How the Blue Jays have fared in recent MLB drafts
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The Major League Baseball draft, which starts Sunday, will be the sixth such event for the Blue Jays’ current front office. The Jays’ first pick will be 19th overall, and they’ll have 19 selections in 20 rounds over three days. Here is a look at what the current regime landed in past years.
2016
Top pick: RHP T.J. Zeuch, who has a career 4.59 ERA in 49 big-league innings. Zeuch is currently starting for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He has a 9-0 record and a 3.81 ERA.
Other names: Bo Bichette in the second round, current No. 27 prospect Josh Palacios in the fourth round, and Cavan Biggio in the fifth round. Later steals include Bisons reliever Kirby Snead (10th round), New Hampshire Fisher Cats right-handers Mike Ellenbest (24th round) and Chavez Young (39th round) and Vancouver Canadians catcher Ryan Gold (27th round).
Traded: No. 2 pick outfielder J.B. Woodman to the St. Louis Cardinals for Aledmys Diaz in 2017. Right-handers Josh Winckowski (15th round) and Jared Carkuff (35th round) were dealt in agreements that brought in Steven Matz and Yangervis Solarte, respectively.
Picks: 41. Did not sign, released, lost on waivers, retired: 28.
2017
Top pick: Infielder/outfielder Logan Warmoth joined Toronto with the 22nd pick. He is hitting .263 with a .774 OPS at Triple-A this season.
Other names: Nate Pearson, now Toronto’s top prospect, was selected with the 28th pick, also in the first round. Recent MLB debutant Riley Adams (third round) and utility man Kevin Smith (fourth round), who is excelling in Triple-A, also arrived in 2017.
Traded: Ty Tice (16th round) to Atlanta for cash in June.
Picks: 41. Did not sign, released, retired: 20.
2018
Top pick: Toronto’s current No. 3 prospect, Jordan Groshans, went 12th overall. The shortstop and third baseman is hitting .254 with five home runs and 23 RBIs for the Fisher Cats.
Other names: No. 9 prospect Adam Kloffenstein (third round) and No. 17 prospect Joey Murray (seventh round), shortstop Addison Barger, who was named Low-A Southeast player of the week last month, and Nick Allegeyer, who made his big-league debut last week.
Traded: No. 2 pick Griffin Conine to the Miami Marlins in September, 2020, as part of a deal for Jonathan Villar; outfielder Cal Stevenson (10th round), as part of the return for Derek Fisher in 2019.
Picks: 40. Did not sign, released, retired: 19.
2019
Top pick: Right-hander Alek Manoah, 11th overall. Two years later, he’s part of Toronto’s rotation.
Other names: Canadian Dasan Brown went in the third round. Toronto took the late Roy Halladay’s son, Braden Halladay, in the 32nd round, though he fulfilled his commitment to Penn State.
Traded: No. 2 pick, Kendall Williams, to the Los Angeles Dodgers in September 2020, part of a trade for Ross Stripling; right-hander Andrew McInvale (37th round), to the Marlins last month, part of the return for reliever Adam Cimber and outfielder Corey Dickerson.
Picks: 40. Did not sign, released, retired: 14.
2020
Top pick: Toronto’s current No. 2 prospect, Austin Martin, widely considered the best pure hitter in the 2020 draft class, fell to the Jays at No. 5. He will represent Toronto at the Futures Game during all-star festivities on Sunday.
Other names: Right-handers C.J. Van Eyk (second round), Trent Palmer (third round) and Nick Frasso (fourth round) are among Toronto’s top 30 prospects today, at No. 10, 24 and 23, respectively. Fifth-round pick Zach Britton, an outfielder, is hitting .215 with low-A Dunedin.
Picks: Five. Draft shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Laura Armstrong is a Star sports reporter based in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @lauraarmy
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