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ryan008 · 11-19-2007, 01:32 PM

Jays Announce Minor League Award Winners

December 21st, 2007.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced today the annual player of the year awards for each level in their minor league system:

AAA Syracuse
RF Tad Sanders
.296 9 HR 96 RBI (with AAA Syracuse)
.274 6 HR 18 RBI (with Toronto)
The 24 year old was drafted in the 2nd round 39th overall of the 2002 First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He has moved up through the Jays system at a fairly steady pace and is poised to head into Spring Training with a shot at making the big league club for 2008.

AA New Hampshire
2B Bill Coffey
.274 6 HR 63 RBI (with AA New Hampshire)
The 26 Year old was drafted in the 17th round 510th overall by Baltimore in the 2004 First year Player Draft and was signed by the Blue Jays as a minor league free agent in 2005. He will likely not ever get promoted past AA and is a prime example of just how depleated my high minor leagues are.

High A Dunedin
CF Francisco Vargas
.342 19 HR 104 RBI (with A Dunedin)
The 26 year old was drafted in the 7th round 191st overall in the 2004 First Year Player Draft by Toronto. He had struggled in the minor leagues until this season but put up good numbers in Dunedin. He is gettin old at 26 and it is unlikely he will progress much farther than AA.

Low A Lansing
RF Clark WIlson
.295 13 HR 64 RBI (with A Lansing)
The 25 year old was a 1st round pick 5th overall in 2005 by Toronto and has been a dissapointment thus far. he has struggled in his first two professional seasons but finally turned the corner in 2007 batting close to .300. He has the talent and potential to be an allstar but is getting a little old to be playing A Ball. He will start the 2007 season in AA and hopefully will see AAA by the end of the season.

Short Season A - Auburn
C Cesar Torres
.353 3 HR 46 RBI (with SA Auburn)
The 20 year old was a first round pick 18th overall of Arizona's in the 2006 First Year Player Draft and came over from the Diamondbacks in a trade in 2007. He adjusted well to the better pitching in the New York Penn League and will be headed to a Lansing for the 2008 Season.

Pulaski - Rookie League
1B David Callahan
.374 1 HR 19 RBI (Pulaski (R))
He was a 15th Round Pick 442nd overall by Toronto in 2006 and at only 23 still has some time to develop. He has shown that he has a good bat batting .374 this year and .335 in Pulaski last season. His power production is not very good right now but I think it will come. He will be headed to A Lansing for the start of the 2008 season.

11-19-2007, 01:32 PM	#28
ryan008 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 2,362	Jays Announce Minor League Award Winners December 21st, 2007. The Toronto Blue Jays announced today the annual player of the year awards for each level in their minor league system: AAA Syracuse RF Tad Sanders .296 9 HR 96 RBI (with AAA Syracuse) .274 6 HR 18 RBI (with Toronto) The 24 year old was drafted in the 2nd round 39th overall of the 2002 First Year Player Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. He has moved up through the Jays system at a fairly steady pace and is poised to head into Spring Training with a shot at making the big league club for 2008. AA New Hampshire 2B Bill Coffey .274 6 HR 63 RBI (with AA New Hampshire) The 26 Year old was drafted in the 17th round 510th overall by Baltimore in the 2004 First year Player Draft and was signed by the Blue Jays as a minor league free agent in 2005. He will likely not ever get promoted past AA and is a prime example of just how depleated my high minor leagues are. High A Dunedin CF Francisco Vargas .342 19 HR 104 RBI (with A Dunedin) The 26 year old was drafted in the 7th round 191st overall in the 2004 First Year Player Draft by Toronto. He had struggled in the minor leagues until this season but put up good numbers in Dunedin. He is gettin old at 26 and it is unlikely he will progress much farther than AA. Low A Lansing RF Clark WIlson .295 13 HR 64 RBI (with A Lansing) The 25 year old was a 1st round pick 5th overall in 2005 by Toronto and has been a dissapointment thus far. he has struggled in his first two professional seasons but finally turned the corner in 2007 batting close to .300. He has the talent and potential to be an allstar but is getting a little old to be playing A Ball. He will start the 2007 season in AA and hopefully will see AAA by the end of the season. Short Season A - Auburn C Cesar Torres .353 3 HR 46 RBI (with SA Auburn) The 20 year old was a first round pick 18th overall of Arizona's in the 2006 First Year Player Draft and came over from the Diamondbacks in a trade in 2007. He adjusted well to the better pitching in the New York Penn League and will be headed to a Lansing for the 2008 Season. Pulaski - Rookie League 1B David Callahan .374 1 HR 19 RBI (Pulaski (R)) He was a 15th Round Pick 442nd overall by Toronto in 2006 and at only 23 still has some time to develop. He has shown that he has a good bat batting .374 this year and .335 in Pulaski last season. His power production is not very good right now but I think it will come. He will be headed to A Lansing for the start of the 2008 season. Last edited by ryan008; 11-22-2007 at 12:58 PM.