Interesting study from Puckett's Pound regarding success rates of College draftees vs High School draftees. Nothing ground breaking, but shows why college pitchers tend to be crap shoots. They get to the MLB sooner but not as successful as High School pitchers.

The best success (20+ WAR) comes from College hitters, but high school pitchers come a close second.

He's 17 DRS. Way way way ahead of the pack in terms of 3B defense.

Assuming what was mentioned by a FG author early on, it seems Toronto is in the top 7. Tampa Bay is the #10 org in the Fangraphs list.

What hurt TB in its ranking was it's difficult finance situation. It's sort of a good thing for Jays fans. I, for one, would be contributing to the building of the Best 4th Place Team in MLB monument that the Jays would own if the Rays actually had money.

Please no #6org.

Not much different than the usual AA speak (no contracts > 5 years, > 3 years for pitcher except under certain circumstances.)

Some talk of "avoiding" Boras Clients, The ones the Jays signed weren't significant, but it seems to me that the Jays and Boras don't exactly go hand in hand (see Paxton debacle.)

More hints that the Jays and AA weren't going in at all on Prince (Boras client.)

It seems the price of Joey Votto just went up. Will probably have to trade boxes of Cereal as well. Anyone interested in making Joey Bats Bash-berry Cereal?

Number 9 is not exactly a powerhouse reason to be a Jays fan and, not shockingly, seems to have riled up some of the O's fans judging by the anger at CamdenChat

Number 10... even kind of annoys me and I live in the GTA.

On the bright side, the Jays team isn't as loathed as Hawk.

Found this link on Camden Chat. Too good not to post here as fanshot.

We've had a lot of talk about whether AA should sign that big FA or go after Yu Darvish or taking a lot of prospects and blowing the bounty on Tulo (?) or Felix (both trades extremely unlikely.) I'm of the viewpoint of "If the FA or trade costs are unreasonable and for too long a term (cough, Boras, cough) then I'd pass" and I think that the Jays are maybe one year away from really becoming a regular playoff contender in the AL (B)East.

I believe that many a potential contender ruined themselves by "going all in" prematurely. Any sane Leafs fan or sad faced Orioles fan can tell you that. It took Pat Gillick 5 years (3 of which ended in major heartbreak) of "standing pat" (aside from relatively small trades for the likes of Al Oliver, Tom Candiotti and Phil Niekro) before he made the big moves and FA signings that put the Jays on top.

This article makes a lot of my case for me from a Red Sox perspective as in what happens when you lose financial flexibility and drain the Farm System (yes, the Red Sox can smile about the 2 WS wins, but I suspect the Red Sox won't have much to celebrate for a while.)

1) They're tapped out money wise thus have no ability to "reload" on FAs to fix an injury riddled pitching staff.
2) The team has gotten older (especially key players)
3) Few prospects in the high minors to replace injured players or be used in a trade for MLB quality replacements
4) On the verge having to make a Sophie's Choice... letting go of Ellsbury so they can pay Pedroia and Lester, etc.
5) Uncertainty in the FO

Phils want D'Arnaud back... too bad.
Royals thinking about Rasmus... Really?
Jays not hot on Yu?

For those who were afraid AA would throw big money on a closer.

Sometimes Social Media is great at allowing players to meet/converse with their fans. This one... not so much.

JBau/Jedi smashes one out of the park against Twitter loudmouth. Good for a laugh.

According to one analyst, the Jays draft is weak. Graded at a C-...?

Claims the pitchers drafted would be number 3 or 4 starters at best.

I dunno. Seems WAY TOO early to give a draft grade at this time.

It's not all #6 orgs and WAR on fangraphs.

It's official, KG signs with the Orioles. I wish him well (but not against the Jays.)

I think the Jays got real lucky last year with Gregg considering the number of jams he barely escaped. For now, I won't start feeling my heart explode when they announce KG into the game.

A veteran BP arm. Not a bad signing.