In The System: Jake Marisnick

Marisnick is awesome!!

In The System: Chad Jenkins

Jenkins was the Jays 1st pick, 20th overall in the 2009 draft.

In The System: Brett Wallace

Position: 3B/1B DOB: August 26, 1986
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Wallace was acquired in a trade with the Oakland Athletics for OF prospect Michael Taylor (who was previously acquired in the Roy Halladay trade). Ironically, but obviously not coincidentally, Wallace was previously drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 42nd round of the 2005 June Draft, but chose not to sign. Three years later he was the Cardinals first pick (13th overall) in 2008.

Wallace split 2009 between 3 teams, AA-Springfield and AAA-Memphis with the St. Louis Cardinals organization and AAA-Sacremento with the Oakland A's and combined to hit .293/.367/.455 with 20 HR and 63 RBI in 532 AB. The power numbers are still not exactly where the Jays would like them to be but they are an improvement over '08's totals of 8 HR and 36 RBI in 202 AB, with a .337/.427/.530 clip. His full minor league stats can be viewed at Baseball-Reference here.

In The System: Kyle Drabek

Position: SP DOB: December 8, 1987
Throws: Right

Drafted: Phillies #1 pick (18th overall) in 2006 June Draft

Highlights: 267.2 career minor league IP and 226 career K's to 96 BB's with a 3.70 ERA

Drabek reached AA-Reading in the Phillies minor league system in 2009 and made 14 starts going 8-2 with a 3.64 ERA over 96.1 IP with a 76/31 K/BB ratio.


Drabek was acquired by the Jays in the Roy Halladay deal.

In The System: Darin Mastroianni

Darin Mastroianni, the little-known 24-year-old outfielder out of the University of Southern Indiana quietly tore up the basepaths in 2009. He swiped a mind-boggling 70 bases split between A-Dunedin and AA-New Hampshire, while combining for a not-too-shabby .297/.398/.364 slash line. Mastroianni, the Jays 16th round pick (505th overall) in 2007, also scored 94 runs and posted 76 BB against 83 K's.

In 294 games in the Jays' system since being drafted, Mastroianni has already swiped 120 bases. Expect the Mount Kisco, NY native to continue at AA-New Hampshire to begin the 2010 season. Here's hoping he can continue to achieve the two things he's most successful at: 1) getting on base and 2) stealing the next base and he could be on the fast track to Toronto!

In The System: J.P. Arencibia

The 23-year-old backstop out of the University of Tennessee, Arencibia has posted the following lines over his first 3 years as a pro:

2009: AAA-LV 116 Games 500 PA .236/.284/.444,
21 HR, 75 RBI, 67 Runs, 32 Doubles, 26 BB/114 K

2008: AA-NH/A+Dun 126 Games 537 PA .298/.322/.527,
27 HR, 105 RBI, 70 Runs, 36 Doubles, 18 BB/101 K

2007: A-Aub 63 Games 249 PA .254/.309/.377,
3 HR, 25 RBI, 31 Runs, 17 Doubles, 14 BB/56 K

Arencibia was the Blue Jays 1st round pick (27th) overall in the 2007 Amateur Draft. He was actually the Jays second pick in the first round, after infielder Kevin Ahrens

Good article on J.P. Arencibia here fom the Las Vegas Sun.

Here's an incredible scouting report from MILB.com prior to the 2007 Draft.