No other pitcher benefited more from Alex’s Great Purge, dealing 14 minor league pitchers at the deadline, than RHP Conner Greene. The 20-year-old native of Santa Monica wasn’t on the radar of many Blue Jays fans prior to 2015 or prior to The Great Purge, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t already a high ceiling prospect.
In 2013, the Blue Jays drafted the 6’3″ 165 lb California native in the 7th round out of Santa Monica HS and at 18-year-old Greene reported to the Blue Jays the Gulf Coast League rookie league after signing on June 13th.