You can never have too many left side infielders.

This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual pre-season list, in which I’ll take a look at the top 50 prospects in the organization. We’ll look at the player’s stats, my observations, and other publications’ scouting reports if available.
Let’s take a look at Nick Goodwin
<h2>Getting to know Nick Goodwin…</h2>
Position: Shortstop/Third base/Second base
Bats: Right
Born: September 6, 2001
Acquired: 7th-round, 2023 draft (Blue Jays)
2023 Team: High-A Vancouver
Previous Ranking: 40
The Blue Jays selected Nick Goodwin with their seventh-round pick in the 2023 draft. He played three seasons at Kansas State University and slashed .273/.369/.505 with 33 homers in 770 plate appearances. Moreover he walked 11.2% of the time while striking out 18.4% of the time.
After being drafted, Goodwin started his professional career with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays, slashing .242/.351/.421 with three homers in 114 plate appearances, along with a 7.9 BB% and a 19.3 K% for a 112 wRC+. Goodwin played 15 innings at second, 82.1 innings at third, and 80.2 innings at shortstop.
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Towards the end of the minor league season, the Blue Jays promoted Goodwin to High-A Vancouver and helped them win the Northwest League Championship. It was a very small sample size, as Goodwin only had 21 plate appearances and slashed .267/.476/.400 with two doubles and an even amount of walks and strikeouts with five a piece.
Goodwin doesn’t rank on any lists yet, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2023/draft/nick-goodwin-800959">but he was the 163rd-ranked draft prospect according to MLB Pipeline</a>. His bio on that site notes that he’s a power-over-hit player that likes to pull the ball. It’s likely that his defensive home will be second base in the future or as a utilityman.
It’s likely that Goodwin will start the 2024 season with the High-A Canadians once again. With Vancouver, he didn’t play any third base (Cade Doughty had it locked down), but played more second base than shortstop. That may be a precursor of things to come.
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You can never have too many left side infielders.



This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual pre-season list, in which I’ll take a look at the top 50 prospects in the organization. We’ll look at the player’s stats, my observations, and other publications’ scouting reports if available.

Let’s take a look at Nick Goodwin
<h2>Getting to know Nick Goodwin…</h2>
Position: Shortstop/Third base/Second base

Bats: Right

Born: September 6, 2001

Acquired: 7th-round, 2023 draft (Blue Jays)

2023 Team: High-A Vancouver

Previous Ranking: 40

The Blue Jays selected Nick Goodwin with their seventh-round pick in the 2023 draft. He played three seasons at Kansas State University and slashed .273/.369/.505 with 33 homers in 770 plate appearances. Moreover he walked 11.2% of the time while striking out 18.4% of the time.

After being drafted, Goodwin started his professional career with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays, slashing .242/.351/.421 with three homers in 114 plate appearances, along with a 7.9 BB% and a 19.3 K% for a 112 wRC+. Goodwin played 15 innings at second, 82.1 innings at third, and 80.2 innings at shortstop.

https://twitter.com/JaysMiLBClips/status/1703264039155986925

Towards the end of the minor league season, the Blue Jays promoted Goodwin to High-A Vancouver and helped them win the Northwest League Championship. It was a very small sample size, as Goodwin only had 21 plate appearances and slashed .267/.476/.400 with two doubles and an even amount of walks and strikeouts with five a piece.

Goodwin doesn’t rank on any lists yet, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2023/draft/nick-goodwin-800959">but he was the 163rd-ranked draft prospect according to MLB Pipeline</a>. His bio on that site notes that he’s a power-over-hit player that likes to pull the ball. It’s likely that his defensive home will be second base in the future or as a utilityman.

It’s likely that Goodwin will start the 2024 season with the High-A Canadians once again. With Vancouver, he didn’t play any third base (Cade Doughty had it locked down), but played more second base than shortstop. That may be a precursor of things to come.
<h2>In case you missed it…</h2>
<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-the-honourable-mentions">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown: The honourable mentions</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jay-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-47-irv-carter">Blue Jays Nation’s Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 47: Irv Carter</a>

<a href="https://www.bluejaysnation.com/2024/01/24/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-46-trent-palmer">Blue Jays Nation’s Pre-Season Prospect Countdown- No. 46: Trent Palmer</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-45-fernando-perez">Blue Jays Nation’s Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 45: Fernando Pérez</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-44-zach-britton">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 44: Zach Britton</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-43-david-guzman">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 43: David Guzmán</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-42-devonte-brown">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 42: Devonte Brown</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-41-manuel-beltre">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 41: Manuel Beltre</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-40-yhoangel-aponte">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 40: Yhoangel Aponte</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-39-dasan-brown">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 39: Dasan Brown</a>

<a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-nations-pre-season-prospect-countdown-no-38-peyton-williams">Blue Jays Nation's Pre-Season Prospect Countdown - No. 38: Peyton Williams</a>

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