TORONTO — Definitely not the best, far from the worst, but getting better. That’s the fair way to describe the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system heading into the 2017 season.
While most prospect evaluators across baseball have pegged the Jays’ pipeline as middle-of-the-pack, director of player development Gil Kim believes it gets a bit of a bad rap due to a handful of depth-depleting trades — some popular, some not — over the past few years.
“Internally, we feel very confident in not only the ability but the makeup and the quality of people we have,” said Kim, who was hired away from the Texas Rangers about 13 months ago.