th First-Year Player draft. Parts II (the Mocks) and III (the Dark Horses) will be published over the next few days.

The Blue Jays have picks #11 and #52 (among others) in the upcoming draft. Before choosing which players to draft, there are a number of strategic questions that they should be asking themselves.

There are the usual questions that apply to every draft. Should the team draft for positions of need, or be position-blind and just choose the “best player”?…