A whole bunch of Blue Jays minor leaguers become free agents
By Cam Lewis
5 years agoMore transactions! There’s a huuuuuge list of Blue Jays minor leaguers who have elected to become free agents. With a hat tip to u/sigbox on Reddit, here they are…
Buffalo BisonsRHP Taylor GuerrieriINF Jon BertiLHP Craig BreslowRHP Rhiner Cruz3B Jason Leblebijian2B Tim LopesC Jose MayorgaRHP Jake PetrickaRHP Murphy SmithRHP Zach StewartLHP Matt TracyLHP Juliandry Higuera (Released)New Hampshire Fisher CatsC Patrick CantwellOF Harold Ramirez1B Juan KellyC Alex MonsalveLF Eduard PintoDunedin Blue JaysRHP Emilio GuerreroLHP Angel Perdomo2B Ivan CastilloRHP Claudio CustodioRHP Connor Eller (Released)C Owen Spiwak (Released)Lansing LugnutsC Andres SotilloRHP Dalton Rodriguez (Released)LF Freddy Rodriguez (Released)LHP Matt Gunter (Retired)Vancouver CanadiansRHP Orlando Pascual (Released)Bluefield Blue JaysRHP Josh AlmonteRHP Joel EspinalDSL Blue JaysC Brayan Rodriguez1B Anthony RodriguezSS Pedro VenturaRHP Sergio LeonGCL Blue JaysRHP Alexander Molina (Released)
There are a bunch of names that any normal person wouldn’t recognize, but a few interesting prospects have elected to become free agents. Remember, the Jays could bring any of these players back into the system as a free agent.
- Harold Ramirez, who was one of the prospects Toronto acquired when they took on Francisco Liriano’s salary, enjoyed a breakout season with New Hampshire last year. He had a league leading .320 batting average and he won Eastern league Finals MVP. Though it was his second go at Double-A, Ramirez looked to have regained legit prospect status with his strong season.
- Angel Perdomo is a 6’6 lefty who appeared to have some serious upside, though, at age 24, he hadn’t yet figured things out. He was, as recently as last year, on Toronto’s top-30 pipeline prospects list. Perdomo had a 3.63 ERA in his second go at Single-A with Dunedin but always struggled with command.
- This time last year, Jason Leblebijian was a name people talked about as a super utility player who could crack the Jays roster. He boasted nice positional versatility and had a decent offensive year in Triple-A Buffalo in 2017. He followed it up with a disappointing 2018 season, though, slashing a paltry .220/.315/.362 line.
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