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Blue Jays Draft 2020: Part III – The Dark Horses

This is the third in a three-part series about the Blue Jays and the upcoming June (July? August?) First-Year Player draft. You can read Part I (Strategy) here, and Part II (The Mocks) here.

There are generally considered to the five prospects who comprise the top tier in the upcoming draft. In some order, they are Austin Martin, a five-tool OF from Vanderbilt; Spencer Torkelson, a 1B from Arizona State with holy-cow-Batman power, Asa Lacy, a LHP from Texas A&M with perhaps the best first two pitches in the draft; Nick Gonzales, a SS/2B from New Mexico State who Baseball America named the best hitter in college ball; and Emerson Hancock, a RHP from Georgia whose stuff has been compared to Stephen Strasburg.