Sleeper: SP Nate Pearson
A couple of injuries (back and broken right forearm via a batted ball) have delayed the development of Pearson. Toronto selected him with the 28th pick in the first round of the June MLB Amateur Draft in 2017.
His arm played well over eight short inning starts in 2017 at Low A and Rookie Ball (0.90 ERA and 26 Ks over innings). After dominating at High A and AA (2.15 ERA and 104 Ks over 83.2 innings) last year, Toronto pushed him to AAA. His arm held value (3.00 ERA) over three starts and 18 innings, but his strikeouts (15) did have less impact.