The Toronto Blue Jays will have a long wait between picks when Major League Baseball holds its draft this weekend. Shane Farrell, the team's director of amateur scouting, believes the Blue Jays are prepared for that big gap.
Toronto has the 20th overall pick on Sunday and won't go again until Monday's third round, when the Blue Jays will select the 89th player in the draft. Farrell notes that Toronto was in a similar position in the 2021 draft and said that experience taught his staff how to best use its time and resources.
"We spend a lot of time getting to know these players and we want to be disciplined and stay committed to the information that we have." Shortstop Jacob Gonzalez, right-handed pitcher Huston Waldrep, third baseman Yohandy Morales and outfielders Enrique Bradfield Jr., and Chase Davis are ranked Nos. 18-22 in MLB's 2023 prospect rankings, putting them in the range of Toronto's first-round pick. All five of them are 21-year-old U.S. collegiate players."I think if you look around at the different demographics, there's depth, definitely in the position player side," he said.
"I don't think your appetite for risk really changes given the bonus pool or the number of picks that you hold in a given year," said Farrell.
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