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Blue Jays Under the Radar prospect: Dub Gleed is having a breakout season
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Ryley Delaney
Jun 20, 2026, 11:00 EDTUpdated: Jun 19, 2026, 22:44 EDT
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The storyline of the Toronto Blue Jays’ farm system these past two seasons has been the breakouts.
Last season, Gage Stanifer, Juan Sanchez, Johnny King, and a handful of other prospects raised their stock drastically. The same has happened in 2026, namely Daniel Guerra, Nolan Perry, Danny Thompson Jr., and Jay Harry.
Harry, in particular, is interesting. Acquired shortly before the 2024 trade deadline for Trevor Richards, the utility player struggled to end the season, and wasn’t even a prospect on the radar last season. He’s now hit nine home runs, tied for fourth-most in the organization.
There was another unspectacular trade early into the 2026 season. Out of option years, the Blue Jays traded Leo Jiménez to the Miami Marlins for a prospect named Dub Gleed. Two and a half months into the minor league season, he’s quickly turning heads.
Gleed was drafted in the ninth round of the 2024 draft and slashed .252/.391/.347 between the Florida Complex League, Single-A, Double-A, and Triple-A. Most of his season was spent in Single-A and Double-A, but he notably only hit two home runs in 77 plate appearances in 2025.
The infielder has hit the ground running, and then some, once the Jays placed him in High-A. Over 46 games with the Vancouver Canadians, Gleed slashed .269/.348/.463, but more importantly, hit eight home runs in his 202 plate appearances. He also hit 10 doubles in those 202 plate appearances, giving him more extra base hits that he had last season in fewer plate appearances.
On June 12th, both Gleed and Harry earned a promotion. Harry reached the final rung of the minor league ladder before making it to the top, debuting with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. Gleed, on the other hand, is batting just .176 with a home run since joining the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
While it’s not the ideal start, Gleed has had success at the level before. With the Marlins Double-A team last season, he slashed .276/.360/.391 with a home run and seven doubles in 102 plate appearances, good for a 124 wRC+.
Gleed is the type of prospect the Blue Jays love: a player with an approach at the plate, a solid strike out rate, and can draw a walk. Those are dime a dozen in the organization, but Gleed has stood out midway through the season thanks to his power surge, something that’ll be noticed when prospect publications update their rankings.
In the end, it’s looking like it could be a good trade for the Jays, as Jiménez had been DFA’d shortly before the trade.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.
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