This will be my first blog post about baseball and my favorite team is my hometown Toronto Blue Jays. I have been tortured by hearing that they are building for the future every year for the past 5-6 years now. So I have taken it upon myself to write about what will this team look like in the future. The future in this case being 7 years. I chose 7 years because most of the starters now probably will either be retired, traded or too old to be relied upon. So, without further ado here are my predictions for what the Toronto Blue Jays will look like in 2018 using only prospects and some starters now.
Catcher: Travis d'Arnaud. Age in 2018: 29. With 3 great catching prospects right now (JP Arencibia, d'Arnaud and Carlos Perez) I believe that at least one of them will be traded but I don't think it will be d'Arnaud. The back-up will either be Arencibia (age: 32) or Perez (age: 27)
1st Base: Michael McDade. Age in 2018: 28. McDade was drafted as a catcher in 2007 but was moved to 1st base shortly after. He fields extremely well with .993 FLD% this year in AA. His bat is really coming along hitting .290 with 14HRs in AA this year. His back-up I would assume to be a veteran Adam Lind or David Cooper.
2nd base: Kellen Sweeney. Age in 2018: 26. The Jays have 2 2B prospects, Sweeney and Ryan Schimpf (Age: 26) I haven't heard much on either but from the little I have heard, Sweeney will probably be better than Sweeney. Both have below average minor league stats this year but Schimpf has the better stats but Sweeney has higher potential.
3rd base: Brett "God" Lawrie. Age in 2018: 28. As I write this Lawrie has just hit his first Major League home run. This kid will be a star. He's a Canadian boy and he will be the pride of Canada's team. Other 3B prospects: Christopher Hawkins, Sean Ochinko, and Gabriel Cenas.
SS: Adeiny Hechavarria. Age in 2018: 29. 'Hech was signed as a Cuban free agent and has flown through the system. His bat still needs to develop but he has Gold Glove potential in the field. Other SS prospects: Dickie Joe Thon, Shane Opitz, and Gustavo Pierre.
LF: Travis Snider. Age in 2018: 30. I still think that Snider will still be a very great player. The kid has so much potential its ridiculous. He just needs to figure it out and I think he will.
CF: Colby Rasmus. Age in 2018: 31. Yes, Anthony Gose has Gold Glove potential but Rasmus has the great defense and a terrific bat. Rasmus will still be productive at 31 when Gose is 27. But Gose would probably take over in a couple year after.
RF: Jake Marisnick. Age in 2018: 26. The youngster of this outfield will be another star. I really like this guy from what I hear. In A this year he's hitting .309 with 10 HRs, 66 RBI and 27 SB. Something has to go horribly wrong for him not to make the majors.
As for the 4th outfielder it should be Anthony Gose.
DH: Eric Thames. Age in 2018: 31. If Thames can keep up what he's doing now in the majors he should be around on this team for a long time. If not then you should expect Arencibia as the DH or an old Adam Lind.
Now lets get to what most people are excited about, the pitching.
SP1: Kyle Drabek. Age in 2018: 30. Drabek will be the ace of this team for a looong time. He has great stuff and will even out this Halladay trade.
SP2: Aaron Sanchez. Age in 2018: 25. Sanchez has ace stuff but Drabek has just too much potential to have Sanchez over him.
SP3: Deck McGuire. Age in 2018: 27. We drafted McGuire last year as our top draft pick and I expect that he will be in our rotation for the future.
SP4: Asher Wojciechowski. Age in 2018: 29. I like to refer to him as Asher Wojnfsonsonsf.Whoever the play by play guy is for the Jays in 2018 will have a tough time pronouncing his name while hitters will have a tough time hitting his pitches.
SP5: Noah Snydergaard. Age in 2018: 25. I was debating whether the 5th spot should go to Snydergaard or Drew Hutchinson. I decided on Snydergaard because of the fact that he will be younger and may have the potential to work up even higher in the rotation in his career while Hutchinson will just be hitting his prime.
Long reliever: Drew Hutchinson. Age in 2018: 27. Drew missed out on the 5th starting spot but still gets to be a big man in the bullpen as long reliever.
Closer: Henderson Alvarez. Age in 2018: 27. Alvarez is a starter at the moment but if you have a guy that can throw up to 100mph in you system he'll eventually become the closer with that kind of stuff. We may even see Alvarez in the majors this year as a September call-up.
I did not want to do the middle relievers because that is too hard to predict because a lot of them may end up being free agents signings and whatnot.
Thank you for reading!
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